Samsung’s foundry is booming as TSMC struggles with demand – bags Nvidia, Tesla, and Qualcomm as new clients

According to a report from Nikkei Asia, Samsung Foundry has either received orders from or is in negotiations with Google, Nvidia, Tesla, AMD, and BYD to manufacture advanced semiconductor chips based on sub-5nm nodes. Some of these companies previously worked exclusively with TSMC but are now engaging with Samsung to…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading

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LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has completed its first tonne delivery of lithium carbonate to a US industrial customer from its direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit and refining facility at Select Water Solutions’ site in Howard County, Texas—moving from on-site production into actual commercial delivery. The shipment fulfills LibertyStream’s previously announced firstContinue Reading

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Audacity 4’s first public beta arrived this month with the biggest design change the iconic open-source audio editor has seen in decades. The audio editor’s interface, built on wxWidgets since the project began, now runs in Qt. However, the audio engine which handles file I/O, project storage and the built-inContinue Reading

Nvidia’s AI squadmate is finally dropping into PUBG

One of the frustrating things about the proliferation of “AI”, in the large language model sense, is how it muddles previously serviceable terms. It’s neither artificial intelligence, in the sci-fi robot sense, nor artificial intelligence in the video game sense — i.e., deliberate programmed behavior not controlled by the player…Continue Reading