US sanctions transform China into legacy chip production juggernaut — production jumped 40% in Q1 2024
The U.S. semiconductor export sanctions could be backfiring, in a way, according to a report from SCMP. China’s semiconductor output of legacy […]
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Nanotronics promises modular, shippable chip fab facilities powered by Nvidia GPUs and AI
Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Nanotronics founder and CEO Matthew Putman hopes their CubeFab design will be seen as “a model […]
Huawei builds major tool R&D center in Shanghai to develop lithography and fab equipment, report says
China, unable to access leading-edge wafer fab tools from American, European, and Japanese manufacturers, has to develop its own fab equipment. Huawei […]
US CHIPS and Science program puts R&D funding on hold — highlighting intense demand that far exceeded initial expectations
Due to the ‘overwhelming’ interest in CHIPS funding, the Commerce Department has temporarily halted its plans to provide financial support for semiconductor research […]
Taiwan hit with 7.4 earthquake, endangering tech supply chain
On Wednesday at around 7:58 local time, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off of Taiwan’s east coast, with the epicenter 18km from […]
Make AI servers in Mexico, US tech firms tell Taiwanese manufacturers
U.S. tech giants are keen for their Taiwanese AI server manufacturing partners to set up in Mexico, according to a new report […]
China’s president says it doesn’t need ASML — tells Dutch PM it will continue with advanced technological progress regardless
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at a recent meeting that efforts to limit China’s access to technological […]
Intel’s Lunar Lake MX mobile processor pictured, with LPDDR5X memory on board
Igor’s Lab this week published an image of Intel’s Lunar Lake MX processor, which proves that PC makers are hard at work developing notebooks […]
SMIC and Huawei could use quadruple patterning for China-made 5nm chips: Report
Huawei and presumably China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co. (SMIC) have submitted patents for a chip production method called self-aligned quadruple patterning (SAQP). […]
New research shows naturally occurring mineral is an ‘unconventional superconductor’ when purified
In the seemingly ever-lasting search for economically-viable superconductors, a variety of scientists and researchers have published findings on naturally-occurring mineral miassite as […]