On a colorless Monday February morning in California, on the drab San Jose Conference Middle, attendees of the SPIE Superior Lithography and Patterning Convention gathered to listen to tech trade luminaries extol the late Gordon Moore, Intel’s cofounder and first CEO, who handed in March final yr.
Moore is greatest identified for pioneering Moore’s Legislation, the commentary that the variety of transistors on an built-in circuit doubles each two years or so. But when Moore deserves credit score for creating the legislation that drove the progress of the trade, it’s Dutch firm ASML, which makes the machines that in flip let producers produce probably the most superior laptop chips on the earth, that deserves a lot of the credit score for guaranteeing that progress stays doable.
But that additionally means the strain is on. ASML has to proceed ensuring chipmakers can hold tempo with the legislation. Will that be doable? Learn the total story.
—Mat Honan & James O’Donnell
Why Threads is out of the blue common in Taiwan
For most individuals around the globe, Meta’s text-based social community Threads is a platform they probably haven’t considered for months. However for Liu, a design skilled in Taipei, it’s the place she’s receiving unprecedented consideration.
She’s not the one individual feeling this surge of recognition. Threads has dominated app-store obtain charts in Taiwan for months. Distinguished officers have arrange accounts, and it’s turn out to be the preferred platform amongst younger folks. However Threads’ surprising success on the island is advanced, and precarious. Learn the total story.
