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Graphcore Was the UK’s AI Champion—Now It’s Scrambling to Stay Afloat
Last month, the UK government announced the home for its new exascale supercomputer, designed to give the country an edge…
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US Technological Dominance Is Not What It Used to Be
With everyone so mesmerized by silver-tongued AI chatbots, it’s easy to forget that most flashy breakthroughs in science and technology depend…
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The Chip Shortage is Easing—But Only For Some
But the turnaround is far from uniform. Everstream’s data shows that lead times for some advanced chips needed for medical…
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This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents’ Garage
Zeloof spun hand-cut, half-inch squares of polysilicon, each to become a separate chip, on a small homemade turntable at 4,000…
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The FTC Sues Nvidia to Block Its Historic Deal With Arm
The Federal Trade Commission has sued to block Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm, the semiconductor design firm, saying that the blockbuster…
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Why the Chip Shortage Drags On and On … and On
The surge in demand for high-tech products triggered by working from home, lockdown ennui, and a shift to ecommerce has…
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The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore’s Law Alive
In 1965, Gordon Moore, an electronics engineer and one of the founders of Intel, wrote an article for the 35th…
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Samsung Has Its Own AI-Designed Chip. Soon, Others Will Too
Samsung is using artificial intelligence to automate the insanely complex and subtle process of designing cutting-edge computer chips. The South…
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These Bendy Plastic Chips Fit in Unusual Places
Like anyone who designs computer chips for a living, James Myers is, at his core, a silicon guy. “Silicon is…
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The Chip Shortage Is Driving Up Tech Prices—Starting With TVs
Televisions, laptops, and tablets have been in high demand during the Covid-19 pandemic, as people worked and learned via Zoom,…
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