US chip fabs face massive 157,000 worker shortfall, mere 3% of US engineering grads enter chipmaking — despite six-figure salaries, US chip manufacturers are in

The massive demand for memory and storage chips driven by the AI boom, combined with Washington’s efforts to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the United States, has led to the buildup of multiple fabs and facili…

Jensen Huang thinks China will develop its own advanced lithography chipmaking tools by 2030 — Nvidia CEO says achievement of that capability ‘is just a matter

bigdragon The sooner the better. The lack of alternatives in the advanced tooling sector has made our current shortages worse than they could have been with some proper competition from multiple sources. More is more! Re…

AI enthusiast builds GPT-6 Astra-powered bot to take on Balatro’s Gold Stake Black Deck — bot leverages Python for numerical tools, beats hardest difficulty rep

Watch On The bot itself is based on OpenAI’s Astra models, which were released earlier this month. GPT-6 Astra has already grabbed headlines, having completed Valve’s iconic Portal in 24 hours .