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by osnium123 9mo ago
HRL has a storied legacy as the place that invented the laser.
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One year of Kash Patel running the FBI(nytimes.com)
9 points by osnium123 9mo ago|3 comments
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by osnium123 9mo ago
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/22/magazine/trum...
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Wolfspeed Achieves 300mm Silicon Carbide (Sic) Technology Breakthrough(wolfspeed.com)
4 points by osnium123 9mo ago|1 comments
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by osnium123 9mo ago
Silicon carbide is a key material for more efficient power electronics and going to 300 mm allows for utilizing more sophisticated fabrication equipment to drive down costs.
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by osnium123 9mo ago
How can someone do that without violating confidentiality agreements from their past jobs? Just feels unethical to say the least.
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by osnium123 9mo ago
They have local magnet/specialized programs in CA public schools that they use to attract good students to poorly performing schools for help goose up test schools.
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Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Debut as First Built on Intel 18A(newsroom.intel.com)
119 points by osnium123 10mo ago|178 comments
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by osnium123 10mo ago
It can be performative and helps show that one is aligned with prevailing political orthodoxy.
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The 9th Circuit Upholds Professor's Right to Mock 'Land Acknowledgments'(reason.com)
26 points by osnium123 10mo ago|2 comments
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They graduated from Stanford. Due to AI, they can't find a job(latimes.com)
2 points by osnium123 10mo ago|1 comments
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by osnium123 10mo ago
When Intel Custom Foundry started, Intel was in the lead with process technology and that may have led to a sense of arrogance and also apprehension about the need to open up and disclose information to third parties like design rules. Now
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by osnium123 10mo ago
It turns out that this is a part of an entire series of textbooks focused on semiconductors. https://www.worldscientific.com/series/neelns As the editors note, this series is meant to be an intellectual successor to t
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by osnium123 10mo ago
Prof. Lundstrom is a giant in semiconductors and it’s exciting to see him publish this book.
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Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan was investor and adviser to firm sanctioned for China deals(oregonlive.com)
6 points by osnium123 10mo ago|0 comments
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Yes but do founders and CEO try to pitch their investments as acquisition targets for their main employers?
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Gift link. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/technology/lip-bu-tan-int...
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Intel CEO's faces questions of conflicts of interest between Intel and startups(nytimes.com)
7 points by osnium123 11mo ago|3 comments
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by osnium123 11mo ago
UC Berkeley professor caught Ph.D. candidate sabotaging labmate’s work
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Where do you think Srouji will go next? AMD? Nvidia?
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Srouji leaving Apple would be devastating for the company. He was the guy behind all their custom Si efforts.
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Intel has announced that Intel 18A manufacturing will take place in Arizona. Salaries are a relatively small amount of the total costs of running a fab. https://newsroom.intel.com/client-computing/intel-unveils-pa...
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by osnium123 11mo ago
China would also block this deal
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Taiwan raids former TSMC exec's home and seizes his shares and real estate(reuters.com)
10 points by osnium123 11mo ago|3 comments
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by osnium123 11mo ago
He retired from TSMC and then joined Intel. Raiding his home is one thing but seizing stock and property is next level of escalation.
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Intel CEO defends hiring former TSMC exec: He continues to have our full support(oregonlive.com)
2 points by osnium123 11mo ago|0 comments
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Very significant lawsuit if true.
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Is this effective to do both and also run a VC firm on the side?
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by osnium123 11mo ago
Skywater Technology offers similar services as well. Competition is good but does the US risk funding too many subscale entities? https://www.skywatertechnology.com/heterogeneous-integration...
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by osnium123 1y ago
Prof. Hank Smith of MIT spent decades trying to push X-ray lithography but yes, the industry coalesced around DUV and then EUV. https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/16801/5050370...

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