The Chip Graveyard – Halloween Special | Chips Weekly Welcome to a spooky special edition of Chips Weekly! 👻 Today we’re digging up the most ambitious chips that failed — the ones that almost changed the future of computing… but didn’t make it. In this episode, Diana explores how billion-dollar ideas like Transmeta’s Crusoe, Intel’s Itanium, and Zilog’s Z8000 ended up buried in tech history — and what their ghosts can still teach the industry today. 🪦 Featured Fallen Chips • Transmeta – s...
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The Chip Graveyard – Halloween Special | Chips Weekly Welcome to a spooky special edition of Chips Weekly! 👻 Today we’re digging up the most ambitious chips that failed — the ones that almost changed the future of computing… but didn’t make it. In this episode, Diana explores how billion-dollar ideas like Transmeta’s Crusoe, Intel’s Itanium, and Zilog’s Z8000 ended up buried in tech history — and what their ghosts can still teach the industry today. 🪦 Featured Fallen Chips • Transmeta – s...
🇨🇳 China’s Rare Earth Clampdown, 🇺🇸 Intel’s 18A Breakthrough & Amkor’s U.S. Packaging Bet
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🇨🇳 China’s Rare Earth Clampdown, 🇺🇸 Intel’s 18A Breakthrough & Amkor’s U.S. Packaging Bet
This week on Chips Weekly by Diana, we unpack the biggest developments shaping the semiconductor world between Oct 1 – 9, 2025. China tightens rare-earth export controls, Intel unveils its first 18A chip — Panther Lake — built in Arizona, and Amkor breaks ground on a massive U.S. packaging campus. In our Industry Spotlight, we look at how new U.S. rules could expand export bans on chipmaking tools. And finally, our Chip of the Week: Intel’s Panther Lake 18A SoC, a landmark in both technol...
Chips Weekly by Diana
The Chip Graveyard – Halloween Special | Chips Weekly Welcome to a spooky special edition of Chips Weekly! 👻 Today we’re digging up the most ambitious chips that failed — the ones that almost changed the future of computing… but didn’t make it. In this episode, Diana explores how billion-dollar ideas like Transmeta’s Crusoe, Intel’s Itanium, and Zilog’s Z8000 ended up buried in tech history — and what their ghosts can still teach the industry today. 🪦 Featured Fallen Chips • Transmeta – s...
