Elad Baram, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com Covering the business and politics of space Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:36:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://spacenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cropped-SN_forza_star-32x32.png Elad Baram, Author at SpaceNews https://spacenews.com 32 32 80681979 Silicon as strategy: the hidden battleground of the new space race https://spacenews.com/silicon-as-strategy-the-hidden-battleground-of-the-new-space-race/ https://spacenews.com/silicon-as-strategy-the-hidden-battleground-of-the-new-space-race/#respond Wed, 04 Feb 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://spacenews.com/?p=569418 Photo of a 200mm silicon wafer. Credit: Goldenvu via Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0

In the consumer electronics playbook, custom silicon is the final step in the marathon: you use off-the-shelf components to prove a product, achieve mass scale and only then invest in […]

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