Manufacturing

Not just AI datacenters needing own power: Taiwanese server-maker Quanta has bought microgrids

California utilities couldn't deliver for hyperscalers' favorite hardware slinger

Systems04 Oct 2024 | 5

Fire halts production at Indian iPhone factory

Tata was about to double the workforce at the plant

Personal Tech01 Oct 2024 | 4

Vietnam finds a formula – C = SET + 1 – to grow its semiconductor industry to $100bn

It only adds up to being as big as Nvidia today, in 2050

Public Sector24 Sep 2024 | 1

Intel has officially entered the grin and bear it phase of its recovery

Comment Gelsinger sold the world on his foundry vision. Walking away won't be easy

Systems22 Sep 2024 | 29

Intel frees its Foundry biz – and that's just one of many major shake-ups today

Pauses European fabs, scores secret US gig, teams up with Amazon, re-orgs its innards, and more!

On-Prem17 Sep 2024 | 30

South Korean lithium battery plant blaze kills at least 23

National Fire Agency responds with inspection of 213 batt-related workplaces

On-Prem25 Jun 2024 | 16

DARPA awards in-orbit manufacturing contract to Momentus

In the not too distant future agency wants to found factories in the sky

Science02 Jun 2024 | 3

Malaysia stakes claim to become semiconductor superpower by luring $100B investment from … somewhere

Suggests itself as the place to do high-end manufacturing without upsetting anyone

Public Sector30 May 2024 | 3

Apple on track for quarter of all iPhones to be made in India by 2028

IT minister boasts of tech titan building network of local vendors

Personal Tech16 May 2024 | 21

From chips to cloud, tech titans continue to splash cash across APAC

Intel and pals automate manufacturing in Japan while AWS pledges billions to Singapore

PaaS + IaaS09 May 2024 | 1

Miles of optical fiber crafted aboard ISS marks manufacturing first

ZBLAN fibers made in space hopefully don't crystallize and are far less brittle, opening the path to faster photonics

Networks23 Apr 2024 | 20

Intel's effort to build a foundry biz is costing far more – and taking longer – than expected

Analysis If you wanna make money you've gotta spend money. And against Samsung it's gonna cost a lot

On-Prem16 Apr 2024 | 13

Vigorous US lobbying reportedly reversed India PC import license scheme

Washington was most displeased and New Delhi knew it made a mistake

Personal Tech22 Mar 2024 | 5

Biden's State of the Union included a battle cry against AI mimicry

Lots of pats on the back for the CHIPS Act too

AI + ML09 Mar 2024 | 16

Intel inches closer to $3.5B contract to build secret fabs for Uncle Sam

They can't have x86 goliath building military chips out in the open now can they?

Systems07 Mar 2024 | 3

Belgian ale legend Duvel's brewery borked as ransomware halts production

Biz reassures quaffers it has enough beer, expects quick recovery before weekend

Cyber-crime07 Mar 2024 | 40

Chip lobby group SEMI to EU: Export restrictions should only be used in self-defense

Please don't scare away foreign investors - who do you think pays for this stuff?

Public Sector06 Mar 2024 | 5

Cybercrims: When we hit IT, they sometimes pay, but when we hit OT... jackpot

Analysis Or so says opsec firm, which confirms 70% of all industrial org ransomware in 2023 targeted manufacturers

Cyber-crime27 Feb 2024 | 19

Gelsinger splits Intel in two to advance foundry vision

FDC Separation of church and state? More like separation of Product and Foundry

Systems22 Feb 2024 | 13

India won't become a semiconductor superpower anytime soon, says think tank

$10 billion subsidies predicted to deliver just five modest fabs by 2029

Systems16 Feb 2024 | 3

India again backs down on its controversial PC import restrictions

Desktops escape regulations, laptops and servers don't, no reasons explained

Legal16 Jan 2024 | 6

White House hopes to power up American battery factories with $3.5B fund

Now that's the kind of current affairs we're into

Public Sector16 Nov 2023 | 18

Banned US chipmaking equipment still ending up in China, says report

Plus: US execs line up to dine with President Xi

Systems15 Nov 2023 | 6

Vietnam becomes latest nation to pitch itself as a chip biz hub

50,000-strong alt.China talent pool promised, with Google, Samsung, SpaceX, and Intel interested

On-Prem31 Oct 2023 |

Bezos' engineers dream of Blue Ring space platform in orbit by 2025

A little optimistic, given Blue Origin can't even deliver it themselves yet

Science17 Oct 2023 | 19

3D printer purchases could require background checks under proposed law

Bill in New York aims to stop spread of ghost guns, but fails to address existing kit or private sales

Legal17 Oct 2023 | 38

Japan's PM hints at semiconductor subsidies as part of wider growth plan

Updated Digital transformation and startups at center of stimulus package

Public Sector26 Sep 2023 | 1

China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is

Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess

Software19 Sep 2023 | 5

After failed takeover, Intel and Tower Semi aren't giving up on the relationship

Meanwhile, Arm suffers IPO financial muscle loss with low valuation

On-Prem05 Sep 2023 | 1

The semiconductor biz is sick, but demand for SiC chips that improve EVs is accelerating

Onsemi CEO says demand for silicon carbide surged – as investors pile in

Personal Tech01 Aug 2023 | 2

Infineon to offer recyclable circuit boards that dissolve in water

Phasing out epoxy resin laminate with biodegradable substrate might be costly, though

Systems28 Jul 2023 | 37

Prices of gallium and germanium rise as China export controls loom

Plus: US warns domestic chip suppliers will feel the pain

Systems27 Jul 2023 | 42

HPE prepares for spicy affair with India to churn out $1B worth of servers

Middle Kingdom suddenly a less appealing destination for manufacturing

On-Prem06 Jul 2023 | 4

China admits local semiconductor industry can't match world class reliability

Wants administrators, manufacturers, and the software they use, to be better

Software05 Jul 2023 | 15

Intel to build $4.6B assembly, testing site in Poland

Germany negotiations reportedly back on track for Magdeburg fab too

On-Prem16 Jun 2023 |

Applied Materials wants Uncle Sam's help with $4B chip R&D nerve center

Step right up and let us help you become dependent on us

Systems22 May 2023 |

Millions of mobile phones come pre-infected with malware, say researchers

Black Hat Asia The threat is coming from inside the supply chain

Cyber-crime11 May 2023 | 50

Samsung takes $3.1B gamble on OLED displays for tablets and notebooks

That must be why PC sales are down – the blacks just aren't inky enough

Systems04 Apr 2023 | 18

Barred from US tech, Huawei claims to have built its own 14nm chip design suite

Beijing's Made in China drive fueled by Washington's export crackdowns

Software24 Mar 2023 | 23

As chip sales slump, inflation makes the price of Samsung's Texas fab blow out

South Korean titan budgeted $17 billion. Could now need over $25 billion to bring the facility online

Systems16 Mar 2023 | 2

Netherlands joins US blockade of Chinese chip industry

No DUV for you

Systems10 Mar 2023 | 9

Chipmakers threaten to defect to US, EU if UK doesn't get its semiconductor plans sorted

Where's the Brexit bonus?

On-Prem14 Feb 2023 | 131

Language, schmanguage: NASA's generative AI builds spaceships

Or their parts, at least, which look decidedly skeletal for satellite struts

AI + ML13 Feb 2023 | 22

Boeing bids the 747 a final, ultimate, conclusive farewell

Cargo airline Atlas Air takes delivery of 1,547th and last Queen of the Skies

Offbeat01 Feb 2023 | 29

US ban on China chip exports rebounds, causes 2,700 job losses

California-based chipmaking kit-maker Lam hit by DRAM decline, inability to export to Middle Kingdom

Systems27 Jan 2023 | 14

Intel chairman exits just ahead of next financial report

Comment And within days of scrapping about a billion dollars in projects

Systems24 Jan 2023 | 12

Apple wants a quarter of its products manufactured in India, claims minister

Take that, China

Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 12

US, Canada, Mexico ponder some sort of chip supply collab

Climate change, drugs and immigration behind semiconductors on White House priority list

Systems10 Jan 2023 | 1

TSMC ramps up 3nm chip baking at Taiwan plants

Actions speak volumes

Systems29 Dec 2022 | 19

Risk-averse Kyocera gambles nearly $10b of own shares on semiconductor growth

When the chips are down, bet the farm

Systems28 Dec 2022 | 13

Micron plans staff decimation as demand dips to Great Recession levels

Lower demand? Bid adieu to 10% of workers and cut production

Systems22 Dec 2022 | 12

TSMC’s CEO is not pleased with the growing US-China rift

Leader of the the world's largest contract chip manufacturer would like it if the two world powers could work out their differences

Systems21 Dec 2022 | 18

Chipmakers to spend $500b on 84 new fabs by 2024 despite shaky economy

We sure do love those government subsidies, says industry cheerleader

Systems15 Dec 2022 | 4

IBM to help Japan’s government-funded chipmaker produce 2nm CPUs, GPUs

Just as Tokyo reportedly agrees to back US chip sanctions against China

Systems14 Dec 2022 | 4

TSMC founder says 'globalization is almost dead' as Asian foundry giant expands in US

Comment A sober reflection on the industry as supply chains bifurcate in the East and West

Systems08 Dec 2022 | 82

Intel reminds everyone it's still cooking away on more PC processors

Better late than never to catch up with AMD's Ryzen star

Systems08 Dec 2022 | 9