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Micron reportedly drafting new NULL.6 billion HBM plant in Hiroshima

2 Dec 2025

Micron is reportedly planning a major expansion at its Hiroshima site tied to a NULL.6 billion investment and a new high-bandwidth memory plant. Sources say the move is driven by rising demand for Artificial Intelligence-oriented memory and possible subsidies from METI totaling 500 billion yen.

manufacturing, micron, semiconductors

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Samsung shifts internal mobile DRAM deals to quarterly amid price surge

2 Dec 2025

Samsung's device solutions and mobile experience teams agreed to continue mobile DRAM on a three-month pricing cadence to secure volumes ahead of Galaxy S26, but the change exposes the phone division to shorter-term market volatility as memory and processor costs climb.

memory, samsung, semiconductors

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TSMC showcases custom C-HBM4E as N3P logic dies target double efficiency

2 Dec 2025

TSMC detailed moves for its HBM4 generation, including a shift of custom C-HBM4E logic dies to N3P and base dies to N12 to cut operating voltages and boost efficiency. The company also outlined packaging roadmaps such as CoWoS-L to support up to 12 HBM stacks for 2026 Artificial Intelligence parts and confirmed customers including Micron and SK Hynix.

artificial intelligence, memory, packaging, tsmc

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At NeurIPS, NVIDIA advances open model development for digital and physical Artificial Intelligence

2 Dec 2025

NVIDIA expanded its open-source portfolio at NeurIPS with new models, datasets and tools for digital and physical Artificial Intelligence, highlighted by Alpamayo-R1, a reasoning vision language action model for autonomous driving. The company also highlighted Nemotron additions for speech and safety, and received recognition from the Artificial Analysis Open Index.

artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, machine learning, nvidia

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Securus trains Artificial Intelligence on inmates’ calls to flag planned crimes

2 Dec 2025

Securus Technologies trained Artificial Intelligence models on years of recorded inmate calls and is piloting tools that scan calls, texts, and emails to predict and prevent crimes. Critics say many people whose communications are used may not know their recordings are being used to train these systems and that the practice raises civil liberties concerns.

policy, prison rights, securus, surveillance

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artificial intelligence scans prisoners’ calls to flag planned crimes; innovators under 35 nominations open

2 Dec 2025

a US telecom company has trained an Artificial Intelligence model on years of inmates’ phone and video calls and is now piloting it to scan calls, texts and emails for planned crimes. nominations are open for MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 competition for 2026.

artificial intelligence, criminal justice, innovation, privacy

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Artificial intelligence’s big impact on small business

2 Dec 2025

Small businesses are using Artificial Intelligence tools for marketing, customer service, product descriptions and operations to improve efficiency and competitiveness. Case studies in the article highlight Henry’s House of Coffee, Something Sweet COOKie Dough and Aureate Capital leveraging Artificial Intelligence for SEO, customer insights and research.

artificial intelligence, small business, us chamber of commerce

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SAP launches EU Artificial Intelligence Cloud for Europe’s digital sovereignty

2 Dec 2025

SAP has rolled out EU Artificial Intelligence Cloud to give European organizations full control over data, infrastructure, and Artificial Intelligence applications, reducing dependence on American hyperscalers. The move follows SAP’s earlier announced €20 billion investment in sovereign cloud solutions for Europe.

digital sovereignty, infrastructure, sap

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HSBC and Mistral Artificial Intelligence partner to accelerate Artificial Intelligence adoption

2 Dec 2025

HSBC has agreed a multi-year partnership with Mistral Artificial Intelligence to deploy generative Artificial Intelligence models across the bank, using self-hosted models on HSBC systems to improve processes and serve customers.

artificial intelligence, hsbc, machine learning, mistral

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Do students rely too much on generative Artificial Intelligence?

2 Dec 2025

Local 12 reported that roughly 90% of college students use generative Artificial Intelligence tools like ChatGPT in the classroom. Michael Jones, associate professor of economics at the University of Cincinnati’s Lindner College of Business, offered insight into what this shift means for both students and educators.

artificial intelligence, education, lindner college

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Rewriting Intel’s story: Artificial Intelligence-driven capacity constraints turn it into a strategic alternative to TSMC

2 Dec 2025

Advanced packaging bottlenecks in Artificial Intelligence chip production are elevating demand for Intel’s EMIB and foundry services. The shift could weaken TSMC’s exclusivity with major customers, but material revenue effects are not expected until mid-to-late 2027.

artificial intelligence, chip packaging, intel, semiconductors

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News roundup: chips, Artificial Intelligence and semiconductors

2 Dec 2025

A hardware busters index lists recent coverage across chips, packaging, and Artificial Intelligence compute, from AMD’s warning about an Intel-NVIDIA alliance to Intel’s packaging work for Google. Highlights include Microsoft sending 60,000 Nvidia chips to the UAE and Google’s 1.5 TWh solar deal.

artificial intelligence, chips, hardware, semiconductors