the whole point here is that it’s fun to make though

Could be useful for minimally invasive surgery since the gripper’s small size and ability to operate through channels narrower than 300 micrometers make it ideal for delicate surgical procedures. Single cell biology research would be another since the device can grasp, transport, and release individual human cancer cells without damaging them. Potentially could enable microscale assembly and manufacturing. The team demonstrated the ability to assemble miniature mechanical components like bearings and gearboxes with micrometer precision. Drug delivery and targeted therapy would be another interesting use.

ah sorry, Poe’s law

yeah, better late than never as the saying goes

China’s LineShine supercomputer has dethroned El Capitan as the world’s number one supercomputer, going straight to the top of the charts after the National Supercomputer Center in Shenzhen (NSCS) submitted its results.

indeed

To be fair, is there any other way to be a NATO fan though…

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looks like I made eurofash mad again 🤣

Sure, I’m not arguing there isn’t a gap currently. I just don’t see the gap as being consequential in any way that matters already.

It seems like Tau architecture might close the performance gap even without EUV though. Similarly Huawei managed to get clever with optical connections in their Ascend clusters to actually outperform NVIDIA for AI training. https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3315068/how-huaweis-ascend-ai-chips-outperform-nvidia-processors-running-deepseeks-r1-model

So, the gap really isn’t that big in practice. Also worth noting that software side plays just as much role here as well. Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, and even Linux all have a lot of legacy decisions baked into them for backwards compatibility needed to support existing software. Huawei building a fresh stack on top of HarmonyOS allows them to make a much leaner stack that’s not saddled with all the prior baggage. And that can make overall user experience a lot better even on slower hardware. Modern software is incredibly bloated, and addressing the bloat is a low hanging fruit that can be plucked right now without the need for EUV machines. The benefits will stack with faster chips as well just the same way Tau will stack with EUV.

In a way, decoupling from Western tech stack could actually provide a lot of benefits because it opens up the way for doing things differently without having to worry about the way existing legacy stack works.

Right, and on top of it Huawei is coming up with new ways to arrange transistors with stuff like Tau folding architecture, which combined wtih EUV might actually allow Chinese chip makers to push far ahead of traditional chip designs.

They started destroying bridges across the Dnieper in the south. Where supplies come from Romania.

Amazed it took them this long to finally start cutting supply lines from Europe.

oh and here’s how relations between China and the west are actually like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVOS6RVr6H0

China does not yet have the technology to overtake Taiwan.

China absolutely does have the technology to overtake Taiwan, and if you look at the history of how fast Chinese technology develops, it should be obvious that it’s not going to take long. Look at what happened with solar panels, EVs, batteries, phones, etc. In every case, once China ramped up research and production, they leapfrogged the rest of the world within years. China sees chip production as a national security issue, they will be pouring state level resources into it.

Meanwhile here’s what Stanford has to say about AI https://hai.stanford.edu/news/inside-the-ai-index-12-takeaways-from-the-2026-report

Not only has China basically closed the gap already, but they’re doing it at a tiny fraction of the cost.

Calling a literal quote from Schmidt sensationalist is quite the hot take. Also, if you think technology is separate from politics then grow the fuck up.

He’s unquestionably a hero.

O7

What’s changed now though is that material conditions have deteriorated significantly from 15 years go. People didn’t really have a reason to question the system as long as they could make ends meet and have some hope for the future. Today, a huge chunk of population has been pushed to the brink, and young people have nothing to look forward to. And that creates disillusionment in the system which makes people a lot more aware of what’s happening.

the joy of open source