Hacker News with Generative AI: Semiconductor Industry

WH Executive Order Affecting Chips and AI Models (whitehouse.gov)
Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming central to both security and economic strength.
Artificial Intelligence, Government Policy, Technology, Semiconductor Industry
69 points by atlasunshrugged 5 days ago | 80 comments
China starts Big Fund III spending: $47B for ecosystem and fab tools (tomshardware.com)
China, Semiconductor Industry, Investment, Technology, Funding
4 points by rbanffy 10 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 Industry, Arizona, Community Development, Technology
3 points by cannibalXxx 19 days ago | 0 comments
South Korea greenlights the largest semiconductor hub (tomshardware.com)
South Korea, Semiconductor Industry, Technology, Business
6 points by rbanffy 21 days ago | 0 comments
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory (abortretry.fail)
William Bradford Shockley Jr was born on the 13th of February in 1910 in London.
History, Biography, Semiconductor Industry
126 points by BirAdam 24 days ago | 40 comments
On-silicon real-time AI compute governance from Nvidia, Intel, EQTY Labs (eqtylab.io)
EQTY Lab, in collaboration with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA), announced today the release of the Verifiable Compute AI framework, the first hardware-based solution to govern and audit AI workflows.
Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Security, Governance, Semiconductor Industry
44 points by kfrzcode 30 days ago | 29 comments
Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools claimed cheaper and easier than ASML's (tomshardware.com)
Russia, Semiconductor Industry, Technology, Chip Manufacturing, EUV Lithography
4 points by pinewurst 31 days ago | 0 comments
China gorging on silicon before Uncle Sam slams the door (theregister.com)
China's semiconductor imports were up more than 14 percent in 2024 as companies in the country stockpiled ahead of widely expected fresh restrictions from Washington and pressure grows to develop local alternatives instead.
China, Semiconductor Industry, Trade Wars, Technology, Economics
4 points by rntn 37 days ago | 1 comments
TSMC founder says Intel has neither a strategy nor a CEO (tomshardware.com)
TSMC, Intel, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Leadership
58 points by rbanffy 38 days ago | 23 comments
The Chiplet Revolution – Communications of the ACM (cacm.acm.org)
Reducing demands on a single chip by using smaller chips dedicated to specific functions.
Hardware, Computer Architecture, Semiconductor Industry
6 points by rbanffy 40 days ago | 0 comments
NAND Flash Targets 1k Layers (semiengineering.com)
The chip industry is pushing to quadruple the stack height of 3D NAND flash from 200 layers to 800 layers or more over the next few years, using the additional capacity will help to feed the unending need for more memory of all types.
Hardware, Semiconductor Industry, Memory Technology, NAND Flash
62 points by rbanffy 40 days ago | 10 comments
Is this the biggest industrial espionage campaign in history? (freethink.com)
In 2016, the Chinese Communist Party announced that producing its own dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips was a national security priority.
Industrial Espionage, China, Technology, National Security, Semiconductor Industry
5 points by neofrommatrix 44 days ago | 0 comments
Chinese companies poach staff from ASML and Zeiss with three times higher pay (tomshardware.com)
China, Semiconductor Industry, Talent Acquisition, Business, Technology
33 points by qwertox 50 days ago | 12 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
Washington curtails Intel's CHIPS Act grant after company stumbles (nytimes.com)
The Biden administration plans to reduce Intel’s preliminary $8.5 billion federal CHIPS grant, a move that follows the California-based company’s investment delays and broader business struggles.
Government Funding, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Technology, Intel
7 points by selimthegrim 54 days ago | 3 comments
Xiaomi Successfully Tapped Out China's First 3nm SoC (gsmchina.com)
Xiaomi is gearing up to release its most anticipated Xiaomi 15 Series flagship at the end of this month. However, today local media ‘Beijing News’ has revealed an ambitious project, which Xiaomi has been working on secretly.
Xiaomi, Semiconductor Industry, Technology, China
27 points by DeathArrow 62 days ago | 19 comments
Too Good to Lose: America's Stake in Intel (csis.org)
In 2022, Congress enacted the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act (CHIPS Act), a pivotal initiative which seeks to ensure U.S. leadership in semiconductor technology—the backbone of everything from cars to household appliances to defense systems.
Politics, Technology, Economics, Semiconductor Industry
10 points by osnium123 65 days ago | 6 comments
Taiwan Tightens Grip on TSMC's 2nm Tech Amid US-China Geopolitical Struggle (twitter.com)
Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Geopolitics, United States, China
5 points by gonab 68 days ago | 0 comments
Taiwanese law prevents TSMC from producing 2nm chips overseas (tomshardware.com)
Taiwan, Semiconductor Industry, Technology, Geopolitics
27 points by rbanffy 68 days ago | 23 comments
US Congressman accuses SMIC of making 7nm chips for China violating US sanctions (tomshardware.com)
US Politics, China, Semiconductor Industry, International Relations, Sanctions
5 points by csomar 70 days ago | 0 comments
TSMC to stop supplying advanced AI processors for all of its China customers (tomshardware.com)
Semiconductor Industry, China, Artificial Intelligence, Taiwan
40 points by ilamont 70 days ago | 4 comments
TSMC to close door on producing advanced AI chips for China from Monday (ft.com)
TSMC, China, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor Industry, Geopolitics
5 points by belter 70 days ago | 3 comments
Chipmaker TSMC hit by Taiwan's soaring energy prices and growing outages (ft.com)
Taiwan, Energy, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Economics
4 points by belter 73 days ago | 0 comments
Intel CEO complains after investing $30B but receiving zero CHIPS Act funding (tomshardware.com)
Intel, CHIPS Act, Semiconductor Industry, Government Funding, Business
5 points by rbanffy 74 days ago | 0 comments
Samsung to cut 30% of foundry staff, plan 50% line closure by year-end (digitimes.com)
Reports indicate that Samsung is exploring a voluntary retirement plan for its DS division. Rumors also suggest the program could expand across the company, impacting the Mobile eXperience (MX), Visual Display (VD), and Digital Appliances (DA) divisions...
Samsung, Layoffs, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Technology
5 points by mgh2 74 days ago | 0 comments
Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that AI chipmaker Nvidia will replace Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, marking a seismic shift in the semiconductor industry and ending Intel's 25-year run on the prestigious stock market index.
Nvidia, Intel, Semiconductor Industry, Stock Market
5 points by marklar423 74 days ago | 1 comments
Intel might be too big to fail (tomshardware.com)
Intel, Semiconductor Industry, Business, Technology
109 points by rbanffy 76 days ago | 233 comments
Intel outlines plan to break free from TSMC manufacturing (tomshardware.com)
Intel, Semiconductor Industry, Manufacturing, Technology
6 points by rbanffy 77 days ago | 0 comments
AMD Will Need Another Decade to Try to Pass Nvidia (nextplatform.com)
Lisu Su has turned in her first ten years at the helm of AMD, and what a hell of a run it has been.
AMD, Nvidia, Semiconductor Industry, Technology, Business
28 points by rbanffy 80 days ago | 16 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 84 days ago | 0 comments