A look at the research into using metal-organic frameworks as photoresists for silicon etching, as the chip industry aims to move from EUV to X-ray lithography
We are now one generation of technological alchemy away from the smallest possible silicon microchips
How Arizona is training talent for its growing chip industry as suppliers fear tighter US immigration policy; Arizona has drawn $200B+ in investments since 2020
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A look at the growing reliance of US data centers and the Pentagon on Chinese batteries, a dependence increasingly viewed as a national security threat
China Warns Move Could ‘Backfire’ DigiTimes : China's battery and energy storage firms lead, fueled by AI-driven power demand surge Simon Sharwood / The Register : US punishes China's ‘dominance’ of l...
Taiwan opens its largest AI supercomputing data center, with Nvidia's Blackwell chips, a major effort in its push for sovereign AI and chip industry innovation
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A look at AMD's pivot to AI chips in 2022 under CEO Lisa Su, increasing AMD's market value from $90B to $335B+ in three years, as the chipmaker takes on Nvidia
not Nvidia — is the canary in the coal mine Semiconductor Engineering : Chip Industry Week In Review
Taiwan's minister Wu Cheng-wen says the US won't impose “punishing” tariffs on Taiwan, after a “consensus” that Taiwan would support the US chip industry
new trade deal could spur $400 billion investment commitment from island nation LinkedIn: Paddy Stephens : This week, I interviewed Taiwan's Science and Tech Minister Wu Cheng-wen about the crucial se...
Sources: SoftBank explored a potential takeover of Marvell earlier in 2025 to merge it with Arm, in what would have been the chip industry's largest-ever deal
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A look at the challenges facing Europe's chip industry, as the EU will likely fail to increase its 10% global chip manufacturing share to a targeted 20% by 2030
including the United States. https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ ... @foreignaffairs : “A purely European supply chain for semiconductors—the sector that undergirds the digital economy and defense sector—...
US House lawmakers criticize ASML, Tokyo Electron, KLA, and other equipment makers for selling to the Chinese military and helping build China's chip industry
including firms on U.S. restricted lists tied to the Chinese military and surveillance state. https://selectcommitteeontheccp.house.g ov/ ... Jonathan Cheng / @jchengwsj : .@committeeonccp: “Companies...
Taiwan curbs chip exports to South Africa over national security concerns, the first time it has used its chip industry as a weapon against a China ally
Taiwan has imposed restrictions on the export of chips to South Africa over national security concerns, taking the unusual step of using …