Like toothpaste: the world’s first soft battery made of liquid electrodes has been created in Sweden
Swedish scientists from the University of Linköping created a soft battery with liquid electrodes.
Intel and TSMC set up joint venture to produce chips in the US, — insiders
Unofficial sources report that Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to establish a joint venture to manage Intel’s factories in the United States
PeLED displays have a density of 127,000 PPI — the smallest peripheral LEDs achieve record efficiency
Developers from China have created innovative PeLED display with a record pixel density (127 thousand PPI) based on perovskite LEDs.
«Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology»: A must-read for technology fans. ITC.ua review
Humanity rarely thinks about, and often simply does not know, the crucial role of chips, which have actually created the modern world. The fate of entire countries, their past, present, and future positions in geopolitics are linked to chips and depend on their creation and printing, as well as on the extremely complex and expensive […]
OLED screens will become brighter with an organic semiconductor that spirals electrons
Researchers from Cambridge and the Eindhoven University of Technology have developed an organic semiconductor, that can make OLED monitors and smartphone screens many times brighter.
Intel has a permanent CEO — he resigned from the board last year due to disagreements
Intel has appointed Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive officer. He takes office on March 18, 2025.
«Intel’s board to be fired, Pat Helsinger to be rehired», — former CEO Craig Barrett
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett believes that the company should not divide its business into two parts.
Everybody fires, Apple hires — the company will create 20 thousand jobs and invest $500 billion in the US
Apple unveiled its Napoleonic plans shortly after Tim Cook’s meeting with Donald Trump. It is also important for the company to compensate for the new US duties.
Intel Panther Lake processors became a problem even before the release — the yield of usable 18A chips does not exceed 20-30%
Intel’s affairs have been symbolic of adversity lately, and well-known industry analyst Ming-Chi Kuo «has thrown up» two more — Panther Lake 18A production and order difficulties.
China bans exports to the US of gallium, germanium, antimony, important for the production of electronics and weapons
Also, it is forbidden to export ultra-hard materials (diamonds) to the USA. Additionally, China has implemented enhanced end-use control of graphite products.
Intel postpones construction of a plant in Germany until 2030 with a 50% chance of failure
It took the German government some time to find €10 billion to fund Intel Fab 29 near Magdeburg. However, the company is now postponing the project to 2029-2030.
Intel is disappointed with the CHIPS law: «Invested $30 billion in two years and got zero»
Intel’s CEO is disappointed with payments under the US CHIPS law. Since its adoption, the company has invested $30 billion in factories in the United States and has not received direct investment from the state.
Apple and Samsung also want to buy Intel, — rumors
It seems that Qualcomm is not the only company that wants to buy Intel. Samsung and Apple are also rumored to be interested in acquiring the tech giant with its own production facilities.
TSMC deprived Intel of 40% discount due to careless comments by Pat Helsinger
Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s comments on TSMC’s presence in China have damaged relations between the companies and deprived Intel of huge discounts.
MIT accidentally invented 3D printing of simple electronics without semiconductors
Researchers at MIT have unexpectedly found a way to make transistors and other electronics components without using semiconductors.
In 2024, China invested $25 billion in semiconductors — more than the United States, Taiwan, and South Korea combined
China has become the largest buyer of chip manufacturing equipment. In the first half of 2024, Chinese companies invested $25 billion in semiconductor production.
Intel lays off more than 15,000 employees — the company’s shares plummeted by 20% on the news
Intel has fallen on hard times. In the second quarter of 2024, the chipmaker suffered a loss of $1.6 billion. This is significantly more than the company lost in the previous quarter – $437 million.
TSMC is worth $1 trillion — why the Taiwanese chipmaker is important and what challenges it faces
On Monday, Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC briefly joined the small club of companies worth more than $1 trillion. Over the past nearly four decades, TSMC has become one of the most important companies in the world — a leader in chip manufacturing that powers most of the world’s electronics.
IBM’s leading scientist, Ukrainian Lyubomyr Romankiv, dies in the US — what he invented and how he helped create Apple
At the age of 93, Ukrainian scientist and engineer Lubomyr Romankiv, who worked at IBM for more than 50 years, has passed away in the United States. During his life, he wrote more than 150 scientific articles and patented 67 inventions.
TSMC unveils A16 (1.6 nm) process — Apple iPhone will be able to receive chips on it in 2027
TSMC introduced A16 chip manufacturing process, i.e. 1.6 nm. The new technology significantly increases the density of chip logic and makes it possible to increase chip performance and data processing speed.
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake hits Taiwan — TSMC evacuates factories
According to seismologists, this is the most powerful earthquake in Taiwan in 25 years — there are deaths, dozens of buildings collapsed.
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