Peter Thiel-Backed Startup Secures $100 Million to Make Chips in U.S.

Substrate is seeking to build semiconductor factories with new laser-based technology, but the hurdles are high.

Meet The New Chip Maker Aiming To Outrun TSMC And ASML

Silicon Valley investors commit $100M to chip startup Substrate, aiming to disrupt Taiwan Semiconductor and ASML in advanced ...

Prediction: ASML Stock Will Soar Over the Next 5 Years. Here's 1 Reason Why.

At recent levels, the stock is fairly valued, roughly speaking, with a forward-looking price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 35 vs ...

US startup Substrate announces chipmaking tool that it says will rival ASML

Substrate, a small U.S. startup, said on Tuesday that it had developed a chipmaking tool capable of competing with the most ...

IBM's open source Granite 4.0 Nano AI models are small enough to run locally directly in your browser

IBM is entering a crowded and rapidly evolving market of small language models (SLMs), competing with offerings like Qwen3, ...

Thiel-Backed Chip Startup Is Seeking to Crack ASML Dominance (1)

A secretive American startup has emerged with aspirations to challenge two titans of the semiconductor industry: ASML Holding ...
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IBM Makes Quantum Breakthrough With Off-the-Shelf Chips

IBM achieved a new quantum milestone by running an error-correction algorithm on standard AMD FPGA chips, reaching 10x faster ...

TSMC And ASML: The Deep Value Engine Of The AI Revolution

TSMC and ASML posted strong Q3 2025 results with high margins, and AI-driven growth is shaping the semiconductor ecosystem.
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Pornhub has cut off Arizona over a new law. There’s a way around it

Thanks to a new state law that took effect Sept. 26, Pornhub has barred users in Arizona from accessing its site. The law, signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs earlier this year, requires people in Arizona to ...