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Samsung delays equipping Taylor because of lack of customers

David Manners — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 05:28:12 +0000

Samsung is delaying facilitising its Taylor, Texas fab (pictured below) because it lacks customers for it, reports the Nikkei. The success of TSMC’s 2nm process has been so comprehensive that ...

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Chips Act a “horrible, horrible thing”, says Trump

David Manners — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:28:40 +0000

The US Chips Act is under threat following President Trump’s speech to the US Congress when he called the Act a “horrible, horrible thing”. Trump asked Congress to get rid ...

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US puts up $100m to apply AI/AE to chip manufacturing

David Manners — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 06:28:15 +0000

The US government has announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for activities that will use AI and autonomous experimentation (AE) technologies to support the long-term viability of next-generation semiconductor ...

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TSMC’s Arizona yield 4% better than in Taiwan

David Manners — Fri, 25 Oct 2024 05:28:43 +0000

The yield on TSMC’s 4nm process being ramped at its first Phoenix, Arizona fab is 4% better than the yields from its Taiwan fabs, according to Rick Cassidy, president of ...

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Vietnam up for Chips Act money

David Manners — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:20:59 +0000

Vietnam could receive money from the US Chips and Science Act, according to Jose Fernandez, U.S. undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. Under the Act, $500 ...

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Intelsat monetises completion of C-band clearing for 5G

Alun Williams — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 05:06:45 +0000

Intelsat has completed its C-band frequency clearing process for which it will receive nearly $3.7 billion in payment from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The commission had set deadline ...

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AFRL opens Extreme Computing centre for quantum computing research

Alun Williams — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 05:06:34 +0000

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has opened its Extreme Computing centre, as a component of national defence research – with a focus on quantum computing. Described as a ...

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Amazon’s Project Kuiper building satellite-processing facility at Kennedy Space Center

Alun Williams — Thu, 27 Jul 2023 05:06:06 +0000

Amazon has announced – for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation – that construction is underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space ...

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AFRL selects Phase 1 Grand Challenge ML winners from academia

Alun Williams — Mon, 15 May 2023 05:06:03 +0000

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has selected a joint research team from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as the Phase I ...

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