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Photo: Tetra Images (Getty Images)You’ve probably noticed that your wi-fi slows down when more people or devices use the network. The same goes for larger systems. If you get too many people congregating in one area, the cell phone towers can’t handle the influx. With the number of connected devices growing exponentially and the coming wave of AI poised to make the problem even worse, there are major wireless traffic jams on the horizon. Now, scientists at the University of Florida have a potential solution: just make the…

Intel Intel has announced a new collaboration with Microsoft, revealing plans for the tech giant to utilize its services in manufacturing a custom computing chip. Intel is optimistic about surpassing its internal deadline of 2025 to outpace its primary competitor, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), in advanced chip manufacturing. The announcement came during an event held in San Jose, California, marking the inaugural technology conference for Intel Foundry, the company’s contract manufacturing arm…

Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO.Photo: Denis Balibouse (Reuters)This article originally appeared on Quartz.com.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to raise as much as $5 trillion to $7 trillion on a new project that would boost the world’s chip-building capacity, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The amount is larger than the current size of the global chips market — and more than the market caps of Apple and Microsoft combined.ChatGPT’s Creator Buddies Up to Congress | Future TechOnly a handful of tech companies need a lot of AI…

Jacob Roach / Digital Trends MSI is entering the handheld arena, and its debut is more significant than you might think. The MSI Claw doesn’t look dissimilar from the Asus ROG Ally or even the Steam Deck OLED, but the specs underneath mark a significant departure for handheld gaming PCs. I had a chance to try the device at CES 2024, and it’s definitely a contender. Bolstered with a new chipset, a comfortable design, and software designed to tackle the issues with Windows on a handheld, this might be the portable…

Apple In the future, your MacBook could come with wireless connectivity, allowing you to access the internet even without a Wi-Fi link. That would be perfect for any time you head out onto the road with your MacBook and struggle to connect to the internet, and would bring it on par with the iPhone and Apple Watch. How do we know this? Well, it’s the latest claim from reporter Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, and the journalist claims this won’t be any old wireless chip — it will be an in-house component built…

MediaTek One of the biggest promises of 5G technology isn’t merely faster performance but rather the ability to power a far more connected world — a global network where every device can get online from just about anywhere. That’s the vision behind MediaTek’s new M60 5G modem and T300 chip, which aim to be small and efficient enough to bring 5G to wearables, internet-of-things (IoT) devices, and other electronics that benefit from reliable internet connectivity but don’t require the massive speed and bandwidth of…

Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden made a groundbreaking development: they created a functional transistor out of wood. This new transistor could pave the way for much more sustainable computing. One day, it could even enable electronic control of living plants — but there’s a major catch. THOR BALKHED/LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY A transistor is a key component in all kinds of electronic devices, including powerful processors. It can act as an amplifier or a switch. Typically, transistors are made out of…

As part of Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC), the company announced a new software library that will enable 2nm and smaller transistors. The library is called cuLitho, and Nvidia has already partnered with the world’s largest semiconductor companies to use the tech, including TSMC and Synopsys. The software stack is built for computational lithography, which is the process of etching the components of a processor into a silicon wafer. Lithography has gotten more complex as the demand for smaller manufacturing…

Photo: Joesp Lago (Getty Images)Some of Japan’s leading tech companies are joining forces as part of a $500 million push by their host government to cement Japan’s status as leader in the advanced semiconductor space.Sony, SoftBank, and Toyota are among the firms working with chipmakers on a new initiative called “Rapidus” which aims to design and develop the new chips by the end of the decade, according to The Wall Street Journal. The diversity of the firms involved reflects the wide variety of chips needed to power the…

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)Intel could really use a few bucks from the recently passed (by Congress, at least) $280 billion CHIPS and Science ACT. The U.S. chipmaker shocked investors on Thursday, revealing it lost nearly $500 million in Q2, its first quarterly loss in years. The company cited weakened demand for PC components and downturns in the broader economy as the main culprits for the declines. Spoilers of the Week: July 29thOverall, Intel’s revenues were down 22% year over year. Those results have forced…