Tag: semiconductors
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The Register: No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/us_senator_americans_first_ai_sillicon/ Source: The Register Title: No chips for you! Senator wants Americans to get first dibs on GPUs, restrict sales to others Feedly Summary: We’ve got hungry American datacenters to feed, argued the lawmaker – a revival Nvidia dubs ‘doomer science fiction’ +Comment US lawmakers are looking to apply Trump’s America-First agenda to…
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The Register: Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/05/us_ai_chip_tracking/ Source: The Register Title: Uncle Sam floats tracking tech to keep AI chips out of China Feedly Summary: Plan would embed location verification in advanced semiconductors to combat black market exports The Trump administration wants better ways to track the location of chips, as part of attempts to prevent advanced AI accelerator…
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Slashdot: US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Malaysia, Thailand Over China Concerns
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/07/04/1644224/us-plans-ai-chip-curbs-on-malaysia-thailand-over-china-concerns?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: US Plans AI Chip Curbs on Malaysia, Thailand Over China Concerns Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the Trump administration’s plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from companies like Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, aiming to prevent semiconductor smuggling into China. This move…
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Slashdot: DeepSeek Aids China’s Military and Evaded Export Controls, US Official Says
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/06/23/1515222/deepseek-aids-chinas-military-and-evaded-export-controls-us-official-says?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: DeepSeek Aids China’s Military and Evaded Export Controls, US Official Says Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses potential security and privacy concerns regarding AI firm DeepSeek, which is allegedly aiding China’s military and intelligence operations by accessing high-end semiconductors through Southeast Asian shell companies.…
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The Register: Intel tweaks its 18A process with variants tailored to mass-market chips, big AI brains
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/30/intel_foundry_update/ Source: The Register Title: Intel tweaks its 18A process with variants tailored to mass-market chips, big AI brains Feedly Summary: If Lip Bu Tan can’t sell you his LLM accelerator, he’s more than willing to build yours Direct Connect Intel has revealed a pair of variants of its long-awaited 18A process node…
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The Register: Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam’s digital death grip
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/european_tech_sovereign_fund/ Source: The Register Title: Euro techies call for sovereign fund to escape Uncle Sam’s digital death grip Feedly Summary: Nearly 100 orgs plead for homegrown lifeline amid geopolitical tensions A group of technology companies and lobbyists want the European Commission (EC) to take action to reduce the region’s reliance on foreign-owned digital…
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Cloud Blog: How Google Cloud measures its climate impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/sustainability/google-cloud-measures-its-climate-impact-through-life-cycle-assessment/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How Google Cloud measures its climate impact through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Feedly Summary: As AI creates opportunities for business growth and societal benefits, we’re working to reduce their carbon intensity through efforts like optimizing software, improving hardware efficiency, and supporting our operations with carbon-free energy. At Google,…
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The Register: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/uae_france_dc_ai/ Source: The Register Title: France, UAE to drop €50B on AI mega-datacenter. Still nowhere near America’s $500B bet Feedly Summary: Oh look, a mini Stargate, how quaint The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France this week announced plans for a one-gigawatt AI datacenter campus dedicated to advancing development of artificial intelligence.… AI…