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Imec has released a sweeping semiconductor roadmap stretching all the way to two thousand thirty eight, detailing process nodes as small as zero point three nanometers. The Belgian research institute is reframing Moore's Law itself, shifting focus from raw transistor counts to cell size density, with a new transistor architecture called CFET becoming viable around the zero point seven nanometer mark. It is a reminder that the physics of miniaturization never gets easier, only more creative.
Meanwhile, Apple has raised prices on its MacBooks and iPhones by up to two hundred dollars, and that move has drawn sharp words from Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who called on Congress to break up major tech companies in response. The price hikes come amid ongoing tariff pressures, and the political reaction signals that the long-running conversation about big tech market power is far from finished.
And in the world of enterprise infrastructure, Microsoft has quietly extended hotpatching support for Windows Server two thousand twenty two into two thousand twenty seven, even though mainstream support for the operating system ends this coming October. It is a practical concession to the reality that large organizations rarely update on anyone else's schedule but their own.
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