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TSMC Seeks Chip Equipment Motors Free of Chinese Rare-Earth Magnets
The push is a hedge against China's export controls, which cover most of the permanent magnets used in such machinery.
The push is a hedge against China's export controls, which cover most of the permanent magnets used in such machinery.
The chip startup stays independent and uses the new funding to scale hardware for open-weight AI models and video generation.
The verdict gives Qualcomm a narrow legal win, but the remaining disputes now sit with the judge.
Early Debian-based images give maintainers a head start on bringing Snapdragon X2 laptops into the mainline Linux ecosystem.
Demo shows compressed, open‑weight models handling real‑time visual queries fully on-device, but no products are announced yet.
On-chip Wi‑Fi and efficiency gains could make Wi‑Fi audio more practical in everyday earbuds and headsets.