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Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to mock Musk, Zuckerberg
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Silicon Valley crosswalks hacked to mock Musk, Zuckerberg

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Pedestrian crosswalks in California’s Silicon Valley were emitting recordings over the weekend that mocked US President Donald Trump and...

Leveraging silicon photonics for scalable and sustainable AI hardware
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Leveraging silicon photonics for scalable and sustainable AI hardware

Researchers have developed a new superior hardware platform for AI accelerators using photonic integrated circuits on silicon chip. Credit: Bassem Tossoun from IEEE...

East Asia is challenging Silicon Valley by being like Silicon Valley used to be
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East Asia is challenging Silicon Valley by being like Silicon Valley used to be

Credit: zhang kaiyv from Pexels Silicon Valley has been a universal symbol of innovation for decades. Because of its reputation, governments around the...

After nearly 3 years of testing, Silicon Motion has started to ship its 128TB SSD to partners and I can’t wait to get my hands on one
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After nearly 3 years of testing, Silicon Motion has started to ship its 128TB SSD to partners and I can’t wait to get my hands on one

Silicon Motion 128TB SSD RDK optimizes AI pipelines with enhanced data management PerformaShape technology boosts SSD efficiency for AI-driven workloads MonTitan SSD’s PCIe...

Malaysia’s Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challenges
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Malaysia’s Silicon Valley ambitions face tough challenges

Malaysia’s signing of a major deal with British chip giant Arm this month was the latest step towards achieving the country’s goal of...

Silicon Valley’s southern outpost rises
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Silicon Valley’s southern outpost rises

Charging stations are seen at the Tesla corporate headquarters in Travis County, Texas. Held every year in the capital of conservative-leaning Texas, the...

Brain-as-a-service set to start before 2026, powered by human brain cells fused with silicon hardware
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Brain-as-a-service set to start before 2026, powered by human brain cells fused with silicon hardware

Cortical Labs has built the first deployable biological computer, priced at $35,000 The CL1 integrates living neurons with silicon for real-time computation The...

Researchers build stable solar panel without silicon
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Researchers build stable solar panel without silicon

New solar panel prototype. Credit: Christopher McKenney/Georgia Institute of Technology Solar power as an electricity source is growing in the United States, with...

Enhancing radiation resistance of silicon carbide power semiconductors for space applications
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Enhancing radiation resistance of silicon carbide power semiconductors for space applications

Dr. Jae Hwa Seo of KERI is fabricating SiC Power Semiconductor Devices for Radiation Resistance Evaluation in Space Environments. Credit: Korea Electrotechnology Research...