iFixIt calls BMW’s new anti-consumer security screws ‘a logo-shaped middle finger to right to repair,’ Adafruit 3D prints a solution — BMW’s connector reverse engineered using patent filing as a design blueprint

Automaker BMW has filed a patent for a new fastener which takes design cues from the its iconic segmented roundel logo. but it has been accused of creating this design for service and repair gatekeeping.

Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year

Japan’s state-backed foundry Rapidus plans to begin production of 2nm-class semiconductors in the second half of its fiscal year 2027, with full-scale production expected in 2028.

Didero lands $30M to put manufacturing procurement on ‘agentic’ autopilot

Didero functions as an agentic AI layer that sits on top of a company’s existing ERP, acting as a coordinator that reads incoming communications and automatically executes the necessary updates and tasks.

Cadence embeds AI ‘super agent’ to assist engineers when designing EDA tools — company aims for ‘over a trillion transistors’ by 2030, with AI helping to debug and verify complex projects

“We’re easily going to get over a trillion transistors… in the package, by the end of the decade,” Cadence Senior Vice President Paul Cunningham claims.

Memory hoarding and skyrocketing prices hit entry-level electronics demand, foundry orders — China’s top chipmaker points to supply chain pressures squeezing out consumers

Rising DRAM and NAND prices driven by AI megatrend and amplified by memory overbooking are hitting sales of inexpensive consumer electronics and smartphones, which affects orders of entry-level processors to foundries, acc…

U.S. lawmakers demand sales ban on chipmaking tools to China — bipartisan group targets ASML’s Dutch exports of lithography machines used to create advanced chips

Bipartisan group of lawmakers want the U.S. government to impose export controls on all wafer fab equipment bound to China except those that can be made locally and make allies do the following.

Apptronik Scores $935 Million, Hits Top 3 For Humanoid Robotics Funding

Apptronik is going to ramp product of Apollo, its humanoid robot, with an extra half-billion of funding, totally $935 million in Series A investment.

Memory makers are set to earn $551 billion from the AI boom, twice as much as contract chip manufacturers — forecasts suggest that 2026 revenue will skyrocket thanks to data center demand

While all makers of microelectronics are set to benefit from the AI supercycle, the memory industry is projected to generate more than twice the revenue of the foundry industry.

TSMC’s board approves $45 billion spending package on new fabs — record sign off signals aggressive expansion to grow capacity

TSMC’s board of directors approves spending on new production capacities and promotes a key executive leading the development of A10 fabrication process due in 2030 or later.