America's Most Advanced Chips Built In A Desert

[GDeSantis]

Intel is now shipping 18A chips from its Arizona fabs, combining two major process changes: RibbonFET gate-all-around transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.  The investment and technology is unbelievable. 

Good reporting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4VpG377kBw

[streborc]

Fascinating -- hard to believe that it was only 79 years ago that the Bell Labs trio conjured together a chunk of germanium, gold foil and paper clips, and stood back scratching their heads, puzzled over why Ohms Law couldn't explain what they were measuring.

[Pepe]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Y5DH3h1FWAk&si=nqyR-i_YpeldSMg_

[trastikata]

And when you think where all that engineering will go for:

1. Total surveillance and control
2. Games and entertainment
3. New smartphones be able to run latest stupid sparkles, smooth faces etc applications
...
Real applied and fundamental science, medicine, space, things that matter to humanity, go way down on the list.