The Blackwell architecture is the latest design for NVIDIA’s AI chips. It’s built to be much faster and more efficient than older designs. It includes special parts made specifically to handle new and complex AI tasks, helping to push the boundaries of what AI can do.

Engineers and researchers are assembling the technical groundwork for manufacturing semiconductor materials on the Moon, drawing on lunar soil as a raw feedstock for silicon-based devices. The concept, which spans peer-reviewed journal papers, NASA ...

PHOENIX – The computer chip factories rising from an empty expanse of the Sonoran Desert test the concept of immensity. The complex is under construction across 1,149 acres, an area larger than New York’s Central Park. It represents an investment of $ ...

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The boom in data center construction is taking up much of the supply of high-tech components, especially processor and memory chips. This demand is squeezing consumer device makers, which are having trouble acquiring enough chips.

In short: Intel has signed on as the primary foundry partner for Elon Musk’s Terafab, a $25 billion joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI targeting a terawatt of AI compute per year, handing the struggling chip giant the marquee customer it has ...

Macworld explains how Apple uses “binned” chips—processors with disabled cores due to manufacturing defects—to create more affordable products like the iPhone 17e and entry-level MacBook Air. This industry-standard practice allows Apple to salvage ...