Pundits: Ramasamy’s anti-Pakatan campaign will chip away at KKB majority, but not enough for a Perikatan upset on May 11

Pundits: Ramasamy’s anti-Pakatan campaign will chip away at KKB majority, but not enough for a Perikatan upset on May 11

KUALA LUMPUR, May 1 — Despite ethnic Indian voters in Kuala Kubu Baru showing some dissatisfaction towards the Anwar Ibrahim government, observers said former deputy Penang chief minister II P. Ramasamy will have minimal influence on the fortunes of Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the by-election on May 11. Those polled by Malay Mail said while … Read more

On back of venture with UK chip maker, Premier hopes Sarawak to launch own satellite one day

On back of venture with UK chip maker, Premier hopes Sarawak to launch own satellite one day

KUCHING, April 27 — Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg hopes that Sarawak would one day then be able to launch its own satellite with the ongoing endeavour in the semiconductor landscape. In a bid to realise this vision, Abang Johari said that Sarawak is currently working together with the United Kingdom firm Compound Semiconductor … Read more

This AI-focused chip is powered by light

This AI-focused chip is powered by light

BEIJING, April 24 — Researchers at Beijing’s Tsinghua University have developed a high-performance chip for complex artificial intelligence processing, powered by light rather than electricity. Called Taichi, this photonic AI chip is also particularly energy-efficient. With its unique architecture, this chip has a computing capacity of several million neurons. It has been specially designed to … Read more

The Gen-Z students at the heart of Vietnam’s chip plans

The Gen-Z students at the heart of Vietnam’s chip plans

HANOI, March 17 — Nguyen Phuong Linh is among a crop of young electronics students crucial to Vietnam’s ambitions to become a chips hub. She’s driven, smart and already has her sights set on a professorship — wanting to train a new generation that could help woo foreign investors eager to diversify semiconductor production away … Read more

SEALSQ Announces Groundbreaking Entry Into AI Chip Market With Advanced AIoT Strategy

SEALSQ Announces Groundbreaking Entry Into AI Chip Market With Advanced AIoT Strategy

Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SEALSQ Corp (“SEALSQ” or “Company”) (NASDAQ: LAES), a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced its entry into the race to develop cutting-edge AI chips, underpinned by its visionary AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) strategy, a … Read more

IBM shows new quantum computing chip, targeting 2033 for large systems

IBM shows new quantum computing chip, targeting 2033 for large systems

NEW YORK, Dec 4 — International Business Machines today showed a new quantum computing chip and machine that it hopes will serve as the building blocks of much larger systems a decade from now. Researchers around the world are trying to perfect quantum computing, which relies on quantum mechanics to reach computing speeds far faster … Read more

Teardown of Huawei’s new phone shows China’s chip breakthrough

Teardown of Huawei’s new phone shows China’s chip breakthrough

NEW YORK, Sept 5 — Huawei Technologies and China’s top chipmaker SMIC have built an advanced 7-nanometer processor to power its latest smartphone, according to a teardown report by analysis firm TechInsights. Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro is powered by a new Kirin 9000s chip that was made in China by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC), … Read more

Nvidia shows new research on using AI to improve chip designs

Nvidia shows new research on using AI to improve chip designs

SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 ― Nvidia Corp, the world’s leading designer of computer chips used in creating artificial intelligence, yesterday showed new research that explains how AI can be used to improve chip design. The process of designing a chip involves deciding where to place tens of billions of tiny on-off switches called transistors on … Read more

Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race

Chip war and censorship hobble Chinese tech giants in chatbot race

BEIJING, March 24 — Search giant Baidu’s lacklustre unveiling of its chatbot exposed gaps in China’s race to rival ChatGPT, as censorship and a US squeeze on chip imports have hamstrung the country’s artificial intelligence ambitions. The highly anticipated preview of “Ernie Bot” last week was limited to a pre-recorded demonstration with simple questions to … Read more

Apple upgrades low-end iPhone SE with 5G, and high-end Mac Studio computer with faster chip | Malay Mail

Apple upgrades low-end iPhone SE with 5G, and high-end Mac Studio computer with faster chip | Malay Mail

Apple CEO Tim Cook showcases the new iPhone SE featuring 5G and the A15 Bionic chip during a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California broadcast March 8, 2022. — Brooks Kraft/Apple Inc./Handout via Reuters NEW YORK, March 9 — Apple Inc yesterday added 5G connectivity to its low-cost iPhone SE and iPad Air … Read more