Intel’s $20 Billion Stock Offering Is Funding a Foundry Bet It Can’t Walk Back From
Intel's recent $20 billion stock offering, upsized from an initial $15 billion target, reflects its push into chip manufacturing amidst rising demand. The company's…
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Intel's recent $20 billion stock offering, upsized from an initial $15 billion target, reflects its push into chip manufacturing amidst rising demand. The company's…
TSMC's 3nm production is set to reach 180,000 wafers monthly by early Q4, ahead of schedule due to high demand from Nvidia, AMD, and…
D-Wave's recent paper in Nature reveals a significant advance in error correction, showing a 99.9% fidelity using dual-rail erasure qubits. This architecture aims to…
Researchers at Michigan developed a device that directs electron flow using light, based on principles of quantum interference control established in the 1990s. While…
Nvidia is partnering with major private capital firms to arrange $500 billion in AI infrastructure financing, allowing customers to purchase its GPUs and build…
Illinois' Quantum and Microelectronics Park is home to various quantum computing approaches including PsiQuantum's ambitious plans for a utility-scale machine and IBM's operational commitments.…
Apple is testing DRAM chips from ChangXin Memory Technologies, a Chinese supplier flagged by the Trump administration for military ties, amid a global memory…
The Firebird AI factory needs 300 megawatts in a country whose grid peaks near 1,300 and leans on an aging Russian-fuelled reactor and Russian…
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…
Qualcomm's acquisition of Arduino aims to transform robotics by integrating edge AI with real-time control on a single board. The new Uno Q and…
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…
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