
SK Hynix approves two memory fabs worth US$38 billion. Y2 will focus on HBM and M17 on NAND, but neither will produce a chip before 2029. What happens to RAM.
9 August 2026
AMD bought Taalas, the Toronto startup that etches an AI model’s weights directly into silicon. Its HC1 chip reaches 16,960 tokens per second, but runs only one model.
9 August 2026
SpaceX and Tesla will generate their own electricity with gas and batteries for Terafab, their chip factory in Texas. Why they are not waiting for the grid.
9 August 2026
TSMC will raise chipmaking prices by up to 10% starting in 2027, according to Nikkei. Apple and Nvidia foot the bill as Kimi K3 and Qwen gain ground in the U.S.
23 July 2026
TSMC earned about US$22 billion in one quarter (+77%) on demand for AI chips and committed another US$100 billion to its production in the United States.
18 July 2026