Feather Launches $29,990 Humanoid Robot. Small Teams Are Rewriting The Economics Of Humanoids

Need a robot? Don’t have $100,000? Want more than a toy that dances? There are now multiple humanoid robots that fit the bill …

Intel expects 14A to be ‘within 5%’ the performance of TSMC’s A14

Intel’s Naga Chandrasekaran now claims that Intel 14A node will deliver performance ‘within 5%’ of TSMC’s A14 technology, a claim that requires a closer examination.

ASML says it sold ‘absolutely nothing’ in Europe in 2026
ASML says it sold ‘absolutely nothing’ in Europe in 2026

ASML calls EU authorities to help create demand for European chips as Europe’s share in its revenue drops to 0% in 2026.

Figure’s Billion-Dollar Physical AI Bet Delivered A 6X Jump In Robot Chore Success

Figure committed to spending billions on training data. Just 4 weeks after the announcement, the data has delivered a 6X boost in humanoid robot performance.

Faraday Future Launches 5 New Robots: $9,990 To $137,900 For An Industrial Humanoid

Humanoid robots will do about 50% of the tasks we want robots to do, CEO YT Jia told me. That’s why we need multiple robot form factors, he adds.

Elon Musk’s Terafab hits a roadblock before making a single chip, receives cease-and-desist order — firm files trademark lawsuit, has sold Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for over a decade

Elon Musk’s Terafab semiconductor project has run into an unexpected trademark dispute with Tera-print, a small U.S. company that has used the Tera-Fab name for its tabletop lithography equipment for about a decade.

US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians
US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in dire need of engineers and technicians

As many semiconductor fabs and facilities go online in the 2030s and beyond, a global consulting firm said that these sites will need thousands of engineers and technicians that the U.S. will be hard-pressed to fill.

ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools
ASML snubs Elon Musk-backed particle accelerator chipmaking tech — firm doubles down on 1,000W laser-produced plasma systems for chipmaking tools

With progress that ASML makes with its LPP EUV light sources for its scanners, the company is barely interesting in adopting particle accelerator-based FEL sources.

Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability ‘is just a matter of time’

Nvidia CEO thinks that in light of his view of a three- to four-year timeline for Chinese development of advanced semi tooling, the country is “already there.”