semiconductor manufacturing

IBM bets $1 billion on new U.S. quantum chip foundry company Anderon

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IBM is launching Anderon, a standalone quantum chip foundry company backed by a proposed $1 billion CHIPS award and another $1 billion from IBM itself. The move signals a major push to keep quantum manufacturing and innovation rooted in the United States.

Kioxia and Sandisk open Fab2 in Japan to make 218-layer 3D NAND for the AI boom

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Kioxia and Sandisk are making a very big bet on the future of flash memory. The two companies have flipped the switch on Fab2, a brand-new semiconductor facility at the Kitakami Plant in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The factory, which will ramp up production into 2026, is being positioned as a cornerstone for the next generation … Read more