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by osnium123 1y ago
I hope this is not the case but a charismatic, politically connected college dropout in the past promised to revolutionize a multi billion dollar industry and ended up going to jail for fraud (Elizabeth Holmes).
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Skyworks and Qorvo, leading RF electronics providers, to merge(qorvo.com)
2 points by osnium123 1y ago|1 comments
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by osnium123 1y ago
Both companies are key suppliers for Apple. I wonder if any of their US based factories will close.
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by osnium123 1y ago
It’s arguably one of the top five physics departments in the US.
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by osnium123 1y ago
I spent time in UCSB’s physics department and Prof. Martinis was one of those experimental physicists who knew more about electronics and measurements than the typical electrical engineer. He used to have a wiki page containing documentat
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by osnium123 1y ago
Yes, many Nobel prizes are awarded for work that was completed decades ago in part to ensure that the work passes the test of time.
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by osnium123 1y ago
It’s interesting that two of the two American recipients weren’t recognized by other awards like membership in the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Medicine. Truly black horse candidates which makes this fun.
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Intel, employees say the famous culture gradually fell apart(fortune.com)
4 points by osnium123 1y ago|2 comments
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by osnium123 1y ago
Is this Tim Cook’s way of getting preferential treatment from the Trump administration?
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by osnium123 1y ago
Won’t this mean that companies will move jobs to India, China or even Canada?
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by osnium123 1y ago
In UC Berkeley’s defense, the alternative would be an immediate cut to all research funding and worse so this was the best they could do.
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by osnium123 1y ago
Intel H1Bs are engaged in semiconductor research.
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by osnium123 1y ago
A unfortunate event given the high caliber of people they had recruited. We could have had the US equivalent of IMEC.
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by osnium123 1y ago
Intel’s fabs are allegedly of strategic importance. Do you think that this investment should have been catered towards saving them or do you think that it just creates moral hazard?
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Sen. Warren calls Intel a failing company [pdf](banking.senate.gov)
9 points by osnium123 1y ago|4 comments
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by osnium123 1y ago
Yes, Intel won’t have to build out their fabs as aggressively to get the money now.
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by osnium123 1y ago
Doesn’t Broadcom work their people like dogs though?
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by osnium123 1y ago
Their old fabs folks were let go in prior layoffs and the quality of people pursing degrees in semiconductors has been dropping over time
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by osnium123 1y ago
I don’t know why they would need to make a new foundry instead of asking GlobalFoundries to take over.
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Former Intel board members call for independent US based foundry(fortune.com)
4 points by osnium123 1y ago|1 comments
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Three Intel senior executives to retire amid manufacturing shake up(reuters.com)
4 points by osnium123 1y ago|0 comments
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Intel's potential exit from advanced manufacturing- Impact on Oregon(oregonlive.com)
5 points by osnium123 1y ago|0 comments
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by osnium123 1y ago
The headline is consistent with this quote once you correct for all the legalese.
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by osnium123 1y ago
This would have profound implications for US national security
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by osnium123 1y ago
A big accomplishment for Rapidus, the new Japanese pure play foundry backed by the Japanese government and key industrial partners. It also helps to have a viable competitor to TSMC given how Intel and Samsung are struggling to keep their
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by osnium123 1y ago
Is it because the employees themselves are so incompetent that no one wants to take this burden on. Besides, TSMC is expanding in Arizona and Samsung is expanding in Texas.
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Intel bombshell: Chipmaker will lay off 2,400 Oregon workers(oregonlive.com)
15 points by osnium123 1y ago|0 comments
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by osnium123 1y ago
If TSMC were permitted to acquire Intel’s fab assets and liquidate them, it would probably add more than $100B in market cap for them.
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by osnium123 1y ago
A lot of the book value is from fab equipment. It’s so specialized that I doubt they would actually get the book value for it.
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Intel's CEO: 'We are not in the top' of leading chip companies(oregonlive.com)
9 points by osnium123 1y ago|5 comments

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