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The Mindblowing Experience of a Chatbot That Answers Instantly
If all that is true—and there’s no way to tell right now—Groq might well pose a threat to the dominance…
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Intel’s CEO Says AI Is the Key to the Company’s Comeback
When veteran engineer and executive Pat Gelsinger returned to Intel as CEO in 2021, the once-great chipmaker was in a…
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Intel’s AI Reboot Is the Future of US Chipmaking
Gina Raimondo, the US secretary of commerce, spoke at Intel’s event today and compared the US government’s current focus on…
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The US Just Escalated Its AI Chip War With China
At an event in Beijing this week, the Chinese search giant Baidu announced a new version of its most capable…
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Want to Win a Chip War? You’re Gonna Need a Lot of Water
The volume required can be huge. In the US, chip fabs use far less water than the agriculture and power…
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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 CHIPS Act Passes Congress to Boost US Semiconductor Production
“There is a really deep interconnection between the chip industry and the US defense industry,” says Chris Miller, an assistant…
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The Collapse of the Nvidia Deal Leaves Arm Exposed
The collapse of the biggest chip deal in history will complicate the future for its intended target. The mega-deal would…
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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 Year Everyone Remembered That Chips Matter
The most important technology of the year was not Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse, Jack Dorsey’s blockchain, or Elon Musk’s, err, dancing…
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