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| DARPA announced program to strengthen U.S. semiconductor supply |
3/24/2021 |
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Working in partnership with Intel and academic researchers from University of Florida, University of Maryland, and Texas A&M, SAHARA will leverage leading-edge, U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities to enable the automated and scalable conversion of defense-relevant field-programmable gate array (FPGAs) designs into quantifiably secure Structured ASICs.
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| Trade bottleneck born of the COVID-19 has U.S. businesses awaiting goods from Asia |
3/23/2021 |
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Current problems were sown last March, when Americans stayed home and dramatically changed their buying habits — instead of clothes, they bought electronics, fitness equipment and home improvement products. U.S. companies responded by flooding reopened Asian factories with orders, leading to a chain reaction of congestion and snags at ports and freight hubs across the country as the goods began arriving.
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| Russian hacker pleads guilty on cyber extortion to Tesla |
3/23/2021 |
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Prosecutors alleged that Kriuchkov acted on behalf of co-conspirators abroad and attempted to use face-to-face bribery to recruit an insider to physically plant ransomware, which scrambles data on targeted networks and can only be unlocked with a software key provided by the attackers.
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| Automotive IC shortage drove SK Siltron to invest in silicon carbide (SiC) wafer |
3/22/2021 |
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Demand for SiC power semiconductors are expected to soar on growth in the electric vehicle market. Power semiconductors are used in an electric vehicle to optimize drive and control voltage and electric current. The devices produced using SiC material are more resistant to voltage and heat compared with existing silicon semiconductors.
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| High global demand for gasoline might be gone for good |
3/19/2021 |
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Gasoline demand is unlikely to fully return because increased demand in the developing world will be offset by consumers shifting to electric vehicles, manufacturers improving fuel efficiency and businesses increasing telework while decreasing travel, the report said.
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| A Canadian electric car company to build 3 wheel EV's in Arizona |
3/19/2021 |
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ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. announced Tuesday that it has selected Mesa after searching for a location for its U.S. assembly facility and engineering technical center. Once fully built, the company expects to employ between 200 and 500 workers and produce up to 20,000 SOLOs yearly.
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| Micron Technology ditches 3D XPoint to go for CXL memories |
3/18/2021 |
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Micron indicated it will increase investment in new memory products that leverage the Compute Express Link (CXL), the recently introduced industry standard interface that enables flexible connection between compute, memory and storage. With immediate effect, Micron will cease development of 3D XPoint.
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| Texas power company filed bankruptcy after waiver customer charges |
3/18/2021 |
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Griddy's bankruptcy plan proposes to waive claims against customers for charges they incurred from February 15 - 19, while the $9,000 per megawatt hour price for wholesale power was in effect. The Texas attorney general said Tuesday that the waiver would cover about 24,000 former customers who owe $29.1 million in unpaid bills, and that negotiations were continuing over relief for customers who paid their bills.
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| Ford Motors allows some employees to work at home indefinitely |
3/18/2021 |
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Ford told about 30,000 of its employees worldwide who have worked from home that they can continue to do so indefinitely, with flexible hours approved by their managers. Their schedules will become a work-office “hybrid”: They'll commute to work mainly for group meetings and projects best-suited for face-to-face interaction.
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| Nokia cuts headcount to invest in 5G development |
3/17/2021 |
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The restructuring means the number of staff is expected to fall to 80,000-85,000 employees over a period of up to two years, Nokia said on Tuesday. It should reduce costs by $715 million by 2023.
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| Volkswagen plans six large battery factories to support its EV cars |
3/17/2021 |
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Volkswagen said it would build on its existing battery production facilities at Salzgitter in Germany and with partner Northvolt in Skelleftea, Sweden, adding new production technology and a standardized cell that it said would cut battery costs by as much as 50%.
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| CEO of Ant Group resigned citing personal reasons |
3/16/2021 |
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Ant Group has come under increased scrutiny and tighter regulation as it expanded the range of financial technology services it offers. In November its planned stock market debut was suspended in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The Shanghai stock exchange cited regulatory changes in Ant’s industry and a possible failure to meet disclosure requirements but gave no details.
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