On a colorless Monday February morning in California, on the drab San Jose Conference Middle, attendees of the SPIE Superior Lithography and Patterning Convention gathered to listen to tech business luminaries extol the late Gordon Moore, Intel’s cofounder and first CEO, who handed in March final 12 months. 

Moore is finest identified for pioneering Moore’s Legislation, the remark that the variety of transistors on an built-in circuit doubles each two years or so. But when Moore deserves credit score for creating the regulation that drove the progress of the business, it’s Dutch firm ASML, which makes the machines that in flip let producers produce probably the most superior laptop chips on the planet, that deserves a lot of the credit score for guaranteeing that progress stays potential. 

But that additionally means the strain is on. ASML has to proceed ensuring chipmakers can hold tempo with the regulation. Will that be potential? Learn the total story.

—Mat Honan & James O’Donnell

Why Threads is abruptly common in Taiwan

For most individuals all over the world, Meta’s text-based social community Threads is a platform they probably haven’t considered for months. However for Liu, a design skilled in Taipei, it’s the place she’s receiving unprecedented consideration. 

She’s not the one particular person feeling this surge of recognition. Threads has dominated app-store obtain charts in Taiwan for months. Outstanding officers have arrange accounts, and it’s change into the preferred platform amongst younger individuals. However Threads’ sudden success on the island is complicated, and precarious. Learn the total story.