Seagate starts shipping 36TB Exos M hard drives
Based on company’s heat-assisted magnetic recording technology
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TSMC says Taiwan fabs are operational again following 6.4 magnitude earthquake
Earthquake hit southern Taiwan just after midnight
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Nvidia and TSMC to collaborate on silicon photonics technology
Both companies have previously been tied to silicon photonics projects
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GlobalFoundries to establish an Advanced Packaging and Photonics Center in New York
Center described as the “first of is kind”
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University of Stuttgart’s Hunter supercomputer comes online
The first of two systems ordered by the university
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Department of Commerce signs four new CHIPS funding agreements
The four funding packages will support the expansion and modernization of multiple facilities
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Lenovo to acquire data storage company Infinidat
Financial terms have not been disclosed
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Biden Administration adds 16 new companies to Entity List
Restricted companies accused of posing a risk to US national security
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SiTime launches single-chip timing solution for AI compute nodes
Will improve synchronization across AI compute clusters
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“Quantum Capital” planned in Maryland with UMD and IonQ
IonQ to develop new HQ with quantum data center
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Alibaba, Apple, and Synopsys become latest members of UALink Consortium
Consortium now has more than 65 members
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Eaton wins contract to install power infrastructure at NY Creates NanoFab research facility
Eaton will supply switchgear and electrical power monitoring for the new facility
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AI chip startup Blaize goes public via SPAC merger
Deal saw company valued at $1.2bn
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Intel spins out investment arm Intel Capital
Fund will start operating independently under a new name in the latter part of 2025
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European regulator approves Synopsys’ $35bn Ansys acquisition after companies agree to divest software assets
The UK’s CMA has indicated the agreement now satisfies its conditions
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Business case not established for new supercomputer that forms part of UK government AI plan
Work to find suppliers will be carried out in 2025
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Raspberry Pi launches carbon removal credit system with ERW firm Undo
The credits will each cost $4
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Qualcomm poaches Intel server engineer, is hiring architects to develop data center processors
Job postings reveal company is developing a “server solution for data center applications”
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Biden administration moves ahead with much-criticized AI Diffusion legislation
Will seek to prohibit access to advanced AI chips and AI model weights
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Taiwanese government lifts foreign chip making restrictions as TSMC begins production of 4nm chips in Arizona
Arizona chips on par with those being produced in Taiwan
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Chipmaker Wolfspeed closes Texas site, puts up for sale
Includes 14MW data center facility and semiconductor fab
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HPE inks $1bn server deal with social media platform X – report
Beat Dell and Supermicro for the contract
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November semiconductor sales totaled $57.8bn, growth creates 18 new fabs globally in 2025 - report
Americas saw biggest YoY growth, while demand in Europe was down
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Micron to invest $7bn in memory chip manufacturing in Singapore
Broke ground on a new HBM advanced packaging facility
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TSMC posts record 2024 revenues, reportedly secures second Apple product for production at Arizona fab
Total 2024 revenue highest reported by the company in 30 years
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FPGA company Altera announces independence from Intel
Almost a year since spinout was first announced
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Arm and SoftBank considering Ampere takeover – report
SoftBank first expressed interest in the chipmaker back in 2021
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Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s AI chips are outpacing Moore’s Law
Claims the company’s GPUs have seen a 1,000x improvement over the last decade