In the first six months of 2023, China imported 18% less chips for various purposes compared to the same period last year. According to the SCMP, this is proven by Chinese customs data: against the background of the sanctions imposed by the USA and...
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Although GPS and other satellite systems are effective for determining position on the ground, these systems are ineffective underwater. Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have found a way to pinpoint its location by analyzing...
On Monday, Microsoft confirmed rumors of new layoffs at the company, a week into fiscal 2024. We’re talking about more cuts on top of the 10,000 layoffs announced back in January. Image source: Microsoft Microsoft is also known to have...
The personal data of Europeans can now be freely and securely transferred from the EU to the US without any additional conditions or approvals, based on a mechanism that protects people and provides legal certainty for companies. The Data Privacy...
The US semiconductor wafer manufacturer AXT announced that it would receive permission to purchase raw materials from China based on gallium and germanium compounds, which are necessary for the production of microchips. Beijing is known to have...
AMD has surprisingly presented a new desktop processor from the Ryzen 5000 series with Zen 3 architecture. We’re talking about a chip with an additional 3D V-Cache cache. So far, only one processor model with 3D V-Cache has been introduced in...
The US Navy Crime Investigation Agency (NCIS) is investigating multiple reports of military receipts of suspicious smartwatch packages from unknown senders. Such gadgets can easily be loaded with malware to steal sensitive data. Image source:...
One of Microsoft’s key top executives has vowed in court that after buying Activision Blizzard Inc., which develops the Call of Duty franchise, it will continue to be available on Sony PlayStation consoles, according to the US Federal Trade...
In October last year, the US authorities imposed export restrictions on the supply of a certain range of chip-making equipment to China, which immediately called into question the further development of the companies Samsung and SK hynix in the...
Until recently, it was quite difficult to predict which songs would become hits. The “hint” algorithms used by many streaming platforms don’t always work, but the situation could be changing dramatically thanks to a new study by US...
India’s cabinet has approved a $2.7 billion plan to build a new Micron Technology chip packaging and testing facility in the country. The government took the move just ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United...
Statistics from Taiwan officials for May show that the island’s semiconductor exports to the United States have risen for 26 straight months. First, it bucks the trend of declining demand for chips due to their overproduction and the economic...
The history of the presence of Samsung Electronics manufacturing companies on American soil dates back to 1996, when the company was registered in the capital of Texas. By 2007, there was a second facility, and next year state-of-the-art custom chip...
This week, General Motors Corporation joined Tesla and Ford in their intentions to use the NACS connector to charge electric vehicles at branded Supercharger stations, further fueling investor interest in Tesla stock. US government officials said...
edition wealth reminds that TSMC will hire around 4,500 employees for its two plants that will be built in Arizona in the coming years and for many of them the corporate culture of the Asian chipmaker may seem shockingly rigid. Weekend work and 12...
Since October last year, it has been repeatedly pointed out that Korean memory chip manufacturers are in a delicate situation. On the one hand, they now produce a significant part of their products in China. On the other hand, the US authorities are...
From January to May 2023, China’s chip imports fell by 20% year-on-year. This is evidenced by the official data of the local customs. This happened in connection with the reduction of China’s trade with South Korea, Taiwan and Japan...
Microsoft has offered Large Language Models (LLMs) developed by OpenAI to US federal agencies using Azure cloud services. The company announced this on its official blog. Image source: Josh Riemer/unsplash.com According to Reuters, Microsoft has...
TSMC chairman Mark Liu noted this week that negotiations with the German authorities over the possibility of building a contract manufacturing facility in Germany are generally going well, although a number of issues remain to be resolved before the...
In the USA, Intel wants to open new production lines not only in new locations, such as Ohio, but also in Arizona, so the problem of selecting production personnel is acute even now, before the emergence of new companies. The state is ready to help...
