Samsung‘s 2 nm chip yield stuck at 55%

by Jeffrey Cooper | Apr 19, 2026 | Semiconductors, Technology

Executive Summary: Samsung Electronics 2nm yield plateau at ~55% establishes manufacturing precision as the gating factor for AI compute scaling, tightening control over advanced-node supply.Samsung’s 2nm yield holding near 55% exposes the Yield-Control Barrier, where...

Intel to unveil Panther Lake chips on new 18A process

by Jeffrey Cooper | Jan 4, 2026 | Business, Semiconductors, Technology

Breakthrough Manufacturing on Display At CES 2026, Intel launched its Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake” processors—the first chips built on the Intel 18A process. Featuring RibbonFET transistors and the industry’s first backside power delivery system, PowerVia, 18A...

TSMC begins 2nm chip production with 80% yields as Samsung trails

by Jeffrey Cooper | Dec 28, 2025 | AI, Business, Semiconductors, Technology

Essential Information: 1. TSMC has begun early 2nm chip production, achieving roughly 80 percent yields that signal rare manufacturing maturity. 2. Building on that yield milestone, Samsung’s 2nm efforts continue to trail due to lower efficiency and process...

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.” — Albert Einstein

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...

South Korea unveils $518B chip plan to challenge U.S., Taiwan

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...

Laid-off Intel employee allegedly steals ‘Top Secret’ files, then disappears — ex-engineer downloaded 18,000 files before vanishing

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...