computing

  1. E

    New York semiconductor site picked for $825 million in funding

    https://apnews.com/article/new-york-semiconductor-nanotech-lab-albany-42ee39316c32718c729e526354254724
  2. M

    ARM cancelling ISA licenses to Qualcomm

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-23/arm-to-cancel-qualcomm-chip-design-license-in-escalation-of-feud Actual nuclear bomb. Probably wouldn't actually happen, since it sounds more like a big bargaining chip, but potentially a huge turning point for the chip industry, and especially...
  3. E

    What the Heck Is Going On At OpenAI?

    I liked the mention of "Skynet scenarios." https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sam-altman-openai-1236023979/
  4. Grey Havoc

    Automated and Autonomous Systems for Combat Service Support: Scoping Study and Technology Prioritisation

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1024203.pdf
  5. Michel Van

    Lumen Orbit - Data Centers in Space

    The company Lumen Orbit want to put Data servers, to use the abundant solar energy, cooling, and the ability to freely scale up in space. launch of Prototype hardware is set for may 2025 launch of first micro data center in 2026 once Starship goes into commercial service they build the 5GW Data...
  6. E

    Video game performers will go on strike over artificial intelligence concerns

    https://apnews.com/article/sagaftra-video-game-performers-ai-strike-4f4c7d846040c24553dbc2604e5b6034
  7. overscan (PaulMM)

    Crowdstrike causes world-wide IT outages

    So, our new security manager was talking about bringing in Crowdstrike where I work. Hopefully this idea will now be kiboshed after Crowdstrike deployed an update which 1) made Windows servers and desktops crash 2) rendered Windows servers and desktops unable to boot The only fix is to boot...
  8. J

    Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials by American Chemical Society

    https://phys.org/news/2024-05-marriage-synthetic-biology-3d-programmable.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette
  9. Forest Green

    Photonic Microchips and Applications

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8vywX9asU This bit is very interesting: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJ8vywX9asU&t=925s
  10. Forest Green

    First Graphene Semiconductor

    Researchers have created the world's first graphene semiconductor. The joke goes that graphene can do everything but leave the lab, but in the last few years, this is no longer true. In this episode we'll see how scientists turned the best conductor known to man into a semiconductor, opening the...
  11. Grey Havoc

    Relay computers

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j544ELauus
  12. M

    Canon Nanoimprint Lithography (NIL) - possible future major player in the lithography market?

    https://global.canon/en/technology/nil-2023.html https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/canons-nanoimprint-litho-tool-could-disrupt-wafer-fab-equipment-market I don't think NIL can enter logic chip foundary market any soon, though it seems like for flash and RAM, there's a real chance that...
  13. E

    41 States Sue Meta Over the Social Media Giant’s Impact on Kids

    https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/41-states-sue-meta-over-the-social-media-giants-impact-on-kids/2023/10
  14. Forest Green

    AI (Artificial Intelligence) in the military

    View: https://twitter.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1681485959710519296?s=20
  15. Flyaway

    Artificial Intelligence - General News

    New superbug-killing antibiotic discovered using AI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-65709834
  16. Grey Havoc

    FORM (computer algebra system)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
  17. Grey Havoc

    Meta Galactica (ill-fated large language model project)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/11/18/1063487/meta-large-language-model-ai-only-survived-three-days-gpt-3-science/
  18. Grey Havoc

    Project Origin (U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems Center)

    https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/lightning-in-a-bottle-inside-the-origin-of-the-armys-future-robotic-fleet/ ORIGINAL CAPTION: The Project Origin vehicle, a surrogate for Army Robotic Combat Vehicles, is seen at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in September 2021...
  19. Grey Havoc

    Facit mechanical calculators and other devices

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPMIjVGzd0 From the comments thread:
  20. Grey Havoc

    Arm job cuts hit UK harder than global rationalization (The Register)

    https://www.theregister.com/2022/10/05/arm_job_cuts_hit_uk/
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