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“Contract chipmaker Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which controls a leading 55% share of the global market, said on Wednesday it plans to build a $500 billion New Taiwan dollar ($15.7 billion) facility in Taiwan that would churn out the …
“I have written about the benefits of GPU-based computing in the past, most recently as part of the launch of the P2 instances with up to 16 GPUs. As I have noted in the past, GPUs offer incredible power …
“Microsoft is doubling down on its commitment to the tantalizing field of quantum computing, making a strong bet that it is possible to create a scalable quantum computer using what is called a topological qubit. Longtime Microsoft executive Todd Holmdahl …
News NXP Introduces Industry’s Smallest 8-pin GX Logic Package for Mobile, Portable and IoT Applications
“NXP SGX-8 image.jpgemiconductors N.V.(NASDAQ: NXPI) today introduced the world’s smallest leadless logic package for 8 lead logic functions. Measuring just 0.8mm x 1.35mm and only 0.35 mm in height, the GX 8 …
“STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and an active member of the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) for more than a decade, has introduced two state-of-the-art security modules that provide an industry-validated …
News Microsemi is First FPGA Provider to Offer Open Architecture RISC-V IP Core and Comprehensive Software Solution for Embedded Designs
“Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced it is the first field programmable gate array (FPGA) provider to offer a comprehensive software tool chain and intellectual property (IP) core for …
“Europe’s fastest supercomputer shoulders the challenges of the region’s toughest compute problems, from weather modeling to cosmology, and across a very broad range of other scientific domains. As the computational demands for this popular resource increase due to …
News TI’s ultra-low power Sub-1 GHz LaunchPad development kit is first to be Sigfox verified in Japan
“Over the past year, Sigfox, the world’s leading provider of a global communication solution powering the Internet of Things (IoT), and Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) have been working to increase IoT deployments using the Sub-1 GHz spectrum. Continuing …
“Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHP), a leading provider of microcontroller (MCU), mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today released a new generation of 8-bit tinyAVR MCUs. The four new devices range from 14 to 24 pins and 4 KB to …
“China has started to develop its first exascale computer capable of performing a billion billion calculations per second, as the country steps up efforts to stay in the lead of the global supercomputer race. The high-performance computer, if it can …