Astera Labs, a fabless chip startup, nabs $50M at a $950M valuation to remove bottlenecks in high-bandwidth cloud applications

As more enterprises migrate to cloud-based architectures, they are also taking on more applications (because they can) and, as a result of that, more complex workloads and storage needs. Machine learning and other artificial intelligence applications add even more complexity. Now a startup that has built technology to make that process move faster and more […]

「ムーアの法則」を“延命”させる巨大なマシンが、いま動き始めようとしている

半導体の集積度が18カ月で2倍になるという「ムーアの法則」。ここにきて法則の継続性を疑問視する声も上がるなか、法則に沿うかたちで驚異的な集積度のチップを生み出す可能性を秘めたマシンの開発が進んでいる。オランダの半導体製造装置メーカーのASMLが開発中のこの装置は。、原子数十個分の大きさの素子を形成する能力をもつ。この装置で生産するチップによって、テック業界や経済全体の進歩は加速することになるのか。
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The Station: Apple car shakeup, how Sept. 11 changed travel, and a pledge from airlines

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hi readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. Twenty […]

Intel’s Mobileye, rental giant Sixt to launch a robotaxi service in Germany next year

Intel subsidiary Mobileye and rental car giant Sixt SE plan to launch a robotaxi service in Munich next year, the CEOs of the two companies announced Tuesday during the IAA Mobility show in Germany. The robotaxi service is leveraging all of Intel’s, and more specifically Mobileye’s, assets that have been in development or purchased in […]