Samsung's $44B Texas chip fab sits 92% complete with zero customers. Nothing says "market research" like building first, asking questions later! Their planned 4nm process is now outdated - tech moves fast, but apparently not as fast as construction crews. 🏭
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Tom's Hardware: Samsung is reportedly delaying the launch of its Taylor, Texas, fab, citing difficulties in securing customers for its output. Sources told Nikkei Asia that even if the South Korean chipmaker brings in the necessary equipment to produce chips ...
Ben Thompson makes some ‘honest’ observations about #Intel and the questionable future of the former ship giant. #Semiconductors #chips #Manufacturing #ChipFab #Technology #SiliconValley
I caught this episode of #allconsuming on microchips yesterday https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qg04?
I learned quite a bit of detail on the profligate use of water in #chipfab, but the underlying sentiment is that the programme is not really serious about the unsustainability of digital tech.
One of the recurring phrases is “better for the environment” which really just means *less worse*
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