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TSMC's average wafer prices increased by over 15% each year since 2019, report suggests — gross profit margins increase by 3.3x in 2025 alone, facing no real challengers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Anton Shilov | get Semiconductor → | tags: capacity, increased, leading

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A forgotten South Korean tungsten mine could help the US break its reliance on China (techspot.com)

2025-12-29 | get Tungsten ore → | tags: ability, ability endure, advanced

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Pixels and iPhones have plenty in common, and a lot of you don’t know about it (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-23 | get Smartphones → | tags: apple, china, devices

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Did you know: Samsung phones aren’t made where you think (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-20 | get Smartphones → | tags: china, countries, manufacturing

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The U.S. CHIPS Act Takes Another Hit (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-18 | by Samuel K. Moore | get Microchips → | tags: chips, commerce, manufacturing

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Samsung eyed up for huge 8nm chip order from Intel — the Z990 chipset for Nova Lake CPUs could be Intel's 8nm debut (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-18 | by Zhiye Liu | get Z990 → | tags: chipsets, intel, manufacturing

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Apple shared ‘bendgate’ lessons as it helped small US manufacturers innovate (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-17 | by Ben Lovejoy | get Smartphone → | tags: academy, apple, bendgate

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Apple Engineers Are Inspecting Bacon Packaging to Help Level Up US Manufacturers (wired.com)

2025-12-17 | by Paresh Dave | get Bacon packaging → | tags: apple, herrera, just

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Did you know: Pixels and iPhones are actually made by the same company (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-13 | get Smartphones → | tags: apple, foxconn, google

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Intel boosts India's chip push with new Tata Group strategic partnership — includes manufacturing and packaging of Intel products for local markets (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-09 | by Kunal Khullar | get Intel Core → | tags: india, intel, manufacturing

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Apple Manufacturing Academy expands to include free virtual courses (9to5mac.com)

2025-12-08 | by Chance Miller | get E-learning platform → | tags: academy, apple, apple manufacturing

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Aptera's Solar-Powered EVs Take Another Step Toward Production (slashdot.org)

2025-12-06 | by Posted | get Aptera Motors → | tags: aptera, line, manufacturing

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SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son wants to build ‘Trump Industrial Parks’ across the nation, report claims — project proposes using federal land to build manufacturing sites for data center infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Jowi Morales | get Data Center Infrastructure → | tags: build, industrial, land

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Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is back in chipmaking with an xLight deal worth up to $150M (techspot.com)

2025-12-02 | get xCellerator → | tags: act specifically, advanced, advanced manufacturing

195.

The Biggest Causes of Medical Device Recalls (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-11-29 | by Stephen Cass | get Medtronic → | tags: design, device, issues

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Keep your receipts: Tech firms told to prepare for possible tariff refunds (arstechnica.com)

2025-11-21 | get Receipts → | tags: chip, industry, manufacturing

197.

Can Bezos’ Project Prometheus Close America’s Widening Physical-AI Gap with China? (techreport.com)

2025-11-21 | by Krishi Chowdhary | get Project Prometheus → | tags: advanced, bezos, china

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OpenAI taps iPhone assembler Foxconn to manufacture data center components in U.S. (cnbc.com)

2025-11-20 | by Mackenzie Sigalos | get Data Center → | tags: billion, foxconn, infrastructure

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Dronemaker DJI buys into 3D printer manufacturer Elegoo — move seen as way to diversify away from drones amid worries of U.S. ban (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-20 | by Jowi Morales | get 3D Printer → | tags: drone, elegoo, maker

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Japan: Why the World's Capital is Flowing East (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-11-18 | get Smartphone → | tags: advanced, advanced manufacturing, aligning

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The world is running out of yttrium: a little-known rare earth is becoming the newest flashpoint in global tech (techspot.com)

2025-11-18 | by Skye Jacobs | get Yttrium → | tags: china, manufacturing, president

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Bone AI raises $12M to challenge Asia’s defense giants with AI-powered robotics (techcrunch.com)

2025-11-17 | by Kate Park | get Robotics → | tags: bone, defense, korea

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DARPA and Texas Bet $1.4B on Unique Foundry -3D heterogeneous integration (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-11 | by Samuel K. Moore | get Foundry → | tags: foundry, manufacturing, ngmm

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3D Heterogeneous Integration Powers New DARPA Fab (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-10 | by Samuel K. Moore | get 3D Heterogeneous Integration → | tags: foundry, manufacturing, ngmm

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DARPA and Texas Bet $1.4 Billion on a Unique Foundry (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-11-10 | by Samuel K. Moore | get Foundry → | tags: foundry, manufacturing, ngmm

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Sam Altman backs away from OpenAI's statements about possible U.S. gov't AI industry bailouts — company continues to lobby for financial support from the industry (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-07 | by Luke James | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: altman, federal, guarantees

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The Czinger 21C is a halo car for the future military-industrial complex (theverge.com)

2025-11-06 | by Tim Stevens | get Czinger 21C → | tags: czinger, divergent, faster

208.

Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots (wired.com)

2025-11-05 | by Will Knight | get Robotics → | tags: agibot, line, manufacturing

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Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Small Army of Workers—to Train Robots (wired.com)

2025-11-05 | by Will Knight | get Robotics → | tags: agibot, line, manufacturing

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Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch reusable "fabships" for orbital chip manufacturing experiments — 'the ultimate egg drop challenge,' Besxar's orbital chipmaking experiments to occur over 12 launches (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-04 | by Zak Killian | get Fabships → | tags: besxar, build, hardware