IDMs migrating to 12-inch fabs for car-use MOSFET, IGBT chips
International integrated design manufacturers (IDMs) are taking the lead to migrate from 8-inch wafer fabs to 12-inch fabs for the production of high-margin automotive metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) and insulated gate bipo.....»»
Can a $10 Raspberry Pi break your PC’s disk encryption? It’s complicated.
Exploit works on PCs with discrete TPM chips, which are rarer in modern systems. Enlarge / A $10 Raspberry Pi Pico-based TPM sniffing tool, designed to grab the Bitlocker disk encryption keys from some models of Lenovo laptop. (.....»»
Raspberry Pi Bitlocker hack is a new spin on a years-old, well-documented exploit
Exploit works on PCs with discrete TPM chips, which are rarer in modern systems. Enlarge / A $10 Raspberry Pi Pico-based TPM sniffing tool, designed to grab the Bitlocker disk encryption keys from some models of Lenovo laptop. (.....»»
US funds $5B chip effort after lagging on semiconductor innovation
US had failed to fund the "science half" of CHIPS and Science Act, critic said. Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks before signing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022. (credit: Chip Somodevilla / Staff | Getty Images North Amer.....»»
Those free USB sticks in your drawer are somehow crappier than you thought
Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market. Enlarge / A microSD card of "unknown origin" is soldered onto a USB interface board to serve as makeshift NAND storage. (credit: CBL Data recovery) When a.....»»
Your current PC probably doesn’t have an AI processor, but your next one might
Microsoft AI API expands from GPUs to NPUs as they begin to appear in more PCs. Enlarge / Intel's Core Ultra chips are some of the first x86 PC processors to include built-in NPUs. Software support will slowly follow. (credit: In.....»»
Rejected chips, hidden microSD cards plague the USB stick market
Your stash of freebie USB sticks is perhaps even less reliable than you thought. Enlarge / A microSD card of "unknown origin" is soldered onto the USB to serve as makeshift NAND storage. (credit: CBL Data recovery) When.....»»
China close to shipping 5 nm chips, despite Western curbs
SMIC is facing lower yields as it makes 5 nm chips for Huawei smartphones. Enlarge / The latest Huawei-designed Kirin processor was a 7-nanometer chip made for it by SMIC that appeared in the Mate 60 Pro smartphone in August. (cr.....»»
Migrating to the cloud: An overview of process and strategy
Over the next few years, the number of organizations navigating to the cloud to advance their business goals is expected to grow exponentially. According to Gartner, more than 70% of enterprises will use cloud platforms to accelerate their business i.....»»
Team develops a laser printer for photonic chips
Photonic integrated circuits are an important next-wave technology. These sophisticated microchips hold the potential to substantially decrease costs and increase speed and efficiency for electronic devices across a wide range of application areas, i.....»»
New research shows how light propagates in integrated circuits on chips
The field of photonic integrated circuits focuses on the miniaturization of photonic elements and their integration in photonic chips—circuits that carry out a range of calculations using photons, rather than electrons as are used in electronic cir.....»»
Utilizing active microparticles for artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence using neural networks performs calculations digitally with the help of microelectronic chips. Physicists at Leipzig University have now created a type of neural network that works not with electricity but with so-called active.....»»
Regula introduces smart testing for remote onboarding efficiency
Currently, over 75% of countries worldwide use electronic documents equipped with NFC chips. Due to this fact, virtually every business has to deal with such kinds of IDs during customer onboarding. This calls for customized identity verification (ID.....»»
New potato-threatening pathogens reported for first time in Pennsylvania, US
As the home of beloved snack companies like Martin's Potato Chips, Utz and Snyder's of Hanover, Pennsylvania values its potatoes. Tasty tubers across the state may face the threat of newly identified pathogen strains, though, according to Penn State.....»»
TSMC predicts delays, less advanced chips at second Arizona fab
US expected to speed up pace of Chips Act grants in first half of 2024. Enlarge / US President Joe Biden speaks during a "First Tool-In" ceremony at the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility under construction in Phoeni.....»»
TSMC"s second Arizona plant may not open until 2028
Apple's iPhone processor manufacturer TSMC has announced that it expects its second Arizona plant will be delayed by up to two years — and may no longer produced the promised 3-nanometer chips.TSMC investing $40 billion in Arizona fabsTSMC's second.....»»
Apple Vision Pro appears to lack Ultra Wideband and the latest Wi-Fi used in Macs
If you were hoping for Ultra Wideband and Wi-Fi 6E or 7 chips in Apple Vision Pro, well, those are very specific expectations. Also, Apple Vision Pro appears to lack those chips, based on the official FCC filing from today. more….....»»
Developing a flat soliton microcomb source
Optical chip-related technology is the inevitable path to retain the validity of Moore's Law, which has become the consensus of academia and industry; it can effectively solve the speed and power consumption problems of electronic chips. This tech is.....»»
Report: Black market keeps Nvidia chips flowing to China military, government
Unknown suppliers keep Nvidia's most advanced chips within China's reach. Enlarge / An Nvidia H100 graphics processor chip. China is still finding ways to skirt US export controls on Nvidia chips, Reuters reported. A Re.....»»
AI is changing the cockpit as well as the brains of the car
Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm highlighted new forms of this consolidated vehicle architecture at CES this year, combining many of the microprocessors into two or three system-on-chips......»»
Intel’s awkward transition year
Many of the most powerful laptops announced at CES 2024 won't use the latest Meteor Lake chips......»»