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2026-06-30
digitimes.com 2026-06-30
Japan's world-renowned Riken institute announced in late March 2026 that its homegrown superconducting quantum computer, "Ei-II," jointly developed with the University of Osaka, had officially gone online with 144 qubits and 99.9% fidelity. Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said Riken will next work with Taiwan's academic community on research, including next-generation compo
2026-06-30
tomshardware.com 2026-06-30 Bruno Ferreira
Zluda is back to a hobby, as the open-source project has lost commercial funding with version 6 but added early 32-bit PhysX support.
2026-06-29
www.indexbox.io 2026-06-29 IndexBox
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2026-06-27
digitimes.com 2026-06-27
MediaTek hosted MARC Workshop 2026 on June 24 through the MediaTek Advanced Research Center (MARC), recognizing the year's university-industry collaboration outcomes while outlining forward-looking R&D priorities in AI, satellite communications and next-generation connectivity.
2026-06-27
www.tweaktown.com 2026-06-27 TweakTown
Valve engineers claim release cadence for future Steam Machine versions will be shorter than the Steam Deck Valve engineers claim that the release cycle between the Steam Machine and the Steam Machine 2 will be shorter than between the Steam Deck and Steam Deck 2. VIEW GALLERY - 3 Aaron Klotz Tech Reporter Published Jun 26, 2026 5:45 PM CDT 2-minute read time TL;DR: Valve engineers state future
2026-06-26
tomshardware.com 2026-06-26 Luke James
Apple will release a base M6 chip for entry-level Macs this year but skip the Pro and Max versions of that generation, jumping instead to an accelerated M7 family.
2026-06-26
tomshardware.com 2026-06-26 Bruno Ferreira
Microsoft increases Xbox Series console prices for the third time in two years — $100-$150 upswings on every model except the now-dead 2 TB version
2026-06-26
tomshardware.com 2026-06-26 Luke James
Riot Games has announced that it plans to let players stop its Vanguard anti-cheat from loading on startup.
2026-06-25
airsideint.com 2026-06-25 Airside International
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2026-06-25
digitimes.com 2026-06-25
Global helium supply is under renewed strain. Nippon Sanso, Japan's largest industrial gas supplier, announced it will raise prices across its helium product line by an average of more than 30% starting July 2026, citing persistent tightness in global supply driven in part by rising geopolitical risks in the Middle East.
2026-06-25
digitimes.com 2026-06-25
OpenAI on June 24 unveiled "Jalapeño," its first in-house AI accelerator, co-developed with Broadcom and manufactured by TSMC — the clearest sign yet that leading model developers want to design their own chips and broaden a supply chain long dominated by Nvidia.
2026-06-25
digitimes.com 2026-06-25
The global semiconductor packaging and testing race is heating up as TSMC recently signed a 10-year agreement with Amkor to expand advanced packaging collaboration in Arizona, drawing close market attention to how the rivalry with ASE and Amkor will reshape market share. ASE Chief Operating Officer Tien Wu said he is "optimistic," stating that strong demand from US customers and the need to divers
2026-06-25
digitimes.com 2026-06-25
On June 24, Micron Technology reported record fiscal third-quarter results and issued a fourth-quarter forecast that significantly exceeded market expectations, reinforcing investor confidence in the AI infrastructure boom. Analysts said the company's expanding portfolio of multi-year customer agreements could help reduce the memory industry's traditional volatility, while persistent supply constr
2026-06-25
digitimes.com 2026-06-25
Qualcomm used its June 24 investor day to unveil a data center chip portfolio and a multi-generation CPU agreement with Meta, a strategic bid to diversify beyond a shrinking smartphone business and challenge Nvidia's dominance — while courting Chinese demand and leaning on manufacturing partner TSMC.
2026-06-25
www.qualcomm.com 2026-06-25 Qualcomm
Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), a connected computing leader at the center of the AI era, today outlined the acceleration of its diversification strategy and unveiled its comprehensive strategy for the data center, marking its next phase of growth across every tier of the compute continuum, at its 2026 Investor Day. “We are defining Qualcomm’s next chapter as we accelerate our edge diversi
2026-06-25
www.tekedia.com 2026-06-25 Tekedia
Qualcomm In Advanced Talks With ByteDance For Custom Chip Design As U.S. Firm Seeks To Diversify Beyond Smartphones June 24, 2026 | by Samuel Nwite | 0 Qualcomm is in discussions to provide advanced chip-design services to China’s ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, in what would represent an early and significant customer win for the U.S. semiconductor giant’s push into custom silicon serv
2026-06-25
investor.qualcomm.com 2026-06-25 Qualcomm
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2026-06-25
www.princeton.edu 2026-06-25 Princeton University
Bede Liu, pioneer in digital signal processing and beloved mentor, dies at age 91 Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Email Print By Molly Sharlach, Office of Engineering Communications on June 24, 2026, 3:49 p.m. Bede Liu, an emeritus professor of electrical engineering and a pioneer in digital signal processing, died on May 7. He was 91. Liu’s pathbreaking research aided the t
2026-06-24
digitimes.com 2026-06-24
SK Hynix is reportedly easing the pace of some HBM4 production conversions and redirecting more attention toward commodity DRAM, as a sharp profitability reversal makes the broader memory market too profitable to ignore.
2026-06-24
digitimes.com 2026-06-24
Qualcomm's reported talks to provide custom chip-design services to TikTok owner ByteDance show how China's AI chip supply chain is moving beyond a simple Nvidia replacement story.