Artificial intelligence is consuming enormous amounts of energy, but researchers at the University of Florida have built a chip that could change everything by using light instead of electricity for a ...

Facing intensifying competition in the traditional LED lighting market, Incheon-based Korea Lighting is repositioning itself as a supplier of bio-optical semiconductor solutions, targeting high-value ...

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Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. On December 8, the Trump administration announced plans to loosen U.S. export controls on artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China by ...

President Trump’s decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short-term economic gain over long-term American security interests. By ...

It’s hard to believe that the first blue LED didn’t arrive until 1993. They look simple, but looks are deceiving (Fig. 1). 1. Image showing a blue InGaN-based LED with gold wire contacts (0.4 × 0.4 mm ...

PALO ALTO, Calif.—On a quiet residential street a few blocks from Stanford University, two former Google researchers are launching a startup they hope will remake the $800 billion chip industry. Anna ...

The US Commerce Department has agreed to invest as much as $150 million in xLight Inc., a chip technology startup tied to former Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger. The department’s ...

In January 2025 DeepSeek, a little-known Chinese startup, stunned the world with an artificial-intelligence (ai) model that rivalled those developed in America. It was all the more striking because it ...

There are around a dozen companies on Earth, give or take, that the markets say are worth more than a trillion dollars. That club, of course, includes the giant, AI-focused tech companies that are ...

All 27 EU countries have joined a Dutch-led coalition to revamp Europe’s semiconductor strategy. The group, Semicon Coalition is pushing for a “Chips Act 2.0” focused on critical technologies, faster ...