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- 3 Jun 2025
Broadcom Ships Latest Networking Chip to Speed AI
Broadcom has begun to ship its latest networking chip that aims to speed AI, the company said on Tuesday. The chip, called the Tomahawk 6, boasts double the performance compared with the prior…
- 31 May 2010
eTranzact launches ‘Genesis’ Chip & Pin Card
eTranzact has launch its Genesis Chip & Pin Card. The eTranzact Genesis CHIP+PIN Card which is an EMV compliant card was unveiled and presented to an audience in Lagos by Mr. Valentine Obi, MD of…
- 1 Jun 2009
Intel’s New Core i7 Chips Showcase
New Core i7 processors from Intel have surfaced on retail sites, giving early details of the new Nehalem-based processors ahead of the company's official launch of the chips. Multiple retail sites…
- 6 May 2021
IBM Unveils World’s First 2 Nanometer Chip Technology with New Frontier for Semiconductors
IBM has unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world’s first chip announced with 2 nanometer (nm) nanosheet technology. Semiconductors play critical…
- 10 Aug 2026
Microsoft to Unveil Next-generation AI Chip in September
Microsoft is planning to unveil its new Maia 300 AI chip this fall, potentially as soon as next month, The Information reported on Monday, citing people with direct knowledge of the plans. The…
- 28 Jul 2025
Tesla Taps Samsung for Next-Gen AI Chip Production in $16.5Bn Deal
Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has announced a $16.5 billion chip supply agreement with Samsung Electronics, a move expected to revive the South Korean company’s struggling foundry business. The deal will see…
- 20 Feb 2024
Elon Musk Says First Human Implanted with Neuralink Brain Chip now Moves a 'Mouse around Screen just by Thinking'
Elon Musk, founder of Neuralink Corp. an American neurotechnology company, has said that the first human patient implanted with a brain chip from Neuralink appears to have fully recovered and is able…
- 18 Sept 2015
Visa Introduces EMV Chip-Based Biometrics
Visa Incorporated has introduced a new specification to use biometrics with chip card transactions. The specification can enable palm, voice, iris, or facial biometrics. This first-of-its kind…
- 2 Nov 2009
Bank Issues Deadline on Migration to Chip & Pin Cards
Banks in Nigeria have said that the present magnetic stripe cards would stop to work soon and urged their customers to migrate to the chip and pin, Nigeria CommunicationsWeek has learnt. This is…
- 16 Feb 2009
Intercontinental Bank Migrates to Chip & Pin Card
Intercontinental Bank has become the first bank to migrate to the newly launched Verve Chip and Pin debit card by InterSwitch with the unveiling of Intercontinental bank Verve Card. Erastus…
- 11 Jul 2015
IBM Unveils Chip to Change Smartphones, Spacecraft
IBM has unveiled a breakthrough new chip which the company described could boost computing power of “everything from smartphones to spacecraft.” The company during the week unveiled the industry’s…
- 31 Jul 2025
China Tightens Grip: Nvidia Probed Over AI Chip Security Flaws Amid Geopolitical Tech Tensions
China’s top internet watchdog, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), has summoned Nvidia to address alleged security vulnerabilities in its H20 AI chips, reigniting tensions around American…
- 22 Jun 2009
IBPlc Pioneers EMV, Spends N200m on Chip & Pin Card
Intercontinental Bank Plc, Nigeria’s financial powerhouse, has spent some N200 million to produce Europay MasterCard and Visa (EMV)-compliant chip and pin based cards issued to its account…
- 20 Feb 2026
AI-Driven Memory Chip Fuels Global Phone Price Surge
Global technology markets are entering a new phase of strain as surging memory chip prices intensify the ongoing semiconductor shortage. For Nigeria, the ripple effects could translate into a 15 - 20…
- 12 Apr 2026
SpaceX Hints at Home‑Built Chip Module for Starlink Mobile
SpaceX is signaling plans to develop its own radio‑frequency chip modules for the Starlink Mobile satellite‑to‑phone service, according to a new job posting for a Senior RF Front‑End Module Design…
- 23 Jul 2013
Prime Media Group Selects Ericsson’s Foremost Professional Video Chip
Prime media group is the first APAC customer to deploy AVP 4000-based platform, powered by Ericsson’s first in-house professional video chip and will also deploy the AVP4000 in both MPEG-4 AVC…
- 12 Nov 2012
Why FG is Installing Chips on Local Aircrafts-NCAA
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said the federal government is installing chips on local aircrafts to immediately ascertain performance abnormalities in domestic aircrafts while they are air…
- 24 Dec 2012
5Bn Wireless Connectivity Chips to Ship in 2013
The number of standards-based wireless connectivity chips including standalone Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, and ZigBee, as well as connectivity combo ICs and platform solutions that will be…
- 18 Sept 2024
FDA Okays Elon Musk’s ‘Blindsight’ Brain Chip to Restore Vision for the Blind
Neuralink, the brain-chip company co-founded by Elon Musk, has achieved a significant milestone with its latest device, “Blindsight,” receiving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
- 3 Mar 2015
Intel Launches New Mobile System on Chips, LTE Solution
Brian Krzanich, Intel Corporation CEO, has announced a series of mobile platforms including the company’s new low-cost system-on-chip (SoC) for phones, phablets and tablets, a global LTE solution,…
- 4 Sept 2017
Huawei Unveils Faster Phone Chip
Huawei aims to use artificial intelligence-powered features such as instant image recognition to take on rivals Samsung and Apple when it launches its new flagship phone next month, a top executive…
- 9 Feb 2009
New Chip Card Renders 28M ATM Cards Useless
More than 28 million users of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), will require new ATM cards to use the computerized devices that provide financial transactions without the need for bank teller,…
- 5 Mar 2024
TECNO Breaks Ground with PolarAce Imaging System Featuring Sony Chip at MWC 2024
In a seismic shift in the mobile technology landscape, TECNO made waves at the 2024 Mobile World Congress (MWC) by unveiling its groundbreaking PolarAce Imaging System, featuring the cutting-edge…
- 20 Mar 2026
U.S. Charges Three in $2.5 Billion Plot to Smuggle Nvidia AI Chips to China
Three individuals connected to a US tech firm have been indicted by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) for their alleged role in a massive scheme to smuggle billions of dollars worth of…
- 24 Apr 2026
Kaspersky Discovers Vulnerability in Qualcomm Snapdragon Chips that can Lead to Data Loss & Device Compromise
Kaspersky ICS CERT discovered a hardware-level vulnerability affecting Qualcomm chipsets that are widely used in a range of consumer and industrial devices, including smartphones and tablets, car…
- 19 Mar 2018
Kaspersky says POS Malware Targets Chip and PIN Cards
Researchers from Kaspersky Lab researchers have discovered that the cyber criminal group behind the Prilex point-of-sale (POS) malware now have the ability to turn stolen credit card data into…
- 29 Sept 2008
EMV Chip Card Will Address ATM Fraud-Bukar
Mr. Kyari Bukar, managing director /chief executive officer, ValuCard Nigeria Plc has distinguished himself through creative achievements to the ICT industry. His company is a flagship which Provides…
- 15 Jun 2010
Dell Offers Graphics Chips to Boost New Blade Server Speeds
Dell Inc., has concluded arrangement to offer graphics processing units with a new blade server to boost its overall application performance. The company is providing optional graphics cards…
- 29 Aug 2017
Nigerian Invents Computer Chip that Smells Explosives
Oshiorenoya Agabi, a Silicon Valley-based inventor, has developed a computer that can recognise the smell of explosives and aid in bomb detection. He unveiled modem-sized technology at the TEDGlobal…
- 28 Feb 2013
Intel, ARM in Tug Of War Over Low-Cost Android Tablet Market
A tug of war has started between world’s largest chip maker Intel and ARM on who best will be patronised in the chip installation business for Android-based tablets, as Intel showed off with one of…