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Applied Materials (AMAT) has partnered with the University of California, Berkeley to accelerate the commercialization of advanced semiconductor materials and process technologies supporting AI computing. By providing Berkeley researchers access to industrial-scale chipmaking tools, the collaboratio

Albany NanoTech has acquired next-generation high numerical aperture (High NA) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) tools from ASML, marking a significant step in advancing U.S. chipmaking research and development capabilities. Located in New York state, these tools are intended to support domestic semiconduct

Despite intensifying U.S.-China technological rivalry, global cooperation on the RISC-V chip architecture remains strong, according to Qi Xiaoning, vice-president at Alibaba. Speaking at the South China Morning Post’s China Conference 2026, Qi emphasized that companies from the U.S., China, India, B

Despite intensifying US-China technological rivalry, global cooperation on the RISC-V chip architecture remains robust, as highlighted by Qi Xiaoning, vice-president of Alibaba. RISC-V, an open-standard instruction set architecture, is gaining traction in China due to its freedom from proprietary co

India is advancing its $13.2 billion semiconductor mission with the launch of a new chip research and training hub, aiming to build a self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem. The SAMARTH hub, located at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar in Gujarat, will support research, workforce developm