Israel in the Gaza War has had a total number of air strikes that is 39% of the number of airstrikes that the US Air Force performed in the 1991 Gulf War. The Israel Air Force has carried out strikes against more than 31,000 targets belonging to Hamas and other terror groups since the war …
Autoline describes the problem of Peak Auto. New car sales have hit their peak in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Despite strong population growth in the U.S., new car sales are the same as they were a quarter of a century ago. Here’s why. US overall car sales have dropped from 2000 to today despite …
The original South Korean researchers of the LK99 room temperature and room pressure superconductor appears to have a withdrawn abstract. This could mean the presentation is withdrawn. UPDATE The abstract and talk were restored. There was a fake withdrawal by someone pretending to be lead researcher Hyun-Tak Kim. The abstract of Hyuntak Kim APS march …
Official data has reports Japan economy in 2023 was $4.2 trillion in 2023, while Germany’s was $4.5 trillion. The U.S., the world’s largest economy, is expected to grow 5.8% to $26.94 trillion. China’s economy, the world’s second-largest, is forecast to shrink 1.0% to $17.7 trillion. Germany tripled from the 1990s to today. The Japan and …
Update on Elon’s $56B pay package case. • Tesla and Elon Musk will appeal the ruling. • Before Elon and Tesla can appeal, the two sides will propose a final order for approval by Judge McCormick, which will include a petition for a legal fee. That legal fee, which will be paid by Tesla, is …
In 2018, Nextbigfuture predicted that Canada would have 40 million people in 2023. Statistics Canada determined that Canada had 40 million people on June 16, 2023. I correctly made this prediction 6 years before it happened. The UN population “actual” numbers are off by 5% for Canada. The UN predictions are off by 20% or …
OpenAI GPT5 has likely started its final training run. An earlier smaller run of a test version of GPT5 gave Sam Altman one of his top 4 feelings of a leap in AI capability. GPT5 will likely include the ability to explain in plain english all of the inference steps and for about 10,000 validation …
In 2023, BYD is expected to become one of the top three energy storage system integrators in China and may even compete for the top spot with CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive. In 2022, BYD was not even in the top ten in terms of domestic energy storage system shipments. In 2023, BYDs total capacity of vehicle …
High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) is a type of DRAM technology that offers a number of advantages: Lower voltages – HBM is designed to operate at lower voltages, which means it generates less heat. Higher capacity – HBM can store more data and process it at once than previous generations. Faster training times – HBM3 Gen2 …
In January 2024, SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker, announced that it will become a total AI memory provider by 2024. The company will also build high-end memory capacity to meet the demand for AI. Hynix is partnering with TSMC for new HBM4 memory in 2026 that will stack on top of GPU …
China’s main chipmaker, SMIC, has put together new semiconductor production lines in Shanghai, to mass-produce Huawei designed smartphone chips with a 5 nanometer lithographic process. In August 2023, Huawei surprised the industry and analysts with a 7 nanometer processor for its Mate 60 Pro premium smartphone launched. The phone helped it to increase shipments in …