Tech leaders are exploring nuclear power as a solution to the massive energy needs of their data centers, sustainability challenges, and the growing demands of their AI initiatives. SMRs, a new type of nuclear reactor, are gaining attention for their ability to provide round-the-clock power with minimal emissions. As some of the largest energy users, major tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta are investing in these reactors, which could play a key role in global energy transformation.
Computational lithography: Driving nanometer precision in microchip manufacturing | ASML
ASML computational lithography software is powered by physical models and algorithms enabled by cutting-edge machine learning and data science techniques. From early design to high-volume manufacturing, it lets us use our unique knowledge about the inner workings of lithography systems to optimize the chip patterning process. Layer by layer, chip by chip, wafer by wafer, computational lithography is enabling chipmakers to push microchip technology to new limits.
TSMC’s New Arizona Fab! Apple Will Finally Make Advanced Chips In The U.S.
On 1,100 acres in the Arizona desert north of Phoenix, a newly completed 3.5-million-square foot building is making history as the most advanced chip fabrication plant on U.S. soil. It’s Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s first of three Arizona fabs, which will total a $65 billion investment when they’re complete at the end of the decade. Apple has committed to being the site’s largest customer. Full production has been delayed until 2025, but pilot production has begun. CNBC got an exclusive first look at the fab, where TSMC chairman Rick Cassidy says the project is “dang near back on the original schedule.”
How My Video Gear is Changing!
The advantages of small action cameras, such as the DJI Osmo Action Camera 5 Pro.
Why EVERYONE is Buying this Camera
The Fx3 was released at the beginning of 2021 and while at first it seemed like it was just a rehoused a7siii, people soon started loving it. It is currently one of the most searched video cameras for creating professional cinematic looking videos and on YouTube, the camera cannot be avoided. In 2023, Time Magazine added the camera to their list of best inventions of the year in the accessible filmmaking category.
Transform the Internet | The Future With Hannah Fry
Soon, another billion people will be online, mostly from developing nations. How will these new users embrace this technology to transform their lives, and what will it mean for the rest of the world? Do you want to know what your future holds? A life beyond 150 years old? A world where computers can read our emotions? A planet transformed by unlimited clean energy? Mathematician Hannah Fry will explore these questions and more.
This $10M U.S. Army Laser Melts Drones With $3 Beams | WSJ Equipped
In Ukraine and the Red Sea, low-tech drones are changing the way wars are fought. The U.S. and other countries are investing in a new and inexpensive way to retaliate: lasers. Compared with traditional weapons, lasers present some key challenges: they have a shorter range, limited power and can be harder to fix when issues arise. WSJ explains how the BlueHalo LOCUST laser weapon system works and why the tech is so difficult to perfect.
Exclusive: We tried Meta’s AR glasses with Mark Zuckerberg
Project Orion is Meta’s first pair of true AR glasses. They project hologram onto the world and are controlled with a neural wristband. They aren’t for sale but they’re a prototype of what Meta thinks will replace your smartphone in the coming years.
How the Modern Computer Was Invented by Accident
A chance meeting between John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine led to the modern computer: ENIAC and EDVAC.
How Google Makes Custom Cloud Chips That Power Apple AI And Gemini
Google was the first cloud provider to make its own custom AI chips, called TPUs, when they first came out in 2015 – a trend both Amazon and Microsoft followed years later. Now, Apple has revealed it uses TPUs to train its AI models, positioning Google chips as an alternative to Nvidia’s market-leading GPUs. CNBC got an exclusive look inside the lab where Google makes its chips, and its top executive showcased TPU Version 6, Trillium, and its new Arm-based CPU, Axion, both coming out later in 2024.