The industry everything else quietly runs on. I cover it from the fab up, process nodes and lithography and the foundry wars, plus the export controls now deciding who even gets to build what. This is the manufacturing and geopolitics side of silicon, kept deliberately apart from the chip-and-platform coverage.
Apple is testing DRAM chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese supplier flagged by the Trump administration for military ties, amid a global memory…
In 2025, researchers proposed a nanoscale anodized aluminum oxide, touted as "transparent aluminum," but it differs greatly from ALON armor used in military applications.…
Chemical mechanical planarization (CMP) is crucial for achieving sub-nanometer flatness in semiconductor manufacturing. Hwatsing Technology integrates metrology in its new tool to enhance efficiency…
Elon Musk announced SpaceX's exclusive partnership with Nvidia during an earnings call, securing advanced hardware for AI satellite operations. SpaceX disclosed significant investments in…
AMD has agreed to acquire Taalas, a startup focusing on specialized inference silicon that embeds trained model weights directly into chips, enhancing efficiency but…
A team from Copenhagen and CU Boulder developed a harmonic parity qubit, enabling control over odd harmonics in a superconducting circuit. This advancement aims…
AMD and Anthropic announced a partnership involving 2 gigawatts of AMD GPUs in Helios systems, supported by a $5 billion equity investment. The collaboration…
Halo Studios faced layoffs following the successful launch of Campaign Evolved, part of Microsoft's larger job cuts across its studios. As hardware costs rise…
Five years ago, creating a 7nm-class chip without EUV was deemed irrational. SMIC achieved it, but claims about its N+3 node density remain unverified.…
CXMT's stock surged 470% on its Shanghai debut, financing a second wafer plant in Beijing. The company is nearing LPDDR6 production, potentially challenging Samsung…
Anthropic is establishing an in-house chip team while securing multiple partnerships, including a $10 billion deal with Volta. The company aims to reduce dependency…
TSMC is expanding its CoWoS outsourcing to OSAT partners due to overwhelming demand, particularly from Nvidia. Despite doubling capacity, TSMC will still fall short…
Samsung and SK Hynix have quietly tested Chinese chip manufacturing tools from AMEC in their Chinese factories for two years, amid concerns over U.S.…
Qualcomm's push into data-center inference, Windows-on-ARM laptops, and car cockpits is an escape plan from a shrinking smartphone annuity. Where its power-efficiency edge actually…
JASM's Kumamoto fab reported a $29 million net profit in Q1 2026, rebounding from prior losses. This news, announced amidst production halts due to…
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