74% of Chip-Reliant Organisations Report Insufficient Supply
Almost 60% of organisations that rely on semiconductors regard supply issues as an ongoing concern. Continue reading 74% of Chip-Reliant Organisations Report Insufficient Supply
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CES 2025: NVIDIA Unveils GeForce RTX 50-Series Chips, AI Research Supercomputers, and More
Jensen Huang, NVIDIA’s CEO, unveiled the company’s first flagship desktop GPU series in over two years during his keynote speech. Continue reading CES 2025: NVIDIA Unveils GeForce RTX 50-Series Chips, AI Research Supercomputers, and More
China Investigates NVIDIA for Allegedly Breaking Monopoly Law
China conditionally approved NVIDIA’s acquisition of Mellanox in 2020, but the investigation announcement suggests the AI chipmaker may not be meeting the conditions. Continue reading China Investigates NVIDIA for Allegedly Breaking Monopoly Law
AI Surge Could Trigger Global Chip Shortage by 2026, Research Finds
AI workloads could grow by between 25% and 35% annually up to 2027, according to consultancy Bain and Company, putting pressure on suppliers of data centre equipment and AI-augmented products. Continue reading AI Surge Could Trigger Global Chip Shortage by 2026, Research Finds
Viral video zooms in on the mindblowing complexity of an iPhone chip
You may have seen this video doing the rounds; it peers through the lens of a microscope at a smartphone chip and starts zooming in, giving you a visceral sense of just how insanely tiny today’s transistors have become.Continue ReadingCategory: Compute… Continue reading Viral video zooms in on the mindblowing complexity of an iPhone chip
Potato chip breakthrough crunches cancer risk for healthier snack
In what many of us would consider a true public service to one of the world’s best food groups, scientists have flicked the switch on a mechanism that causes cold-stored potatoes to produce the carcinogen acrylamide. Growing these genetically tinkered … Continue reading Potato chip breakthrough crunches cancer risk for healthier snack
Apple unveils advanced M3 chips for iMac and MacBook
Twas the night before Halloween, and Apple held a “spooky” event to announce some “scary fast” new products. The company unveiled its next generation chips, the M3 family, as well as the first iMacs and MacBooks that will feature them.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Apple unveils advanced M3 chips for iMac and MacBook
IBM’s NorthPole chip mimics the human brain for greater power
IBM Research’s lab in California is developing a prototype chip called NorthPole based on the architecture of the human brain. It holds the promise of greatly improving computer efficiency and producing systems that do not rely on cloud computing.Conti… Continue reading IBM’s NorthPole chip mimics the human brain for greater power
Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding
Last year, Monash University scientists created the “DishBrain” – a semi-biological computer chip with some 800,000 human and mouse brain cells lab-grown into its electrodes. Demonstrating something like sentience, it learned to play Pong within five m… Continue reading Computer chip with built-in human brain tissue gets military funding
Getting a Close-Up View of Chip Formation with an SEM
When all you’ve got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And when you’ve got a scanning electron microscope, everything must look like a sample that would be really, …read more Continue reading Getting a Close-Up View of Chip Formation with an SEM