Hacker News with Generative AI: Manufacturing

SpaceX's Texas Starlink Factory Produces 15,000 Dishes per Day (pcmag.com)
SpaceX has published a rare behind-the-scenes video of its Starlink dish factory in Bastrop, Texas, which is preparing to expand.

SpaceX, Starlink, Manufacturing, Technology, Texas

10 points by signatoremo 1 day ago | 2 comments

A clever grinding fixture for ultra-precision squaring – Cylo's Garage [video] (youtube.com)

Manufacturing, Engineering, DIY, Video

3 points by nill0 1 day ago | 0 comments

Ultrasonic deep drawing cuts friction by 20%, extends tool lifespan (techxplore.com)
Ultrasonic deep drawing makes the difference: with a drawing ratio of 2.3 and vibration support, the deep-drawn bowl.

Manufacturing, Engineering, Materials Science, Ultrasonic Technology

6 points by PaulHoule 2 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC and Trump announce $100B investment in the US, including three fabs (tomshardware.com)

Semiconductors, Business, Manufacturing, Politics, Technology

12 points by LorenDB 3 days ago | 1 comments

Fish-gathering plate proves a big hit with anglers (japantimes.co.jp)
Showa Kogyo, a metal processing firm in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, has developed a fish-gathering plate to attract thread-sail filefish as its first attempt in its 76-year history to create its own product.

Fishing, Japan, Product Development, Innovation, Manufacturing

3 points by PaulHoule 3 days ago | 0 comments

TSMC will reportedly invest $100B to expand US chip fab buildouts (arstechnica.com)
Striking a four-year deal with President Donald Trump, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plans to invest $100 billion in chip manufacturing plants in the US, sources told The Wall Street Journal.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Business, Technology, United States

35 points by whiteboardr 3 days ago | 3 comments

Schools reviving shop class (wsj.com)
In America’s most surprising cutting-edge classes, students pursue hands-on work with wood, metals and machinery, getting a jump on lucrative old-school careers.

Education, Vocational Training, Manufacturing, Careers

289 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 217 comments

Ohio One Construction Timeline Update (intel.com)
Intel’s Foundry Manufacturing leader announces planned construction completion dates for the company’s Ohio One site.

Construction, Ohio, Intel, Manufacturing, Technology

90 points by ChrisArchitect 6 days ago | 26 comments

'Hey Number 17 ' (404media.co)
A venture capital-backed “AI performance monitoring system for factory workers” is proposing what appears to be dehumanizing surveillance of factories, where machine vision tracks workers’ hand movements and output so a boss can look at graphs and yell at them about efficiency.

Artificial Intelligence, Surveillance, Labor, Manufacturing, Venture Capital

424 points by Amorymeltzer 9 days ago | 157 comments

Launch YC: Optifye.ai – AI performance monitoring for factory workers (ycombinator.com)
Know who's working & who's not in real-time

Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing, Productivity, Startups, Y Combinator

42 points by walterbell 10 days ago | 58 comments

Warpage in wafer-level packaging: causes, modelling, and mitigation strategies (frontiersin.org)
Wafer-level packaging (WLP) is a pivotal semiconductor packaging technology that enables heterogeneously integrated advanced semiconductor packages with high-density electrical interconnections through its efficient and highly reliable manufacturing processes.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Packaging, Engineering

12 points by PaulHoule 11 days ago | 0 comments

Nvidia confirms 'rare' RTX 5090 and 5070 Ti manufacturing issue (theverge.com)
It’s true: Nvidia has just confirmed it shipped some RTX 5090, RTX 5090D, and even some RTX 5070 Ti graphics chips that were missing render units, as TechPowerUp originally reported — and that you’ll be able to get a replacement if your card was affected.

Nvidia, Graphics Cards, Hardware, Manufacturing, Technology

8 points by delaugust 12 days ago | 1 comments

Who wants to work in a factory? (arenamag.com)
For more than half a century, we Americans have distanced ourselves from the making of our everyday surroundings.

Manufacturing, Labor, Economy, Society

32 points by HR01 13 days ago | 64 comments

Reviving the joy and honor of working with your hands (2015) (richmond.com)
As the U.S. trade deficit soars along at an annual rate of a half-trillion dollars and the world starts digesting the implications of the titanic Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, consider this guy...

Manufacturing, Economics, Trade

133 points by skadamat 23 days ago | 107 comments

TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does It Measure Up? (semiwiki.com)
TSMC presented its 2nm Platform Technology at IEDM 2024, focusing on energy-efficient nanosheet transistors and 3DIC co-optimization for various applications.

Semiconductors, Technology, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, TSMC

136 points by sroussey 24 days ago | 101 comments

Advanced Magnet Manufacturing Begins in the United States (ieee.org)
In mid-January, a top United States materials company announced that it had started to manufacture rare earth magnets.

Manufacturing, Materials Science, Rare Earths

185 points by kungfudoi 25 days ago | 113 comments

Japan's Semiconductor Photoresist Monopoly [video] (youtube.com)

Japan, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Video

3 points by mgh2 26 days ago | 0 comments

How Honda is incorporating EVs into the cars it builds in America (arstechnica.com)
ANNA, Ohio—Honda's Anna Engine Plant has changed a little since I last visited. As we wound our way past the four-cylinder production line, the green-painted scaffolding and overhead gantries gave way to a more open expanse of the cavernous building. Conveyor belts have been replaced by little robots that move pallets around, and bright LED lights illuminate the yellow-painted walls.

Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Automotive Industry, Honda

4 points by rntn 31 days ago | 0 comments

Lebanon's Oldest Soap Factory Makes 30k Olive Oil Bar [video] (youtube.com)

Lebanon, Soap Making, Olive Oil, Video, Manufacturing

9 points by teleforce 34 days ago | 4 comments

LMD: A new, less wasteful metal 3D printing technique (core77.com)
Metal 3D printing is currently dominated by powder-based techniques like SLM (Selective Laser Melting). These processes yield incredibly precise parts, but the build times are slow. Furthermore, dealing with the powder increases manufacturing complexity: Whenever the powder is transported, loaded into the machine, or cleaned up afterwards, rigorous steps must be followed to prevent the loose spread of powder.

3D Printing, Manufacturing, Materials Science, Metal

144 points by surprisetalk 37 days ago | 29 comments

Yes, reshoring American industry is possible (noahpinion.blog)
Reshoring American industry has become a bipartisan policy objective — it has always been part of Donald Trump’s agenda, and Biden cared a lot about it as well.

Politics, Economics, Manufacturing

8 points by paulpauper 40 days ago | 0 comments

Chinese semiconductor production equipment makers set sales records (tomshardware.com)

Semiconductors, China, Business, Manufacturing

5 points by rbanffy 41 days ago | 0 comments

First all-Indian chips to debut this year, 25 more local designs in the works (theregister.com)
India's ambition to become a semiconductor manufacturing player will bear fruit later this year with the debut of the first silicon designed and built in the nation.

India, Semiconductors, Technology, Manufacturing

5 points by rntn 42 days ago | 0 comments

Invisible Electrostatic Wall at 3M plant (1996) (amasci.com)
David Swenson of 3M Corporation describes an anomaly where workers encountered a strange "invisible wall" in the area under a fast-moving sheet of electrically charged polypropelene film in a factory.

Physics, Manufacturing, Industrial Accidents

403 points by Simon_O_Rourke 44 days ago | 221 comments

TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan (theregister.com)
Taiwan has experienced an earthquake so significant that chipmaking champ TSMC has shuttered plants.

Taiwan, Earthquakes, Semiconductors, Technology, Manufacturing

6 points by LinuxBender 44 days ago | 1 comments

TSMC reportedly pauses production after strong earthquake hits Taiwan (theregister.com)
Taiwan has experienced an earthquake so significant that chipmaking champ TSMC has shuttered plants.

Taiwan, Earthquakes, Semiconductors, Manufacturing

6 points by mfiguiere 45 days ago | 0 comments

BYD is about to open another EV plant overseas with 150,000 vehicle capacity (electrek.co)
The world’s largest electric vehicle maker is becoming a force in the global auto market. BYD confirmed it’s on track to open another massive EV plant overseas by the end of 2025.

Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, China, Global Market, Automotive

21 points by zfg 45 days ago | 46 comments

Russia Slashes Engine Production as Domestic Airliner Production Flounders (simpleflying.com)

Russia, Aviation, Manufacturing, Economy

5 points by teractiveodular 46 days ago | 1 comments

Swedish Exports of Ball Bearings (reddit.com)
"Swedish exports of ball bearings" are commonly brought up in historical discussions of World War II. Why were other countries so reliant on Swedish ball bearings and unable to produce enough themselves?

History, Manufacturing, Sweden

54 points by zeristor 48 days ago | 10 comments

Anduril Building Arsenal-1 Hyperscale Manufacturing Facility in Ohio (anduril.com)
A family of autonomous systems, powered by Lattice, that provides integrated, persistent awareness and security across land, sea and air -- all at the tactical edge.

Robotics, Manufacturing, Defense, Artificial Intelligence, Ohio

15 points by rntn 49 days ago | 15 comments