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Flaming bots and NERF shooters: Pi Wars brings together best Raspberry Pi robotics teams in the world
By Les Pounder published
After a short break, Pi Wars 2024 sees the return of the premier in-person robotics event and with 58 teams competing for the crown, competition was fierce, but competitors were friendly.
Huawei launches another 7nm processor built by sanctioned Chinese fab SMIC — Kirin 9010 builds on previous design
By Anton Shilov published
Despite efforts of U.S. government, HiSilicon continues to develop high-end SoCs and SMIC continues to make them.
TSMC to build massive chips twice the size of today's largest — chips will use thousands of watts of power
By Anton Shilov published
TSMC preps 8x reticle size or larger interposers for gargantuan AI and HPC SiPs.
Top semiconductor company leaves China due to U.S. sanctions, cut-throat competition
By Anton Shilov published
King Yuan sells off its China subsidiary due to geopolitics, U.S. sanctions against China, rising competition, and ability to earn more in Taiwan.
China developed its very own Neuralink — Neucyber brain interface comes from a neurotechnology firm
By Christopher Harper published
A Chinese company backed by the state, Beijing Xinzhida Neurotechnology, introduces its Neucyber brain interface tested with a monkey and a mechanical arm.
Intel's revenues are up year-over-year, but foundry unit loses $2.5 billion
By Anton Shilov published
Almost all of Intel's business units were profitable in Q1, except manufacturing unit that made record $2.5 billion loss.
BenQ set to release 24.1-inch 540 Hz Full HD gaming monitor in May
By Christopher Harper published
BenQ Zowie XL2586X is announced and given specifications ahead of a May release.
Two Chinese nationals charged in US with trying to export banned semiconductor machinery to China — one arrested in Chicago
By Dallin Grimm published
Two Chinese nationals were charged of being part of a scheme to illegally smuggle semiconductor processing machinery out of the US to China, breaking export law.
RTX 4090 failures from ripped pads made worse by poor packaging
By Mark Tyson published
Solder pads are often ripped off the PCB when cards suffer impacts.
MSI RX 7000-series graphics cards mysteriously disappear — AMD commitment questioned as supply dissolves worldwide
By Aaron Klotz published
MSI is apparently withdrawing from the AMD GPU market as a whole. All MSI RX 7000 series supply has disappeared worldwide, save for one or two RX 7900 XTX listings.
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