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Netgear First Quad-Band Wi-Fi

Mesh routers are all the rage right now. Google, Amazon, Asus, Linksys, and many others have their own dual or tri-band mesh setups, but now Netgear says it has something new—the world’s first quad-band Wi-Fi 6E system. That extra band is going to cost you dearly, though. The Orbi Quad-band …

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What is a Neural Net?

Photo: Mike MacKenzie, FlickrAs Moore’s Law approaches its endgame, the technosphere has looked to different and more diverse approaches to computing. In order to continue to increase the computational power of our systems, we can’t just depend on driving clock speeds higher and higher, nor can we continue making transistors …

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ARM Refutes Accusations

Earlier this week, we reported that ARM China had seized IP belonging to ARM, its parent company. The author of the story we linked apparently did not fully understand the context of the situation, however, and we inadvertently magnified an article with some misapprehensions in it. We have spoken to …

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Power Shortages in China

(Photo:Annie Spratt/Unsplash)Big-name tech manufacturers are again facing delays, but this time the pandemic isn’t to blame. Commitments to reduce energy consumption and a widespread coal shortage have resulted in some Chinese Apple and Tesla suppliers slowing production and even shutting down for days at a time. China announced in April …

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Google’s Project Taara

Google runs a plethora of aspirational projects to explore one moonshot or another, but only some become real products. The company’s Project Loon internet balloons didn’t make the cut, having shut down in early 2021. However, one aspect of Loon has lived on to become its own Googley project. Google …

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Android 12 Release

Google has been testing Android 12 in its developer preview and beta programs for months, and we’re getting close to release. How close? If a new report is to be believed, it could be as soon as Oct. 4. Of course, the official release is just the first step along …

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IBM’s New System Z CPU

IBM shared new details on its upcoming Telum CPU at Hot Chips, and the new microarchitecture looks to be a significant advance over the older z15. This will be IBM’s first 7nm CPU built using Samsung’s EUV and a huge step forward for Samsung as far as demonstrating its EUV …

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Microsoft Backtracks

Update 1:33 PM: An earlier version of this story focused entirely on the fact that Microsoft will allow older hardware to install Windows 11 unofficially, even if the company neither recommends nor supports it. Since this story was written, Microsoft has released new information that points to a substantial loophole …

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Nvidia GPU Production

We’re coming up on a year since Ampere launched, but anyone hoping for a new graphics card at MSRP in the near future may be out of luck. “I would expect that we will see a supply constrained environment for the vast majority of next year is my guess at …

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AI-Powered Electronic

In using AI tools to design chips, Samsung is the latest company tossing its hat into the growing arena. The company has apparently harnessed new AI processing tools from the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) manufacturer Synopsys to build an upcoming Exynos mobile SoC. Synopsys is a believable partner for this …

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