Intel’s Ohio One project shows healthy progress as new job listings pop up — construction seems to be well underway as contractor actively hiring for ambitious chip factory

Bechtel, the contractor behind Intel’s ambitious Ohio One chip factory, has posted new job listings on its website with an overview mentioning Phase 1 of the project. These recruits will be responsible for accelerating con…

AI chip design is pushing advanced chip packaging to its limits – workarounds exist for limits of 2.5D packaging, but are years away from viability

As AI accelerators and HPC devices grow larger and more complex, advanced chip design continues to move away from the transistor and toward the package.
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Nuclear startups are back in vogue with small reactors, and big challenges

Small modular reactor startups are betting that mass manufacturing will help them bring costs down. But are they underestimating the challenge?

Top 10 Humanoid Robot Companies By Shipments Revealed

We’re not shipping a lot of humanoid robots yet. But shipments are forecast to almost double each year for the next decade. Here’s who’s leading now …

Intel makes sharp reversal, is ‘going big time into 14A,’ says CEO Lip-Bu Tan — ‘serve the customer well’ remark hints at external client

Intel’s CEO says he expects ‘great momentum in terms of yields and IP’ on the company’s 14A process technology.

Elon Musk wants to build a dirty 2nm chipmaking fab that you can smoke and eat cheeseburgers in — bets that Tesla will turn the concept of cleanrooms upside down

Elon Musk says that modern cleanrooms are built wrong, and if Tesla builds its own fab, he will be able to eat and smoke in that facility.
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Atlas Humanoid Robots Production ‘Fully Committed’ For 2026, Factory Will Build 30,000 Per Year

Boston Dynamics latest Atlas humanoid robot is big, strong, and increasingly smart, thanks to Google. The company has plans to ship up to 30,000 per year.

China’s top chip foundries move to consolidate as Beijing pushes semiconductor self-sufficiency — SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor deals pave the path to unified power

China’s two largest pure-play foundries, SMIC and Hua Hong Semiconductor, are in the middle of significant consolidation efforts that demonstrate how industrial policy is reshaping the country’s chip sector.
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