Next Tesla Full Self Driving Chip Will Use 5 Nanometer Lithography

Tesla will work with Samsung to develop a 5nm-class semiconductor for the HW4 version of the Tesla Full Self Driving Chip. Samsung is supplying 14nm chips to Tesla for the HW3 version of FSD. The in-vehicle infotainment system (IVI) uses a variety of chips such as processors, neural network processors (NPUs), security integrated circuits, memory, …

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SpaceX SN9 Launch Monday and Both SN9 and SN10 are on Launch Pads

SpaceX SN9 Starship is targeting a Monday launch. The SN9 and SN10 prototypes are both complete and are on launch pads. Elon Musk plans to drill for natural gas in Texas to supply methane for the SpaceX launches. Starship SN9 & SN10 pic.twitter.com/urtPJn7amo — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 29, 2021 pic.twitter.com/pyRCFE97Xp — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) …

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Vaccine Effectiveness Drops from 90% to 50% Versus South Africa Variant

Clinical trial data on two COVID-19 vaccines are less protective versus the South Africa coronavirus variant. Novavax reported midstage trial results on Thursday that showed its vaccine was 50% effective overall at preventing COVID-19 among people in South Africa. United Kingdom vaccine results were up to 89.3% effective at preventing COVID-19. Pfizer and Moderna vaccines …

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Moderna Vaccine Works Against New Strains But May Need New Third Booster

The two-dose regimen of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at the 100 µg dose is expected to be protective against emerging strains detected to date. Moderna will test an additional booster dose of its COVID-19 Vaccine (mRNA-1273) to study the ability to further increase neutralizing titers against emerging strains beyond the existing primary vaccination series. Moderna …

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CATL and Other Battery Makers Race to Stay Ahead of Tesla Batteries

CATL is the largest lithium-ion battery supplier in the world and they plan to increase production by four times to 263 GWh in 2023. CATL Chairman Zeng Yuqun said global lithium battery market demand will increase significantly starting in 2021. Zeng said growth of capacity in the entire industry chain is relatively slow, and effective …

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Chinese Joint Venture Plans to Match Tesla 4680 Battery

CBAK Energy Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAT), a lithium-ion battery manufacturer and electric energy solution provider, signed a three-year strategic agreement with Anhui Jianghuai Motors Group Co., Ltd (SSE: 600418) (“JAC Motors”) for new battery production. JAC Motors is a top four domestic Chinese car brands and has an R&D team of 5,000 people. In 2019, …

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SpaceX Will Increase Starlink Download Speed to 10 Gbps from 100Mbps Now

SpaceX says it plans to increase Starlink’s download speeds from ~100 Mbps currently to 10 Gbps in the future. SpaceX says it plans to increase Starlink's download speeds from ~100 Mbps currently to 10 Gbps in the future: pic.twitter.com/PAxSbT1VD1 — Michael Sheetz (@thesheetztweetz) January 25, 2021 SpaceX dismissed Amazon's $AMZN protest of the modification as …

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SpaceX Falcon 9 Booster Used Eight Times

Falcon 9 launches 143 spacecraft to orbit — the most ever deployed on a single mission — completing SpaceX’s first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission. Falcon 9 launches 143 spacecraft to orbit — the most ever deployed on a single mission — completing SpaceX’s first dedicated SmallSat Rideshare Program mission pic.twitter.com/CJSUvKWeb4 — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January …

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