Qualcomm will lay off hundreds of San Diego employees
Semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm will lay off hundreds of employees who work at the company’s facilities in San Diego, USA, by the end of this year. 226 people representing 16 divisions…
Neuralink has announced the Blindsight implant, which will restore vision even to those born blind
American billionaire Elon Musk said that his startup Neuralink has developed an experimental visual implant, Blindsight, which will allow people who are blind from birth to see. At the same…
SMEE is one step closer to creating sovereign Chinese EUV scanners – they are needed for the production of advanced chips
Ultra-hard ultraviolet (EUV) lithography can significantly reduce the cost of production of 7-nm and more advanced semiconductor components, so US sanctions against China are aimed at limiting the latter country’s…
New Honor products received 39 awards at IFA 2024
Honor boasted that it emerged as the leading innovative technology brand at IFA 2024 in Berlin, winning 39 “Best of IFA 2024” awards. Among the most highly rated products: the…
TSMC will begin installing the first High-NA EUV lithography scanner before the end of the month
TSMC managed to get ahead of Intel in launching mass production of EUV equipment, but in the more advanced High-NA EUV segment, the company lagged behind its American competitor. Intel…
AMD opens new engineering and design center in Serbia
AMD today opened a new engineering and design center in Serbia with offices in Belgrade and Nis. This move is intended to strengthen the company’s presence in the Balkans. Employees…
AMD will combine RDNA for games and CDNA for AI accelerators into a single graphics architecture UDNA
In a conversation with Tom’s Hardware, Jack Huynh, senior vice president and general manager of AMD’s Compute and Graphics Solutions Group, said the company is once again planning to combine…
SK hynix will start mass production of 12-layer HBM3E memory stacks this month
South Korean company SK hynix, the world’s second largest memory chip manufacturer, will begin mass production of 12-layer HBM3E high-speed memory stacks by the end of this month. Reuters writes…
Intel and AIST will build an advanced process R&D center in Japan
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and Intel will establish a new research and development center in Japan. It will be focused on developing technical processes…
Taiwan accuses China of illegally poaching talent from tech companies
Taiwan authorities have accused Chinese semiconductor manufacturers of “illegally poaching” talent and trying to gain access to trade secret information. An investigation last month found eight Chinese companies violating Taiwanese…