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Nvidia CEO Thinks US Could Ditch Chinese and Taiwanese Chips in the Next Few Decades

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Jensen Huang thinks it will take 20 years to achieve chip independence despite booming fabrication construction and subsidies. (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia has been in the news as of late. Not to quash any leaked rumors surrounding the upcoming RT...
- 28 Dec 2023
*** Looks to Combat Fake AI Photos with New Camera Tech

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The CPIA is looking to maximize AI technology while addressing the ethical concerns of AI-generated images. (Image credit: Pexels) Pandora's Box has been opened, and, like it or not, AI is here to stay. It's everywhere and can be found in n...
- 21 Dec 2023
IEEE President Delivers Note Focusing on the Future of Students and Young Professionals

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(Image credit: IEEE) Newly elected CEO and President of IEEE Saifur Rahman recently published a note that focuses on students and young professionals in the engineering fields looking to advance their careers. The president touched on fostering coll...
- 18 Dec 2023
Vertiv Offers Wooden Data Centers for a Greener Footprint

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The TimberMod variant of the company’s Vertiv SmartMod and Vertiv Power Module series uses ‘mass timber’ in place of steel for a greener footprint. (Image credit: Vertiv) Datacenter design business Vertiv has recently started to o...
- 13 Dec 2023
Artificial Intelligence Could Take Over Many People’s Jobs

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Many people worry about the possibility of AI replacing their jobs. (Image Credit: geralt/pixabay) When it comes to AI, we’re rightfully worried about it taking over everything, including jobs. And those fears are becoming more evident after ...
- 6 Dec 2023
Nvidia’s AI - ChipNeMo LLM Will Assist in Chip Design

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The specialized language model boasts 43 billion parameters and is aimed at bolstering chip design productivity. (Image credit: Nvidia) Nvidia recently unveiled its ChipNeMo specialized language model that’s designed to boost chip design produ...
- 4 Dec 2023
This Month All Those Years Ago, The Vacuum Tube Was Invented

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The first vacuum diode was invented by John Ambrose Fleming in 1904. (Image Credit: John Ambrose Fleming) There’s a lot to choose from when it comes to important inventions and how they make an impact across various industries. Invented by Joh...
- 27 Nov 2023
Universal High Income – AI Could Bring It

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Musk believes that universal high income is the solution for a future with AI taking over jobs. (Image Credit: Rishi Sunak/YouTube) During the AI Safety Summit in the UK last week, Elon Musk mentioned that AI could eventually eliminate humanity&rsqu...
- 8 Nov 2023
Joe Biden Signs an Executive Order to Help Regulate AI Systems

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With the new executive order signed by Biden, AI could soon be regulated. (Image Credit: Gerd Altmann/pixabay) This feels like season two of Pantheon. I suppose any sci-fi story dealing with AI or similar digital intelligence is similar. AI r...
- 3 Nov 2023
Microsoft’s Project Silica Can Now Store Several TB and Last 10,000 Years – Unless You Drop It

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The glass storage device holds 1.75 million songs that can be played for 13 years. (Image Credit: Microsoft) For a while, Microsoft has been working on Project Silica, a glass storage device that holds huge amounts of data for many years. It al...
- 2 Nov 2023
Joe Biden Honors Nineteen Individuals with Awards

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President Joe Biden awards Ashok Gardgil with a National Medal of Technology and Innovation during a white house ceremony. (Image Credit: Ryan K. Morris/ National Science and Technology Medals Foundation) During a white house ceremony on October 23r...
- 27 Oct 2023
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Grants for Tech Hubs

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(Image Credit: geralt/pixabay) On October 3rd, the Biden-Harris administration announced 31 regional tech hubs across 32 states, and Puerto Rico will be the first to receive funds as part of the CHIPS and Science Act. Those tech hubs are r...
- 26 Oct 2023
Over 240,000 Tech Workers Have Lost Their Jobs So Far This Year

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Over 40,000 workers in the tech industry lost their jobs so far this year. (Image Credit: Mohamed_hassan/pixabay) According to layoffs.fyi, over a quarter million tech-industry workers have been laid off by 1,056 tech companies so far this year. By...
- 17 Oct 2023
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Launches New Biohub in Chicago to Study Inflammation

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Priscilla Chan with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chan Zuckerberg Chicago President Shana Kelley during the launch event. (Image Credit: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) Right in element14's backyard. Inflammatio...
- 13 Oct 2023
The Aftermath : Young Plaintiffs Win Lawsuit Against Montana Over Climate Change and Won

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(Image Credit: geralt/pixabay) This is a bit of old news, but I wanted to see how it played out first, and all aftermath. On August 14th, Montana judge Kathy Seeley ruled in a group of youths' favor after they sued the state of Montana in the co...
- 24 Aug 2023
Google’s Supercomputer Completes a Calculation That Would Take Traditional Supercomputers 47 Years to Process

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Google’s quantum computer Sycamore processor completed a task that would take a classical supercomputer 47 years to complete. (Image Credit: Google/Erik Lucero) It looks like Google’s latest quantum computer is taking the prize! Accordi...
- 7 Jul 2023
Quantum Computers Could Overtake Traditional Computers Within Two Years

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The blue area represents a qubit test chip on a Microsoft qubit computer. (Image Credit: Microsoft) According to IBM researchers and their new benchmark experiment, Quantum supercomputers could outperform traditional computers by running calculatio...
- 30 Jun 2023
The Space Economy Could Surpass $1 Trillion In Profits By 2040

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(Image Credit: Pexels/pixabay) According to CITI, the space economy, with the public and private groups, is expected to surpass $1 trillion a year by 2040, an increase from $370 billion in 2020. This includes profits generated from space manufacturi...
- 2 May 2023
The Process of Patenting an Invention Requires More Than Just Money

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Patenting an invention involves a legal process that grants the inventor exclusive rights to make, use and sell the invention for a limited time. (Image credit: Pixabay) Many engineers and makers have designed novel devices that have been borne out ...
- 16 Mar 2023
Problems into Profit - Smog-Free Towers to Combat Climate Change

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The 7-meter-tall smog-free tower extracts pollutants to keep the air clean. (Image Credit: Studio Roosegarde) Air pollution has devastating effects on both humans and the environment. Short-term exposure may lead to discomfort and illness. Meanwhil...
- 14 Mar 2023
Influential Women in Engineering - International Women's Day 2023

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Dina Katabi Dina Katabi's research focuses on wireless sensors, digital health, mobile computing, machine learning, and computer vision. (Image Credit: MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab) Dina Katabi studied computer science at MIT, earning her Ph.D. in 200...
- 8 Mar 2023
Chip Act funds expected to build semiconductor clusters in the U.S.

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Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says America expects to use funds from the Chip Acts to introduce two semiconductor manufacturing clusters by 2030. This marks the early stages of bringing chip manufacturing to U.S. soil. The goal is to build ecosys...
- 28 Feb 2023
Black History Month 2023 – Recent Engineers and Scientists That Have Changed Our Lives

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Melba Mouton Melba Mouton worked for NASA as a mathematician and computer programmer. (Image Credit: NASA) NASA recently announced it named a moon mountain located near the south pole after Melba Mouton, a Black mathematician who worked fo...
- 24 Feb 2023
The Transistor Turns 75 And Helped Usher in Modern Electronics We Use Today

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The small semiconductor devices are considered the most manufactured item in the history of modern electronics. (Image credit: Pxhere) The birth of modern electronics began 75 years ago when John Bardeen and Walter Brattain developed the first trans...
- 15 Dec 2022
Major investment and plans for the U.S. semiconductor manufacturing

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(image via Pixabay) What are the semiconductor folks up to these days? I'm glad you asked! On Tuesday, Joe Biden visited a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) site in Phoenix, mentioning new jobs as the manufacturer plans to b...
- 9 Dec 2022