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While TSMC can build advanced fabs in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, it cannot transfer its most advanced process technologies to production facilities abroad, as they are protected by Taiwanese law, said J.W. Kuo, Minister of Economic Affairs in Taiwan, reports theTaipei Times. That said, TSMC cannot make chips using its N2 (2nm-class) manufacturing technologies in the U.S. while these production nodes are its latest nodes. “Since Taiwan has related regulations to protect its own technologies, TSMC cannot produce 2nm chips overseas currently,” Kuo said at a meeting of the Economics Committee in Taipei, reports Taipei Times....

SomeRaspberry Pi projectsare designed to make a difference in the world, and we’re always excited to share them. Today, we’re tickled to show off a creation put together by a team known as Team Green Cane. The group has created what they callGreen Cane—a Raspberry Pi-powered smart cane with a GPS and notification system that helps visually impaired persons. According to the team, the main goal of the project was to provide extrasecurityand safety tools for visually impaired individuals who rely on a cane for navigation....

OctoPrint is a software that allows you to control and monitor your 3D printer remotely. you’re able to start and stop, adjust 3D printing settings, and even view the live progress of your 3D prints via a camera. The software supports various plugins, each designed to address specific needs, and allows you to tailor the software based on your requirements. If you own one of thebest 3D printersand want to create timelapses, you must install Octolapse....

If you’re eyeing up a system upgrade thisMemorial Day, you shouldn’t ignore grabbing some fast, roomy storage. Enter Crucial’s T705 NVMe SSD. Sporting a Phison E26 controller and PCIe 5.0 interface, this drive (and in particular, the 2TB model) isthe fastest SSD we’ve tested. With blistering sequential read speeds of up to 14,500 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 12,700 MB/s, this drive is one of thebest SSDscurrently on the market....

For several years, the market of high-performance SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface for client PCs has been dominated by solid-state drives based on the Phison PS5026-E26 controller, which has affected their pricing. Yet, this monopoly is about to end as over a dozen SSD makers demonstrated their Silicon Motion SM2508-based drives atComputex, products that are either already on the market or about to enter it. As Silicon Motion primarily focuses on large OEMs, Micron was the first company to release a high-end SSD with a PCIe 5....

Right now atAmazon, you may find theAlienware Aurora R16 gaming desktopfor one of its best prices to date. According to CamelCamelCamel data, this is the lowest price ever for this particular build. It usually goes for around $2,199 but today it’s been marked down to $1,899 without any specified expiration date. We reviewed another edition of theAlienware Aurora R16gaming desktop back in 2023 and found the experience to be generally pleasant, rating it at 3....

The SZBox DS16 is a 16-inch laptopavailable from AliExpresswith a relatively affordable $710 starting price point. However, the real reason it’s garnering so much attention (first brought to light byLiliputing) is due to its dual 16-inch 1200p IPS touch panel configuration. Below, we’ve charted the specifications of the SZBox DS16 and its two primary variations, which we’ll be referring to as the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 models for clarity’s sake....

Right now, Nvidia is themost valuable companyon the planet by market capitalization and is among the biggest companies in the world in terms of sales. However, 10 years ago Nvidia was not the behemoth that it is today, and this is when Morris Chang, the founder of TSMC, asked Jensen Huang, the chief executive and a co-founder of Nvidia, whether he was interested in becoming CEO of TSMC, according to the soon to be published biography of Morris Chang (via@Wenyee_Lee)....

Due to cost pressures from overseas expansion and increasing electricity prices, TSMC plans to raise prices for its advanced processes to manage these challenges amidst strong demand, market trackerTrendForcereports. Production at3nm-class nodescould increase by 5% by next year, according toChina Times. While we are quoting two reports, note that both are unofficial and should be treated accordingly. Capacity utilization of TSMC’s advanced N5/N4 (5nm-class and 4nm-class) and N3 (3nm-class) process technologies is ‘full,’ according to TrendForce....

TSMC has suspended the construction of the first phase of its Advanced Backend Fab 7 (AP7) facility in Chiayi Science Park after the discovery of a suspected archaeological site earlier this month. This halt comes in compliance with cultural heritage procedures, and TSMC has proposed the construction of a second phase of the plant first, as a contingency plan. It has got full support from the Southern Taiwan Science Park Administration, reportsLTN....

Kaspersky Lab, a Russian-based antivirus and cybersecurity company, has received two rounds of sanctions from the U.S. government. Kaspersky Antivirus products have been banned from sale in the U.S., with users having 100 days to find a functioning replacement before all functionality is ended. Fearing connections with the Russian government, the United States Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry andSecurity(BIS)issued the first sanctionson Kaspersky on Thursday, issuing a Final Determination banning Kaspersky from providing antivirus or cybersecurity solutions to anyone in the United States....

The U.S. Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations discovered that the Department of Commerce’s efforts to enforce the bans and sanctions enacted by the Biden administration against Russia and China have been mainly “inadequate” due to a lack of funding. According to anAssociated Pressreport, the Bureau ofSecurityand Industry (BIS), which handles export controls and promotes U.S. technology, does not have the resources to effectively accomplish its mission and must rely on the companies it regulates to voluntarily comply with the limitations....

Western Digital’snewly launched ePMR-powered UltraSMR HDDs can store up to 32TB, a new record for shingled magnetic recording-based drives. Thanks to ePMR,whichWD has used since 2020to improve HDD capacity, and the storage company’s much newerUltraSMR technology,WDintroduced an 11-disk design for the 32TB Ultrastar DC HC690. WD’s previous champion, the Ultrastar DC HC680, had 28TB of storage thanks to a 10-disk design and was the company’s first drive to use UltraSMR tech....