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China's export restrictions on critical semiconductor materials shake global markets
With supply so limited, prices have nearly doubled in the last year
Why it matters: Exports of crucial semiconductor materials germanium and gallium have been caught up in a game of cat and mouse between the US and China, with Beijing's primary motivation to show that it is able to retaliate against US-led pressures on Chinese companies. China has not been shy about imposing these controls, announcing export restrictions this month on antimony, a mineral used in armor-piercing ammunition, night-vision goggles, and precision optics. Last year, China also introduced controls on exports of graphite and technologies used in rare earth extraction and separation.
Open Compute Project is developing a low-carbon concrete solution for data centers
New concrete formulas should cut the amount of greenhouse gases trapped in data centers
Texas Instruments on track to secure $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funds to build three new wafer fabs
The facilities will be in Texas and Utah
Nvidia's next-gen Blackwell chip may be facing delays due to design flaws
Customers that have spent billions on orders are surely not pleased
TSMC will start building its first European chip manufacturing plant in Germany soon
Forward-looking: In its effort to become a global tech company, TSMC has long planned to open new plants outside of its Taiwan base. The chip foundry has now confirmed that it will soon begin constructing its first European fab, with support and funding from third-party manufacturers.
OpenAI is in talks with Broadcom about developing AI chip
Sam Altman is determined to lessen OpenAI's dependence on Nvidia
Donald Trump thinks Taiwan should pay for US defense, says it took America's chip business
"How stupid are we? They took all of our chip business. They're immensely wealthy"
Intel launches apprenticeship program to combat semiconductor labor shortage
Putting the CHIPS Act money to good use
Breakthrough copper wiring solution could address 2nm chip challenges as shown by Applied Materials
Trying to keep Moore's Law alive
Closed auto manufacturing plants will be converted into EV factories using new $1.7 billion US government grant
The program is targeting all parts of the EV supply chain
Xiaomi unveils new autonomous smart factory that operates 24/7 without human labor
Pumping out 10 million phones per year
TSMC explores massive rectangular chip substrates to meet AI demand
It could translate to significantly more chips per wafer
Elon Musk predicts Tesla's Optimus robots will drive company to $25 trillion valuation
Musk describes himself as "pathologically optimistic"
US ramps up chip manufacturing: Investments in 2024 set to surpass previous 24 years combined
It's largely driven by the landmark CHIPS Act
TSMC hints at price increase for Nvidia as response to its booming AI hardware business
Jensen Huang seems to think it's the right move
Elon Musk confirms he diverted 12,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs from Tesla to X
What just happened? Elon Musk has confirmed reports that 12,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs intended for Tesla's EV production were diverted to X. Musk says logistical challenges were behind the diversion as Tesla "had no place to send the Nvidia chips to turn them on, so they would have just sat in a warehouse."
TSMC's EUV machines have a remote kill switch should China attempt a hostile takeover
China couldn't do much with TSMC even if it did execute a successful takeover
More than a quarter of advanced chip production to occur on US soil by 2032
The Chips Act will make America a major semiconductor player
Samsung taps AI to design first 3nm mobile processor with Synopsys
Exynos chips could get a whole lot better
No reprieve for PC builders as skyrocketing metal prices set to impact component costs
Brace for jacked-up PC prices
TSMC lays out roadmap for massive, kilowatt-class chip packages and terabit optical links
The company's solutions could use up to a whopping 120x120mm substrate in 2027
The Chips Act is rebuilding US semiconductor manufacturing, so far resulting in $327 billion in announced projects
About half of the $39 billion in Chips Act incentives has been spent
TSMC unveils A16 manufacturing process for 1.6nm chips in challenge to Intel's claims
Intel previous said it would overtake TSMC in making the world's fastest chips