SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing foundries, is set to spend $107bn on four new fabs to keep apace with growing competition from China and its rivals. That significant sum is to be spent on plants just south of Korean Capital Seoul – and likely knocks SK Hynix off the GlobalFoundries buyers list.
SK Hynix, one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturing foundries, is set to spend $107bn on four new fabs to keep apace with growing competition from China and its rivals. That significant sum is to be spent on plants just south of Korean Capital Seoul – and likely knocks SK Hynix off the GlobalFoundries buyers list.
If you thought the great GPU shortage of 2017/18 was bad, try being a quantum researcher. Shortages of specialised quantum hardware and ex-military nuclear material could stifle further development in the field. With growing applications for qubit’s entangled state, exotic components necessary for further research is becoming a hard-fought resource according to experts in the field.
A bad batch of photoresist chemicals delivered to Nvidia and AMD semiconductor foundry, TSMC, will cost the company $550 million in Q1. One of TSMC’s chemical suppliers has a lot of explaining to do after an “abnormally treated” component caused TSMC to scrap thousands of 12/16nm wafers produced at its Fab 14B facility.
A bad batch of photoresist chemicals delivered to Nvidia and AMD semiconductor foundry, TSMC, will cost the company $550 million in Q1. One of TSMC’s chemical suppliers has a lot of explaining to do after an “abnormally treated” component caused TSMC to scrap thousands of 12/16nm wafers produced at its Fab 14B facility.
The Revolution Unlimited Pro Controller is ostensibly an official PS4 pad, but by virtue of pretty much every console being a PC these days – bar the post-ironic Megadrive/NES/SNES Mini hipster-bait – it’s potentially a great PC controller too. There hasn’t been a pad released that’s been able to knock the Xbox One Elite off the top spot as the best PC controller, but maybe, just maybe the Nacon Revolution Unlimited Pro will be the one to do it.
Flexing a semiconductor can actually improve its performance, and researchers at MIT, and in Russia and Singapore, are letting AI run wild on their chips to figure out the perfect blend of bend. But it’s not just silicon chips the team see one day benefiting from the research – diamond’s unique properties also make it a good candidate for the flexy chips of the future.
Everybody, rock your body right… Bitcoin’s back, alright! Oh my god it’s back again, Cryptocurrency is set to make a comeback as Bitcoin heads towards a monumental algorithm change in May 2020 – just as the SEC moves towards legitimising the digital currency. But not to worry, gamers’ GPUs should be safe from industrious miners this time around.
Helsinki is gearing up for the Quantum Game Jam, a three day gaming event with a view to utilise quantum physics to create videogames. Developers will be handed the keys to IBM’s Quantum Experience, a 20-qubit quantum computer that resides up in the cloud, hoping to utilise its unique entangled properties to build quantum gaming experiences.
There are a few inherent functions of biological beings that you’d think a machine would never quite be able to grasp, but, yet again, AI has its surgically clean mitts in the mix and is burrowing right into the heart of the human condition. This time artificial intelligence has made the pilgrimage to Flavortown and come out with some fresh, tasty ideas that would make Guy Fieri’s frosted tips stand on end.
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