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Dell Technologies World 2022 E
Liqid, a leading soware company deliver-
ing data center composability, announced
the company is collaborating with Samsung,
the world's largest provider of memory tech-
nologies, and Tanzanite Silicon Solutions, the
leader in memory pooling technology, to dem-
onstrate composable memory via the Com-
pute Express Link (CXL) 2.0 protocol at Dell
Technologies World 2022.
Semiconductor R&D Spending to Rise
9% After Hitting Record in 2021 E
New update shows Intel continues to lead
research and development ranking, the top
10 raised spending 18% last year, and 21 com-
panies invested $1 billion or more on R&D in
2021.
Dell Solar Community Hubs Bring
Technology, Healthcare, Workforce
Skills to Remote Communities E
Dell Technologies, in partnership with Com-
puter Aid, Intel, and Microso, announced
its Solar Community Hubs strategy, marking
an evolution in its established Solar Learning
Labs program.
Silicon Creations, Achronix Semiconductor
Partner to Drive More Performance,
Flexibility into High-Speed Trading E
Silicon Creations, a leading supplier of high-
performance analog and mixed-signal intellec-
tual property (IP), has partnered with Achro-
nix Semiconductor Corporation, a leader in
high-performance FPGAs and embedded
FPGA (eFPGA) IP.
Renesas to Invest, Restart Operation
of Kofu Factory; Boosting Power
Semiconductor Production Capacity E
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a premier
supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions,
announced that it will conduct a 90-billion-yen
worth investment in its Kofu Factory, located
in Kai City, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan.
A New Age of 2.5D Materials E
Scientists are exploring new ways to artificially
stack two-dimensional (2D) materials, intro-
ducing so-called 2.5D materials with unique
physical properties.
Qualcomm Introduces Automated
Frequency Coordination Solution
for Enhanced Wi-Fi Performance
in 6 GHz Spectrum E
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. announced its
Qualcomm AFC Solution, immediately avail-
able for integration into customer products,
built to deliver enhanced 6 GHz operation in
a turnkey, cost-effective, and scalable imple-
mentation with access point (AP) agent and
cloud systems with end-to-end validation and
certification.
Self-driving Microscopes Discover
Shortcuts to New Materials E
Researchers at the Department of Energy's
Oak Ridge National Laboratory are teaching
microscopes to drive discoveries with an intu-
itive algorithm, developed at the lab's Cen-
ter for Nanophase Materials Sciences, that
could guide breakthroughs in new materials for
energy technologies, sensing, and computing.
