School buses aren't yellow by accident: 44 standards came from a seven-day 1939 Columbia conference, and the color stimulates two types of cone cellsA 1939 meeting established the distinctive school bus yellow color for national transportation standards. This specific shade, National Sch...
27 Aug, 2026, 01.30 PM IST
Apple launches faster Mac mini, Mac Studio to tap AI boomThe new mini, unveiled alongside a beefed-up Mac Studio, starts at $899 and comes with either Apple's new M6 chip or the M5 Pro. It is $100...
25 Aug, 2026, 09.16 PM IST
Cerebras launches new server chip and system designed to speed AI chatbotsCerebras makes AI hardware and chips that compete with Nvidia and targets the portion of AI called inference, the computing process of gene...
19 Aug, 2026, 10.56 AM IST
In 2010, a 36-minute routine telescope session captured hidden giant rings in Venus' atmosphere: Archived images reveal mysterious planet-wide atmospheric waves after 16 yearsIn 2010, astronomers captured 36 minutes of Venus imagery while waiting for sunset in the Canary Islands. The data sat forgotten in archive...
30 Jul, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Explained: The $400 million ASML 'printers' key for the AI chip boomAdvances in AI and a global buildout of data centres have led chipmakers to expand capacity rapidly. ASML supplies tools to TSMC, which mak...
28 Jul, 2026, 11.12 PM IST
Altera returns to growth as AI, robotics fuel demand, CEO saysAltera, a chip maker spun from Intel, is experiencing significant annual growth. The company anticipates strong performance driven by artif...
11 Jul, 2026, 08.42 AM IST
TSMC says global chip market to hit $1.5 trillion by 2030 as AI drives growthTSMC predicts the global chip market will surpass $1.5 trillion by 2030. AI and high-performance computing will lead this growth. The compa...
14 May, 2026, 10.20 AM IST
Global Market: TSMC sees chip market crossing $1.5 trillion by 2030 on AI boomTSMC has raised its long-term semiconductor industry forecast, projecting the global market to exceed $1.5 trillion by 2030, driven by arti...
14 May, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
Alibaba develops next-gen chip for agentic AI, Chinese media saysThe 3.2 GHz server chip, built using open-source RISC-V chip architecture, was billed as "the highest performing RISC-V CPU in the world"...
24 Mar, 2026, 11.08 AM IST
Microsoft-backed Lace raises $40 million for advanced chipmaking equipment techLace, a Norwegian chipmaking startup, secured $40 million for its helium atom beam lithography. This technology promises chip designs ten t...
23 Mar, 2026, 09.33 PM IST
Huawei's latest handset uses improved China-made chip, report showsThe Kirin 9030, the chip that powers Huawei Technologies' latest flagship Mate 80 series handset, has been manufactured by China's top foun...
13 Dec, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
Vedanta Foxconn re-submit application to set up semiconductor plantThe company had earlier announced that the plant will be set up with an investment of around Rs 1.5 lakh crore and start making revenue by ...
27 Jun, 2023, 06.17 PM IST
IBM's new 2-nanometer chip will be faster than the one in Apple's iPhone 12The new technology likely will take several years to come to market.
07 May, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Intel begins major shake-up by ousting chief engineer Murthy RenduchintalaMurthy Renduchintala, who was president of the wide-ranging group before its reorganization and widely seen as a No. 2 to Swan, joined Inte...
28 Jul, 2020, 11.35 AM IST
Wondering how iPhones becoming sleeker every year? Thank this Tokyo-based companyChipmakers are making a costly bet on a technology that will cram even more transistors onto silicon.
12 Mar, 2019, 06.42 PM IST
Why failing to keep up with 50-year-old industry standard will save Intel $1 billionThe six month delay means Intel is now working on a 2.5 year cadence, not two years, to launch a new chip manufacturing process.
17 Jul, 2015, 12.57 PM IST
- Intel opening new $3B chip factory
In the latest display of its manufacturing might, Intel Corp. is opening a new $3 billion (euro2.1 billion) factory in the U.S., widening i...
25 Oct, 2007, 10.19 AM IST