Rapidus fab roadmap examined — first new leading-edge chipmaker in decades has one Hokkaido fab, a 2027 deadline, and 60 potential customers
Rapidus is building Japan’s entire return to leading-edge logic on one fab in Chitose, Hokkaido.
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Category: Hardware & Gear
China alleges that Claude Code contains backdoors, calls mechanism ‘a serious threat’ — Gov’t claims Claude sends sensitive information to remote servers without consent
China is warning against the use of Claude Code versions released between April and June 2026 after it’s revealed that hidden code is sending sensitiv…
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Hidden backdoor in Tenda routers goes unpatched as company ignores warnings from cybersecurity researchers — Chinese company’s firmware allows admin access without a password
CERT/CC has disclosed a critical authentication backdoor affecting multiple Tenda router firmware versions. Tracked as CVE-2026-11405, the flaw grants…
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Budget smartphone market collapses under the weight of memory shortages, sales expected to drop 22% — memory alone now comprises up to 64% of the total cost of lower-tier smartphones
The global AI memory squeeze is pricing cheap phones out of existence and forcing mid-range devices to compromise on hardware.
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JEDEC releases new SPHBM4 standard to slash AI memory costs — Narrow 512-bit interface enables dropping expensive interposers for organic substrates
SPHBM4 promises HBM4-class bandwidth without usage of silicon interposer and CoWoS-like packaging.
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