Manufacturing

The U.S. will increase import tariffs on Chinese semiconductors from 25% to 50% in 2025.

Robert Heath Dennard, a pioneer in electrical and computer engineering who invented DRAM, passed away on April 23, 2024. He will also be remembered for Dennard Scaling theory, based on Moore’s law.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania show off ferrodiode memory devices with the world's finest heat resist.

vPCBs, which are PCBs built with a sustainable and recyclable vitrimer polymer, debut. This contrasts with traditional PCBs which are 'basically impossible to recycle.'

China's legacy chip production has skyrocketed since U.S. export sanctions took effect. In Q1 2024, China's legacy chip production was three times what it was in Q1 2019.

The U.S. government added Sitonholy, one of China's largest solution providers based on Intel and Nvidia processors, to the Entity List.

Nanotronics' switch fabrication units start at 1,715 square meters.

Huawei invests billions in wafer fab equipment research and development to make leading-edge chips.

The U.S. Commerce Department halts CHIPS funding for R&D facilities.

Samsung to add another fab module, an advanced packaging facility, and an R&D center to its Taylor, Texas, campus.