The European Commission is raising $20 billion to construct four "AI gigafactories," but some industry experts question whether it makes sense to build them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/12/tech/europe-gigafactories-ai-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #ai #semiconductors #eu #europe #netherlands #germany #batteries #electricvehicles #tech
Intel Wins Lawsuit as Judge Dismisses $32 Billion Shareholder Claims Over Foundry Losses
#Intel #TechNews #Semiconductors #Lawsuit #StockMarket
https://www.techi.com/intel-wins-shareholder-lawsuit-foundry-losses/
Australian company Cortical Labs has launched the CL1, the world's first #commercial "biological computer" that merges #human #brain cells with #silicon #hardware to form adaptable, energy-efficient neural networks.
https://newatlas.com/brain/cortical-bioengineered-intelligence/
The 2025 edition of the Stanford Emerging Technology Review (SETR) report (191 pages) is now available.
Despite rapid progress in the past several years, even the most advanced AI still has many failure modes that are unpredictable, not widely appreciated, not easily fixed, not explainable, and
capable of leading to unintended consequences.
https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/2025-02/SETR2025_web-240128.pdf
Trump’s proposed 25% tariffs would ‘spare China’ but hurt its neighbours: analysts https://www.byteseu.com/762448/ #25PerCent #AliciaGarciaHerrero #China #ChinaPassengerCarAssociation #economy #ElectricVehicle #Europe #india #JoeBiden #Mexico #Natixis #PharmaceuticalProducts #semiconductors #SouthKorea #tariffs #trump
I can see wider alliances locking the US out of many many more things. But hey, that is what a majority of voters wanter didn’t they?
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/trump_semiconductor_tariff_plan/
President Donald Trump said he would likely impose tariffs on automobile, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, with an announcement coming as soon as April 2. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/19/markets/trump-tariffs-auto-drug-chip/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #us #donaldtrump #carmakers #semiconductors #pharmaceuticals #trade
The COVID-19 supply shock revealed vulnerabilities in global chip manufacturing. What role can openness play in these industrial strategies amid escalating geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions?
EU and Chinese investments in Open Source Hardware designs highlight the opportunities and challenges of openness for digital sovereignty. Explore this balance in @jankrewer latest analysis:
https://openfuture.eu/blog/free-chips-collaboration-vs-sovereignty-in-eus-industrial-strategy/
China accelerates semiconductor independence, impacting AI, autonomous vehicles, and robotics, while challenging traditional chip suppliers.In response to US export restrictions, China is rapidly advancing its semiconductor industry, aiming for self-sufficiency. #AI #AutonomousVehicles #China #globalstandards #MCUs #robotics #semiconductors #techindustry
Analysis: The top 10 chip companies slash their FY 2024 capex by $9.5B, citing weakened demand for smartphones and EVs. 
#ChipIndustry #TechNews #Smartphones #EVs #Semiconductors #Capex #MarketTrends #TechInvesting #Fiscal2024
Chinese curbs on exports of three niche metals to the U.S. have already rattled the market. Now, a bigger clampdown looks set to have far-reaching ramifications for American defense and chipmaking industries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/23/markets/metal-markets-chinese-clampdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #metals #batteries #electricvehicles #semiconductors #china #mining #us #trade #tech #gallium #germanium #antimony #solar #renewables
Japanese carmakers are riding the electrification wave while trying to navigate shifting currents in U.S. environmental and trade policies impacting the auto industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/12/12/japan/japan-auto-industry-us-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #geoeconomicbriefing #us #china #donaldtrump #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles #semiconductors #emissions #japaneseeconomy #trade #useconomy #economicsecurity
Chinese companies should be wary of buying U.S. chips as they are "no longer safe" and buy local instead, four of the country's top industry associations said in response to Washington's curbs on Chinese chipmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/04/world/politics/us-chips-chinese-industry-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #china #semiconductors #trade #tech
China has ratcheted up trade tensions with the U.S. with an export ban on several raw materials with high-tech and military applications, in a tit-for-tat move after Washington stepped up technology curbs on Beijing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/04/world/politics/china-us-trade-metals-ban/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #us #semiconductors #metals
AP: China bans exports to U.S. of key high-tech materials in response to chip sanctions
"...China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications, as a general principle, lashing back at U.S. limits on semiconductor-related exports...."
Czochralski technique - The method is named after Polish scientist Jan Czochralski. Silicon Wafer production. Approximately 80–90% of silicon wafers used in the semiconductor industry are manufactured using the Czochralski method.
Czochralski method / Czochralski technique / Czochralski process
How are BILLIONS of MICROCHIPS made from SAND? | How are SILICON WAFERS made?
Asian chipmakers, led by Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung Electronics, have collectively invested at least $117 billion in the U.S. What does a Trump presidency hold for them and other firms? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/07/companies/asian-companies-trump-presidency/ #business #companies #asia #markets #us #2024uspresidentialelection #republicans #donaldtrump #electricvehicles #batteries #china #nipponsteel #steel #semiconductors #ai #taiwan #tsmc
