Articles about semiconductors

The little chips that could: How Impinj has survived 26 years in a market that’s ‘just getting going’

More than a quarter-century after Impinj was founded, CEO Chris Diorio and team rang the Nasdaq opening bell Tuesday to mark the Seattle RFID chipmaker’s 10th anniversary as a public company. GeekWire chronicles the company’s ups and downs, and what’s next. Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Xbox: ‘We have to turn this into a sustainable business’

Microsoft has spent years subsidizing Xbox rather than profiting from it, CEO Satya Nadella acknowledged this week, as he addressed… Read More

Tech Moves: Key AWS chip engineer to depart; former longtime Microsoft leaders take new roles

— Rami Sinno, director of engineering at Amazon Web Services’ Annapurna Labs — ground zero for the tech giant’s silicon… Read More

Seattle startup bets on new chip technology to tackle AI’s soaring energy use

A Seattle startup is developing a processing chip that is predicted to be orders of magnitude more energy efficient than… Read More

Researchers want to put energy hogs like ChatGPT on a diet with more efficient computer chips

ChatGPT and other generative AI technologies are wowing — and sometimes alarming — users with their human-like abilities to carry… Read More

DARPA and other federal agencies work on strategies to revive America’s chip industry

Tech executives, researchers and government officials are gathering in Seattle this week to figure out ways to add a new… Read More

NLM Photonics' Kevin O'Malley at probe station

NLM Photonics raises $1M from Japanese ventures to boost electro-optic technology

Seattle-based NLM Photonics says it has raised $1 million in new funding to advance commercialization of its hybrid electro-optic modulation… Read More

Pacific Northwest teams win federal funding for semiconductors, energy tech and more

Four Pacific Northwest public-private partnerships have won support from the National Science Foundation through a $43 million nationwide program to… Read More

Samsung’s VC arm backs startup selling chips for 3D sensors in self-driving cars and robots

Seattle-area startup Lumotive landed $13 million to boost production of its semiconductor chips tailored for 3D sensors used in delivery… Read More

CHIPS and Science Act, an ‘historic’ investment in U.S. innovation and tech, goes to Biden for approval

The U.S. Senate and House this week approved the CHIPS and Science Act, a bill authorizing $280 billion of spending… Read More

Biden signs executive order to investigate semiconductor shortage affecting electronic goods

U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that will start an investigation into critical shortages of various… Read More