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China threatens ASML

David Manners — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:29:40 +0000

A China state-controlled news site – the Global Times – has threatened ASML with long-term exclusion from the Chinese market if it complies with US restrictions on selling spares and ...

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SakanaAI raises $137m led by Nvidia

David Manners — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:25:21 +0000

Sakana AI, a one year-old Tokyo startup founded by ex-Google researchers, has raised $137 million in a funding round led by Nvidia. Other investors are Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates ...

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IBM closes China R&D operations

David Manners — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:19:43 +0000

After 25 years of operation IBM is to close its R&D units in China. The units, called the China Development Lab (CDL) and China Systems Lab (CSL), were set up ...

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Verizon teams with Skylo for satellite IoT and emergency messaging

Alun Williams — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:06:11 +0000

Verizon, the telecommunications company, and Skylo, a non-terrestrial network (NTN) service provider, have announced a partnership to launch a commercial direct-to-device messaging service via satellite. This will enable Verizon customers – ...

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Broadcom reported to decide that Intel 18A not yet ready for volume production

David Manners — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 12:36:22 +0000

Intel’s 18A has been found wanting by Broadcom after it ran test wafers on the process, reports Reuters. According to the report, Broadcom got the wafers back from Intel last ...

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Glasgow next week: Space-Comm Expo Scotland

Steve Bush — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:18:21 +0000

Scotland is welcoming its biggest ever space industry event next week: the inaugural Space-Comm Expo Scotland, at SEC Glasgow over 11-12 September. The organisers are expecting 3,000 delegates and 70 ...

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SMIC cuts capex and R&D

David Manners — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:28:55 +0000

China’s leading foundry, SMIC, has been cutting capex and R&D despite soaring imports of chip manufacturing equipment into China. SMIC cut its H1 capex from $12 billion in H1 2023 ...

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US semi sales overtake China semi sales

David Manners — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:18:36 +0000

For the first time in over five years, chip sales in America have overtaken chip sales in China with US July sales of $15.4 billion and China July sales of ...

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Polarisation multiplexer doubles data capacity

David Manners — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 05:12:04 +0000

Researchers at Adelaide University have developed an ultra-wideband integrated terahertz polarisation (de)multiplexer implemented on a substrateless silicon base which they have tested in the sub-terahertz J-band (220-330 GHz) for 6G ...

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China out-spending Taiwan, Korea, US combined on chip manufacturing equipment

David Manners — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:28:43 +0000

China spent more on semiconductor manufacturing equipment in H1 – $25 billion – than Korea, Taiwan and the U.S. combined, reports the Nikkei. China was the only country to increase ...

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