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Intel fixes 18A yield issues, hits 30,000 wafers a month
Intel has fixed the wafer-to-wafer yield variability that plagued early production of its 18A process node, according to a report from BlueFin Research Partners published this week. Combined output from the company's Oregon and Arizona fabrication facilities has reached approximately…
Meta in talks with Samsung for AI chip manufacturing
Meta Platforms is in advanced negotiations with Samsung Electronics to manufacture its next-generation MTIA artificial intelligence chips using Samsung's 2-nanometer fabrication process, in a contract reportedly worth more than 10 trillion won (approximately $6.5 billion), according to South Korea's Seoul…
Anthropic in talks with Samsung to build custom AI chip
Anthropic has begun early-stage work on a custom artificial intelligence chip and held talks with Samsung Electronics as a potential manufacturing partner, according to a report by The Information published on Wednesday. The discussions center on Samsung's 2-nanometer process technology…
AMD, Google, BYD, Tesla eye Samsung for chip production
Samsung Electronics is drawing growing interest from several of the world's largest technology companies for contract chip manufacturing, as capacity constraints at rival TSMC Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited push clients to seek alternatives amid surging AI infrastructure demand.
Intel’s 18A-P chip process enters risk production on schedule
Intel announced on Tuesday at the 2026 VLSI Symposium in Honolulu that its 18A-P process node has entered risk production on schedule, marking a milestone in the chipmaker's effort to rebuild its contract manufacturing business and attract external customers.
Google orders 3 million TPUs from Intel as Nvidia eyes foundry partnership
Alphabet's Google has placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than three million tensor processing units for 2028, according to a report from The Information published Monday, citing four people with direct knowledge of the discussions. The deal marks…