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Engineers just built a computer chip that runs on light instead of electricity — moving data with photons to slash the power-hungry bills AI models are runnin…

A computer chip that processes data as pulses of light rather than electrical signals has, for the first time, run a suite of ...
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The race for powerful computer chips and AI will change the face of global politics and security

A global race to build powerful computer chips that are essential for the next generation of AI tools could have a major effect on global politics and security. A global race to build powerful ...

Taiwan is the epicenter: Jensen Huang says Nvidia will spend $150 billion a year on AI chip production and semiconductor expansion

Nvidia’s AI strategy is putting Taiwan at the center of the global chip industry. CEO Jensen Huang has called Taiwan the ...
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This engineer wants to make computer chips on the Moon

TOKYO—Atsuyoshi Koike dreams of making computer chips on the moon. First, though, he has to prove he can do it on earth. Koike is the public face of Japan’s multibillion-dollar effort to muscle back ...
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The US scrambles to address reliance on Taiwan-made computer chips, where 92% of the most advanced units are made

Last week the US Congress passed the CHIPS and Science Act, a US$280 billion investment package that will boost science and technology research and domestic semiconductor chip manufacturing. $52 ...