It's IDM 2.0 ... 2.0. Or perhaps this was the plan all along... Intel has detailed plans to begin some separation between the semiconductor foundry side of its business and the design teams that create its own products. This is part of CEO Pat Gelsi…
Lees meerThrowing cash at industry to keep chip well from running dry as US sanctions continue to bite The Chinese city of Shenzhen has proposed a plan to lure semiconductor makers, offering subsidies to the tune of 20 percent of a qualifying applicant's ann…
Lees meerRunning direct numerical simulation on 'an industrial scale' Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) say they have developed a method to run suites of simulations to better understand turbulence in fluid flows and so deliver more effi…
Lees meerWho exactly asked for this? Can you explain how it works? Or why? Poll Microsoft and Meta have teamed up in the metaverse, to bring the software giant's OS and productivity tools into The Social Network's Meta Quest virtual reality hardware.…
Lees meerBecause 100G was so 2011 The fiber network connecting the US Department of Energy's (DoE) national laboratories received its first major upgrade in more than a decade this week, boosting its bandwidth capacity to a total of 46Tbit/sec.…
Lees meerAbout to get a lot trickier to justify contractor status for app-hired folks The US Department of Labor today signaled it hopes to make it much harder for companies to argue that gig workers and laborers, among others, are individual contractors rat…
Lees meerMmmmm... smells like Space-BACN Intel has revealed more about its involvement in DARPA's project to build an "internet of satellites" in which the chipmaker will help develop the optical communications subsystem to enable links between satellites.…
Lees meerMore analysts emerge to talk up hefty double digit shrink in unit volumes PC shipments are plunging by record levels as enterprises spend less on devices and sweat assets for longer in the face of a worldwide economic slowdown.…
Lees meerAs Nvidia hikes prices, Intel is only too happy to profit from your discontent, and AMD remains a wild card Comment For the first time in what feels like an eternity, customers have a third choice when it comes to graphics processors with the launc…
Lees meerAs energy prices rise, so does demand for the kind of low-end chips China cranks out Here's an odd side effect of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine: a small boom in exports of Chinese electric blankets to Europe.…
Lees meerSome plan to take a whole hour off The union representing Apple Store workers in Australia has called a strike as part of ongoing negotiations for a new pay and conditions deal.…
Lees meerAnd why it's not actually a leak Documents filed in crypto lender Celsius Networks' bankruptcy case have revealed financial info on more than 600,000 users.…
Lees meerIt'll just go back to randomly shutting down accounts PayPal has backed away from fining its own customers up to $2,500 for promoting whatever it determines is "misinformation."…
Lees meerWouldn't want anyone to know how much luggage is lost, eh? Lufthansa over the weekend said it is banning Apple AirTags from checked bags, only to subsequently attribute the policy to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).…
Lees meerDelays and cancellations thought to have cost Aer Lingus millions Aer Lingus says it is in talks with its IT services supplier, former IBM arm Kyndryl, after the disastrous combo of a sliced fiber optic cable and a faulty network card on the backup …
Lees meerChina thinks America targets its tech to kill off competition, and some believe economic standoff on way Analysis Nvidia believes it will not be affected by the latest US controls on technology, if only because it is already under similar restricti…
Lees meerCupertino managed to buck the trend with year-on-year growth of 40% Global PC shipments declined in calendar Q3 by 15 percent year-on-year thanks to reduced demand and lingering supply chain issues, according to number cruncher IDC.…
Lees meerEmperor penguin swipes Intel's attitude to ECC memory and maybe wimpy Mac performance too If the next version of the Linux kernel emerges a little slower than usual, blame a dodgy DIMM in Linus Torvalds's AMD Threadripper-powered PC and the vagaries…
Lees meerPLUS: SK hynix outgasses Putin; Canon's new litho plant; Equinix into Indonesia; and more! Asia In Brief South Korean chipmakers Samsung and SK hynix have reportedly reacted cautiously to the Biden administration's swingeing bans on certain chip te…
Lees meerInstead of a week of profits, mere days of net income for Cook The record-setting €1.1 billion fine levied against Apple by French authorities has been cut by two-thirds to just €372 million ($363 million) – an even more paltry sum for the world's f…
Lees meerMade in Taiwan: Only TSMC seems to be dodging the downturn The bad news from the semiconductor industry continues as more chip companies report falling demand, with only TSMC bucking the trend and delivering higher than expected earnings for the qua…
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