Tag: pro
‘Inspired by a car wash’: Researchers unveil quasi-universal tag that’s virtually unhackable thanks to glue — terahertz antitampering tag could help save billions of dollars in counterfeiting costs
Traditional radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, commonly used for product authentication, have several limitations including size, cost, energy requirements, and security vulnerabilities. Researchers at MIT have developed a revolutionary cryptographic ID tag that overcomes these hurdles and could help combat the billion-dollar problem of supply chain counterfeiting. This minuscule, battery-free tag,…
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China’s CPU rival to Intel and AMD is rapidly catching up on a key metric — but don’t expect it to be competitive with Ryzens and Cores anytime soon
You might not be too familiar with Loongson, but it has been developing computer processors since 2000, and in China the company is widely viewed as the grandfather of domestic CPUs. The launch of Loongson 1 in 2002 was China’s first independently developed general-purpose CPU, using the MIPS III instruction…
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Tiny AI chip designer could become Arm’s sibling – Softbank rumored to be interested in buying cash-strapped Graphcore with its IPU crown jewel likely to be the target
Graphcore, a UK-based AI chip designer that was once considered a potential rival to Nvidia, is now exploring a sale after struggling to capitalize on the AI boom. Despite substantial funding, including over $700m from investors such as Microsoft and Sequoia, the company’s revenue fell by 46% last year, and…
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‘Transforming gowns in The Hunger Games’: One of the world’s largest software firms reveals more about dress made up of tiny displays — but don’t expect that one-off wonder on shelves anytime soon
Adobe has collaborated with fashion designer Christian Cowan to create a mesmerizing dress which Notebookcheck rightly points out brings to mind Katniss Everdeen’s transforming gowns of The Hunger Games (minus the flames). The dress, part of Adobe’s ever-evolving Project Primrose, debuted at the 2024 Fall/Winter NYC Fashion Week, reportedly wowing…
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Shattering the ‘copper or optics’ paradigm: humble plastic could become key material in race to conquer AI data center market – it is cheaper, lighter, thinner and more power efficient
With the expansion of data centers and the rise of generative AI, LLMs, IoT and video streaming services, the demand for advanced interconnects is higher than ever. Conventional interconnects using copper have critical bandwidth limitations caused by the ‘skin effect’, where the current flowing through the cable is concentrated at…
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World’s smallest external GPU gets welcome upgrade for creative pros – higher TDP, better Thunderbolt connection but still running on RX 7600M XT
The GPD G1, dubbed the ‘GPU box’, allows users to significantly upgrade their laptop’s graphics without the need to invest in a new machine or manually replace the GPU. It can also double as a docking station, making it ideal for use with today’s best business laptops. We first wrote…
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