Intel fears a US trade ban on planarisation slurries
Could make the chip shortage worse
Intel is worried about a US proposed import ban on a key chipmaking ingredient, saying the move would worsen an already-perilous shortage of semiconductors.
Intel has fixed issues with Alder Lake
Chipzilla had problems with gaming DRM
Chipzilla has assured the world+dog that it has fixed most of the problems gamers were having with its Alder Lake processors.
SiFive aims to carve a niche in the chip business
Risc-V business
New startup SiFive has released its Performance P650 chip which offers a 50 percent speed boost over the P550 that arrived in June.
Microsoft says it is making progress on DNA storage
Reached the minimum speed for viability
Microsoft making some headway, working with the University of Washington's Molecular Information Systems Laboratory, or MISL in creating a nanoscale DNA storage writer.
Intel updates old tech in secret lab
Runs security tests
Chipzilla has a secret lab which hires more than 100,000 staff, whose only job is to make sure that security tests are carried out on its more ancient tech, according to the Wall Street Journal.