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BetaKit ·
Industry groups want Canada to have a standalone national semiconductor strategy . A Liberal MP said this week that a national strategy is a “stand-out” priority. But Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan...
Engadget ·
Fierce Electronics ·
IPO proceeds could support US fab operations for 25-year-old Swedish company
TNW ·
The Bure Equity- and Creades-backed pure-play MEMS foundry priced at SEK 81 per share, with the offering oversubscribed several times. Cornerstone investors, including Capital Research, Fidelity, AFA, AP2, AP3, AP4, Swedbank Robur, and...
Ars Technica ·
Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is raking in record profits during the AI boom—but it is also racing to help Taiwan develop wind power and other energy alternatives to fossil fuels amid a global energy crisis. The chipmaker has signed a...
TNW ·
The Terafab project sits alongside the existing Bastrop packaging operation. Combined, the two facilities could anchor a $119bn Texas chipmaking footprint. SpaceX has not yet disclosed the process technology Terafab will run, or the...
TNW ·
Samsung’s stock has more than quadrupled in a year. The KOSPI broke 7,000 for the first time. Two Korean chipmakers now account for 42% of the index.
Electronics Weekly ·
Alone among semiconductor analysts, the normally bullish CEO of Future Horizons, Malcolm Penn (pictured), forecasted an industry downturn – “maybe this year, if not, next year “ – speaking at ... The post Semiconductor downturn forecast...
SiliconANGLE ·
Netherlands-based quantum computing hardware company QuantWare B.V. said today it has raised $178 million in funding to accelerate its plans of creating an “open architecture” for the industry. The round was announced alongside the...
TNW ·
Bloomberg reports Apple is in early-stage discussions with Intel and Samsung about producing some of its M-series chips. The talks are exploratory; the signal is significant. Apple’s silicon strategy has, for nearly a decade, run on a...
MacRumors · · Unconfirmed
Apple has held "exploratory" talks with Intel and Samsung about manufacturing the main processors for its devices in the United States, reports Bloomberg ($). Apple is said to have had early-stage talks with Intel about using its...
AppleInsider · · Unconfirmed
There is no doubt that Apple needs to diversify its processor supply chain, but Samsung and Intel are weak alternatives next to TSMC. Apple processors are made by TSMC, but that could change Rumors have come and gone about Apple buying...
9to5Mac ·
Bloomberg reports that Apple has been exploring early-stage talks with Intel and evaluating facilities from Samsung Electronics as it looks to diversify production of its core device chips beyond TSMC.
BetaKit ·
The federal government is working on spinning out the National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre (CPFC) into a “commercial entity.” Industry Minister Mélanie Joly announced the intended spinoff at...
Fierce Electronics ·
The next phase of productivity in semiconductor manufacturing is increasingly driven by data and multivariate analytics using advanced ML.
Electronics Weekly ·
sensiBel, the optical MEMS sensing specialist , has engaged Silex for the manufacture of its MEMS microphone which uses a precision optical detection module to deliver professional-grade audio in a ... The post SensiBel hooks up with...
Electronics Weekly ·
Considering only those written in the last seven days, the most read stories on our site cover the UK government backing the AI startup Ineffable Intelligence, a novel method for producing 2D material, and TSMC selling its shares in...
TechNode ·
On Thursday, TSMC’s Co-Chief Operating Officer Zhang Xiaoqiang stated at the North America Technology Symposium that the company has no plans to purchase ASML’s latest High-NA EUV lithography machines, citing their price of over €350...
TechNode ·
At its recent North America Technology Symposium, TSMC said it is doubling the pace of advanced-node capacity expansion to meet booming demand for AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Senior Vice President Hou Yongqing said five 2nm...
Silicon Republic ·
Arm’s shares fell by more than 7pc as TSMC sold off its final tranche of shares in the UK chip design company. Read more: TSMC $231m share sale marks full exit from UK chip designer Arm
TNW ·
The Turnberry Agreement was supposed to be the floor. Signed at Donald Trump’s golf resort in Scotland last July, the deal between the United States and the European Union set a 15 per cent tariff ceiling on nearly all EU goods entering...
TNW ·
After a CFIUS-induced retreat in 2024, the wafer-scale chip startup is back with an OpenAI deal in its pocket and a sharper bet against Nvidia. Eighteen months ago, Cerebras Systems looked like a cautionary tale. The Sunnyvale-based AI...
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