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SoftBank supremo eyes rare success with Arm IPO
Sep 12, 2023 (AFP)
The flamboyant farmer's son who rose to become one of the world's richest people is hoping that the US listing of 10 percent of the chip designer will raise $4....
US chip giant GlobalFoundries opens $4 bn Singapore plant
Sep 12, 2023 (AFP)
The semiconductor sector is recovering from disruptions caused by the pandemic, high inflation and sluggish global economic growth caused in part by geopolitica...
TSMC plans $100 million investment in Arm IPO: board
Sep 12, 2023 (AFP)
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company controls more than half of the world's output of microchips, the lifeblood of the modern economy found in everything ...
Arm's listing on NY exchange is a big wager in an uncertain market
Sep 11, 2023 (AFP)
SoftBank, a Japanese investment holding company, is counting on the reputation of Arm, a leading microprocessor designer whose products are used in 99 percent o...
Analog and digital: The best of both worlds in one energy-efficient system
Sep 04, 2023 (SPX)
Researchers at EPFL have revealed a pioneering technology that combines the potential of continuous analog processing with the precision of digital devices. By ...
A simpler way to connect quantum computers
Sep 04, 2023 (SPX)
While today's classical data signals can get amplified across a city or an ocean, quantum signals cannot. They must be repeated in intervals - that is, stopped,...
Tech's carbon footprint: can AI revolutionize responsibly?
Sep 03, 2023 (AFP)
The planet's 8,000 or so data centers are the foundation of our online existence, and will grow ever further with the advent of artificial intelligence -- so mu...
DNA chips as storage media of the future: What challenges need to be overcome
Aug 25, 2023 (SPX)
Four recurring basic building blocks are found in a DNA strand. A specific sequence of these blocks can be used to encode information, just as nature does. To b...
Scientists develop fermionic quantum processor
Aug 24, 2023 (SPX)
Fermionic atoms are atoms that obey the Pauli exclusion principle, which means that no two of them can occupy the same quantum state simultaneously. This makes ...
AI chip giant Nvidia crushes expectations as profits soar
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
The Silicon Valley-based company said sales doubled year-on-year to $13.5 billion in the latest completed quarter, leaving a net profit of $6.2 billion -- an ey...
Chip giant Nvidia rides AI wave as profits soar
Aug 23, 2023 (AFP)
The Silicon Valley-based company said sales doubled year-on-year to $13.5 billion in the latest completed quarter, leaving a net profit of $6.2 billion -- an ey...
British chip champion Arm files to go public in US
Aug 22, 2023 (AFP)
The firm, which is owned by Japan's SoftBank, is a world leader in designing chips that are used in smartphones across the world and aims to be a major player i...
Tough memory device aims for space missions
Aug 17, 2023 (SPX)
Gallium oxide is a semiconductor - although it is usually a poor conductor of electricity, incorporating certain impurities can enable it to carry an electrical...
Vienna scientists enhance magnonic computing with spin wave insights
Aug 17, 2023 (SPX)
A significant breakthrough has come from the researchers at the University of Vienna. They have found that by increasing the intensity of the waves, spin waves ...
Room temperature spin-switching in quantum materials
Aug 17, 2023 (SPX)
Spin is the term for the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons, which is referred to as up or down. Using the up/down spin states of electrons instead of the ...
Novel hardware approach offers new quantum-computing paradigm
Aug 16, 2023 (SPX)
"Our finding eliminates many challenging requirements for quantum hardware," said Nikolai Sinitsyn, a theoretical physicist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. H...
Simple superconducting device may slash energy use in computing
Aug 16, 2023 (SPX)
The work, which is reported in the July 13 online issue of Physical Review Letters, is also the subject of a news story in Physics Magazine. "This paper showcas...
Biden announces curbs on US investments in China
Aug 10, 2023 (AFP)
The long-anticipated rules, expected to be implemented next year, target sectors like semiconductors and artificial intelligence, as Washington seeks to limit a...
BMW, Airbus and Quantinuum to fast-track mobility research using quantum computers
Aug 08, 2023 (SPX)
In a new technical paper, "Applicability of Quantum Computing to Oxygen Reduction Reaction Simulations" shared on arXiv, the three partners report accurately mo...
Why Europe is hungry for chips
Aug 08, 2023 (AFP)
The United States and China are embroiled in a fierce rivalry to dominate the chip industry, and Europe is investing billions to keep up. - Why the rush for chi...
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