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| Megawatt Charging Could Outshine Hydrogen in Semis |
10/17/2023 |
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A new high-power charging solution is required to meet the market need of the truck and bus industry to charge electric heavy-duty vehicles in an acceptable amount of time. As a result, the Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a charging system for large battery electric vehicles (EVs), is now being developed.
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| TSMC seeks permanent waiver for US chipmaking tools |
10/16/2023 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has been granted an extension from the US exempting it from trade sanctions in China and it expects to get permanent authorization through the validated end-user program. TSMC also announced plans to manufacture 6-nanometer chips at a new facility in Japan, Nikkei reports.
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| U.S. to close loophole on AI technology leak to China |
10/16/2023 |
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The United States last year shook relations with Beijing when it unveiled new restrictions on shipments of AI chips and chipmaking tools to China, seeking to thwart its military advances. Those rules are set to be tightened in the coming days.
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| Chip market observed to rebound next year |
10/13/2023 |
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Samsung Electronics managed to reduce operating loss in its core memory chip unit amid increasingly clear signs of industry recovery. Some expected that the slump in the industry that began in the late half of 2022 will be coming to an end after the third quarter.
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| "AI in a box" module can answer queries and generate text in real time |
10/13/2023 |
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Pete Warden’s startup, Useful Sensors, initiated a new crowdfunding campaign this week for its natural language processing (NLP) system built on a small Rockchip single-board computer. The “AI in a box” module, built on off-the-shelf hardware from Rockchip, understands natural language, answers queries and generates text entirely at the edge.
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| Chip industry puts tech into fab efficiency goals |
10/12/2023 |
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The semiconductor industry is looking to AI, automation and machine learning to boost efficiency, increase sustainability and reduce costs in manufacturing. UK-based Flexciton, for instance, uses data from fabs to tackle production challenges with specific objectives.
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| AMD aims to expand AI software with Nod.ai buy |
10/12/2023 |
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Advanced Micro Devices has entered an agreement to acquire open-source AI software company Nod.ai. AMD's Vamsi Boppana says the acquisition aims to help AI customers "easily deploy highly performant AI models tuned for AMD hardware," such as Instinct data center accelerators and Ryzen AI central processing units.
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| Weaker Taiwan dollar helps boost TSMC sales by more than 13% in Q3 |
10/11/2023 |
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At an investor conference held in mid-July, TSMC forecast that consolidated sales for the third quarter, a traditional peak season for the semiconductor industry, would range between US$16.7 billion and US$17.5 billion, up 6.5 percent to 11.6 percent from the second quarter.
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| China Plans to Hit 300 Exaflops of Compute Power by 2025 |
10/10/2023 |
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The country's ministries have announced plans to expand its computing power significantly in the coming years, intending to hit 300 exaflops by 2025. This would require it almost to double its supercomputing power in the next two years.
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