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CXMT Begins Mass Production of 5th-Generation DRAM Platform… Accelerates Pursuit of Chinese Memory Makers with 24Gb LPDDR5X

CXMT, China’s largest DRAM manufacturer, announced that it has begun mass production using its fifth-generation technology platform. The company stated that it has reduced the pitch of the core memory structure to 11.95 nanometers and that two 24Gb LPDDR5X products manufactured on the same platform are already in mass production. The most notable figure from this announcement is that the total number of chip dies that can be produced from a single wafer has increased by at least 50% compared to the previous 4th-generation platform. However, this figure is subject to final inspection The yield, which is the percentage of chips that pass inspection, is

Sep 20, 20267 min read

Robotics & emerging technology

Anthropic Builds a Real-Life Biology Lab… Claude Research Expands into Physics Experiments

It has been confirmed that Anthropic operates a “wet lab” in the San Francisco Bay Area where it conducts actual biological experiments. The company has expanded its AI life sciences business beyond computer-based analysis and simulations to include a research space where it handles materials and equipment. Eric Kauderer-Abrams, head of life sciences at Anthropic, revealed in an interview with Reuters that the company is conducting real-world experiments through its own facilities and external partner institutions. However, the company This experiment

Sep 19, 20266 min read

Security & privacy

Foreign Hackers Actually Manipulated Control Equipment at Two Water Treatment Plants in Colorado

It has been revealed that in late August 2026, foreign hackers infiltrated two small water treatment facilities in Colorado and actually altered the settings of their control equipment. It was confirmed that they disabled remote access and alarm functions and changed the pump operation cycles. Both facilities were privately operated and supplied water to fewer than 200 people each. The incident was brief, and while there was no known damage to treatment processes, water quality, water supply, or public safety, this digital intrusion serves as a reality check that This is significant because it led to the manipulation of industrial control equipment. |

Sep 19, 20266 min read

Semiconductors & infrastructure

Reports Project OpenAI to Deplete $278 Billion in Cumulative Cash by 2030

It has been reported that OpenAI expects a cumulative negative free cash flow of $278 billion from 2026 to 2030, according to internal projections. The Financial Times reported this after reviewing the company’s presentation, and Reuters subsequently picked up the story. The same document also includes projections of approximately $856 billion in computing and infrastructure spending through 2030 and approximately $350 billion in revenue for 2030. These are all internal figures based on future assumptions and have not been announced by OpenAI as official financial results, or

Sep 19, 20266 min read

Industry & policy

Anthropic and Accenture to Invest at Least $2 Billion in Independent AI Safety Assessments

Anthropic and Accenture have agreed to invest at least $1 billion each over the next five years to build the capacity for independent evaluation of frontier AI models. The total investment will be at least $2 billion, and Faculty—a specialized AI division acquired by Accenture—will lead the collaboration. The core of this collaboration is the “embedded evaluation” approach, in which external evaluators have access within AI companies that is comparable to that of employees. This is a departure from simply reviewing results after a model has been completed.

Sep 19, 20266 min read

Semiconductors & infrastructure

Nscale Files for U.S. IPO… $1 Billion Loss Despite Surge in Revenue

Nscale, a U.K.-based AI cloud company backed by NVIDIA, has filed a Form S-1 registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and is seeking a listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The proposed ticker symbol is NSCL, but the number of shares to be offered and the price range have not yet been determined. Revenue for the first half of 2026 was $140.6 million, a 1,252% increase from a year earlier. During the same period, the net loss reached $1.02 billion, reflecting simultaneous rapid revenue growth and massive capital burn. It appeared. |

Sep 19, 20267 min read