by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 24, 2025 | AI, Semiconductors, Technology
Key Insight Nvidia’s Rubin architecture, featuring six newly taped-out chips built on TSMC’s advanced 3nm process, signals a complete technology overhaul and a strategic bet on TSMC’s manufacturing leadership, with trial production already underway as of August 2025....
by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 18, 2025 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Key Insight: Former Intel engineer Varun Gupta was sentenced in federal court after transferring about 4,000 Intel trade secret files to a portable drive before joining Microsoft in 2020, using this confidential information during negotiations with Intel regarding...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Aug 3, 2025 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
• Apple is reportedly evaluating early versions of Intel’s 14A semiconductor manufacturing process for potential use in future M-series chips. • Nvidia has also expressed interest in trial production using Intel’s 14A process, particularly for low-end gaming GPUs. •...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Jul 29, 2025 | AI, Technology
Apple Inc.’s top executive in charge of artificial intelligence models is leaving for Meta Platforms Inc., another setback in the iPhone maker’s struggling AI efforts. Ruoming Pang, a distinguished engineer and manager in charge of the company’s Apple foundation...
by Jeffrey Cooper | May 12, 2025 | AI, Technology
The online giant bought a mysterious chip startup 10 years ago. It now looks like one of the smartest deals in tech history. The $350 Million Bet That Powers Amazon’s AI Ten years ago, a discreet barroom meeting between Annapurna Labs co-founder Nafea Bshara and...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Feb 28, 2025 | Semiconductors, Technology
A new nanomanufacturing process developed by Northeastern University professor Ahmed Busnaina could transform the microelectronics industry by reducing chip production costs to just 1% of current methods. Traditional chip fabrication relies on a subtractive approach,...
