RAPID-FIRE WITH DAVID JOLLY: "The Cuban regime should fall. The Cuban regime, the dictatorship should fall. I want to see a free Cuba, and I hope we see Marco Rubio's finest moment in this hour." @davidjollyfl David Jolly answers rapid-fire questions ahead of Election Day addressing election results, marijuana, and Cuba.

Rapidus, Japan’s state-backed chip foundry start-up, expects US hyperscalers and ASIC designers to be key early customers for 2nm mass production when it begins in the 2nd half of 2027 at its Chitose, Japan fab, media report, citing Chairman Tetsuro Higashi. Initial products will be AI and high-performance computing (HPC) chips. Rapidus aims to shorten the design-to-finished wafer cycle time and offer integrated advanced packaging to compete with TSMC.

Rapidus Builds Design Ecosystem Around Planned 2nm Foundry - #semiconductordigest# #semiconductors# #semiconductor# #semiconductorindustry# #semiconductorwebsite# #semiconductormagazine#

Rapidus keeps marching forward on a fraction of what the old guard spends. I stopped doubting them after they actually groomed a back nine on the roof of their fab. A few weeks ago they said their lunar chip foundry was "no joke." Hmm.. Coincidence? Wouldn't it be a hoot if Terafab/SpaceX were already talking to IBM and Rapidus about moon chips? I would eat my hat.

Rapid EV uptake in the US is creating a two-tiered fuel market, with some motorists' costs dictated by global oil markets and others' by local electricity prices, writes ROI's Gavin Maguire