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Semiconductors, foundries, advanced packaging and the global silicon supply chain, covered by The Silicon Ledger.
Elon Musk's semiconductor startup Terafab has encountered a legal obstacle before production begins: a small U.S. company called Tera-print, which has marketed Tera-Fab-branded lithography tools for roughly ten years, sent a cease-and-desist letter demanding the name be abandoned.
AMD has published a white paper with extensive performance data for its EPYC Venice server processors, asserting that its 256-core flagship substantially outpaces Nvidia's Vera architecture across multiple workload categories.
A surge in hardware leaks and shipping manifests suggests Intel's long-awaited Nova Lake processors are approaching launch, with evidence pointing toward a late 2026 debut rather than early 2027.
Reuters reports that China's dominant DRAM maker CXMT is planning a 3D NAND research and production line at a future facility near Beijing, a move that would diversify the state-backed chipmaker beyond its core memory business.
NOR flash and SLC NAND, essential components in routers and industrial equipment, are experiencing dramatic price increases and supply constraints as semiconductor manufacturers prioritize more profitable AI-related chips.
By rethinking how weights are stored rather than retraining models, Intel's new compression format pushes ternary language models below 1.58 bits per weight and accelerates decoding by up to 27% on GPUs.
Microsoft is moving beyond theoretical post-quantum standards into practical deployment by running a pilot program with certificate authorities to test real-world interoperability challenges.
Gigabyte's variant of AMD's mid-range GPU drops below its launch price through a Newegg promotional offer, marking a rare discount in today's inflated graphics card market.
