manufacturing – Kernel Sesias

12 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

Intel tests chipmaking tools from sanctioned China-focused tool maker, report claims — move could raise political and national security concerns, firm was backed by CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s investment firm

Intel is evaluating wet etch equipment from ACM Research, a U.S.-based maker of fab tools that is primarily focused on China and […]

11 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

TMSC ponders upgrading 2nd Japan fab to 4nm — could pave the way for more advanced chips for Japanese customers

TSMC is mulling upgrading the capabilities of its yet-to-be-built Fab 23 phase 2 in Japan in a bid to make chips on […]

9 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

Intel boosts India’s chip push with new Tata Group strategic partnership — includes manufacturing and packaging of Intel products for local markets

Intel has signed a strategic partnership with the Tata Group, one of India’s biggest global enterprises, in a bid to boost the […]

9 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

Trump approves Nvidia H200 exports to China, with 25% fee attached — report suggests that companies will have to follow strict Beijing rules to import foreign chip, AMD and Intel to benefit from policy shift

The U.S. will allow Nvidia to export its H200 chips to “approved customers” in China, President Donald Trump announced on Monday, setting […]

9 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

Two more perps apprehended over smuggling of $160 million of Nvidia chips to China — DOJ says H100 and H200 shipments were relabelled with a fictional brand to dodge export controls

Two more men have been apprehended for allegedly violating export control laws regarding the supply of Nvidia H100 and H200 AI chips […]

1 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

Industry’s first TSMC COUPE-based optical connectivity solution for next-gen AI chips displayed — Alchip and Ayar Labs show future silicon photonics device

At TSMC’s European OIP forum this week, Alchip and Ayar Labs demonstrated a fully integrated, in-package optical I/O engine built on TSMC’s […]

1 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

NAND wafer shortages push November contract prices up by over 60% — market tightens as hyperscalers purchase capacity for AI data centers

TrendForce reported on December 1 that NAND Flash wafer supply tightened sharply in November as AI workloads and enterprise SSD orders continued […]

1 Dicembre 2025Tecnologia

$1.5 trillion lithium deposit found in U.S. supervolcano crater — site could supply batteries for decades

Scientists reckon that the McDermitt Caldera might hold the largest deposit of lithium ever found. Situated on the Nevada – Oregon border, […]

30 Novembre 2025Tecnologia

Micron plans $9.6 billion HBM fab in Japan as AI memory race accelerates

Micron is preparing a major expansion of its Hiroshima operations to build a dedicated high-bandwidth memory (HBM) facility, according to a report […]

28 Novembre 2025Tecnologia

China claims domestically-designed 14nm logic chips can rival 4nm Nvidia silicon — architecture leverages 3D hybrid bonding techniques for claimed 120 TFLOPS of power

At the ICC Global CEO Summit in Beijing, China Semiconductor Industry Association vice chairman Wei Shaojun claimed that a new domestically designed […]