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Intel buys back 49% stake in Ireland Fab Joint Venture — takes full control over Fab 34 (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-02 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Arc Graphics Card → | tags: intel, ireland fab 34, apollo

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Breakthrough computer chip tech could help meet ‘monumental demand’ driven by AI (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-02 | by Bourzac | get AI Accelerator Card → | tags: asml, euv lithography, silicon wafers

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STMicro to deploy humanoid robots to its legacy fabs in Europe — over 100 humanoid robots to be used for routine and physically demanding tasks in fight for efficiency (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-16 | by Anton Shilov | get Robotics Humanoid Assistant Kit → | tags: stmicroelectronics, humanoid robots, fabs

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Drone strikes halt a third of the world's helium supply, threatening chip production (techspot.com)

2026-03-14 | get Helium Gas Tank → | tags: drone strikes, helium supply, silicon wafers

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Finding a CPU Design Bug in the Xbox 360 (2018) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-13 | by View All Posts Brucedawson | tags: xbox 360, ibm powerpc, meltdown spectre

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Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Luke James | get Nanometer → | tags: lithography, production, rapidus

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Samsung's Taylor, Texas fab could herald a breakthrough for the chipmaker, company plans 2026 risk production — new production flows, pellicles for EUV patterning as site targets 50,000 WSPM (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-29 | by Anton Shilov | get Semiconductor → | tags: pellicle, pellicles, samsung

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Toilet maker Toto scores a royal flush as share price rises due to AI demand in unlikely chipmaking side-gig — Japanese company develops electrostatic chucks to hold silicon wafers in lucrative segment (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-23 | by Mark Tyson | get Toto → | tags: analysts, chucks, expertise

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'We can't completely vacate the client market' says Intel amid wafer supply shortages — Nova Lake still on-track for late 2026 release, 14A in 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-22 | by Jake Roach | get CPU → | tags: client, intel, quarter

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You Must Stare Into the Heart of the $400 Million Machine (gizmodo.com)

2026-01-03 | get Neural Network → | tags: come, gpu wafers, minute

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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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Nexperia China seeks new wafer suppliers amid legal standoff with Dutch parent, could take 6 months for qualification — chip shortages have suspended some automotive production lines as Nexperia faces wafer shortage (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Luke James | get Nexperia → | tags: china, dutch, nexperia

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China chipmaker SMIC raises wafer prices by about 10% as memory demand tightens capacity (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-25 | by Luke James | get Memory chips → | tags: capacity, china, demand

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Here's why HBM is coming for your PC's RAM — HBM consumes around three times the wafer capacity of DDR5 per gigabyte, as AI supercharges demand for chips and advanced packaging (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-19 | by Luke James | get HBM → | tags: capacity, dram, memory

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Intel admits it needs more Core Ultra 200-series wafers — 'If we had more Lunar Lake wafers, we would be selling more Lunar Lake' (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-05 | by Anton Shilov | get Lunar Lake → | tags: arrow, arrow lake, intel

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NAND wafer shortages push November contract prices up by over 60% — market tightens as hyperscalers purchase capacity for AI data centers (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-01 | by Luke James | get NAND → | tags: demand, enterprise, prices

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Embattled Dutch chipmaker Nexperia gets into public spat with Chinese owners — accused of deception and obstruction, suspending wafer shipments (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-28 | by Luke James | get Nexperion → | tags: china, chinese, dutch

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TSMC confirms September power outage at Fab 21 in Arizona — loss of wafers and financial impact unclear (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-26 | by Anton Shilov | get Microchip → | tags: phase, point, power

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TSMC says advanced‑node capacity falls ‘about three times short’ of AI demand — company's wafer capacity is 'still not enough' as demand continues to rise (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-25 | by Luke James | get Memory → | tags: advanced, capacity, continues

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TSMC Arizona outage saw fab halt, Apple wafers scrapped (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-24 | by Tim Culpan | get Apple wafers → | tags: arizona, culpium, production

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TSMC Arizona Outage Saw Fab Halt, Apple Wafers Scrapped (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-24 | by Tim Culpan | get Apple wafers → | tags: arizona, culpium, production

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New Chinese optical quantum chip allegedly 1,000x faster than Nvidia GPUs for processing AI workloads - firm reportedly producing 12,000 wafers per year (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-14 | by Aaron Klotz | get Quantum Chip → | tags: chip, chips, computers

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Automotive officials warn of 'devastating' chip storage as Nexperia halts China-bound wafer shipments — companies working 'around the clock' to find alternatives (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-13 | by Luke James | get Nexperia → | tags: china, chips, hardware

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The microchip era may be ending – and wafer-scale systems could be what comes next (techspot.com)

2025-11-09 | get Microchip → | tags: billion, billion transistors, company nvidia

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Elon Musk says Tesla needs to build 'gigantic chip fab' to meet AI and robotics needs (cnbc.com)

2025-11-07 | by Dylan Butts | get Chip Fab → | tags: musk, robotics, semiconductor

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Researchers create superconducting germanium semiconductor material using standard chip-making techniques - prototype demonstrates millions of superconducting junctions on a 2-inch wafer (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-03 | by Luke James | get Germanium semiconductor material → | tags: films, junction, quantum

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Nvidia’s Blackwell Wafer: The First Step Toward Onshored AI Chipmaking (techreport.com)

2025-11-03 | by Monica J. White | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: arizona, blackwell, chip

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NVIDIA shows off its first Blackwell wafer manufactured in the US (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get art supplies → | tags: blackwell, manufacturing, nvidia

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The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | by Samuel K. Moore | get smartphone → | tags: fact, polysilicon, quartz

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The wafer-thin iPhone Air is surprisingly strong (theverge.com)

2025-10-31 | by Terrence O'Brien | get iPhone → | tags: able, air, bend