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  • TSMC sales surge 📈, Amazon hits 1000th sat 🛰️, supercapacitor cement 🧱

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    TSMC'S SEPTEMBER SALES SURGE YEAR-OVER-YEAR AS AI DRIVES CHIP DEMA=
    ND
    (1 MINUTE READ) [4]=20

    TSMC reported revenue of $511.86 billion Ne=
    w Taiwan dollars for
    September, a 54.6% year-over-year increase. Demand f=
    or advanced AI
    chips, driven by customers like Nvidia and Apple, boosted =
    sales. TSMC
    has also committed to using ASML's advanced lithography machi=
    nes to
    enhance chip production.=20

    AMAZON BUILDS ITS 1,000TH LEO SATE=
    LLITE AT 27 A WEEK, BUT ONLY 396
    ARE IN ORBIT (3 MINUTE READ) [5]=20

    =
    Amazon built its 1,000th Leo broadband satellite at its Kirkland,
    Washing=
    ton plant, which took six months to produce its first 27 and
    now turns ou=
    t 27 a week. It builds propulsion in-house and borrowed
    consumer electron=
    ics methods to cut tests that took weeks down to
    hours. The bottleneck is=
    launch: only 396 are in orbit against 3,232
    needed, and the Vulcan groun=
    ding and a New Glenn pad explosion cost
    Amazon FCC spectrum priority.=20
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    ENGINEERING AND APPLICATIONS

    ANDERON AIMS TO IN=
    DUSTRIALIZE QUANTUM CHIP FABRICATION (5 MINUTE
    READ) [6]=20

    IEEE Spec=
    trum examines the up-to-$1B CHIPS R&D award finalized for
    IBM spinoff And=
    eron in September. IBM is matching that funding with
    $1B, while Anderon u=
    ses a 300mm Albany line and plans foundry services
    and process design kit=
    s for outside developers. The challenge is
    repeatable fabrication, includ=
    ing tighter control of Josephson
    junctions, rather than simply adding waf=
    er capacity.=20

    GOOGLE OPEN-SOURCES ML DRIFT, A GPU ENGINE THAT RUNS ON=
    E SHADER SET
    ACROSS OPENCL, METAL, WEBGPU, AND OPENGL ES (4 MINUTE READ) =
    [7]=20

    Tensor virtualization decouples a tensor's logical layout from i=
    ts
    physical GPU allocation, so one shader template replaces separate
    ba=
    ckend-specific codebases. For edge LLMs, ML Drift switches kernels
    betwee=
    n compute-bound prefill and memory-bound decode, using a
    convolution-alig=
    ned KV cache layout and in-kernel activation
    quantization to skip memory =
    roundtrips. It cut YouTube Shorts frame
    latency by up to 40%, and Google =
    co-optimized it with Arm, Intel, and
    Qualcomm GPUs.=20

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    RESEARCH AND PROTOTYPES

    SUPERCAPACITOR CEMENT IS KEY TO BUILDIN=
    GS THAT STORE THEIR OWN POWER
    (3 MINUTE READ) [8]=20

    Scientists from =
    the Harbin Institute of Technology developed a
    cement-based supercapacito=
    r capable of powering small devices like
    LEDs. The device uses a 3D-print=
    ed electrode ink made from carbon
    nanotubes and cement, enabling fast ene=
    rgy discharge. Future research
    will enhance cold-weather performance, pot=
    entially allowing buildings
    to store energy and support smart environment=
    s.=20

    AWS LAUNCHES AN OPEN-SOURCE PHYSICAL AI TOOLCHAIN FOR ROBOTICS (5=

    MINUTE READ) [9]=20

    The toolchain covers synthetic data generation, =
    training, simulation
    and validation, edge deployment and continuous impro=
    vement. It uses
    SageMaker for training and IoT Greengrass for pushing mod=
    els to
    devices, plus NVIDIA's Isaac Sim, Isaac Lab, GR00T, and Cosmos. AW=
    S
    says it is not a direct replacement for RoboMaker, which shut down in=

    2025.=20

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    TOO MANY QUANTUM STAR=
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    Gar=
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    due to=
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    companies =
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    business advant=
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    waiting for technologica=
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    industries are expected to le=
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    spending reaching $245 million and=
    $289 million by 2027 and 2028,
    respectively.=20

    THERE'S A HIDDEN UPS=
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    [11]=20

    Apple gaine=
    d a full percentage point in market share year-over-year
    as RAM price inc=
    reases led to a 20% decrease in overall PC shipments.
    Despite this downtu=
    rn, Apple was less affected than most competitors.
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    strong customer base willing =
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    Micro=
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