Hacker News with Generative AI: Arizona

The secretive US factory that lays bare the contradiction in America First plan (bbc.com)
Among the cactuses in the desert of Arizona, just outside Phoenix, an extraordinary collection of buildings is emerging that will shape the future of the global economy and the world.

Manufacturing, Politics, US Economy, Globalization, Arizona

6 points by ranit 4 days ago | 1 comments

AI of dead Arizona road rage victim addresses killer in court (theguardian.com)
Chris Pelkey was killed in a road rage shooting in Chandler, Arizona, in 2021.

Artificial Intelligence, Crime, Law, Technology, Arizona

29 points by impish9208 16 days ago | 18 comments

Living Car-Free in Arizona, on Purpose and Happily (nytimes.com)
One community near Phoenix is taking a “completely different” approach to development.

Lifestyle, Arizona, Urban Planning, Sustainability

23 points by lxm 56 days ago | 2 comments

America's "First Car-Free Neighborhood" Is Going Pretty Good, Actually? (dwell.com)
It’s been two years since Culdesac Tempe, the self-proclaimed "first car-free neighborhood in America," opened with a goal of making walkability its centerpiece.

Urban Planning, Sustainability, Transportation, Arizona

61 points by prawn 107 days ago | 105 comments

Apple will soon receive 'made in America' chips from TSMC's Arizona fab (tomshardware.com)

Apple, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Arizona, Taiwan

491 points by rbanffy 129 days ago | 472 comments

TSMC's Arizona Fab 21 is already making 4nm chips (tomshardware.com)

TSMC, Arizona, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Chip Production

21 points by libpcap 132 days ago | 5 comments

Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (bbc.com)
Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

Self-Driving Cars, Technology, Accidents, Arizona

74 points by ksec 134 days ago | 138 comments

Arizona's Tiny Taipei: How a Taiwanese Chip Factory Seeded a Community (nytimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Arizona, Community Development, Technology

3 points by cannibalXxx 144 days ago | 0 comments

Arizona's Tiny Taipei: How a Taiwanese Chip Factory Seeded a Community (nytimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, a global tech giant, brought thousands of workers from Asia to the Phoenix suburbs for jobs at a plant that the Biden administration helped fund.

Taiwan, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Arizona, Community Development, Global Tech

5 points by osnium123 145 days ago | 6 comments

TSMC's Arizona Plant to Start Making Advanced Chips (ieee.org)
After years of planning, building, geopolitical wrangling, and workforce challenges, the world’s largest semiconductor foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) is officially starting mass production at an advanced chip-manufacturing facility in Phoenix in 2025.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Arizona

352 points by rbanffy 147 days ago | 173 comments

Arizona's getting an online charter school taught by AI (techcrunch.com)
Arizona’s getting an online charter school taught entirely by AI

Education, Artificial Intelligence, Charter Schools, Arizona

3 points by blackeyeblitzar 154 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC Arizona sued for race and citizenship discrimination (tomshardware.com)

TSMC, Lawsuits, Discrimination, Arizona

10 points by aragonite 190 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC Arizona fab delivers 4% more yield than comparable facilities in Taiwan (tomshardware.com)

TSMC, Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Arizona, Taiwan

12 points by wmstack 209 days ago | 5 comments

TSMC's Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan's in Win for US Push (yahoo.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories back home, a significant breakthrough for a US expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife.

Technology, Semiconductor Industry, Taiwan, Arizona, Manufacturing

6 points by gmays 210 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC's Arizona chip production yields surpass Taiwan's in win for U.S. push (fortune.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories back home, a significant breakthrough for a U.S. expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife.

Arizona, Chip Manufacturing, US Economy, Technology

12 points by mgh2 210 days ago | 3 comments

TSMC Arizona fab delivers 4% more yield than comparable Taiwan facilities (tomshardware.com)

TSMC, Arizona, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Yield, Taiwan

8 points by heresie-dabord 210 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC Arizona achieves production yields similar to those at its fabs in Taiwan (tomshardware.com)

TSMC, Arizona, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Taiwan, Production

16 points by toss1 211 days ago | 1 comments

TSMC's Arizona Chip Production Yields Surpass Taiwan's (bloomberg.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has achieved early production yields at its first plant in Arizona that surpass similar factories back home, a significant breakthrough for a US expansion project initially dogged by delays and worker strife.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Arizona, Taiwan, Business

31 points by ironyman 211 days ago | 4 comments

Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack (theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s ground game in Arizona and Nevada may be undermined by canvassers working for America Pac using GPS spoofing to pretend they have knocked on doors when they haven’t, according to multiple people familiar with the practice and a leaked how-to-fake-location video.

Politics, Elections, Fraud, Technology, Arizona

15 points by aspenmayer 213 days ago | 1 comments

Life in America's Water-Inequality Capital. It Might Be About to Change (time.com)
In the Navajo Nation—a sweeping landscape of red-rock canyons and desert that takes in the Four Corners—water is not taken for granted.

Water Inequality, Navajo Nation, Arizona, Environmental Issues, Indigenous Rights

9 points by pseudolus 230 days ago | 1 comments

Arizona Town Cracks Down on Project Cars with Single 'Inoperable' Vehicle Limit (thedrive.com)
Car enthusiasts and collectors are having a rough go. There have been the right-to-repair battles in Maine and Massachusetts that eventually led to the feds getting involved. Kei cars have been banned and then (hopefully) unbanned in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (again?). But now the Southwest wants in on the anti-auto action by limiting “inoperable” vehicles to just one, even on private property.

Automobiles, Law, Local Government, Arizona

14 points by PaulHoule 235 days ago | 17 comments

Apple mobile processors are now made in America by TSMC (timculpan.substack.com)
TSMC’s first Arizona chips are now in production, and Apple is ready to be the first cab off the rank with mobile processors made using the foundry’s 5nm process.

Apple, Processors, Manufacturing, Technology, Arizona

1612 points by colinprince 248 days ago | 826 comments

TSMC's Arizona Trials Put Plant Productivity on Par with Taiwan (bloomberg.com)
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Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Taiwan, Arizona, TSMC

88 points by gmays 256 days ago | 67 comments

TSMC's Arizona Trials Put Plant Productivity on Par with Taiwan (bloomberg.com)
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Manufacturing, Semiconductor, Technology, Taiwan, Arizona

22 points by jonbaer 256 days ago | 5 comments

TSMC's Arizona Trials Put Plant Productivity on Par with Taiwan (bloomberg.com)

TSMC, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Arizona, Taiwan, Manufacturing Efficiency

16 points by gok 259 days ago | 1 comments

'Rare species' not seen in the area for 50 years spotted on Arizona trail camera (phys.org)