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2026-07-20
Intel Foundry 18A Yields Jump to 85%+; EMIB Packaging Hits 98%, Challenging TSMC N2
Intel Foundry 18A yields surged from 65% to 85%+ in a single quarter, approaching TSMC N2's 90%. EMIB advanced packaging yields reached 90-98%, turning a former bottleneck into a selling point. NVIDIA, AMD, Apple signed on but mostly as secondary suppliers.
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1970-01-01
Coherent Expands InP Fab with $50M CHIPS Grant, AI's Connectivity Bottleneck Drives Photonics Arms Race
Coherent receives $50M CHIPS Act grant to expand its 6-inch InP fab in Texas, quadrupling capacity. NVIDIA's $2B strategic investment and CEO Jensen Huang's presence signal a shift from GPU compute scaling to optical interconnect as the new AI infrastructure bottleneck.