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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived in Beijing on April 17, 2025, for an unannounced visit as the company navigates US export restrictions that have limited its ability to sell advanced AI chips to Chinese customers.
Researchers at CERN's AEgIS experiment demonstrated that commercial smartphone camera sensors can detect antimatter particles with unprecedented spatial resolution, offering a low-cost alternative to specialized scientific detectors.
SoftBank Group announced an all-cash acquisition of Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion, bringing the Arm-based server chip designer under the same corporate umbrella as Arm Holdings itself.
Google X's Taara project announced a next-generation silicon photonic chip capable of transmitting 10 Gbps over 1 kilometer using beams of light, marking a shift from mechanical to solid-state beam steering for wireless optical communications.
SpaceX conducted its eighth integrated flight test of the Starship vehicle on March 6, 2025, with the upper stage experiencing attitude control issues that prevented the planned booster catch attempt and led to vehicle breakup over the Atlantic Ocean.
Apple announced the iPhone 16e on February 19, 2025, featuring the C1, the company's first in-house cellular modem, marking a significant step toward reducing its dependence on Qualcomm for 5G connectivity.
Microsoft has removed Intel 8th, 9th, and 10th generation processors from the official Windows 11 24H2 CPU support list for new OEM systems, a decision that appears connected to Intel's December 2024 transition of older integrated graphics to legacy support status.
The semiconductor industry's migration from monolithic SoCs to chiplet-based designs is creating unprecedented complexity in chip architecture, driven by economics and the physical limits of traditional scaling.
IBM announced a breakthrough in 2nm chip manufacturing featuring vertical transistor stacking, promising higher density and efficiency for next-generation computing.
EXECUTIVE BRIEF Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on January 17, 2025, a breakthrough 1.6-nanometer (nm) semiconductor manufacturing process featuring proprietary Quantum Tunneling Control (QTC) technology. The new process node, designated A16, represents a significant advancement beyond the company's current 2nm technolog…
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