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Brain-like chips are boosting computers and battling cybercrime
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Brain-like chips are boosting computers and battling cybercrime

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The human brain is more powerful and energy-efficient than any computer. Scientists are imitating the way it works to...

Huawei founder says chips still lag ‘one generation’ behind US
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Huawei founder says chips still lag ‘one generation’ behind US

Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei said the US had ‘exaggerated’ Huawei’s achievements. Chinese tech giant Huawei’s chips still “lag behind the United States by...

Qualcomm isn’t giving us new Snapdragon chips at Computex – but there’s a surprise waiting in September
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Qualcomm isn’t giving us new Snapdragon chips at Computex – but there’s a surprise waiting in September

2024 was a banner year for Qualcomm at Computex, with the massive launch of its Snapdragon X Elite laptop processors putting it at...

China’s Xiaomi to invest nearly  bn in chips
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China’s Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips

Xiaomi took initial steps into semiconductors for smartphones with the launch of the firm’s first in-house chip — the Surge S1 — in...

China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei’s Ascend advanced computer chips
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China blasts new US rule banning use of Huawei’s Ascend advanced computer chips

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, second left, Chinese ambassador to the World Trade Organization Li...

Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia
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Nvidia to send 18,000 AI chips to Saudi Arabia

President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pose for a photo at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum at the King Abdulaziz...

From 25,000 transistors to 300 billion chips, Arm celebrates 40 years of innovation
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From 25,000 transistors to 300 billion chips, Arm celebrates 40 years of innovation

Acorn’s ARM1 chip kicked off a 40-year computing legacy Arm chips now power over 300 billion devices worldwide and counting 99% of smartphones...

Researchers develop smaller, more efficient space-tolerant computer chips
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Researchers develop smaller, more efficient space-tolerant computer chips

Image of planet earth from outer space. Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering Space is a highly volatile environment. Factors like radiation, extreme...

AMD says US rule on chips to China could cost it 0 mn
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AMD says US rule on chips to China could cost it $800 mn

Silicon Valley chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) told regulators that the US might not grant newly required licenses for chips exported to...