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A highly significant China tech industry merger looks set to go ahead, reports the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The Hong Kong-based organ says that themerger planbetween chip designer Hygon Information Technology and supercomputer maker Sugon marks “a major move to consolidate two of the leading players in China’s computing supply chain.” We may be seeing the forming of a highly impactful vertically integrated supercomputing giant that has blossomed in the shadow of U....

JFS Laboratory, a Chinese government-backed company, has developed a silicon photonics chip, a first for the country, reports theSouth China Morning Post. Processors with laser-based I/O are expected to have particular advantages over traditional chips with copper interfaces in high-performance applications like AI and HPC. Neither JFS nor SCMP disclose what exactly was achieved and how the silicon photonics chip connects to the processor, so we can only wonder about its characteristics in terms of data transfer rates and power....

Leading Chinese semiconductor equipment makers Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC), Naura Technologies, and ACM Research, recently released their preliminary 2024 financial results. The results revealed significant revenue growth, increased investments in research and development, and advancements in production capabilities, according toTrendForce. The reports highlight a growing demand for chipmaking tools in China as well as strides in the domestic development of such tools. AMEC, ACM, and Naura are rapidly growing companies producing commercially viable chipmaking tools....

Chinese company Betavolt hasannouncedan atomic energy battery for consumers with a touted 50-year lifespan. The Betavolt BV100 will be the first product to launch using the firm’s new atomic battery technology, constructed using a nickel-63 isotope anddiamond semiconductormaterial. Betavolt says its nuclear battery will target aerospace,AI devices, medical, MEMS systems, intelligent sensors, small drones, androbots– and may eventually mean manufacturers can sell smartphones that never need charging. Buying an electronics product that can go without charging for 50 years would be amazing....

A handful of legacy D-Link routers are susceptible to RCE (Remote Code Execution) threats as the companyrefusesto offer patches, stating that the devices have reached EOL (End Of Life) and suggests users trash them instead. This report follows aprevious incidentwhere D-Link failed to patch over 60,000 NAS devices and recommended users purchase newer models. Going over the advisory, D-Link says attackers can execute code remotely (RCE) on these routers owing to a stack buffer overflow vulnerability....

Datacenter GPUs may only last from one to three years, depending on their utilization rate, according to a high-ranking Alphabet specialist, quoted byTech Fund. As GPUs do all the heavy lifting for AI training and inference, they are the components that are under considerable load at all times and therefore they degrade faster than other components. The utilization rates of GPUs for AI workloads in a datacenter run by cloud service providers (CSP) is between 60% and 70%....

Navigating the Operating System on laptop heavily depends on the touchpad. Even the BIOS supports navigation through the touchpad. So, it becomes more than a mere inconvenience when your touchpad does not work, unless you connect an external mouse to the PC. Touchpads on laptops doesn’t malfunction very often. But, physical damages like broken wire may stop the touchpad from functioning, wrong system touchpad settings and driver issues most likely cause issues with the touchpad....

With the weeks flying by, it’s not long till everyone is back to school, and if you’re looking for a shiny new laptop before you go back, this deal might appeal to you. This modern 16-inch laptop can not only service your needs for day-to-day productivity tasks, but with its powerful Nvidia RTX 4060 discrete graphics card, it will also be more than capable of satisfying any gaming urges. To find this deal, pop over to Dell....

EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period.Gamers Nexusinvestigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year....

Generally, we use ethernet to get a comparatively more stable connection than WiFi. This is because a cable transmits data in electronic form and has fewer chances of getting lost. However, most users report that their ethernet doesn’t work properly or keeps getting disconnected. Moreover, netizens claim that their ethernet was initially working fine but got disconnected all of a sudden. Well, you might be facing this problem due topoor connection or cable breakage....

If you’re on the hunt for a new main monitor and centerpiece for your gaming battle-station setup then you probably want something special that has the latest features, plenty of screen real estate, and the performance needed to display your games with the optimal visual acuity. Today’s deal should satisfy all of those needs and with a tasty $200 knocked off of the MSRP price of this monitor, it’s less strain on the finances....

When your Chrome is crashing often, observe its behavior first. For instance, if it only opens for a certain period and crashes or doesn’t open at all, could determine the severity of the problem. If Chrome is only crashing while downloading something, it could mean that the download file is faulty or not compatible. Luckily, this error is due to common reasons and you’re able to try some simple fixes for it....

It’s always good to regularly backup your iPhone, especially if you fear losing your crucial data to system malfunction. However, backups can take up large amounts of storage space. So, if you don’t have enough iCloud storage or don’t want to fill up your PC space, you have the option to back up your iPhone to an external hard drive. So, without further ado, let’s dive right into learning how to transfer all your iPhone data to an external hard drive....