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Trump Administration Reportedly Plans to Move Three Senior CAISSI Officials to the White House
The Information reports three senior officials from CAISSI, Commerce's AI testing unit, will move to the White House under Kratsios and Cairncross.
Applied Materials Unveils Its EPIC Chip R&D Center in Sunnyvale
Applied Materials has opened its EPIC chip R&D center in Sunnyvale with TSMC, Intel, Samsung, Micron and SK hynix. Spending is due to scale to about $5bn.
Intel Names Crescent Island the Intel GPU D-Series; First Card Is the D270
Intel names its Crescent Island inference GPU the Intel GPU D-series. The first card, the D270, is an air-cooled PCIe card with up to 480GB of memory.
Smartphone Shipments Fell 20% in Q3 2026, the Lowest Q3 Since 2012, Counterpoint Says, as Memory Costs Bite
Counterpoint's preliminary data: Q3 2026 smartphone shipments fell 20% YoY, the lowest Q3 since 2012, as DRAM and NAND costs squeezed supply.
Marvell Unveils Second-Generation Structera X CXL 3.2 Memory Expanders With Six Memory Channels
Marvell unveils second-gen Structera X CXL 3.2 memory expanders with six memory channels for AI inference. Samples expected Q1 2027. Figures are Marvell's.
Lumentum, Astera Labs and Corning to Show PCIe Running Over Light Inside an AI Rack
Lumentum, Astera Labs and Corning will demo PCIe carried over light inside an AI rack at OCP Summit. It is a proof of concept, not a shipping product.
SK’s Chey Tae-won Says Korea Must Build Chip Fabs Faster as Micron and China’s CXMT Catch Up
SK chairman Chey Tae-won says Korea must build chip fabs faster as Micron and China's CXMT expand. It is commentary; no new investment was announced.
Korea Customs: Chip Exports for 1 to 10 October Hit a Record $12.2 Billion, Up 170.9% (Preliminary)
Korea Customs preliminary data: chip exports for 1 to 10 October reached $12.198bn, up 170.9%, helped by two extra working days this year.
Six Tech Leaders Receive America’s Top Science and Technology Medals
At the White House's "Science: A New Golden Age" summit on 8 October, six technology leaders received the US's top science and technology honours. What the two medals are, how winners are normally chosen, and why the choice of tech chief executives is drawing attention.
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