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China unveils new operating system amid US tensions
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
The announcement of the new system came just before US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was due to land in Beijing on Thursday for meetings with Chinese official...
Superconducting qubit foundry accelerates progress in quantum research
Jul 06, 2023 (SPX)
Quantum bits (qubits) are building blocks of quantum computers, like transistors are to classical computers. There are many ways of making a qubit; one of the m...
Taiwan chip giant sees no production hit from China curb on rare metals
Jul 06, 2023 (AFP)
China's Ministry of Commerce and Customs announced Monday that exports of gallium and germanium will require a license from August 1 over security concerns, as ...
China slaps export curbs on essential chip-making metals
Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)
Exports of gallium and germanium, of which China is a major producer, will require a license from August 1, according to a guideline issued by the Ministry of C...
Netherlands imposes new trade restrictions to block export of semiconductors to China
Jun 30, 2023 (UPI)
The Hague's new export limits, which take effect in September, require Dutch manufacturer ASML -- the world's leading supplier of semiconductors -- to obtain go...
Dutch restrictions on chip exports set for September
Jun 30, 2023 (AFP)
The Netherlands, thanks to the ASML company, is Europe's premier maker of the machines that help manufacture semiconductors, the brains driving not only consume...
AI chip giant Nvidia 'extremely likely' to invest in Europe
Jun 24, 2023 (AFP)
Nvidia's Jensen Huang told reporters that expanding in Europe was a "wonderful idea." By investing money in Europe, Nvidia would join other semiconductor giants...
Combining twistronics with spintronics could be the next giant leap in quantum electronics
Jun 22, 2023 (SPX)
Adding the concept of quantum spin with twisted double bilayers of an antiferromagnet, it is possible to have tunable moire magnetism. This suggests a new class...
Foxconn, Stellantis form joint venture to make car chips
Jun 20, 2023 (AFP)
SiliconAuto will be headquartered in the Netherlands with sales estimated to start in 2026, the firms said in a statement, without providing financial details. ...
Intel to invest $25 bn in new Israel plant: government
Jun 18, 2023 (AFP)
The "agreement in principle" would see the semiconductor firm build the facility in southern city Kiryat Gat that would open by 2027 and operate at least until ...
Intel to invest up to $4.6 bn in new Poland chip site
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
Its new facility, to be located in the southern Polish city of Wroclaw, "will help meet critical demand for assembly and test capacity that Intel anticipates by...
US chip giant Micron to invest $600 mn in China plant
Jun 16, 2023 (AFP)
In a WeChat statement, the firm said it would invest more than 4.3 billion yuan ($605 million) over the next few years in its plant in the city of Xi'an to acqu...
MIT engineers develop a soft, printable, metal-free electrode
Jun 16, 2023 (SPX)
Some implants are hard and bulky, while others are flexible and thin. But no matter their form and function, nearly all implants incorporate electrodes - small ...
Ex-Samsung exec charged with stealing chip tech for China factory
Jun 13, 2023 (AFP)
Semiconductors have become a flashpoint issue between the United States and China, which are locked in a fierce battle over access to chip-making technology and...
Stretchable semiconductors harness molecular light brakes
Jun 11, 2023 (SPX)
For semiconductors to find applications in diverse flexible devices like flexible displays and skin-attachable medical devices, it is necessary to use stretchab...
Electron spin measured for the first time
Jun 11, 2023 (SPX)
The results obtained - published in Nature Physics - could revolutionise the way quantum materials are studied in the future, opening the door to new developmen...
First steps towards realizing mechanical qubits
Jun 11, 2023 (SPX)
Research and development in this field is growing at astonishing paces to see which system or platform outruns the other. To mention a few, platforms as diverse...
Single quantum bit achieves complex systems modeling
Jun 09, 2023 (SPX)
Stochastic modeling can help us to predict the future behavior of complex processes, which are non-Markovian. In order to simulate a non-Markovian process, a me...
Stanford University sends semiconductor investigation to ISS
Jun 09, 2023 (SPX)
To create more energy-efficient photovoltaic devices, researchers are turning to the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, and the results coul...
Beyond Liquid Crystal is DARPA's next mission for tunable opticals
Jun 09, 2023 (SPX)
DARPA's Accelerating discovery of Tunable Optical Materials (ATOM) program aims to discover and develop new tunable optical materials (TOMs) in the visible and ...
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