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Taiwan-developed browser game Fab24hr simulates chip fab worker's day

Fab24hr is a free 3D browser game, developed in Taiwan and available in Chinese, English and Japanese, that puts players in the role of a semiconductor fab worker. It offers a 12-chapter story mode tracing a hearing-aid chip from R&D to end user with three possible endings, and a 'day in the fab' mode where players choose a role, such as process engineer, and handle equipment failures and production emergencies.

tomshardware.com · 2026-10-18

Nexstrom develops equipment to grow 2D semiconductor materials on 300mm wafers

Singapore-based startup Nexstrom, incubated by Xora Innovation, has built a system called North Star designed to grow transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) directly onto standard 300mm chip wafers used in commercial foundries. These ultra-thin materials, just a few atomic layers deep, are seen as a potential alternative to silicon as transistors shrink toward physical limits. The company's approach draws on research from co-founder and chief scientist Lance Li.

techcrunch.com · 2026-09-22