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9 months ago

Intel principal engineer bemoans potential TSMC takeover, touts company's 18A tech advantage

➀ Intel principal engineer expresses concern over TSMC's potential takeover of Intel Foundry.

➁ He highlights Intel's 18A technology advantage and advancements in semiconductor manufacturing.

➂ Bonetti argues against the notion that TSMC engineers are necessary for Intel's latest process technologies.

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9 months ago

Palmer Luckey-founded Anduril inks huge US Army deal: 'turning soldiers into superheroes'

➀ Anduril Industries, led by Palmer Luckey, is set to take over the US Army's Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program, pending Department of Defense approval.

➁ The program includes advanced headgear with AR capabilities, and Anduril will manage production and development with Microsoft Azure as the preferred cloud provider.

➂ Palmer Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and Anduril Industries, sees this as a deeply personal achievement, emphasizing the potential of the technology to save lives.

9 months ago

Rapidus to reportedly install 10 EUV chipmaking tools at its fab in Japan

➀ Rapidus plans to install 10 EUV lithography tools in its upcoming fabs in Japan.

➁ The tools will be used for mass production of chips on 2nm-class process technology starting in 2027.

➂ The installation is expected to begin at IIM-1 and IIM-2 semiconductor production facilities.

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CEO Interview: Dr. Zeynep Bayram of 35ELEMENTS

➀ 35ELEMENTS致力于通过开发立方氮化镓半导体材料来帮助实现碳中和；➁ 公司计划在两年内在兼容CMOS的Si(100)衬底上扩大其材料规模，并寻求与代工厂的合作；➂ 35ELEMENTS拥有立方氮化镓材料的独家专利，并计划制造高效的光发射器，如创新型绿色发光二极管。

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Stochastic Effects Blur the Resolution Limit of EUV Lithography

➀ The resolution limit of EUV lithography is affected by electron blur and stochastic effects; ➁ Stochastic behavior arises from variations in electron scattering and follows Poisson statistics; ➂ As pitch decreases, higher doses are required to maintain image quality, affecting throughput and necessitating new resist materials.

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Can LELE Multipatterning Help Against EUV Stochastics?

➀ Stochastic effects below 50 nm pitches require reevaluation of EUV lithography resolution limits; ➁ LELE multipatterning does not sufficiently mitigate stochastic effects due to small critical dimensions; ➂ Comparative performance analysis shows slight improvement at 60 nm pitch, but stochastic defect rates remain an issue.

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Your own High-NA EUV machine for €208

➀ ASML通常在芯片繁荣时期，当供应紧张时，其摄影机备受客户追捧，但公司自己选择限制了其最新产品的销售；➁ ASML公司商店正在出售一个价值3500万美元的高数值孔径EUV机器的乐高模型，价格为208欧元；➂ 尽管广泛感兴趣，但公司坚持该模型仅限于员工使用。

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What would you do if you were the CEO of Intel?

➀ Intel's shift to a more transparent strategy in technology announcements; ➁ The competition between Intel's PowerVia and TSMC's Super Power Rail; ➂ Andy Grove's philosophy of maintaining a 'healthy amount of paranoia'.

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5G Airbus EUV Eutelsat OneWeb satellite technology

Airbus wins OneWeb LEO constellation extension contract

➀ Airbus has been selected by Eutelsat to extend its OneWeb Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation; ➁ The contract involves building 100 satellites, with delivery expected by the end of 2026; ➂ The new satellites will have technology upgrades for 5G integration and will be compatible with Europe's planned IRIS2 multi-orbit constellation.

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CXL is Finally Coming in 2025

➀ Compute Express Link (CXL) technology is expected to move from a niche to mainstream use in 2025; ➁ CXL's support for memory expansion is a significant driver, with various server and memory solutions now available; ➂ CXL 2.0 and future generations of PCIe/CXL will enable more advanced use cases like switching and dynamic memory allocation.

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Rapidus gets EUV machine

➀ Rapidus has received an ASML EUV machine for installation at its IIM-1 foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido; ➁ This marks the first time EUV technology will be used for mass production in Japan; ➂ The TWINSCAN NXE:3800E machine can process 220 wafers an hour; ➃ Rapidus plans to start pilot silicon production at IIM-1 in April 2025 with a single-wafer process.

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Russia plans EUV chipmaking tools that it says will be cheaper and easier to build than ASML's — country outlines new roadmap to smaller chips

➀ Russia unveils a plan to develop its own EUV lithography machines; ➁ The machines will use a laser with a 11.2nm wavelength, incompatible with existing EUV infrastructure; ➂ The development is divided into three stages, with the first focusing on foundational research.

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Assassinated UnitedHealthcare CEO allegedly used AI to deny sick people coverage

➀ A class-action lawsuit alleges that UnitedHealthcare uses a faulty algorithm to deny patient coverage, filed by two now-deceased individuals. ➁ UnitedHealthcare CEO Brain Thompson was killed in Midtown Manhattan earlier this week, and the suspect is currently on the run. ➂ The lawsuit claims UnitedHealthcare pushed employees to use an algorithm with a 90% error rate to deny coverage.

How Breker is Helping to Solve the RISC-V Certification Problem

➀ The rise of RISC-V cores and the challenges of certification; ➁ The role of Breker Verification Systems in the certification process; ➂ The complexity of certifying RISC-V ISA implementations and the efforts of RISC-V International.

US sanctions freeze Huawei's Ascend AI chips on older 7nm process node that's eight years behind TSMC, stalling progress until at least 2026

➀ Huawei's Ascend AI chip progress stalls due to US sanctions; ➁ The 7nm node lags behind TSMC by eight years; ➂ Huawei struggles to secure EUV equipment from ASML.

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This is the New NVIDIA GB200 NVL4

➀ NVIDIA has announced a new Grace Blackwell platform with the NVIDIA GB200 NVL4, which combines two Arm-based Grace CPUs and four Blackwell GPUs. The platform is designed for lower power deployments with a power consumption of just over 6kW. The NVL4 module is targeted to be a large node with up to 1.3TB of combined coherent memory. ➁ The GB200 NVL4 is set to ship in the second half of 2025. ➂ The NVL4 is designed as an alternative to the higher power and higher GPU count platforms offered by NVIDIA, targeting specific deployment needs.

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EUV lithography machine leader ASML struck by IT outage that affected its facilities globally

➀ ASML experienced a global IT outage disrupting its operations; ➁ The outage affected clean rooms and communication with suppliers; ➂ ASML is crucial for companies like TSMC and Intel.

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[News] China’s Chipmaking Equipment Spending Likely to Drop below USD 40 Billion in 2025 amid U.S. Tensions | TrendForce News

➀ Concerns over the impact of the U.S. presidential election and the ongoing chip war between China and the U.S. are likely to decrease China's semiconductor equipment spending to below USD 40 billion in 2025. ➁ The tension is expected to affect the global semiconductor supply chain. ➃ The situation highlights the importance of domestic semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.