Hacker News with Generative AI: Manufacturing

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

33 points by zeristor 4 hours ago | 5 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 1 day ago | 15 comments

100x defect tolerance: How we solved the yield problem (cerebras.ai)
Conventional wisdom in semiconductor manufacturing has long held that bigger chips mean worse yields. Yet at Cerebras, we’ve successfully built and commercialized a chip 50x larger than the largest computer chips – and achieved comparable yields.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Hardware, Yield

328 points by jwan584 2 days ago | 174 comments

Taiwan clears TSMC to make 2nm chips abroad – country lowers 'Silicon Shield' (tomshardware.com)

Taiwan, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Geopolitics

5 points by transpute 3 days ago | 0 comments

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

Apple, Manufacturing, Semiconductors, Arizona, Taiwan

483 points by rbanffy 3 days ago | 466 comments

Boeing production in 2024 expected to be less than half of rival Airbus (theguardian.com)
Boeing is expected to confirm it made less than half of the aircraft of its rival Airbus in 2024, with analysts questioning whether the troubled US planemaker will be able to increase its rate of production as planned.

Aviation, Boeing, Airbus, Manufacturing, Competition

10 points by throwup238 5 days ago | 9 comments

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

TSMC, Arizona, Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Chip Production

21 points by libpcap 6 days ago | 5 comments

Foxconn has stopped sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories (restofworld.org)
Foxconn is halting new work rotations for its Chinese employees at its Apple iPhone factories in India, and sending Taiwanese workers instead, according to five people familiar with Foxconn’s operations in India.

Foxconn, Apple, iPhone, India, Manufacturing

11 points by ywnzzn 7 days ago | 0 comments

Soldering the Tek way (hackaday.com)
For a lot of us, soldering just seems to come naturally. But if we’re being honest, none of us was born with a soldering iron in our hand — ouch! — and if we’re good at soldering now, it’s only thanks to good habits and long practice. But what if you’re a company that lives and dies by the quality of the solder joints your employees produce? How do you get them to embrace the dark art of soldering?

Soldering, Electronics, Manufacturing, Training, Quality Control

204 points by zdw 8 days ago | 102 comments

Poka-Yoke (wikipedia.org)
Poka-yoke (ポカヨケ, [poka joke]) is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "error prevention".

Japanese Culture, Quality Control, Manufacturing

69 points by logikblok 9 days ago | 46 comments

BYD, "Slave-gate" and the soul search about China's cutthroat industrial model (pandapawdragonclaw.blog)
You cannot sell all your products to increasingly impoverished customers.

China, Business, Ethics, Manufacturing

11 points by yorwba 11 days ago | 0 comments

Kodak increases film production capacity to meet commercial, consumer demand (rochesterfirst.com)
As of Tuesday, Kodak has finished upgrading its film production and finishing facilities to keep up with demand.

Kodak, Film Photography, Business, Manufacturing

72 points by throw0101b 14 days ago | 40 comments

China is the manufacturing superpower (cepr.org)
The US is the world’s sole military superpower. It spends more on its military than the ten next highest spending countries combined. China is now the world’s sole manufacturing superpower. Its production exceeds that of the nine next largest manufacturers combined.

China, Manufacturing, Military, Superpower, Economics

199 points by luu 14 days ago | 298 comments

Factories in Space (factoriesinspace.com)
Factories in space. Making products for Earth.

Space Exploration, Manufacturing, Innovation

13 points by yearesadpeople 14 days ago | 24 comments

Phase 2 China shock is coming: Adam Tooze on Europe, America and manufacturing (yahoo.com)
British historian and Columbia University professor Adam Tooze says jobs are the at the heart of the matter.

Economics, International Relations, China, Manufacturing, Europe

5 points by thread_id 16 days ago | 2 comments

A Computerized Approach to Manufacturing Planning (Confidential 1966 IBM Report) (archive.org)
IBM Technical Report TR 22.256: A Computerized Approach To Manufacturing Planning, by Robert Sadofsky. Published May 2nd, 1966.

Manufacturing, Computer Science, History, IBM, Research

15 points by textfiles 19 days ago | 0 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 21 days ago | 173 comments

Samsung gets $4.7B grants for Texas fabs (nist.gov)
The U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics (Samsung), up to $4.745 billion in direct funding under the CHIPS and Science Act to strengthen the resilience of the U.S. semiconductor supply chain, advance U.S. technology leadership, and fuel U.S. global competitiveness.

Government Funding, Semiconductors, Texas, Manufacturing, Technology

32 points by osnium123 28 days ago | 6 comments

Intel 18A Process Node Clocks an Abysmal 10% Yield (techpowerup.com)
In case you're wondering why Intel went with TSMC 3 nm to build the Compute tile of its "Arrow Lake" processor, and the SoC tile of "Lunar Lake," instead of Intel 3, or even Intel 20A, perhaps there's more to the recent story about Broadcom voicing its disappointment in the Intel 18A foundry node.

Semiconductors, Intel, Technology, Manufacturing, Business

9 points by LordNibbler 30 days ago | 0 comments

China took a great leap forward in high-tech manufacturing of everything (nytimes.com)
I just spent a week in Beijing and Shanghai, meeting with Chinese officials, economists and entrepreneurs, and let me get right to the point: While we were sleeping China took a great leap forward in high-tech manufacturing of everything.

China, Manufacturing, Technology, Economics

6 points by jakubmazanec 30 days ago | 2 comments

Sudden Loss of Undocumented Workers Threw Tech Supplier into Upheaval (nytimes.com)
Jabil, a major manufacturer of electronics components for the tech industry, made a startling discovery in the spring of 2021: It had been relying on dozens of undocumented workers, contracted from a staffing agency, to power its manufacturing sites near Silicon Valley.

Immigration, Manufacturing, Tech Industry, Labor

14 points by gorbachev 32 days ago | 7 comments

Silicon Anode Batteries for EVs Are Ready for Production (ieee.org)
While the world is waiting—and waiting—for the giant leap to solid-state batteries, a nimble step to silicon anode cells is well underway. That transitional stage includes a key ingredient made in the U.S., not China.

Electric Vehicles, Battery Technology, Silicon, Manufacturing

9 points by rbanffy 35 days ago | 0 comments

Highly efficient flash iron-making moves to commercialization in China (scmp.com)
After more than a decade of intensive research in China, a new ironmaking technology is poised to revolutionise the global steel manufacturing industry.

China, Steel, Iron, Manufacturing, Technology

10 points by dr_dshiv 40 days ago | 1 comments

Tesla shuts down Cybertruck production for days at critical time for the company (electrek.co)
Tesla has told Cybertruck production employees not to report to work for the next three days, in another sign of demand issues for the vehicle that once touted millions of preorders.

Tesla, Cybertruck, Electric Vehicles, Manufacturing, Production

27 points by tedd4u 43 days ago | 35 comments

Global Robot Density in Factories Doubled in Seven Years (ifr.org)
Frankfurt, Nov 20, 2024 — Robot adoption in factories around the world continues at high speed: The new global average robot density reaches a record 162 units per 10,000 employees in 2023 - more than double the number measured only seven years ago (74 units). This is according to the World Robotics 2024 report, presented by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, Technology, Global Trends

15 points by therabbithole 44 days ago | 1 comments

ASML made a $230 Lego kit version of its $380M semiconductor tool (tomshardware.com)

Semiconductors, Technology, Manufacturing, Lego, Business

8 points by gradus_ad 46 days ago | 2 comments

Sol-Ark manufacturer reportedly disables all Deye inverters in the US (solarboi.com)
Seemingly at the drop of a hat the morning of Friday, Nov 15th, Deye-branded inverters across the US were reportedly intentionally bricked with the message:

Solar Energy, Hardware, Manufacturing, Technology, News

290 points by walterbell 49 days ago | 307 comments

ASML Twinscan EXE:5000 Lego Set (asmlstore.com)
Joining the ASML Lego Collection - the TWINSCAN EXE:5000.

Lego, Hardware, Manufacturing

87 points by ksec 50 days ago | 30 comments

TSMC starts equipment installation for 2nm fab, six months ahead of schedule (taipeitimes.com)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s biggest contract chipmaker, yesterday held an equipment installation ceremony for its first 2-nanometer fab in Kaohsiung, six months ahead of schedule, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁) said.

Semiconductors, Manufacturing, Technology, Taiwan

5 points by giuliomagnifico 50 days ago | 0 comments

How IBM invented the automated fab (ieee.org)
In 1970, Bill Harding envisioned a fully automated wafer-fabrication line that would produce integrated circuits in less than one day.

History, Semiconductor Industry, Manufacturing, Automation

184 points by jnord 51 days ago | 43 comments