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Impinj introduced three next-generation RAIN RFID reader chips that enable IoT device makers to meet the increasing demand for item connectivity in retail, supply chain and logistics, consumer electronics, and many other markets. The new Impinj E710, E510, and E310 RAIN RFID reader chips are high-performance, low-power systems-on-chips that extend the item connectivity opportunity to hundreds of billions of things worldwide.

This foundry technology is expected to provide a 'one chip solution,' specifically for 5G communications with support for multi-channel and multi-antenna chip designs. Samsung's 8nm RF platform extension is expected to expand the company's leadership in the 5G semiconductor market from sub-6GHz to mmWave applications.

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The website for the M1racles security vulnerability is an excellent demonstration that not all vulnerabilities are exploitable. Be sure to read the FAQ through to the end. EDITED TO ADD: Wired article.

Apple's brand new Mac has a security hole, right inside the processor itself! The vulnerability is baked into Apple Silicon chips, and cannot be fixed without a new silicon revision.

Apple's Arm-based M1 chip, much ballyhooed for its performance, contains a design flaw that can be exploited to allow different processes to quietly communicate with one another, in violation of operating system security principles. Martin has published a proof-of-concept script to demonstrate how to read and write data to the overly talkative system register and a proof-of-concept script for setting up a covert channel on an M1 system.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new security vulnerability in Qualcomm's mobile station modems that could potentially allow an attacker to leverage the underlying Android operating system to slip malicious code into mobile phones, undetected. Designed since the 1990s, Qualcomm MSM chips allows mobile phones to connect to cellular networks and allow Android to take to the chip's processor via the Qualcomm MSM Interface, a proprietary protocol that enables the communication between the software components in the MSM and other peripheral subsystems on the device such as cameras and fingerprint scanners.

IBM unveiled a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world's first chip announced with 2 nanometer nanosheet technology. IBM's new 2 nm chip technology helps advance the state-of-the-art in the semiconductor industry, addressing this growing demand.

A vulnerability in a 5G modem data service could allow mobile hackers to remotely target Android users by injecting malicious code into a phone's modem - gaining the ability to execute code, access mobile users' call histories and text messages, and eavesdrop on phone calls. That's according to Check Point Research, which said that the bug exists in the Qualcomm Mobile Station Modem Interface, which is known as QMI for short.

Billions of Android devices are exposed to a vulnerability in Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chip. A vulnerability in Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem chip- installed in around 30% of the world's mobile devices - can be exploited from within Android.