Musk’s Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess
By Surbhi Misra, Shivani Tanna, Nilutpal Timsina and Marisa Taylor (Reuters) – Elon Musk‘s brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip using his mind…
Samsung to use chip making tech favoured by SK Hynix as AI chip race heats up
By Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics plans to use a chip making technology championed by rival SK Hynix, five people said, as the world’s top memory chipmaker seeks…
Micron’s New York chips project under US environmental review
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is conducting an environmental review of Micron’s plans for a manufacturing mega campus to make dynamic random-access memory…
Meta adds exec from key chip partner to board
By Max A. Cherney and Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Wednesday added Broadcom CEO Hock Tan to its board of directors, bringing on the head of a company…
Japan chipmaker Renesas to buy software firm Altium for $5.9 billion
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Renesas Electronics on Thursday said it would buy electronics design firm Altium for $5.9 billion in cash, as the acquisitive automotive chipmaker looks…
Apple to settle trade secrets lawsuit against chip startup Rivos
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Apple plans to settle a lawsuit that accused tech startup Rivos of stealing its trade secrets related to computer-chip technology, according to a joint court…
Adidas’s Euro 2024 ball will have a microchip to detect handballs
Adidas is revolutionizing the game with its innovative approach to the Euro 2024 tournament, as the iconic sportswear brand unveils its groundbreaking Fussballliebe ball equipped with a cutting-edge microchip technology…
Arm shares surge on strong forecast of AI-fueled chip upgrades
By Stephen Nellis, Max A. Cherney and Arsheeya Bajwa (Reuters) – Arm surged more than 30% on Wednesday after the British tech company forecast quarterly sales and profit above Wall…
China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount
By Eduardo Baptista China – BEIJING (Reuters) – When a Beijing-based military institute in September published a patent for a new high-performance chip, it offered a glimpse of China’s bid…
Samsung sees tech devices demand recovering in 2024 after record chip loss
By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics flagged a continued recovery in memory chips and tech demand in 2024, after reporting a 34% drop in fourth-quarter…