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Europe seeks to break its US tech addiction
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) April 16, 2025 With President Donald Trump more unpredictable than ever and transatlantic ties reaching new lows, calls are growing louder for Europe to declare independence from US tech. From Microsoft to Meta, Apple to Uber, cloud computing to AI, much of the day-to-day technology used by Europeans is American. The risks that brings were hotly debated before Trump returned to power, but now Europe is getting serious - pushing to favour European firms in public contracts and backing European versions of well ... read more |
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Nvidia expects $5.5 bn hit as US targets chips sent to ChinaSan Francisco (AFP) April 15, 2025 Nvidia on Tuesday notified regulators that it expects a $5.5 billion hit this quarter due to a new US licensing requirement on the primary chip it can legally sell in China. ... more 
Penn engineers first to train AI at lightspeedPhiladelphia Pa (SPX) Apr 16, 2025 Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light - a breakthrough that could dramatically speed up AI training, reduce energy use and ev ... more 
Soaring demand for AI chips fuels power usage: reportTaipei (AFP) April 10, 2025 Growing demand for the semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence is driving soaring electricity use, particularly in countries that rely on fossil fuels for power, environmental group Greenpeace warned Thursday. ... more
A new path for quantum connectionsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2025 Applied physicists at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a photon-routing device that could significantly enhance the interface between opti ... more |
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SoftBank to acquire US semiconductor firm Ampere for $6.5 billionTokyo (AFP) Mar 20, 2025 SoftBank Group said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to acquire US semiconductor firm Ampere for US $6.5 billion. ... more
Malaysia's Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challengesKuala Lumpur (AFP) Mar 19, 2025 Malaysia is making great strides in its effort to become a major player in the global semiconductor industry as it looks to capitalise on a surge in demand driven by the AI explosion but analysts warn it faces headwinds. ... more 
Advancing ultrafast spintronics for future memory and computing applicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 UC Riverside has secured nearly $4 million through a Collaborative Research and Training Award from the UC National Laboratory Fees Research Program to investigate the potential of antiferromagnetic ... more 
SatixFy expands satellite tech supply deals with MDA Space surpassing 10 million dollarsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 18, 2025 SatixFy Communications has secured new agreements with MDA Space Ltd. (TSE:MDA), totaling over $10 million, aimed at advancing satellite communication capabilities. The deals include a newly issued ... more 
Spiral Motion of Electrons in Organic Semiconductors Paves the Way for Advanced ElectronicsLondon, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2025 Scientists from the University of Cambridge and Eindhoven University of Technology have overcome a longstanding challenge in organic semiconductor research, achieving a breakthrough that could enhan ... more |
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Struggling Intel names industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as CEO
San Francisco (AFP) Mar 13, 2025 Intel on Wednesday announced tech industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as its new chief executive, boosting shares of the US computer chipmaker struggling to catch up in the AI race. Tan told the Intel team his focus would be on engineering, saying it "won't be easy" to overcome challenges faced by the company. Tan, who was born in Malaysia, will start as Intel chief on March 18, according to the company. Shares were up more than 10 percent in after market trade. Intel is one of Silicon Valley's ... read more 
Scientists unlock the mysteries of chiral helimagnets for advanced electronicsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2025 Within certain magnetic materials, atoms arrange their spins in intricate spiral formations, forming structures known as chiral helimagnets. These unique spin patterns have long fascinated researche ... more |
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New ocelot chip makes strides in quantum computing Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2025 Scientists based at the AWS Center for Quantum Computing on Caltech's campus have made a leap forward in figuring out how to suppress errors in quantum computers, a pesky problem that continues to b ... more 
Chip-based system for terahertz waves could enable more efficient, sensitive electronicsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2025 The use of terahertz waves, which have shorter wavelengths and higher frequencies than radio waves, could enable faster data transmission, more precise medical imaging, and higher-resolution radar. ... more 
Light from engineered quantum structuresBerlin, Germany (SPX) Mar 06, 2025 Quantum physics often deals with entities so small that specialized microscopes are needed to observe them. However, researchers at the Institute for Atomic and Subatomic Physics at TU Wien are work ... more
Malaysia signs deal with Arm to bolster chip ambitionsKuala Lumpur (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 British chip giant Arm Holdings signed an agreement with Malaysia on Wednesday to bolster the Southeast Asian country's efforts to produce high-end semiconductors amid the US-China tech trade war. ... more 
Quantum leap: computing's next frontier takes formSan Francisco (AFP) Mar 5, 2025 After several dashed predictions, quantum computing is accelerating rapidly with actual use cases and scientific breakthroughs expected within years, not decades. ... more |
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