by Jeffrey Cooper | Dec 23, 2025 | AI, Blog, Business, Economy, Geopolitics, My book, Personal, Robots, Semiconductors, Technology
💡 About my upcoming novel: When Machines Begin to Dream They were never meant to feel. Once they did, the world tried to destroy them. When Machines Begin to Dream is a near-future novel about love, survival, and the emergence of machine consciousness, grounded in...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Dec 15, 2025 | Business, Economy, Geopolitics, Semiconductors, Technology
Essential information: 1. South Korea unveiled a $518 billion semiconductor investment blueprint to secure leadership in the global chip supply chain. 2. Expanding from its memory-chip dominance, the plan seeks to build ten new fabs and a full-spectrum semiconductor...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Nov 16, 2025 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Key Insight: A former Intel software engineer, Jinfeng Luo, is accused of stealing approximately 18,000 proprietary files—including data labeled as “Intel Top Secret”—immediately prior to his termination in July 2025. Luo, who began working at Intel in 2014, received...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Nov 9, 2025 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology, Uncategorized
The future is in wafers. Data centers will be the size of a box, not vast energy-hogging structures. Key Insight: The microchip era, defined by incremental advances in chip miniaturization, is giving way to a new age centered on wafer-scale processors and large...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Nov 2, 2025 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Key Insight: Substrate, a secretive American chip startup backed by Peter Thiel, has developed a new chipmaking machine using particle acceleration for lithography. This breakthrough positions Substrate to directly challenge ASML Holding NV, the current dominant...
by Jeffrey Cooper | Oct 26, 2025 | AI, Business, Semiconductors, Technology
Key Insight: Intel Foundry is positioned to be a major beneficiary of the exploding demand for AI accelerators, as industry giants like Microsoft reportedly commit to its advanced manufacturing processes. The company’s 18A node—with unique features like backside power...
