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Manufacturing articles
SK Hynix just surpassed Samsung to become South Korea's most valuable company
The chipmaker that nearly went bankrupt in 2002 is now worth $1.35 trillion because of AI
Trump says Apple will work with Intel to build chips in the US
Intel could gain a major foundry customer as Apple looks to reduce its reliance on TSMC
What just happened? President Trump says that Apple has agreed to work with Intel to design and build its chips in America. In a Truth Social post, Trump complained that "Stupid Presidents" had "let Taiwan and others steal our Semiconductor Factories."
Samsung's foundry is booming as TSMC struggles with demand – bags Nvidia, Tesla, and Qualcomm as new clients
Google and AMD could also get their next-generation chips manufactured by Samsung
"The retail SSD market has almost disappeared," Silicon Motion says, as OEMs take what's left
Situation expected to worsen in 2027
The "Made in America" Trump phone is just a reskinned HTC U24 built in China
And the American flag design is missing two stripes
Nothing CEO warns memory costs now exceed 50% of smartphone's hardware bill
The structural shift is coming, faster than anticipated
SK Hynix moves 375-layer NAND into mass production, replacing tungsten with molybdenum
Future 480-layer and 604-layer designs will require major manufacturing changes
TSMC CEO says it will be "a long time" before they can meet AI chip demand, with price hikes likely
The chip crunch could run for years, unless the boom becomes a bubble
A startup is using AI to find lithium deposits directly beneath Europe's battery factories
Volkswagen and LG have giant battery plants in Germany and Poland. A US startup thinks there's lithium sitting right beneath them
Micron just made the most advanced DRAM ever produced in the US, and it's not for your PC
The 1-alpha node brings advanced DDR4 production to Virginia fab
TSMC workers threaten Samsung-style strike over rumored bonus cuts despite record profits
TSMC says bonuses have not been cut and promises faster growth next year, but workers are still angry
ASML says first silicon from its latest $400M High-NA EUV machines is just months away
"Coming soon to a fab near you"
RAM makers are taking on massive debt to keep up with AI's chip appetite
Adata, Apacer, and TeamGroup have collectively raised over $880 million through bonds and loans
Intel may be forcing PC makers to buy its newer 18A chips by cutting off the old ones
Much of the limited Intel 7 capacity is being allocated to higher-margin enterprise products
Apple and Intel are reportedly working on a chip manufacturing deal
TSMC capacity is tightening under AI demand – and the US government has been quietly pushing Apple toward Intel for months
Nvidia partners with Corning to build the fiber optic backbone for next-gen AI data centers
Corning's second major AI deal of 2026 – following a $6 billion agreement with Meta in January
DDR6 development begins as Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron target 2028-2029 launch
The new standard promises major speed gains, but the current DRAM crisis could keep prices high
The chip industry is booming again, but only for companies building AI infrastructure
Silicon wafer shipments jumped 13% last year, and AI data centers are taking nearly all of it
Startup unveils benchtop metal 3D printer that brings industrial tech below $10,000
Scrap Labs aims to make laser powder bed fusion accessible outside factories
ASML plans to build at least 60 EUV machines this year as AI chip demand surges
That is 36% above 2025 sales, with more cleanroom capacity and supplier scaling needed to keep pace
SpaceX may build its own GPUs to reduce chip supply risks
The company warned investors about supply constraints and rising compute costs
$77 million tax break, one new permanent job: JPMorgan data center deal sparks backlash
Critics say the subsidy is a perfect example of data center excess
Meta doubles down on custom AI chips with Broadcom deal through 2029
Gigawatt-scale rollout and 2nm chips signal a massive AI infrastructure push
Intel tops $300 billion market cap for the first time since the dot-com boom
Intel hopes this turnaround will not end in another catastrophic crash