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2026-09-09
news.google.com 2026-09-09
Infineon, a leading global semiconductor company, has made a significant breakthrough in space-grade chips, with its radiation-hardened HiRel power components successfully launched aboard NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, underscoring its critical role in high-reliability applications. Despi
2026-09-09
tomshardware.com 2026-09-09
Brazilian YouTuber fmklab (Fabian) has successfully recreated a prototype of NVIDIA's unreleased RTX 3070 Ti 16GB graphics card. Originally expected to feature 16GB of VRAM instead of the 8GB in the actual release, this version was never officially launched. Fabian achieved the build by transplantin
2026-09-09
news.google.com 2026-09-09
Qualcomm and Amazon have entered a $60 billion partnership to co-develop AI data center chips, marking a significant move in the race to advance AI infrastructure capabilities. This collaboration underscores the growing importance of custom-designed chips for AI workloads and highlights the increasi
2026-09-08
news.google.com 2026-09-08
TSMC and ASML are leading an industry-wide initiative to double the size of high-NA EUV photomasks, aiming to increase scanner productivity by approximately 40%. By expanding mask dimensions from 6x6 inches to 6x12 inches, the move is expected to reduce chipmaking costs and improve manufacturing eff
2026-09-08
news.google.com 2026-09-08
OpenAI's release of its new model, Astra, has sparked significant market attention on memory chip demand. Positioned as a flagship model for complex, multi-step professional tasks, Astra emphasizes reasoning, programming, research, and end-to-end task execution—capabilities that significantly increa