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Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 Chipsets
Qualcomm has launched two new flagship mobile chipsets, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, featuring advanced AI capabilities, improved performance, and enhanced gaming and camera technologies. Both are built on a 2nm process and support agentic AI, with the Extreme variant offering additional upgrades.
4 outletsBusinessSK hynix Breaks Ground on First U.S. HBM Packaging Plant in Indiana
SK hynix has held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $4 billion advanced packaging and testing facility for high-bandwidth memory in West Lafayette, Indiana, with mass production targeted for the second half of 2029.
2 outletsBusinessAI Data Center Boom Sparks Pollution Concerns in Texas and Public Backlash in Kansas
Amazon's new natural gas plant for a Texas AI data center could become the largest single source of CO₂ emissions in the U.S., while a Kansas city council has moved meetings online and canceled public comment after facing death threats over a separate data center dispute.
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