Silicon Motion Showcases Next Generation PCIe Gen5 SSD Controller and USB4 Portable SSD Controller at Computex 2025

TAIPEI, May 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (NasdaqGS: SIMO) (“Silicon Motion”), a global leader in designing and marketing NAND flash controllers for solid-state storage devices, today announced that it will showcase …

Linux Is Getting Better on Apple Silicon Macs

Asahi Linux, the project to bring a native desktop Linux experience to Apple Silicon Mac computers, is ‘upstreaming’ several major components to the Linux kernel. The team says the change “lightens our maintenance burden,” fixes bugs, and speeds up future …

Silicon Motion enables PCIe 5.0 SSDs at mainstream prices with SM2504XT controller

By now, SSD platform companies have already introduced high-end solutions for drives with a PCIe 5.0 interface, so now it is time to bring this technology to mainstream solid-state drives.  At the upcoming Computex 2025 trade show in Taipei, Silicon Motion …

GlobalWafers opens first U.S. advanced silicon wafer facility in Sherman

SHERMAN, Texas (KXII) - Since breaking ground in December of 2022, the idea that GlobalWafers America should be in Sherman, TX has become reality. GWA President Mark England says the 300 millimeter silicon wafer facility is “the most beautiful building he’ …

VP JD Vance Headed to Bay Area for Silicon Valley Fundraiser

Our graceless Vice President JD Vance will be headed back to the Bay Area, which he once called home in his own venture capital days, for a fundraiser in Atherton on Friday. The event, as NBC Bay Area alerts us, is at the home of venture capitalist Chamath …

CarbonSix Raises $4 Million Seed Funding Led by Top Silicon Valley VCs

CarbonSix, Inc., a robotics startup specializing in AI-powered manipulation for manufacturing, today announced it has raised USD 4 million in seed funding. The round was led by leading Silicon Valley venture capital firms Foothill Ventures and Storm …

Silicon Valley paratransit operator cries foul over VTA decision

VTA has a new shuttle service operator for people with disabilities and the previous contractor is raising concerns about why it was ousted. The public transit agency’s board of directors unanimously and begrudgingly awarded a three-year, $110 million …

The Great Lakes want to be the Silicon Valley of water

As climate extremes dry out the West and global tensions mount, the Great Lakes region is betting big on its most abundant resource: fresh water. The first in a series investigating the blue economy in the Great Lakes region. Brett Walton reports for the …

For Silicon Valley crafters, locally owned alternatives to Joann Fabrics are plentiful. Here’s where to find fabrics and ...

Co-owner Anette Grøstad at Nordic Nest in San Carlos. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney.With the recent demise of Joann Fabrics, Peninsula residents may be looking for alternatives to buy fabrics along with sewing and knitting supplies.  Thankfully, there isn’t a …

Tariff impacts ripple through California economy, hitting Silicon Valley revenue