Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip
Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip

Synopsys has published silicon results for what it calls the first 3D PCIe 6.0 test chip, a 5nm PHY built into a face-to-face stacked package.

SMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer prices — US sanctions hand Chinese foundry a captive AI market

SMIC posted its first $3 billion quarter earlier this month, with revenue up 36.1% year on year, net profit nearly tripling to $479.2 million.

The Humanoid Robot Games Events Are A Market Map

What do the events at the World Humanoid Games tell us about the state of humanoid robots? Plenty … including a market map of where they’ll be commercialized first.

Excavators, Meet AI: Gravis Nabs $200 Million From SoftBank To Give Construction Equipment Brains

Hello, largest series-A in construction equipment ever. Gravis Robotics is putting AI brains in heavy construction equipment.

Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims
Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims

Intel is raising $19.7 billion through a stock offering to strengthen its finances as it expands manufacturing capacity, develops next-generation process technologies, and is trying to attract major external foundry customers.

US lawmaker wants gov’t to enforce regulation to ensure ‘chipmakers conduct adequate due diligence on their customers’ — House member calls for Biden-era export control to be enforced
US lawmaker wants gov’t to enforce regulation to ensure ‘chipmakers conduct adequate due diligence on their customers’ — House member calls for Biden-era export control to be enforced

Congressman John Moolenaar wants the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security to clarify whether Foundry Due Diligence Rule remains effective and continues to be enforced.

Digit v5: First Humanoid Robot Out Of The Cage?

Today, humanoid robots work in separate cages: a major limiting factor. Agility Robotics says Digit v5 will work cooperatively and safely with humans.

Hyperscalers commit nearly $2 trillion to secure AI hardware and memory — Google leads $811 billion spending surge while Apple trails at $57 billion

As hyperscalers increase their long-term purchase commitments, the high-tech industry faces a tectonic shift as CSPs overwhelm consumer electronics companies.

Musk’s Terafab projected to be larger than the Pentagon, Apple Park, Mall of America, and Giga Texas, combined — all-in-one chip manufacturing facility visualized to show the project’s massive footprint

Elon Musk’s Terafab will have at least 100 million sq. ft of interior space, making it the largest such structure on Earth by a big margin. It seems that it will need this amount of space, though, for Musk’s ambitious plan of bringing multiple semiconductor manufacturing processes under one roof.