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Chinese firms accused of poaching Taiwan’s chip engineers using bogus front companies – Computerworld
The statement provided three examples, the most prominent of which was Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC), China’s largest chip maker, which is partially owned by the Chinese state. The company had started recruiting staff via a front company set up in Taiwan as a subsidiary of a separate entity apparently based in the island of Samoa, the MJIB claimed. Meanwhile,…
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Poco’s F7 Ultra is a midrange phone with a flagship chip
Poco is releasing its first phone with “Ultra” branding, and on paper it lives up to the name. The F7 Ultra runs on the flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, and combines it with a triple rear camera setup, 120W wired charging, and IP68 protection from dust and water. Despite those specs, it’s going on sale in the UK for £649…
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SoftBank Expands AI Portfolio with $6.5B Acquisition of Chip Startup Ampere
Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive officer of SoftBank Group. Image: SoftBank YouTube SoftBank has announced plans to acquire the chip startup Ampere for $6.5 billion in an all-cash deal that “broadens its AI infrastructure investments.” For the last eight years, Ampere has been designing high-performance processors tailored for cloud computing, AI workloads, and data centres. Ampere’s lead investors, private…
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Apple MacBook Air With M4 Chip Preview
One, the M4 chip in the new MacBook Air is seriously fast. Apple says it can deliver twice the performance of the old M1 chip and I’ve seen it do that in a few real-world tasks. That may not matter for simple stuff, like browsing the web or slogging through email, but the minute you want to push things a…
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TSMC Proposes Shared Takeover with Chip Giants
Intel foundry. Image: Intel Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has offered a share in its proposed acquisition of Intel’s chip foundries to NVIDIA, Broadcom, and AMD, sources told Reuters. The Taiwanese chipmaker intends to oversee the operations of Intel’s fab division, but aims to retain less than 50% ownership and is seeking multiple partners for the deal. Intel’s reluctance and internal…
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Undocumented commands found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
Update 3/9/25: After receiving concerns about the use of the term ‘backdoor’ to refer to these undocumented commands, we have updated our title and story. Our original story can be found here. The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains undocumented commands that could be leveraged for attacks. The…
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Undocumented “backdoor” found in Bluetooth chip used by a billion devices
The ubiquitous ESP32 microchip made by Chinese manufacturer Espressif and used by over 1 billion units as of 2023 contains an undocumented “backdoor” that could be leveraged for attacks. The undocumented commands allow spoofing of trusted devices, unauthorized data access, pivoting to other devices on the network, and potentially establishing long-term persistence. This was discovered by Spanish researchers Miguel Tarascó…
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A Country’s ‘Radical Approach’ to Chip Production Includes New $250M Deal
Image: ellinnur/Envato Elements With an eye toward boosting Malaysia beyond chip assembly and into more lucrative semiconductor production, Arm Holdings Plc will provide the Southeast Asian country with chip designs and technology. The Malaysian government will pay the Softbank Group-owned Arm $250 million over a 10-year period for semiconductor-related licenses and access to intellectual property. Deal includes training 10,000 chip…
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New MacBook Air Brings the M4 Chip and a $100 Lower Price Tag
The MacBook Air comes in a new color: sky blue. Image: Apple. The Apple “Air” rumors we’ve been hearing turned out to apply to both a new iPad Air and a MacBook Air. On March 5, Apple revealed the new MacBook Air comes with its in-house M4 chip, 16 GB of unified memory, and Apple Intelligence with macOS Sequoia. The…
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Intel Delays $28B+ Chip Plants in Ohio
Intel’s fab of the chip factories campus it’s building in New Albany, Ohio. Image: Intel Intel’s plans to build two chip factories in New Albany, Ohio for an investment of more than $28 billion have been postponed. One of the plants was planned to be operable in 2025, according to The Wall Street Journal. The new timelines are: Ohio One…
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