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Intel Foundry Challenges TSMC Dominance With Massive Google AI Chip Order

Intel's foundry ambitions may have just received their biggest validation yet. According to a report from The Information, Google has reportedly placed an order with Intel to manufacture more than three million Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in 2028 after months of testing Intel's advanced packaging technology. The deal, if accurate, would represent the largest external AI chip manufacturing win in Intel Foundry's history and could mark a significant shift in the semiconductor industry's efforts to reduce reliance on TSMC.

The reported order arrives as demand for AI hardware continues to outpace available manufacturing capacity. TSMC remains the dominant supplier of advanced chips for companies such as NVIDIA, Apple, and Google, but the AI boom has placed enormous pressure on both its leading-edge wafer production and especially its advanced packaging operations. TSMC executives have repeatedly acknowledged that demand for AI-related manufacturing capacity continues to exceed supply.

While Intel has...

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How Trump Helped China Make America’s Cheapest EV

Everyone’s worried about affordability right now, including the companies that make cars. Especially the companies that make electric cars, which cost an average of $55,000. That makes America’s newest and cheapest electric truck a welcome addition to the market—and an odd duck. Officially unveiled last week,

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This Pool Cleaning Robot Reinvents the Skimmer With a Tiny Tornado

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China and US risks leave Europe’s chip sector facing a bleak future, report warns

A new report from the EU Institute for Security Studies (EUISS) and the French think tank Institut Montaigne warns that Europe’s semiconductor sector faces a bleak future, squeezed between Chinese export controls and a growing dependence on US technology. The study, published on Thursday, forms part of an 18-month,

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Apple’s next iPad Pro and MacBook Pro redesign are coming in 2027

Apple is preparing a refreshed iPad Pro lineup and a redesigned entry-level MacBook Pro for release in the first half of 2027, according to Bloomberg. The iPad Pro update keeps its current 11-inch and 13-inch sizes but focuses on internal changes, and the MacBook Pro overhaul brings the entry-level 14-inch

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