India, US Sign Pact to Cooperate on Critical Battery Mineral Supply Chains

India, US Sign Pact to Cooperate on Critical Battery Mineral Supply Chains

ByNews Polite

Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal and US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo signed an agreement on Thursday to cooperate on strengthening supply chains in the two countries for lithium, cobalt and other critical minerals used in electric vehicles and clean energy applications. The Commerce Department said in a statement that the…

Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced

Microsoft Ignite 2023: Maia, Cobalt AI Chips to Power Copilot and Azure Services Announced

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Microsoft on Wednesday announced a duo of custom-designed computing chips, joining other big tech firms that – faced with the high cost of delivering artificial intelligence services – are bringing key technologies in-house. Microsoft said it does not plan to sell the chips but instead will use them to power…

For EV Batteries, Lithium Iron Phosphate Becoming Material of Choice

For EV Batteries, Lithium Iron Phosphate Becoming Material of Choice

ByNews Polite

As the auto industry scrambles to produce more affordable electric vehicles, whose most expensive components are the batteries, lithium iron phosphate is gaining traction as the EV battery material of choice. The popularity of the chemical compound known as LFP is due partly to environmental and geopolitical concerns. But technological…