Intel opens Fab 9 for advanced packaging of chiplets

Intel celebrated the opening of Fab 9 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Fab 9 is set to play a pivotal role in driving Intel's ongoing advancements in advanced packaging technologies. With the semiconductor industry transitioning into the heterogeneous era that embraces multiple "chiplets" within a single package, cutting-edge packaging technologies like Foveros and EMIB (embedded multi-die interconnect bridge) offer a swifter and more cost-effective...

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Keysight introduces Chiplet PHY Designer

 Keysight Technologies introduced Chiplet PHY Designer, a new tool for high-speed digital design and simulation. This tool focuses on die-to-die (D2D) interconnect simulation, which is crucial for verifying the performance of heterogeneous and 3D integrated circuit (IC) designs, commonly known as chiplets. It's the industry's first electronic design automation (EDA) tool that offers detailed modeling and simulation capabilities, enabling chiplet...

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PowerHouse plans 800 MW campus in Spotsylvania, VA

PowerHouse Data Centers, a developer and owner of next-generation data centers backed by a joint venture between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street, acquired 145 acres in Spotsylvania, Virginia to serve as the site of the PowerHouse 95 data center campus. Powerhouse 95, which will serve the data-intensive needs of hyperscale users in northern Virginia, is located along the I-95 corridor in proximity to existing electrical...

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Oracle Cloud Infrastructure releases Generative AI service

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) introduced a Generative AI service for enterprise use that incorporates large language models from Cohere and Meta Llama 2, making it easier for businesses to leverage the latest generative AI advancements. The updated OCI Generative AI service offers support for over 100 languages, improved GPU cluster management, and flexible fine-tuning options. It can be used both in the Oracle Cloud and on-premises through OCI...

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Lightstorm to acquire JGA-South and SEA-US cable assets

Lightstorm, a prominent pan-Asia cloud network infrastructure operator owned by Miami-based I Squared Capital announced plans to acquire three subsea cable systems: the JGA-North cable and substantial segments of the JGA-South and SEA-US cable systems.The three acquired cables, spanning approximately 21,000 kilometers in total length and boasting an allocated capacity of around 64 Tbps, establish critical connections between key markets such as the...

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Orange Business and Tēnaka work to restore coral reef in Malaysia

Orange Business and Tēnaka, a social business that works to restore and protect marine ecosystems worldwide, have partnered to scale the coral reef restoration in a Marine Protected Area of the Coral Triangle in Malaysia.Orange Business has orchestrated a groundbreaking marine research project leveraging a Yucca lab research station equipped with underwater monitoring devices and solar-powered floating buoys. This station, connected to the 4G network...

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Telefónica offloads mobile data to the Helium in Mexico

Telefónica is partnering with Nova Labs, a pioneer in decentralized wireless communications, to launch Helium Mobile Hotspots in Mexico. The hotspots, initially in  Mexico City and Oaxaca, will extend Telefónica’s coverage and enable offloading of mobile data to the Helium Mobile Network and improve overall mobile coverage service for customers.Telefónica and Nova Labs have built a solution based on the OpenWifi standard developed by the Telecom...

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AT&T posts Q4 sales of $32 billion, up 2.2% yoy

AT&T reported F2023 fourth quarter revenues of $32.0 billion, up 2.2% year over year. This increase primarily reflects higher Mobility, and to a lesser extent, Mexico and Consumer Wireline revenues, partly offset by continued declines in Business Wireline revenues.Capital expenditures were $4.6 billion in the quarter. Capital investment*, which includes $1.0 billion of cash payments for vendor financing, totaled $5.6 billion.Fourth quarter operating...

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