Infineon puts silicon carbide on a bigger wafer
Infineon has produced working power devices on 300mm silicon carbide wafers, using existing silicon manufacturing…
AMD driver gives idle SSDs a pointless workout
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Japan upgrades quantum machine and gives it real work
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Japan upgrades quantum machine and gives it real work
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Norway puts data centre power grab on hold
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Google adds AMD muscle to its TPU challenge
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Cisco decides its products should work together
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AI
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Automotive
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