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[News] Samsung Partners With TGL Presented by SoFi as Official Screen Provider

TGL presented by SoFi, the new, primetime team golf league backed by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy’s TMRW Sports, announced Samsung as an Official Screen Partner. The partnership will highlight Samsung’s leadership role in delivering the highest quality screen experiences …

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[News] NVIDIA Unveils Future AI Accelerators Design Featuring Silicon Photonics

According to a report from TechNews, leading GPU manufacturer NVIDIA recently unveiled its vision for future artificial intelligence (AI) chip designs at the IEDM 2024 conference. The report from TechNews, citing TechPowerUp, highlights that NVIDIA’s design proposal incorporates silicon photonics …

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[News] U.S. Finalizes USD 6.1 Billion Micron Subsidy under CHIPS Act as Samsung’s Discussions Stall

Following the footsteps of semiconductor bellwethers TSMC and Intel, U.S. head-quartered Micron becomes the first memory giant to secure the funding under the CHIPS Act. According to U.S. Department of Commerce, it has finalized a USD 6.165 billion government subsidy …

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[News] Nearly 150,000 Jobs Cut in Tech: Layoffs from Intel, Tesla, Microsoft, and More

According to a report by The Times of India, the tech industry has faced substantial layoffs in 2024, with approximately 150,000 jobs eliminated across major companies. Tech companies like Tesla, Intel, Cisco, and Microsoft are among those reducing their workforces. …

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[News] China’s EDA Giant Empyrean Technology Shifts Control to State-Owned Company after U.S. Blacklist

A week after Empyrean Technology has been added to the blacklist in the latest wave of U.S. chip export controls, the Chinese developer of chip design system has ceded control to its largest state-owned shareholder, China Electronics Corporation (CEC). According …

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