TSMC will start making advanced 3-nanometer chips in Japan, stepping up plans to manufacture semiconductors in the country in a triumph for Sanae Takaichi’s technology ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/companies/tsmc-plan-upgrade-chip-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #kumamoto #manufacturing #nvidia #apple #sanaetakaichi #ai #taiwan #tech
Small companies generally face severe financial conditions and are therefore struggling to keep increasing wages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/01/companies/small-firms-wage-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #shunto #unions #manufacturing
The succession crisis vexing smaller Japanese companies has become a growth engine for Next Generation Technology Group, turning it into the country’s best-performing initial public offering last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/30/companies/succession-crisis-startup-ipo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ipo #startups #acquisitions #manufacturing
Taiwan's economy soared last year on skyrocketing exports of AI hardware and semiconductors, but traditional manufacturers struggled as they were clobbered by U.S. tariffs and a strong local currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/21/markets/taiwan-manufacturers-no-export-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #taiwan #exports #tsmc #semiconductors #manufacturing #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #chipmakers
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@pluralistic This idea needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Piggybacking has the potential to make so many open source hardware projects a reality which simply wouldn't otherwise be possible!
We as a community should come up with a way to crowdsource this - some way to connect people with cool hardware designs to people in manufacturing who are willing to piggyback their designs in.
If Andrew "bunnie" Huang didn't exist, I'd swear he was a character out of a(n extraordinarily technologically well-informed) cyberpunk novel. Every time I interact with this legendary hardware hacker, he blows my mind with some project or insight that permanently alters how I think about tech.
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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:
https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/09/quantity-break/#so-many-chips
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@pluralistic This idea needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Piggybacking has the potential to make so many open source hardware projects a reality which simply wouldn't otherwise be possible!
We as a community should come up with a way to crowdsource this - some way to connect people with cool hardware designs to people in manufacturing who are willing to piggyback their designs in.
39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-in-house-electronics-manufacturing-from-scratch-how-hard-can-it-be
#HackerNews #39c3 #electronics #manufacturing #inhouse #video #DIY #tech
Space Forge plans to manufacture semiconductors from space
#HackerNews #SpaceForge #Semiconductors #Space #Manufacturing #Tech #Innovation #Aerospace
This is a rather good explainer about China’s manufacturing layout, and why certain industries seem to cluster around specific cities.
I think many US cities were shaped like this: Detroit, Pittsburgh, Seattle etc. and largely for the same reason, and I think a lot of them still echo their manufacturing past. But none of them are at the widespread scale that we find in China any more. And this is yet another reason why it’s exceedingly difficult to replicate China’s manufacturing capacity in the US today. It’s not just money; it’s millions of people arranging their lives around manufacturing.
While the local economy has been boosted by the full-scale launch of operations at TSMC's first Japan plant a year ago, residents remain concerned about its impact on groundwater. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/26/companies/tsmc-kumamoto-plant-groundwater-concerns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #taiwan #kumamoto #water #chipmakers #manufacturing
Elliott Investment Management has been approaching institutional investors in Japan to push Toyota group to sweeten its ¥4.7 trillion bid to take a key affiliate private. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/companies/elliott-approach-toyota-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elliottinvestmentmanagement #toyotaindustries #toyota #acquisitions #manufacturing #realestate #carmakers
Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers has risen to the highest level in four years, reinforcing market expectations for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/15/economy/boj-tankan-manufacturers-sentiment-improves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #tankan #economicindicators #japaneseeconomy #manufacturing
How to make precise sheet metal parts (photochemical machining) [video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR9EN3kUlfg
#HackerNews #photochemicalmachining #sheetmetal #precisionengineering #manufacturing #video #tutorial
A body for labor unions in the automotive, electronics and other industries announced a policy for its member unions to ask for a pay scale hike of at least ¥12,000 per month in next year's wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/27/economy/jcm-shunto-pay-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shunto #wages #us #tariffs #manufacturing #metals
Rapidus plans to start building a second factory to produce cutting-edge semiconductors in a race with industry leader Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., local media in Japan has reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/26/companies/rapidus-second-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #rapidus #chipmakers #hokkaido #manufacturing
TSMC Arizona Outage Saw Fab Halt, Apple Wafers Scrapped
https://www.culpium.com/p/tsmc-arizona-outage-saw-fab-halt
#HackerNews #TSMC #Arizona #Apple #Wafers #Semiconductor #Outage #Manufacturing
Toyota plans to invest $912 million to increase output of hybrid components and vehicles across five U.S. states as part of a broader $10 billion commitment in the United States over the next five years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/19/companies/toyota-us-hybrid-production/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #manufacturing #hybrids #us #investments
Rio Tinto Group is imposing surcharges on aluminum shipments it sells to the U.S., putting further pressure on consumers in North America already faced with higher costs due to tariffs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/18/markets/aluminum-markups-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #aluminum #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #metals #manufacturing #riotinto
New Olympus CEO is shaking up the medical devices maker with a plan to cut about 7% of its global work force and streamline operations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/09/companies/olympus-streamlining/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #olympus #manufacturing #tech
Brian :cupofcoffee: :rss:
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🎊Chemists discover clean and green way to recycle Teflon
https://phys.org/news/2025-10-chemists-green-recycle-teflon.html
#chemistry #mechanochemistry #ballmill #plastics #ptfe #waste #recycling #manufacturing
