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| Sending a trash collector truck into space |
12/2/2020 |
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ClearSpace SA will lead to the “first active debris removal mission” in 2025, in which a custom-made spacecraft will capture and bring down part of a rocket once used to deliver a satellite into orbit.
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| Is iPhone really water proof? |
12/2/2020 |
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Italy regulators say Apple owes 10 million euros for claims that its iPhones are more waterproof than they are. Apple misled consumers when claiming certain models of iPhone were water-resistant up to 13 feet for as long as 30 minutes.
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| TSMC targets 80 billion transistor chips by second half of 2022 |
12/1/2020 |
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But just think about it. AMD’s Navi 21 GPU, the chip inside the Radeon 6800 and 6900 Series boards, clocks in just under 27 billion transistors using 7nm. So a 3nm GPU of the same size could pack around 80 billion transistors if they really pushed it.
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| Semi equipment Capex spending comes mainly from Asia |
11/30/2020 |
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“Samsung’s level of spending over the past four years has been nothing short of incredible. I believe that they are attempting to put so much distance between themselves and the Chinese memory startups that it will be basically impossible for them to catch up,” IC Insights President Bill McClean said.
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| The FCC designated ZTE as a U.S. national security threat |
11/27/2020 |
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In May 2019, President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by companies posing national security risks and the administration added Huawei to its trade blacklist.
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| U.S. economy grew 33.1% in Q3 |
11/26/2020 |
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But a resurgence in the coronavirus is expected to slow growth sharply in the current quarter with some economists even raising the specter of a double-dip recession.
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| U.S. durable goods order up 1.3% |
11/26/2020 |
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The strength in October came primarily from the volatile category of defense orders, with demand for military aircraft surging by 79.1%.
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| Taiwan to build their own submarine |
11/25/2020 |
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“This submarine is an important part of allowing our navy to develop asymmetric warfare and to intimidate and block enemy ships from surrounding Taiwan’s main island,” said President Tsai Ing-wen.
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| Vaccination required for flying International |
11/25/2020 |
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In Australia, the boss of Qantas, the country's largest airline, said that once a virus vaccine becomes widely available, his carrier will likely require passengers use it before they can travel abroad or land in Australia.
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| TSMC to build new facilities at its 12-inch fab in Nanjing |
11/24/2020 |
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Monthly capacity at TSMC's Nanjing fab has come to 20,000 wafers, which is in line with the foundry's target set previously, the report indicated. The fab is engaged in the manufacture of chips using the foundry's 12nm and 16nm FinFET process technologies.
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