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Hardware

Will Intel’s Arizona Chip Fab Help It Regain Its Edge

In the heart of the Arizona desert, something remarkable is unfolding—a technological renaissance spearheaded by Intel, a name synonymous with the silicon groundwork of modern computing. Intel’s return to form in the high-stakes arena of semiconductor manufacturing comes with the unveiling of Fab 52 and the ambitious Intel 18A node. This famed establishment, sprawled over […]

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Hardware Science

How Sand Becomes Intelligence

It’s summer and, for many people, that means the beach. Now imagine you’re standing on a beach, picking up handfuls of sand and realizing that within these tiny grains lie the seeds of computing power. Those humble particles, with a bit of high-tech wizardry, transform into the smartphones, computers, and artificial intelligence systems that define […]

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Hardware

How Dead is Moore’s Law Really?

This video is from Sabine Hossenfelder. In the past 10 years or so, tech specialists have repeatedly voiced concerns that the progress of computing power will soon hit the wall. Miniaturisation has physical limits, and then what? Have we reached these limits? Is Moore’s law dead? That’s what we’ll talk about today.

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