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US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-18 | by Jowi Morales | tags: semiconductor workforce, chip fabs, tsmc arizona

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America’s AI chip talent crisis — why The U.S. needs 157,000 more workers (cnbc.com)

2026-09-17 | by Katie Tarasov | tags: semiconductor workforce, mckinsey report, samsung

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Labor crisis in U.S. chip manufacturing leaves Samsung, TSMC desperate for talent (cnbc.com)

2026-09-17 | by Katie Tarasov | tags: samsung, tsmc, chip manufacturing

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Building the materials foundation for AI (technologyreview.com)

2026-09-16 | by Mit Technology Review Insights | tags: syensqo, ai infrastructure, specialty materials

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Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability 'is just a matter of time' (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Anton Shilov | tags: jensen huang, china lithography, asml

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Inside South Korea’s university programs offering a direct route to Samsung and SK Hynix (cnbc.com)

2026-09-15 | by Lim Hui Jie Miko Jang | tags: samsung electronics, sk hynix, sogang university

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Fujitsu launches made-in-Japan next-generation CPU FUJITSU-MONAKA (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | tags: fujitsu, fujitsu-monaka, cpu

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The state of ABF substrates in data center silicon in 2026 — solving the supply crunch and material wall beneath every AI accelerator (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-10 | by Etiido Uko | get Semiconductor Packaging Materials Interaction and Reliability book → | tags: abf substrates, nvidia blackwell, ai accelerators

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World’s largest contract chipmaker TSMC sees August revenue surge over 53% to record high (cnbc.com)

2026-09-10 | by Jenny Lee | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: tsmc, semiconductor foundry, ai chips

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Analog Devices to Acquire Alif Semiconductor for $1.35 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-09 | get Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense Rev2 → | tags: analog devices, alif semiconductor, acquisition

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Besxar is building an orbital semiconductor factory, one SpaceX rocket at a time (techcrunch.com)

2026-09-09 | by Tim Fernholz | get Estes Alpha III model rocket starter set → | tags: besxar, spacex, falcon 9

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South Korea's AI rally is reshaping romance, reality shows and academic preferences (cnbc.com)

2026-09-04 | by Justina Lee Lisa Kim | get Chip War Chris Miller book → | tags: samsung electronics, sk hynix, south korea

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Intel scraps 44-year-old 'Fellow' title for top scientists, changes 'standard of technical leadership' — technical luminaries must now deliver measurable business results, combine deep expertise with strategic vision and 'measurable tactical progress' (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-03 | by Anton Shilov | get Intel Core Ultra 9 285K → | tags: intel, distinguished engineers, intel fellow

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TSMC fab equipment demand nearly doubles in six months — AI surge pushes 2026 CapEx toward $64B amid tool shortages (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-03 | by Anton Shilov | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card → | tags: tsmc, semiconductor equipment, capex

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Nvidia adds more than $400 billion in value after blowout earnings boost AI confidence (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz Arjun Kharpal | get NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit → | tags: nvidia, ai chips, taiwan semiconductor

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SK Hynix CEO says Indiana will be key memory production base by 2030, first U.S. facility now underway (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Katie Tarasov | get SK hynix Platinum P41 SSD → | tags: sk hynix, indiana, high-bandwidth memory

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Nvidia jumps 7% after blockbuster earnings boost AI confidence (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz Arjun Kharpal | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card → | tags: nvidia, ai chips, taiwan semiconductor

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Building Technology People Can Trust (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-24 | by Ritu Favre | get Fluke 87V digital multimeter → | tags: emerson, semiconductor, chiplet

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Micron Unveils $10 Billion AI Memory Research Lab In Boise (slashdot.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: micron, ai memory, boise

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Stop Hunting, Start Solving: Accelerating Root Cause Analysis with Agentic AI (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-08-21 | tags: agentic ai, semiconductor analytics, yield analysis

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LG enters chip packaging arena with Laser Direct Imaging machine, as TSMC's CoWoS remains constrained — maskless machine is designed to pattern fine interconnects, trading resolution for higher throughput (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Anton Shilov | tags: lg electronics, tsmc, coos

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Micron commits $10 billion to new US-based Research Labs — Boise hub to target post-DRAM and NAND technologies and packaging (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Anton Shilov | tags: micron, boise, dram

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H200 AI GPUs finally reach China under case-by-case import licenses, but it's already too late for Nvidia — homemade chips corner the China market as country seeks semiconductor independence (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-21 | by Luke James | tags: nvidia h200, bytedance, tencent

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Micron announces $10B research hub in Boise (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-21 | tags: micron research labs, boise, memory technologies

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How Micron's $50 billion Boise buildout is reshaping its hometown (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by Cj Haddad Katie Tarasov | tags: micron, boise state university, artificial intelligence

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Nvidia's stock has started to come alive. Here's 3 reasons why it can continue (cnbc.com)

2026-08-17 | by Zev Fima | tags: nvidia, ai chips, openai

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World's biggest chipmaker TSMC's sales surge 45% amid buoyant AI demand (cnbc.com)

2026-08-10 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: tsmc, ai chips, nvidia

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Chip Maker Infineon Forecasts Strong Revenue Growth on Booming AI Demand (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-05 | tags: infineon, semiconductor, revenue

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Lawsuit claims Micron's $100 billion New York chip fab could discharge "forever chemicals" into the Oneida River (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Rob Thubron | tags: micron, new york, oneida river

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Looking inside a 1970s PROM chip that stores data in microscopic fuses (2019) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-01 | tags: prom chip, data storage, microscopic fuses