Manufacturing Magazine September 2026 | Page 14

THE MONTH IN MANUFACTURING

The top Manufacturing stories in August included US semiconductor manufacturing, a new event for leaders and the impacts of AI on workforce
WRITTEN BY: JASMIN JESSEN
CREDIT: SPACEX
GLOBAL CHIP SUPPLY: PLANS BEHIND $ 16.8BN TERAFAB INVESTMENT
Tesla, SpaceX and xAI are committing US $ 16.8bn to a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas, US. CEO Elon Musk has agreed a deal with Intel to use the company’ s 14A technology at the Terafab site. The facility will make, package and test advanced logic and memory chips in Grimes County.