The Boot Chip That Hates Black Boxes
OpenTitan shipping in real Chromebooks is a minor miracle for anyone tired of trusting mystery silicon with the keys to the kingdom.
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The $400 Million Machine That Runs on Mirrors
ASML's High-NA EUV machine just etched 8nm features in a single pass. It costs $400M, weighs as much as a bus, and humanity has fewer than a dozen of them.
Arm Just Became Its Own Customers' Competitor — And RISC-V Is Laughing
Arm spent 35 years selling blueprints. Then it decided to sell finished chips to the same companies it was supplying. Somehow this surprises people.
Your Next GPU Needs This Noble Gas (And Iran Just Blew Up 30% of It)
Iranian drone strikes on Qatar's Ras Laffan knocked out a third of global helium supply. Your chips run on the stuff. Two weeks of inventory remain.
Europe Baked a RISC-V Chip on Intel's Fab and It Actually Works
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center taped out a RISC-V test chip on Intel 3, booted Linux on it, and quietly advanced Europe's bid for chip sovereignty.