Bill Gates-backed silicon photonics startup develops optical transistors 10,000x smaller than current tech — optical chip can process 1,000 x 1,000 multiplication matrices

Neurophos built a silicon photonics chip that’s 10,000 smaller than current tech and could potentially deliver 10x the performance of Nivida’s Vera Rubin GPUs using the same amount of power and available chip fab technolog…

Intel says it has two prospective customers for 14A — expects to hear about commitments in second half of 2026

Intel claims that customers show interest in the 14A process technology; however, they have yet to make a commitment to use it.

Jensen Huang says Nvidia has dethroned Apple as TSMC’s largest customer — rumor suggests that the chip fab is increasing its prices for Cupertino

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed in a podcast that his company has overtaken Apple as TSMC’s biggest customer, once again becoming its top client after more than 20 years.

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…

Taiwan to invest $250B in US semiconductor manufacturing

The U.S. struck a trade deal with Taiwan as the country looks to help boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing.

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.

Chilean Telescope Array Gets 145 New Powerful Amplifiers
Chilean Telescope Array Gets 145 New Powerful Amplifiers

For decades, scientists have observed the cosmos with radio antennas to visualize the dark, distant regions of the universe. This includes the gas and dust of the interstellar medium, planet-forming disks, and objects that cannot be observed in visibl…