14 ex-Huawei employees handed down prison sentences in China — accused face up to six years for taking 'chip-related business secrets' with them to form startup Zunpai

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China’s courts take tech secret pilfering seriously, if one of its homegrown companies appears to be the victim. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) reports that a Shanghai court has sentenced 14 former Huawei employees, who were accused of taking a number of “chip-related business secrets” with them, when they scooted off to form a new startup called Zunpai Communication Technology.

Apparently, the precise punishment to be meted out upon the accused remains uncertain

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Snag up to 40% off with these excellent portable monitor deals, just in time for the back-to-school season

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Back to school season is nearly upon us, which means that now is an excellent time to start looking for tech deals for your favorite student(s). One category that parents might not often think about is portable monitors , but they can be highly beneficial to students, especially as they start moving into middle and high school. Portable monitors enable students, who often rely on laptops for school work, to

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Legendary GPU architect Raja Koduri's new startup leverages RISC-V and targets CUDA workloads — Oxmiq Labs supports running Python-based CUDA applications unmodified on non-Nvidia hardware

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Raja Koduri, a legendary GPU architect from ATI Technologies, AMD, Apple, and Intel, on Tuesday said he had founded a new GPU startup that emerged from stealth mode today. Oxmiq Labs is focused on developing GPU hardware and software IP and licensing them to interested parties. In fact, software may be the core part of Oxmiq's business as it is designed to be compatible with third-party hardware.

Another RISC-V-based 'GPU' for AI

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White House considering chip tracking to curb AI hardware smuggling to China amid enforcement gaps — software or hardware tracking could be next step in U.S. export controls over leading-edge AI silic

U.S. officials are weighing chip-level location tracking to curb AI hardware smuggling to China, according to Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. But the plan faces technical hurdles, industry pushback, and geopolitical risks.

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3D printing and AI used to slash nuclear reactor component construction time ‘from weeks to days’ — pioneers hail 'new era of nuclear construction'

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3D printing is tipped to have a pivotal part to play in “a new era of nuclear construction.” The assertion comes after the U.S.'s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) successfully integrated 3D printing and AI into the smart manufacturing of nuclear infrastructure. The ORNL partnered with Kairos Power, Barnard Construction, Airtech, TruDesign, Additive Engineering Solutions, Haddy, and the University of Maine to successfully create polymer concrete forms for the Hermes Low-

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8BitDo's Xbox-inspired mechanical gaming keyboard drops to its lowest-ever price — Halo can it go

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Masters of retro keyboard designs, 8BitDo has done an amazing job creating mechanical keyboards influenced by iconic moments in computer gaming history. With a variety of color schemes and accents that have been drawn from computer legends such as the NES/Famicom consoles from Nintendo, to the Commodore 64, the keyboards have captured the essence of those early icons.

Now it's the turn of Microsoft's Xbox, with the 8BitDo retro keyboard mimicking that of the early translucent Xbox gaming

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Acer Predator SpatialLabs View 27 PSV27-2 3D gaming monitor review: Bleeding edge tech with solid performance

Tom's Hardware Verdict

The Acer SpatialLabs View 27 PSV27-2 is virtually unique in its glasses-free 3D capabilities. With broad support from both gaming and conceptual applications, it is a premium tool for creatives and those seeking a different kind of entertainment experience.

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    Broad support for design and presentation applications

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    Convincing and realistic 3D image

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    185 games currently supported

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    Excellent 2D image quality with accurate color

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    Converts 2D video to 3D

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    Best-in-

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The massive Ugreen Nexode 25,000mAh power bank is at an all-time low Amazon pricing — power all the things, including your laptop and Switch 2

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The world is mobile, and with remote working more accessible than ever, you can pretty much work or take your devices anywhere that you can think of. The problem is the availability of sources to charge or keep your devices topped up so that you don't run out of power at an inopportune moment. If you have access to plug your laptop into a wall outlet, then there's no issue, but let's say you want to play a few games on your

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Sandisk unveils colossal new 256TB SSD with new UltraQLC flash memory — enterprise-grade SSDs for high density storage also come in 128TB

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Sandisk on Tuesday introduced one of the industry's first 256TB solid-state drives, designed for applications that benefit from maximum storage density. The new SSD relies on the all-new enterprise -grade UltraQLC platform that is specifically designed for drives that combine high capacity, high performance, and high reliability.

Sandisk's UltraQLC 256TB NVMe SSD comes in a U.2 form-factor and uses the company's custom new multi-core controller

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Two TSMC employees arrested, could face up to 12 years in jail, $3 million fine over alleged attempt to leak 2nm chip details — first case under Taiwan's amended National Security Act cites 'serious s

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Two employees of major semiconductor manufacturer and design company TSMC , as well as one former employee, have been arrested over claims they stole proprietary technology, according to the Financial Times . This is the first trade secrets case to be filed under Taiwan's new national security law, which is designed to clamp down on the sale and theft of trade secrets of "national core technologies," from the country's hugely important chip design sector.

Taiwan is home to much of the

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