The Register

1. Intel's effort to build a foundry biz is costing far more – and taking longer – than expected

   If you wanna make money you've gotta spend money. And against Samsung it's gonna cost a lot

   Analysis Three years after CEO Pat Gelsinger announced Intel would create a foundry business that took on contract manufacturing gigs, Chipzilla has committed to more than $185 billion in spending across new and existing fab, packaging, and test sites.…

2. NASA needs new ideas and tech to get Mars Sample Return mission off the ground

   Current plans are too expensive and slow, meaning China could win race to score red rocks

   NASA still wants to proceed with its Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission but needs its cost to drop – so it's seeking help from the commercial space sector.…

3. Broadcom throws VMware customers on perpetual licenses a lifeline

   Meanwhile, Gartner predicts massive market share loss and European regulators start asking questions

   Broadcom has blinked, and made a couple of changes to support VMware customers who don't want to move to its new software bundle subscriptions.…

4. Alibaba Cloud reveals network telemetry tool that helped cut number of engineers needed by 86%

   Zoonet employs 'elegant generalization of ping and traceroute' among other tricks

   Exclusive Alibaba Cloud has detailed the telemetry tool it uses to look out for glitches in customers' virtual networks, and revealed it’s reduced the number of personnel dedicated to troubleshooting by 86 percent since developing the system.…

5. OpenAI launches Asian operations in Tokyo to avoid being lost in translation

   Local customers get early access to Japanese-language GPT-4

   On Sunday, OpenAI announced the launch of its operations in Asia, beginning with a office in Tokyo, Japan. It's OpenAI's third outpost beyond the United States, following offices in London and Dublin.…