Lisuan Technology, a Chinese graphics card startup, has announced via the company’s officialWeChat accountthat its forthcoming G100 graphics card has successfully powered on, marking a significant milestone in its deployment. The G100 purports to be China’s first domestic 6nm graphics card. As China embarked on its journey towards technological independence, a wave of industry veterans joined the gold rush. Founded in 2021, Lisuan Technology is among the youngest startups in the graphics card sector, alongside Moore Threads (2020) and Biren (2019)....

The once promising Chinese AI process industry is facing tough times. Biren Technology and Cambricon, two big names in the sector, are struggling. Xu Lingjie, chief executive and a co-founder of Biren, recently resigned, which raises concerns about the company’s future. Cambricon is bleeding money and has to lay off staff, reportsDigiTimes. Xu Lingjie, a co-founder of Biren, has worked at big tech companies like Nvidia, AMD, and Samsung Electronics' North American Research Institute, so he has a very a solid background....

If there’s one sign that AI is more trouble than it is worth,OpenAIconfirms that over twenty cyberattacks have occurred, all created via ChatGPT. The report confirms that generative AI was used to conduct spear-phishing attacks, debug and develop malware, and conduct other malicious activity. The report confirms two cyberattacks using the generative AI ChatGPT. Cisco Talos reported the first in November 2024, which was used by Chinese threat actors who targeted Asian governments....

Transmission electron microscopes (TEMs) are among the crucial tools used in the development of semiconductor materials and chip fabrication processes. Last year, Chinese entities spent hundreds of millions of dollars procuring TEMs from overseas companies, but they may no longer need to as the domestic Bioland Laboratory has developed its own TEM, reports theSouth China Morning Post(SCMP). Transmission electron microscopes are essential in the semiconductor industry as they are widely used for material analysis and quality control....

When Zhaoxin, a joint venture between Via Technologies and Shanghai Municipal Government, introduced its KaiXian KX-7000 series of x86 processors in late 2023, it implied that the new CPUs will offertangible performance improvements over its predecessorsas they were based on a brand-new microarchitecture. While the new chips are probably faster than their predecessors, they are still years behind AMD and Intel CPUs. PC Watchthis week put Zhaoxin’s eight-core KaiXian KX-7000/8 processor (Century Avenue, 8C/8T, 4MB L2, 32MB L3, two DDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 channels, 24 PCIe 4....

Windows 10 users not wanting to upgrade toWindows 11or payMicrosoftan unclearly-pricedExtended Security Update (ESU)subscription fee may be in luck— an alternative solution from “micropatch” provider 0Patch is available. It will be maintained until 2030 at least. Like ESU providing only security updates,0Patchis a micropatch provider targeting multiple operating systems with faster security updates that can be applied directly to the OS without restarting, akin to theHot Patchingupdate for Windows 11....

Microphones are a must for any video conference, recording, or streaming activities on your computer. However, sometimes your computer may fail to detect a microphone device even when your headphones or speakers are working properly. This issue can happen to standalone microphones, but it usually occurs on a headset’s microphone. Usually, some improper settings are responsible, which you can debug easily. However, your microphone may also be damaged in some cases, for which there’s no other choice than to replace it....

DeepCool showed a bunch of new hardware atComputex 2024, with new air and liquid coolers for CPUs, plus fans, PC cases, and power supplies that comply with the latest Intel ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5.1 standards. DeepCool has options ready for the newly introduced standards, including motherboards with reversed side connectors. Additionally, it expanded on a couple of its CPU cooler models while also providing some decorative options that will appeal to aesthetically minded users....

If your Dell laptop is not playing audio on its built-in speaker or external devices, it usually indicates issues with your audio configuration. However, hardware damage or driver issues are also other potential causes. Whenever you encounter this issue, first, restart your computer and see if the audio starts working. Also, make sure that the volume is not low or muted. Some speakers have their dedicated volume control or attenuators, so check on the device as well....

Google Drive acts as a storage house for all your backup files and folders. You can easily upload, view, download, and share your files. But, in some cases, if your server has high traffic or an exceedingly big file, you might run into the ‘Download Quota Exceeded for this file’error. Additionally, this can also happen when too many people download a particular file. Google does this as a preventive measure to stop files from being misused....

When your Ethernet doesn’t have a valid IP configuration, you’re going to be unable to connect to other networks and devices. Each device on your network needs a unique address that identifies it. When something gets in the way of that address being assigned, your entire Ethernet connection is compromised. How to Fix Ethernet Doesn’t Have a Valid IP Configuration As you move through different troubleshooting techniques, remember to restart your computer between each one....

The Trim function in Excel only works when you pass arguments as texts. For example, the function will not work if you pass a cell location as an argument. Similarly, the Trim function only removes leading and trailing spaces. So if you’re trying to remove spaces between words, the function will seem not to work. With that said, the Trim formula might not work even if you intend to use it correctly....

The 0xc0000142 blue screen error comes with the bug check STATUS_DLL_INIT_FAILED. It indicates that a dynamic link library (DLL) file failed to initialize while running an application or a system process, causing it to crash abnormally. It results in a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) error if this crash affects some important system processes. However, you may also get a non-fatal (that doesn’t cause a shutdown) error while opening certain applications with the same code....