Tag: CHIPS & Science Act
Challenger Deep
January 29, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
It was the best of times, but mostly it was the worst of times, especially if you were Nvidia this week following the meteoric rise of AI model DeepSeek and the massacre of the tech company’s market value.
After releasing its platform less than two years after forming, DeepSeek quickly made waves in the past month gaining a following of techno-faithful singing the praises of the little chat bot that could. Moreover, they did it for a lot less money than competitors like OpenAI...
Mr. Tariff-ic
November 27, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
I was going to write about 2025 predictions this week, but in the spirit of not supporting Christmas music and decorations hitting stores before Thanksgiving is over, I’m going to let that topic stew a while longer.
Instead, I wanted to touch briefly this week on tariffs. If you’ve been following any sort of news, then I’m certain that’s come up in some fashion. I don’t usually linger on political topics in this blog for the same reason you shouldn’t lick the...
The Circle of Life
August 31, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Last week the CHIPS and Science Act was signed and meant to help jumpstart American efforts to supercharge our domestic semiconductor industry and reduce costs of labor while providing jobs to Americans. The answer to what this has to do with security, is everything. Cybersecurity, residential, industrial, national security, the whole shebang. It’s the circle of life.
Not just security either, literally everything. You’d be hard pressed to find any product not tagged as a smart device...
Commerce Dept. launches CHIPS.gov as CHIPS and Science Act signed
August 25, 2022Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Commerce has launched the CHIPS.gov website in order to assist implementation of the recently signed CHIPS and Science Act of 2022.
Signed on August 25, the CHIPS and Science Act seeks to address lowering the costs of goods and creating high paying manufacturing industry jobs. Foremost among them the Semiconductor industry where the government hopes to shore up supply chain weaknesses made evident by the onset of the pandemic in 2020 and tremulous...