登录Why an all-American iPhone is impossible
Sorry to burst your bubble, but four huge obstacles mean an American-made iPhone simply isn’t in the cards.
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Researchers make breakthrough in cleaning up the 'forever chemicals' used in chip manufacturing
Monash University has developed a water filter to catch PFAS used in chip manufacturing and other industries. The chip industry has been lobbying for years against any progress on legislating PFAS-use.
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ASML recalls its humble origins in a ‘leaky shed’ in Eindhoven, circa 1984 — it now makes the most cutting-edge chipmaking tools on the planet
It now employs 44,000 people and raked in nearly $31B last year.
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TSMC's Arizona chip fab production is sold out through late 2027
As TSMC's capacities are fully booked through late 2027, its customers asked for more capacity in the U.S., says C.C. Wei.
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Efabless shuts down, fate of Tiny Tapeout chip production projects unclear
The fate of the Tiny Tapeout TT08 and TT09 chip production projects is now unclear, as production enabler Efabless has shut down.
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Apple pledges record-breaking $500 billion investment in the US
Apple plans to spend big on U.S. manufacturing, with a $500 billion, four-year investment that will create 20,000 new jobs.
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Apple’s $500 billion US spend includes a new Apple Intelligence server factory
Taiwan's Economy Ministry responds to Trump's threat of up to 100% tariffs on chips, including those from TSMC
Taiwan's government has been swift to respond to the talk of huge tariffs by the recently inaugurated 47th president of the United States.
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India set to launch its first semiconductor chip based on 28nm this year
The Indian Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology announced that the first chip will arrive in the second half of 2025
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Today in Apple history: MacBook Air becomes ‘world’s thinnest notebook’
On January 15, 2008, Steve Jobs showed off the first MacBook Air during his keynote at the 2008 Macworld conference.
