The push for rapid innovation is putting pressure on research and development teams. However, as the speed of innovation accelerates, R&D timelines are shrinking, creating a gap where reliability testing cannot keep pace with design speed. These unverified technologies stall at manufacturing, creating a bottleneck effect. Mechanical failures in manufacturing, which 41% of manufacturing companies…
Nvidia just fired the starting gun on U.S. production of cutting-edge AI chips
The R&D story of Nvidia in the past went something like this: Designed in California, made in Taiwan. Buried in its Q3 earnings call was the real news: Nvidia and TSMC produced the first Blackwell wafers on American soil. “We remain focused on building resiliency and redundancy in our global supply chain. Last month, in…
Foxconn launches FoxBrain: AI for manufacturing in Traditional Chinese
Several years ago, a catchy electronic dance tune captured the airwaves, leaving everyone wondering, “What Does the Fox Say?” Foxconn might have an answer with the launch of FoxBrain, the first large language model (LLM) designed for traditional Chinese applications. While it’s not exactly what the real fox says, it connects to the inner workings…