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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has announced an aggressive roadmap for its most advanced chips, saying it will deliver transistors measuring just 1.4 nanometers across by 2027. The company said today that its contract chipmaking business will begin manufacturing two-nanometer chips by 2025, …
Cloud-native database startup SingleStore bags additional $30M in funding
SingleStore Inc., the cloud-native database startup, today closed on an additional $30 million round of funding on top of the $116 million raised in July. The Series F2 round announced today follows an $80 million Series F round of funding in September …
Immerok raises $17M to build out its serverless Apache Flink real-time data processing platform
Serverless Apache Flink startup Immerok GmbH is hoping to make real-time data stream processing a reality for more companies today after closing on a $17 million seed funding round. Today’s round was led by CUSP Capital, 468 Capital, Cortical VC and Essence …
EU mulls liability laws for AI systems, paving the way for compensation claims
The European Union’s executive commission has proposed new legislation that would make it easier for European citizens to sue companies in the event of harm caused to them by artificial intelligence technology. The AI Liability Directive proposed Wednesday has several aims, the …
Atlassian debuts unified administrative controls to combat SaaS application sprawl
Collaboration and application development software provider Atlassian Corp. Plc. announced a series of key updates today, including new unified administration controls, new smart links and a subscription service for its products, including Trello, Confluence and Jira Work Management. In addition, Atlassian said …
Micron to slash spending on new chipmaking gear by 50% to counter ‘unprecedented’ oversupply
Reporting its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings today,Micron Technology Inc. warned investors that it’s planning to take drastic measures by scaling back on plans to build out production capacity amid what it called an “unprecedented” market downturn. In a press release the company reported a …
Ox Security debuts with $34M in funding to reinvent software supply chain security
Developer security operations startup Ox Appsec Security Ltd. exited stealth mode today armed with a hefty $34 million in seed funding. The round was led by Evolution Equity Partners, Team8 and Microsoft Corp’s venture capital fund M12, with participation from Rain Capital. …
Google Maps’ updates to provide more realistic, immersive experiences for users
Google LLC is hopeful that a coming series of updates to Google Maps will inspire more people to use the application to plan their daily travels, as it announced today that no less than four new features coming soon to make Maps “look …
Chipmakers ramp up spending on new fabs even as demand for silicon cools
The semiconductor shortage may have eased with the global economic slowdown this year, but chipmakers are not letting up in their efforts to boost manufacturing capacity. A report Monday from SEMI is forecasting investment in chip fab equipment to increase by 9% …
Intel accelerates open programming standards as it innovates in AI, security and quantum
Intel Corp. dedicated day two of its Intel Innovation conference today to the efforts it has been making to foster an open ecosystem across its silicon and software offerings, with the goal of catalyzing innovation among the developer community. In a keynote …