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US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
Semiconductors left in Trump's trade purgatory as new US tariffs on Taiwan set at 20%

By James Bentley Published

News And you get a tariff. And you get a tariff.

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Trays of 12th or 13th Gen Intel processors waiting to be tested.
Looks like the Taiwanese chip industry is becoming a hot target for Chinese state-sponsored hackers trying to nab trade secrets

By Jacob Fox Published

News Get your own chips, these are mine.

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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. logo atop a building at the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. TSMC is scheduled to release earnings results on Oct. 19.
TSMC boss claims the chipmaker doesn't need to pick winners to work with, just wait patiently 'because they will all come to us in the end'

By Jacob Fox Published

News If you build it, they will come.

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US President Donald Trump holds a chart as he delivers remarks on reciprocal tariffs during an event in the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
Here's how US tariffs have affected PC gaming hardware, from paused shipments to new investments

By Jacob Fox Published

Tariffic Here are the latest effects of tariffs on the PC hardware industry.

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Machinery tools and equipment,Rolls of galvanized steel for production metal pipes and tubes for industrial ventilation systems in factory.
New super-thin '2D' metal sheets could enable ultra-low power chips and can you guess how they're made? Yup, by squishing stuff really hard

By Jeremy Laird Published

news Apparently single-atom thickness is possible with a plain old hydraulic press

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photo shows a factory tool that places lids on data center system-on-chips at an Intel fab in Chandler, Arizona, in December 2023. In February 2024, Intel Corporation launched Intel Foundry as the world’s first systems foundry for the AI era, delivering leadership in technology, resiliency and sustainability.
'This is not unlocking shareholder value, it's a fire sale': Jim Keller weighs in on a possible 'careless' Intel chip and fab spin-off

By Jacob Fox Published

News Can Intel be made great again?

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Amazon logo is screened on a mobile phone for illustration photo. Krakow, Poland on October 17th, 2024.
Amazon wants chips with everything, crafting its own AI-focused line of silicon in a bid to dethrone Nvidia

By Jess Kinghorn Published

News I prefer a crisp, battered cod myself.

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A stock photo of a hand holding a NFC card on a sensor, performing a security/id check
Ever wanted to rip open an NFC travel card to see how it all works? One engineer has done just that and it's way cooler than you'd think

By Nick Evanson Published

news Compared to CPUs and GPUs, the 'processor' used is so small that it honestly beggars belief.

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An image of a chip layer, showing an Easter egg image of a man
AMD isn't alone in the Easter egg silicon doodle market, chipmakers have etched hamburgers, zombies, Smurfs, and even Groucho Marx onto their products in the past

By Nick Evanson Published

news Any chip with a Smurf on it is going to automatically be 10% faster.

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TSMC 3nm
Silicon wafers are getting cheaper but CPUs and GPUs may not follow

By Jeremy Laird Published

news Chip makers probably won't pass on wafer cost savings immediately.

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