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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

Cars That Think

In 2022, a schism in the chip design world and at Google erupted into the open. At issue was a reinforcement-learning AI system that Google uses to do a key step in laying out chunks of logic and memory for its AI accelerator chips, or TPUs. Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design Chung-Kuan Cheng et al.

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2025 Volvo EX90 review: Does this seven-seat electric SUV have what it takes to tempt buyers out of a BMW X5 or Audi Q7?

EV Central

The Volvo EX90 has a distinctive Swedish flavour 2025 Volvo EX90 price and equipment Like that car, the EX90 won’t be cheap, although it’s likely to undercut its Polestar equivalent. It’s all about tech and minimalism in the cabin of the new Volvo EX90 Tech is taken care of with a 14.5-inch

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Amazon Vies for Nuclear-Powered Data Center

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When Amazon Web Services paid US $650 million in March for another data center to add to its armada, the tech giant thought it was buying a steady supply of nuclear energy to power it, too. Whether you’re talking about Google or Apple or Microsoft or any of those companies, they tend to have corporate sustainability goals.

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The AI Boom Rests on Billions of Tonnes of Concrete

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With tech giants, utilities, and governments budgeting upwards of US $1 trillion for capital expansion to join the global battle for AI dominance, data centers are the bunkers, factories, and skunkworks—and concrete and electricity are the fuel and ammunition.

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Europe/US team: transitioning to a low-carbon world will create new rivalries, winners and losers

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Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. The world fractures into two camps in a clean-tech cold war. The result is a win–win for climate and security. Geopolitical friction is low. Technology breakthrough. ?A

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The electric year ahead: Every new EV coming to Australia in 2024

EV Central

There will be single-motor front-drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive models available and a lengthy list of tech that includes remote connectivity and dual 12.3-inch None of which will be cheap, the Polestar 3 is priced from $132,900 before on-roads. Renault Megane e-Tech 2024 Renault Megane E-Tech.

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2024 Polestar 2 Long Range Single Motor review: Better, but good enough?

Baua Electric

So long as you have a Google account and a smartphone (yes, including an iPhone), setup takes under a minute. Google Maps routing with built-in charging planning works well, and I love that my recently viewed POIs across all my devices show up in the car’s map search — it feels like the future! It is just so easy.

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