New Delhi: If Bhavish Aggarwal, founder of now-listed Ola Electric, is known to dream big, his newest ambition is audacious by even his standards: to build “India’s first AI (artificial intelligence) chips” in four years. Such a plan would thrust Aggarwal, who is likened to Elon Musk for his public persona, into an industry with … Read more
In 2023 Apple released the iPhone 15 Pro, powered by the a17 bionic chip, with 19bn transistors. The density of transistors has doubled 34 times over 56 years. That exponential progress, loosely referred to as Moore’s law, has been one of the engines of the computing revolution. As transistors became smaller they got cheaper (more … Read more
Intel Corp. shares bucked the chips rout on Wednesday, rising as much as 8.2 per cent on speculations that the company could benefit from policies under either a Biden or Trump administration. Chip stocks plunged on worries over trade curbs on companies giving China access to advanced semiconductor technology. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index sank 4 … Read more