Manufacturing

China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is

Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess

Software19 Sep 2023 | 5

After failed takeover, Intel and Tower Semi aren't giving up on the relationship

Meanwhile, Arm suffers IPO financial muscle loss with low valuation

On-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 1

The semiconductor biz is sick, but demand for SiC chips that improve EVs is accelerating

Onsemi CEO says demand for silicon carbide surged – as investors pile in

Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 2

Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water

Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though

Systems28 Jul 2023 | 37

Prices of gallium and germanium rise as China export controls loom

Plus: US warns domestic chip suppliers will feel the pain

Systems27 Jul 2023 | 42

HPE prepares for spicy affair with India to churn out $1B worth of servers

Middle Kingdom suddenly a less appealing destination for manufacturing

On-Prem06 Jul 2023 | 4

China admits local semiconductor industry can't match world class reliability

Wants administrators, manufacturers, and the software they use, to be better

Software05 Jul 2023 | 15

Intel to build $4.6B assembly, testing site in Poland

Germany negotiations reportedly back on track for Magdeburg fab too

On-Prem16 Jun 2023 |

Applied Materials wants Uncle Sam's help with $4B chip R&D nerve center

Step right up and let us help you become dependent on us

Systems22 May 2023 |

Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers

Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain

Cyber-crime11 May 2023 | 50

Samsung takes $3.1B gamble on OLED displays for tablets and notebooks

That must be why PC sales are down – the blacks just aren't inky enough

Systems04 Apr 2023 | 18

Barred from US tech, Huawei claims to have built its own 14nm chip design suite

Beijing's Made in China drive fueled by Washington's export crackdowns

Software24 Mar 2023 | 23

As chip sales slump, inflation makes the price of Samsung's Texas fab blow out

South Korean titan budgeted $17 billion. Could now need over $25 billion to bring the facility online

Systems16 Mar 2023 | 2

Netherlands joins US blockade of Chinese chip industry

No DUV for you

Systems10 Mar 2023 | 9

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