April 2024

Rapidus to Get $3.9 Billion in Government Aid for 2nm, Multi-Chiplet Technologies

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Rapidus, a Japan-based company developing 2nm process technology and aiming to commercialize it in 2027, will receive a huge government grant for its ongoing projects. The Japanese government will support Rapidus with subsidies totaling ¥590 billion yen ($3.89 billion). In addition to developing its 2nm production node and spending on cleanroom equipment, Rapidus will also fund…

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Is your Intel Core i9 CPU crashing when playing games? You’re not alone – and Intel’s investigating worrying reports of instability

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Intel is now investigating reports into its high-end 13th-gen and 14th-gen processors experiencing problems in terms of crashing when gaming, according to a new report.This comes from Wccftech, with the article writer noting that they have run into stability issues with a Core i9-13900K CPU in a new gaming PC built back when the RTX…

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Samsung Unveils CXL Memory Module Box: Up to 16 TB at 60 GB/s

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Composable disaggregated data center infrastructure promises to change the way data centers for modern workloads are built. However, to fully realize the potential of new technologies, such as CXL, the industry needs brand-new hardware. Recently, Samsung introduced its CXL Memory Module Box (CMM-B), a device that can house up to eight CXL Memory Module –…

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Intel says Lunar Lake laptops will be AI powerhouses that could outgun the Snapdragon X Elite CPU

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Intel’s next-gen chips for laptops, known as Lunar Lake (Core Ultra 200), won’t just major in power-efficiency, but will also provide a powerful performance for AI workloads in the best ultrabooks.We could have guessed this was the case – as Intel was always going to advance considerably on the AI processing that current-gen Meteor Lake…

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Pixelmator Pro is the best way to edit PDFs on a Mac after its latest update

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With Pixelmator Pro update 3.5.8, users can now edit text in PDF files just like regular text layers, including in Apple PDFs exported from Safari, Keynote, or Pages. In addition, this Pixelmator Pro update adds the ability to create freely customizable outlines around text layers. It also adds a new collection of bento grid templates.Text…

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iPhone 15 Pro isn’t the gaming device I hoped it could be

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I was never into mobile gaming. I mean, unless you consider Pokémon Shuffle, Pokémon GO, Alto’s Odyssey, and Mini Motors as software for gamers. With the iPhone 15 Pro, Apple focused a lot on its gaming capabilities with hardware raytracing and other GPU features focused on this market.I’m not entirely oblivious to the iPhone gaming…

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PCIe 7.0 Draft 0.5 Spec Available: 512 GB/s over PCIe x16 On Track For 2025

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PCI-SIG this week released version 0.5 of the PCI-Express 7.0 specification to its members. This is the second draft of the spec and the final call for PCI-SIG members to submit their new features to the standard. The latest update on the development of the specification comes a couple months shy of a year after…

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Intel’s last-gen CPUs are being discontinued, with some boxed Raptor Lake models now on borrowed time

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Intel has begun the process of discontinuing some Raptor Lake processors – last-gen CPUs, now superseded by Raptor Lake Refresh – namely the boxed products.At this point you might be thinking: what products don’t come in a box? CPUs are also sold in trays, typically to PC makers (OEMs) who are buying a large quantity…

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SK hynix to Build $3.87 Billion Memory Packaging Fab in the U.S. for HBM4 and Beyond

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SK hynix this week announced plans to build its advanced memory packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. The move can be considered as a milestone both for the memory maker and the U.S., as this is the first advanced memory packaging facility in the country and the company’s first significant manufacturing operation in America. The…

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Board-level buy-in: preparing cyber defences the right way

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The cyber security function isn’t a back office team that is never seen and never heard. To truly protect the company, cyber security touches every corner of the business, and it starts from the top.  At ISACA’s virtual conference on 22 February 2024, I led a session on how CISOs can “attack the board’s mindset”…

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