The UK government has invested a total of £22 million in two research hubs to turn research into business realities. The government hopes that this investment will put the UK ahead in semiconductors.
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Vodafone R&D has shared an update on the developments of its silicon photonic chips, which are reported to be faster, more efficient and more reliable than the current electronic offering.
Samsung has started building a new research and development facility in Giheung, south of the capital Seoul. The company hopes to use the facility to extend its position in the semiconductor sector.
Chinese tech giant Tencent has revealed that it has a long-term plan for semiconductor chip manufacturing. The company has also reportedly developed three chips till now and plans to develop more.
China has begun working on 6G a couple of months earlier than anticipated. The development of 6G is still very early in the cycle and the plan is to launch it commercially in 2030.
Microsoft has awarded the University of North Dakota with a $100,000 grant to fund a promising R&D project centered around drone innovation. It is hoped this will help propel the U.S. drone industry.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise says it aims for the investment to help customers convert their customer data to intelligence right at the edge of a network where it is gathered and analyzed.
Samsung has big plans for the future, with the company announcing that it is investing a huge sum of money in R&D for the Internet of Things, as well as partnering with Intel and Microsoft.
A new reporting looking at Apple's R&D spending points towards large sums of money being diverted to the rumored Apple Car. Analysts also believe Apple will adopt a ride-sharing revenue model.
Microsoft wants to find the most promising students, aged 14-18, with an interest in computer science, to join it for a special experience day at its world-renowned research lab in Cambridge, UK.
Microsoft spends a lot of money on research and development, more than Apple, Google, and Amazon but they did come up a bit short in other metrics according to a new report by PWC.
Microsoft is said to have closed its Xbox One R&D base in China - but its 80 staff have reportedly refused the severance package, since they're entitled to far greater compensation under Chinese law.
The BBC has announced that three matches from the World Cup will be streamed in Ultra High Definition as part of closed trials aimed at understanding the best way to deliver 4K content to the home.
