Manufacturing

Chipmakers threaten to defect to US, EU if UK doesn't get its semiconductor plans sorted

Where's the Brexit bonus?

On-Prem14 Feb 2023 | 131

Language, schmanguage: NASA's generative AI builds spaceships

Or their parts, at least, which look decidedly skeletal for satellite struts

AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 22

Boeing bids the 747 a final, ultimate, conclusive farewell

Cargo airline Atlas Air takes delivery of 1,547th and last Queen of the Skies

Offbeat01 Feb 2023 | 29

US ban on China chip exports rebounds, causes 2,700 job losses

California-based chipmaking kit-maker Lam hit by DRAM decline, inability to export to Middle Kingdom

Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14

Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report

Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects

Systems24 Jan 2023 | 12

Apple wants a quarter of its products manufactured in India, claims minister

Take that, China

Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 12

US, Canada, Mexico ponder some sort of chip supply collab

Climate change, drugs and immigration behind semiconductors on White House priority list

Systems10 Jan 2023 | 1

TSMC ramps up 3nm chip baking at Taiwan plants

Actions speak volumes

Systems29 Dec 2022 | 19

Risk-averse Kyocera gambles nearly $10b of own shares on semiconductor growth

When the chips are down, bet the farm

Systems28 Dec 2022 | 13

Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels

Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production

Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12

TSMC’s CEO is not pleased with the growing US-China rift

Leader of the the world's largest contract chip manufacturer would like it if the two world powers could work out their differences

Systems21 Dec 2022 | 18

Chipmakers to spend $500b on 84 new fabs by 2024 despite shaky economy

We sure do love those government subsidies, says industry cheerleader

Systems15 Dec 2022 | 4

IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs

Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China

Systems14 Dec 2022 | 4

TSMC founder says 'globalization is almost dead' as Asian foundry giant expands in US

Comment A sober reflection on the industry as supply chains bifurcate in the East and West

Systems08 Dec 2022 | 85

Intel reminds everyone it's still cooking away on more PC processors

Better late than never to catch up with AMD's Ryzen star

Systems08 Dec 2022 | 9

TSMC triples spending on Arizona advanced chip site with extra 3nm fab

Analysis Biden thinks it's a big deal, but TSMC's Taiwan output will still dwarf US fabs

Systems06 Dec 2022 | 9

GlobalFoundries plans up to 800 layoffs despite reporting record profits

Record income? Tick. CHIPS Act subsidies coming? Tick. Yet chipmaker tries to make Wall Stret happier still

Systems05 Dec 2022 | 7

Apple pushes TSMC to make more advanced chips in US by 2024

Biden to join Tim Cook as well as AMD and Nvidia chiefs for an announcement from the semiconductor giant next week

Systems01 Dec 2022 | 6

Intel: The economy is bad right now, but we still need more fabs

x86 giant says it will tweak spending for Ohio, Germany plants based on ‘market needs’

Systems29 Nov 2022 | 5

Race to build India’s first chip plant may be won in 2023

The US chip war on China could give India’s chip-making dreams a boost

Systems28 Nov 2022 |

Head of Intel Foundry Services resigns just as chip biz gets going

Exclusive Randhir Thakur led Intel’s big bet to take on Asian foundry giants TSMC and Samsung

Systems21 Nov 2022 | 3

TSMC confirms 3nm fab in Arizona to make neighbor Intel sweat a little more

Analysis Next-gen chip plant could appeal to customers for supply chain, national security reasons

Systems21 Nov 2022 | 5

Marvell's latest switch may not be fast but the timing is great

The chipmaker's Prestera DX1500 family brings Ethernet to OT networks

Networks08 Nov 2022 | 1

This startup reckons its chiplet interconnect tech can best Intel, TSMC

If Eliyan’s designs work, this could lower reliance on Asia for chip manufacturing

Systems08 Nov 2022 | 6

China doesn’t need to take Taiwan’s fabs to escape US trade bans

Comment Threatening to destroy them could give them just as much leverage, while averting all out war

Systems13 Oct 2022 | 22

AMD was right about chiplets, Intel's Gelsinger all but says

Even Gordon Moore saw it coming, admits CEO

Systems28 Sep 2022 | 10

Intel's planned Italian facility now tied up in election politics

Government may foot up to 40% of the bill for a fab that runs on time

Systems26 Sep 2022 | 7

Taiwan’s GlobalWafers races to break ground in Texas before tax breaks dissolve

Everythings bigger in Texas, including the tax breaks

On-Prem13 Sep 2022 | 4

With its Ohio fab under way, Intel's next challenge: Keeping its promises

Interview The chipmaker not only needs to find nearly 10,000 workers, it has to deliver a competitive product

On-Prem12 Sep 2022 | 7

US wants to give global chipmakers a 25% tax credit on new fabs

Plus $39 billion in subsidies for 'domestic' effort that will welcome foreign semiconductor players

Systems06 Sep 2022 | 8

Micron confirms first US memory fab on home soil in 20 years

$15 billion Idaho facility is the first step as chip biz feeds on CHIPS Act

On-Prem01 Sep 2022 | 6

India wants to quadruple electronics biz in just four years

Minister says it needs to copy Vietnam and China's 'first globalize, then localize' strategy

Personal Tech31 Aug 2022 | 6

Intel's Gelsinger talks up 'systems foundry' era of trillion-transistor chips

Hot Chips CEO pledges to 'keep moving Moore's Law forward' during Hot Chips keynote

Systems23 Aug 2022 | 15

Clean up orbit first, then we can think about space factories, says FCC

It's hard to make things out there when dust-sized particles can destroy them

Science08 Aug 2022 | 23

India to revisit hardware incentives after struggling to move manufacturers out of China

Minister laments Dell, HPE and pals have the market locked up and little incentive to change

Systems08 Aug 2022 | 10

Chinese chipmaker workers told to sleep at their factories

'Closed loop' ordered to keep fabs and manufacturing plants running amid COVID-19 outbreaks

On-Prem25 Jul 2022 | 22

Intel bags deal to make chips for MediaTek, that other Android processor designer

This will be the x86 giant's first major foundry customer

On-Prem25 Jul 2022 | 4

China seems to have figured out how to make 7nm chips despite US sanctions

Foiled again, Team America

On-Prem22 Jul 2022 | 71

Russia, Iran discuss tech manufacturing, infosec and e-governance collaboration

Proposed working group would see Moscow's miltech conglomerate Rostec operate in Tehran

Security22 Jul 2022 | 20

US warns losing access to Taiwanese chips could break the economy

Stark warning of a 'deep and immediate recession' if China takes over

Systems21 Jul 2022 | 12

What recession? Chipmaking kit supplier ASML hits record orders

But supply issues are forcing the lithography system giant to defer revenue past 2022

Systems20 Jul 2022 |

Japanese chip plant back online after lightning strike

Renesas factory experienced worst voltage drop in decade – shutting down production lines

Systems12 Jul 2022 | 4

To fight TSMC and Samsung, Intel hires execs from foundry rivals

x86 giant wants to manufacture more of the world’s chips, regardless of whether it designs them

Systems11 Jul 2022 | 4

Intel hits another speed bump with delayed Mobileye IPO

Analysis No biggie, it was only supposed to help fund a big manufacturing expansion

AI + ML11 Jul 2022 |

America's chip land has another potential shortage: Electronics engineers

Why screw around writing Verilog when you can earn tons more with Python, Java or Go?

Systems08 Jul 2022 | 52

The return of GPUs on sale may be tech world's monkey's paw of 2022

Comment Improved supply is welcome – too bad it may be the harbinger of a cooling economy

Personal Tech07 Jul 2022 | 14

Has Intel gone too far with its Ohio fab 'delay' stunt?

Comment With construction unceremoniously underway, x86 giant may have overplayed its hand

Systems06 Jul 2022 | 17

US expands efforts to hamstring China’s chipmaking mojo

Beijing can't get next-gen lithography gear, America now trying to block sales of older machines

Systems05 Jul 2022 | 19

Intel to sell Massachusetts R&D site, once home to its only New England fab

End of another era as former DEC facility faces demolition

Systems30 Jun 2022 | 18

Intel’s CEO shouldn’t be surprised America can’t get CHIPS Act together

Comment Silicon supremo warns he could prioritize expansion in Europe if Congress doesn’t approve subsidies

Systems29 Jun 2022 | 36

Why Wi-Fi 6 and 6E will connect factories of the future

Tech body pushes reliability, cost savings of next-gen wireless comms for IIoT – not a typo

Networks29 Jun 2022 | 7

To Washington's relief, GlobalWafers to spend $5 billion on Texas plant

Cash had been burning a hole in company's pocket after deal to buy Siltronic fell through

On-Prem28 Jun 2022 | 7

TSMC may surpass Intel in quarterly revenue for first time

Fab frenemies: x86 giant set to give Taiwanese chipmaker more money as it revitalizes foundry business

Systems27 Jun 2022 | 1

Intel withholds Ohio fab ceremony over US chip subsidies inaction

$20b factory construction start date unchanged – but the x86 giant is not happy

Systems23 Jun 2022 | 18

Top chip foundries grow amid electronics spending slowdown. Except Samsung

Chaebol hit by lower demand for smartphones and TVs plus 4nm yield issues

Personal Tech21 Jun 2022 |

US to help Japan make leading-edge 2nm chips, possibly by 2025

Player Four has entered the game

Systems15 Jun 2022 | 8