SpaceX’s First Week on the Public Market Ends With $50 Billion in Value Erased
The stock that investors queued for months to buy is now teaching them a lesson about gravity. SpaceX, trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker SPCX, fell more than 3…
ASML Denies EUV Parts Reached China as Export Dispute Widens
The question arrived in the form of a trade publication report, and it touched the most sensitive nerve in the global chip industry. Electronics Weekly reported that U.S. Commerce Department…
Tesla Opens Driverless Robotaxi Service to the Public in Austin
The car that pulled up to the curb in downtown Austin on Sunday had no steering wheel and no one in the driver’s seat, and the passenger who climbed in…
Intel CEO Bets on Diamond Cooling and a New Foundry Chief to Fix the Heat Problem
The room at the WAVES conference, an industry gathering focused on advanced packaging and thermal management, was full of engineers who make their living moving heat out of chips. When…
Apple’s Foldable iPhone Is Coming in September, and the Design Team Is in Its Lowest Moment
The supply chain in Shenzhen has started moving parts for a product Apple has never confirmed, and the pieces tell a consistent story. Suppliers have begun small-batch production of components…
Japan’s Go Plots Robotaxi Push After Record IPO
Go’s chief executive had been hearing the same question since his company’s listing in Tokyo: what are you going to do with the money? This week he gave an answer.…
Chip Makers Move 2D Transistors From Papers to Wafers
The wafer that came off the line this month looked ordinary, but the transistors on it were not. ASML, TSMC and the research institute imec said they had integrated transistors…
Britain Passes Under-16 Social Media Ban, With Fines Up to 10% of Global Revenue
The vote came late in the parliamentary session, after a debate that ran longer than the bill’s supporters expected. When it passed, the UK became one of the first major…
Peace Deal With Iran Sets Off Rally in Asian Chip Stocks
The opening bell on the Tokyo Stock Exchange had barely rung when the buying started. SoftBank Group shares surged more than 10% in early trading on June 20, pushing the…
Apple and Intel Team Up to Build Chips in America, Opening a Third Foundry Lane
The announcement came from the White House, not from Cupertino. President Trump said Apple will work with Intel to design and manufacture chips in the United States, a partnership that,…
