ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says ‘rumors’ are ‘inaccurate and damaging to our reputation’

U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnick expresses concerns in a conversation with ASML executives that China has an EUV lithography system as ASML denies shipping such scanners to the PRC.
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Intel’s fab roadmap examined — Arizona, Ohio, Ireland, and the two deadlines deciding 14A process node

This roadmap provides an in-depth analysis of Intel’s current plans for its chip production capacity.

No, NYT, It’s Not ‘Nearly Impossible’ To Build Robots Without China

The NYT recently said it’s almost impossible to build robots without China. There are counter-examples very close to home, however …

Intel’s performance-enhanced 18A-P process enters risk production — drop-in 18A upgrade promises 9% performance improvement at iso-power, cuts thermal resistance by 40%

Intel’s enhanced 18A-P has entered risk production, laying the groundwork to ramp the node into full production in the coming months.
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TSMC says panel packaging won’t replace CoWoS anytime soon for the largest future AI processors — wafer-level tech can scale to 58 massive dies in one package

TSMC is exploring panel-level packaging and is working on its CoPoS technology, but the company’s Kevin Zhang says wafer-level packaging technologies is considerably more advanced than panel-level packaging.
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New Fashion Innovation Hub Unveiled By PDS And Future Fashion Assembly

Fashion brands struggle to adopt new technologies despite constant innovation. PDS and Future Fashion Assembly aim to bridge the gap between solutions and implementation.

Analyzing TSMC’s fab expansion roadmap — multi-fab N2 ramp, CoWoS, SoIC, and uncorking bottlenecks

TSMC is executing the largest manufacturing expansion in semiconductor industry history that combines simultaneous multi-fab N2 ramps, AI-driven manufacturing optimizations, and massive CoWoS/SoIC packaging capacity expans…