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The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-23 | by Clive Thompson | get Intel NUC Mini PC → | tags: asml, tsmc, lithography machines

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ASML says first silicon from its latest $400M High-NA EUV machines is just months away (techspot.com)

2026-05-20 | get ASML EUV Lithography Kit → | tags: asml, high-na euv, chipmaking machines

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Accelerating Chipmaking Innovation for the Energy-Efficient AI Era (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-05-14 | by Prabu Raja | get AI Chip Development Kit → | tags: applied materials, ai era, chipmaking

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Intel shares soar on Apple chip deal report. Here's why it signals a total pivot for chipmaking (cnbc.com)

2026-05-08 | by Katie Tarasov | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: intel, apple, tsmc

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Which Macs are suffering from shortages—and where are things getting worse? (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-08 | get Apple MacBook Air M2 → | tags: apple, macintosh, macbook neo

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Samsung chip workers reject $340,000 one-time bonus, demand annual payouts like SK hynix's $900,000 — workers want share of AI windfall, impending 18-day strike could cost Samsung up to $11.7 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-07 | by Jowi Morales | get Samsung Semiconductor Worker Hoodie → | tags: samsung, sk hynix, chipmaking

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TSMC's details next-gen CoWoS roadmap: over 14-reticle packages and 48x leap in compute power expected by 2029 — massive size enables 24 HBM5E stacks and additional memory bandwidth jump (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-27 | by Anton Shilov | get High-Performance Computing Memory Kit → | tags: tsmc, cowos, hbm5e

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Samsung engineer sentenced to 7 years in prison for selling chipmaking trade secrets to Chinese chipmaker — ex-employee supplied 10nm DRAM data to CXMT for $2 million (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-22 | by Hassam Nasir | get Samsung Semiconductor Data Book → | tags: samsung, cxmt, dram

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Congress moves to strip the DoC of chip-export discretion with the MATCH Act — DUV lithography machines among those targeted in chipmaking tool crackdown (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-22 | by Luke James | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: duv lithography, asml, nikon

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Chinese fabs import record volumes of US chipmaking equipment via Singapore and Malaysia — homegrown tool makers booked record 2025 revenues as price competition squeezes margins (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-16 | by Luke James | get Semiconductor Equipment Cleaning Kit → | tags: china, chipmaking equipment, naura

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ASML stock sinks amid tightening China restrictions despite strong earnings, guidance (cnbc.com)

2026-04-15 | by Arjun Kharpal Katie Tarasov | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv, duv

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US lawmakers aim to ban export of DUV chipmaking and etching tools to leading firms in China — bipartisan proposal would ban lithography equipment for Huawei, SMIC, and others (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Anton Shilov | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: duv chipmaking, smic, lithography equipment

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SMIC sent chipmaking tools to Iran's military, Trump administration officials say — report claims exchange began a year ago, 'almost certainly included technical training on SMIC's semiconductor technology' (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-27 | by Luke James | get SMIC Semiconductor Training Kit → | tags: smic, iran, chipmaking tools

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DIY chip lab turns backyard shed into Class 100 cleanroom with custom lithography system (techspot.com)

2026-03-11 | get Cleanroom DIY Kit → | tags: dr. semiconductor, diy chip lab, cleanroom

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Toilet Maker Toto's Shares Get Unlikely Boost From AI Rush (slashdot.org)

2026-01-23 | by Posted | get Smart Toilet → | tags: chipmaking, chucks, electrostatic

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The US claims it just strongarmed Taiwan into spending $250 billion on American chip manufacturing (theverge.com)

2026-01-15 | by Emma Roth | get Microchip → | tags: billion, chipmaking, percent

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Chip stocks rally to start 2026 after third-straight winning year (cnbc.com)

2026-01-02 | by Samantha Subin | get Smartphone → | tags: chipmaking, chipmaking stocks, gained

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U.S. allows TSMC to import chipmaking equipment to its China fabs — Samsung, SK hynix likewise receive go signal from Commerce Department (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-01 | by Jowi Morales | get Chipmaking equipment → | tags: annual, china, chipmaking

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The world is overly reliant on one US-located mine for critical chipmaking material, but China is working to break the stranglehold — China investing over $14 million in synthetic quartz manufacturing to diversify away from US dependency (tomshardware.com)

2025-11-07 | by Jowi Morales | get Synthetic Quartz → | tags: china, chipmaking, investment