Google Engineer Convicted of AI Espionage—Faces Up to 70 Years in Prison
Ex-Google engineer convicted for stealing AI secrets faces 70 years. Mirrors Taiwan's TSMC case—AI now treated as national security threat, not just IP.
Vietnam Surges with First Fully Local Semiconductor Plant—Billions of Chips Ahead
FPT reveals Vietnam's first fully Vietnamese-owned advanced semiconductor testing plant in Hanoi. As global chip tensions rise, this could produce billions of units yearly—but can it rival Taiwan? (148 characters)
How RISC-V’s Flexibility Became Its Biggest Verification Problem
RISC-V's customizable design enables innovation but makes verification impossible. Testing trillions of instruction combos risks fragmentation. Read to know more
Insurance CEOs Love AI—Their Workers Don’t. Here’s Why.
90% of insurance execs are increasing AI spend, but employee usage dropped 10% and only 40% feel trained. The disconnect could waste billions
Companies Rush AI Agents Into Production—Only 21% Have Safeguards
Deloitte warns: Companies deploying autonomous AI faster than safety protocols. 74% adoption by 2028, but governance gaps create major risks.
Prime Intellect Bets Recursion to Conquer LLM Context Limits
LLMs choke on million-token contexts, but recursion changes that. Prime Intellect's RLM spawns sub-models to surgically dissect data.
China Activates EUV Chip Prototype—Closing Gap on ASML’s Monopoly
China's Shenzhen EUV prototype is live, torching U.S. chip controls and splitting the $600B market into rival empires. Independence by 2028 means game over for global unity.
ASML Cuts 1700 Management Jobs Despite €13B Record Orders
ASML fires 1700 mostly managers amid €13.2B Q4 bookings surge from AI boom. Why trim leadership now as chip demand explodes? Streamlining risks execution amid TSMC, Samsung rush. (148 characters)
Intel Surges Back as Apple’s Secondary Foundry for 1.4nm iPhone Chips
Apple turns to Intel's 14A process for non-Pro iPhone chips starting 2028, diversifying from TSMC amid capacity strains. As AI demand surges, this supply shift exposes risks in the chip foundry race—leaving premium silicon exclusive.
The 18-Month Myth: How Lava Just Beat the Government to the Punch
The era of 'Assembled in India' is ending. The era of 'Owned by India' has begun. From Lava's UK launch to Tata's new fabs, we connect the dots on the 18-month roadmap to Hardware Sovereignty.
The “AI Tax”: Why TSMC Just Demoted the Smartphone
For 20 years, the iPhone dictated TSMC's roadmap. That era is over. We analyze the "Revenue Density" math that explains why TSMC is pivoting $56B in Capex toward NVIDIA, leaving smartphone giants to pay the bill.
The BARBIE Vector: Why India’s US Undergrads Are a Geopolitical Asset Class
The 'BARBIE' phenomenon is not a cultural trend; it is a geopolitical asset shift. WireUnwired analyzes how returning US undergrads act as vectors for critical VLSI and AI transfer to India's deep-tech ecosystem.
NVIDIA Pays $10k While Apple Pays $87 for 2nm Chips
TSMC's 2nm wafers are hitting $30,000. We used our Silicon Economics Calculator to analyze why Apple locked up all the capacity, and why NVIDIA is stuck paying $10,000 per chip.
Semiconductors Are Ditching Plastic for Glass: But Why?
The 20-year era of "Silicon-on-Plastic" is ending. We analyze the 3 critical reasons—Warpage, Speed, and the "Rectangular Revolution"—driving the shift to Glass Core substrates by 2026.
Apple Buys 100% of TSMC 2nm
Apple has secured 100% of TSMC's 2nm capacity, marking the end of the 15-year FinFET era. We analyze why the transistor's shape had to change to Gate-All-Around (GAA).
The 4 AM Silence: How I Accidentally Broke “Zero Trust”
A routine API outage at 4 AM exposed a critical flaw in my security research. I analyze why relying on "Real-Time Data" is a single point of failure and the mathematical fix for resilient pipelines.
On-Device AI Is Coming Sooner Than You Think
The era of "Cloud AI" is ending. We analyze how the "1-bit" revolution (BitNet) enables GPT-4 class models to run offline on phones, and why Google's controversial Tensor chip strategy was right all along.
The $5 Trillion Pivot: Why Nvidia Finally Hired a CMO
Nvidia reached $3.6T without a CMO. The hiring of Alison Wagonfeld signals a massive shift from selling hardware to selling Sovereign AI. We analyze the math and strategy behind the pivot.
ProLogium Unveils Gen4 Solid-State Tech: 4-Minute Charging and a New European Gigafactory
ProLogium has unveiled a superfluidized all‑inorganic solid‑state lithium ceramic battery platform at CES and confirmed construction of its first French gigafactory, aiming to industrialize high‑safety, fast‑charging cells for next‑gen EV and energy storage applications across Europe and beyond.
AI-Native 6G Stack Prototype Debuts in the U.S.
NVIDIA, Cisco, T‑Mobile and public‑sector partners have unveiled what they describe as the first AI‑native 6G wireless stack prototype in the U.S., built on NVIDIA’s AI Aerial platform. The vertically integrated architecture fuses GPU‑accelerated baseband, an AI‑driven RAN and intelligent core with new 6G application layers for spectrum agility and integrated sensing, offering an early reference design for AI‑first 6G networks.