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Google Launches Ripple Project, as Automakers League Rears to Challenge Tesla

Google uncovered plans to bring forth an open-source application programming interface (API) standard called Ripple Project that would help bring multi-functional small chips to various devices, including electric vehicles (EV). Since 2015, Google openly revealed that it was entering the gates of chip-making with its tiny radar chips that can keep score of sleep schedules, […]

Tesla opens showroom in China’s Xinjiang region

In a region fraught with controversy, Tesla has opened a new dealership in China, Xinjiang, the same area where the Chinese government was accused of human rights violations against the Uyghur Muslim minority.  This move strangely comes just after U.S president Joe Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act to protect said minority from […]

Self-Driving Truck Company TuSimple to Use Nvidia Chips for Autonomous Computing

TuSimple Holdings Inc on Tuesday said it has partnered with Nvidia Corp to use the company’s vehicle chips to design and build an advanced autonomous driving computer for its self-driving trucks. The computer, known as a domain controller in the automotive industry, will be specifically engineered for TuSimple’s commercial self-driving trucks, and will power sensor […]

China pursues tech 'self-reliance,' fueling global unease

To help make China a self-reliant “technology superpower,” the ruling Communist Party is pushing the world’s biggest e-commerce company to take on the tricky, expensive business of designing its own processor chips — a business unlike anything Alibaba Group has done before. Its 3-year-old chip unit, T-Head, unveiled its third processor in October, the Yitian […]

US government sues to block $40 billion Nvidia-Arm chip deal

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block graphics chip maker Nvidia’s $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm, saying the deal would create a powerful company that could hurt the growth of new technologies. Nvidia Corp., based in Santa Clara, California, said in September 2020 that it was buying United Kingdom-based Arm Ltd. […]

Ford, GM to enter chip market to curb U.S.-shortage

U.S. automobile manufacturers Ford Motor Co. and General Motors (GM) Co are altering their business plan by joining the semiconductor chip market, following a computer chip shortage that disrupted their global factory output for almost a year. On Thursday, Ford announced a calculated plan of going into business with semiconductor manufacturer GlobalFoundries Inc. to create […]

Huawei sales off 32% after US sanctions, smartphone sale

Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of 2021 under U.S. sanctions and following the sale of its Honor smartphone brand, according to figures released Friday. Huawei Technologies Ltd.’s smartphone and other consumer-oriented businesses have been “significantly impacted” but sales to phone carriers and other commercial […]

Chip manufacturing crisis will cast its shadow till 2022

As supply-chain shortages continue to extend into 2022 due to COVID-19, chip manufacturing giants are exhibiting what the future could hold, and it won’t include the same price list pre-pandemic. While the ongoing chip shortage managed to reconcile its situation, the same cannot be expressed about its pricing list. The state of the semiconductor industry […]

iPhone 13 to boast satellite connectivity feature

Understanding Apple’s approach to success is simple; it focuses on innovating around an already-existing product, advancing it to levels that embed it in an ecosystem of software and services. So, for users expecting to get their hands on the upcoming iPhone 13, you should note that the already-existing functions will likely stay the same; except […]