Powerful and precise multi-color lasers now fit on a single chip(phys.org)

58 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 15 comments

NIST selects HQC as fifth algorithm for post-quantum encryption(nist.gov)

149 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 102 comments

Frequency comb breathalyzer detects Covid with excellent accuracy(nist.gov)

64 points by geox 3 years ago | 3 comments

NIST Finalizes 'Lightweight Cryptography' Standard to Protect Small Devices(nist.gov)

155 points by gnabgib 1 year ago | 102 comments

TSMC bets on unorthodox optical tech(spectrum.ieee.org)

211 points by Rohitcss 1 year ago | 84 comments

Ways to Put Lasers on Silicon(spectrum.ieee.org)

55 points by mfiguiere 3 years ago | 6 comments

NIST ion clock sets new record for most accurate clock(nist.gov)

337 points by voxadam 1 year ago | 118 comments

NIST news release announcing its aluminum ion clock set a record as the world's most accurate atomic clock, measuring time to the 19th decimal place.

AMD acquires Taalas to boost inference performance by etching models in silicon(theregister.com)

902 points by itvision 2 months ago | 681 comments

The Register reports AMD has acquired AI chip startup Taalas, which hardwires model weights into silicon for fast inference, reaching up to 17,000 tokens per second.

Intel to Receive $8.5B in Grants to Build Chip Plants(nytimes.com)

325 points by ece20 2 years ago | 578 comments

New York Times article reporting Intel will receive $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act grants to build semiconductor plants, announced by President Biden in Arizona.

OKI Develops 124-Layer PCB Technology(oki.com)

35 points by luu 25 days ago | 19 comments

OKI press release announcing its development of 124-layer printed circuit board technology.

Performance per dollar is getting faster and cheaper(wafer.ai)

345 points by latchkey 3 months ago | 133 comments

Wafer blog post on serving the GLM-5.2 model on AMD MI355X GPUs at 2626 tok/s per node and 213 tok/s single stream, at over 2x lower cost than Nvidia Blackwell.

Intel shows 8 core 528 thread processor with silicon photonics(servethehome.com)

441 points by NavinF 3 years ago | 172 comments

ServeTheHome news article on Intel's experimental 8-core, 528-thread processor that uses silicon photonics for interconnect.