Taiwan-based IC design house Airoha Technology, a MediaTek spin-off, has announced that it has successfully landed in the US market with deployments of what it calls the world’s fastest XGS-PON broadband networks that ensure symmetric 8Gbps upload and download speeds with 3ms low latency.

California recently asked homeowners to reduce electricity consumption to help avoid blackouts as temperatures soared and the power system struggled to keep up. The plea was effective, with consumers temporarily dialing back demand enough to keep the lights on across the state. But these sorts of close calls are the stuff of nightmares for system operators, and this specific brush with near-disaster had a new element that caught a lot of attention: a call to electric vehicle owners to avoid charging during peak demand hours.

Back in August, Samsung announced the QN100B global launch starting from South Korea. However, it wasn’t until now that the brand unveiled the full specifications of the, currently, only model from the series – the Samsung 98QN100B. This 98″ Neo QLED 4K TV has the following names according to the market: Samsung QN98QN100B – in North America Samsung QE98QN100B – in Europe; Samsung GQ98QN100BTXZG…

With automotive chip shortages gradually abating, Chinese automakers reportedly have asked suppliers to cut prices by 15-20% on those chips not in short supply, looking to reduce production costs, according to industry sources. This is a sharp contrast to practices by mainstream automakers in Europe, the US, Japan, and Korea. They usually adopt flexible negotiations with suppliers in seeking price cuts on those chips and components having been rising in quotes several times during tight supply, so as to maintain long-term partnerships, the sources said.