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Phoenix’s semiconductor boom was supposed to change their lives, but did it?

by Maria Hollenhorst
Aug 15, 2024
Months after completing a semiconductor technician training course, two workers share their stories.
Students in the Semiconductor Technician Quick Start training course at Mesa Community College practice using hand tools while wearing “bunny suits,” the required workwear at fabrication plants.
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How one Oregon summer camp is using music to help teens explore STEM careers 

by Kyra Buckley
Aug 9, 2024
What do science, technology, engineering and math have to do with mariachi music? Mariachi STEAM camp is using the music to show young people — especially Latino youth — the opportunities available in different professions. 
From left to right, Oregon high school students and Mariachi STEAM camp violinists Dulceluna Cebrera Gomez, Keili Piña Cisneros and Isabel Uribe-Jensen practice in July.
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CHIPS Act to give Intel $8.5 billion in direct funding, plus loans

by Kimberly Adams
Mar 20, 2024
Biden's legislation aims to boost U.S. semiconductor manufacturing, reducing reliance on foreign chipmakers.
President Biden speaks Wednesday at an Intel facility in Chandler, Arizona. The funding will enable Intel to build new plants in four states and expand operations in others.
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$5 billion Intel deal scrapped after China dragged out regulatory approval

by Ali Budner
Aug 22, 2023
Intel recently scrapped a $5 billion deal to buy an Israeli semiconductor manufacturer — primarily because China dragged its feet on giving the regulatory green light for the deal.
Intel's semiconductors are found in electronic devices around the globe.
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The Transistor at 75

The transistor's role in the birth of Silicon Valley

by David Brancaccio and Alex Schroeder
Dec 15, 2022
Silicon Valley exists for a number of reasons. Chief among them might be the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
Companies like Intel were born from the semiconductor revolution. But how did silicon — and the transistor — end up in California?
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What does it take for chip manufacturers to get a new plant up and running?

by Stephanie Hughes
Aug 23, 2022
Semiconductor makers seek locations with plenty of space, water, electricity and workers. First, they need megabucks for construction.
An array of machines at a semiconductor plant in Germany. Now that the CHIPS Act has passed, chipmakers are looking to build more facilities in the U.S.
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Chips from Intel's new $20 billion factories won't be ready to use for years

by Samantha Fields
Jan 21, 2022
The semiconductor giant is thinking long term.
With consumers' appetite for smart cars and appliances, demand for Intel's chips isn't going away anytime soon.
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Apple's acquisition of Intel's smartphone modem business is all about control

by Jack Stewart
Jul 26, 2019
The iPhone manufacturer is buying the ability to make its own modem chips.
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Apple will reportedly replace Intel processors with its own microchips

by Jon Gordon , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Apr 6, 2018
That would help its devices work more seamlessly together.
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Intel earnings expected to weather the Meltdown and Spectre

by Jed Kim
Jan 25, 2018
Security issues and faulty fixes have vexed computer giant Intel, and that’s just in January. But analysts say the problems probably won’t dent profits in the long term. Intel releases its quarterly earnings report later today. The company has generated a lot of not-so-great headlines in recent weeks over major security vulnerabilities in its processors. […]
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