AUSTIN Advanced chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) may escape US President Donald Trumps proposed sky-high tariffs, but legacy chips that are made in Singapore and other South-east Asian countries like Malaysia and the Philippines will likely take a hit. 

A lot of questions are up in the air for the semiconductor industry after Mr Trumps sudden announcement of an

approximately 100 per cent tariff

on semiconductors imported into the US.

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