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HMGCC Challenge seeks technology to identify hostile RF emitters - The HMGCC (His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre) is launching a challenge – via the Satellite Applications Catapult – to create technology that can identify hostile RF emitters in battlefield situations. […] The post HMGCC Challenge seeks technology to identify hostile RF emitters appeared...
AMD Forecast Exceeds Estimates After AI Chip Demand Soars - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a key challenger to Nvidia Corp. in artificial intelligence chips, gave a revenue forecast that exceeded analysts’ estimates, showing that demand for data center processors remains strong.
CTO Interview with Ed Plowman of Imagination Technologies - Ed Plowman is Chief Technology Officer at Imagination Technologies, where he leads technology strategy, advanced architecture research and long-term innovation initiatives. He focuses on the convergence of graphics, compute and artificial intelligence, helping shape the next generation of efficient and...
ToothPaste Goes Where Your Password Manager Doesn’t - One of the easiest ways of improving security and privacy when using the Internet, and computers in general, is to use strong passwords unique to each site or service. A …read more
Stock Movers: Apple, Palantir, On Semiconductor - Today’s biggest winners and losers in the stock market, a look at the notable movers: On this episode of Stock Movers: - Apple (AAPL) posted decelerating sales growth in its September quarter, with China revenue missing estimates, in the first earnings report since John Ternus took over as chief executive...
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 3 - Meter-scale quantum interconnects; 2.5D/3D GPU integration and embodied emissions; secure memory-dependent prefetching; routing-aware analog placement; AI-enhanced flip-chip defect detection; superposed PCM for neural-network vector storage. The post Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 3 appeared...
A Hidden Nanoscopic Effect Is Disrupting Some of the World’s Most Sensitive Sensors - Nanomechanical resonators are vital to precision sensing and emerging quantum technologies, but their extraordinary sensitivity comes with an unexpected vulnerability. A nanomechanical device can lose much of its ability to sustain vibrations without ever touching another object. Researchers at EPFL have...
SEMI Foundation Recognizes FM Industries for Advancing Semiconductor Workforce Development - 2026 Excellence in Achievement Award honors the company's leadership in expanding apprenticeships, investing in employee advancement, and strengthening the semiconductor workforce. The post SEMI Foundation Recognizes FM Industries for Advancing Semiconductor Workforce Development appeared first on Semiconductor...
Building lasting trust in the Korea-U.S. alliance - Building lasting trust in the Korea-U.S. alliance Seoul should insist on clear conditions, meaningful consultation and commercial safeguards in major investment and security decisions with Washington. 11/2/2026 - 10:01 AM Opinion Desk
Disassembling a SFP Ethernet adapter - If you need a spare RJ45 switch port but none are available, use a spare SFP instead. Ethernet adapters can’t be beat, but mind the heat. The post Disassembling a SFP Ethernet adapter appeared first on EDN .
Andes Waits For Market Momentum For Cuzco CPU - Andes CTO Charlie Su said the company put its high-end RISC-V CPU on the back burner for commercial reasons. The post Andes Waits For Market Momentum For Cuzco CPU appeared first on EE Times .
Intel’s Tiny Bridges Could Lead to Very Big Paychecks - Intel’s next big opportunity could come from something that sounds spectacularly unglamorous: connecting tiny pieces of silicon. Advanced packaging rarely attracts the attention lavished on powerful processors or artificial intelligence models. Yet it increasingly determines how effectively those technologies...
Latest issue of Semiconductor Today now available - For coverage of all the key business and technology developments in compound semiconductors and advanced silicon materials and devices over the last month, see latest issue
Tower Semiconductor and Innolight Advance High-Performance Near-Package Optics for AI Infrastructure - Leveraging Tower's 200mm and 300mm Silicon Photonics platforms, the collaboration supports multiple generations of Near-Packaged Optics development for AI infrastructure. The post Tower Semiconductor and Innolight Advance High-Performance Near-Package Optics for AI Infrastructure appeared first on Semiconductor...
ICT discontinues Improve - ICT Group has decided to stop the activities of Improve, its subsidiary specializing in testing, quality management and requirements engineering.
Fast, Sub-Volt HZO Ferroelectric Capacitors For DRAM-Like Memory (SNU) - Seoul National University-led researchers published “Resolving the Kay–Dunn limit and the speed–endurance dilemma in ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 for DRAM-class sub-volt capacitors.” The first author, Geun Hyeong Park, Ph.D., summarizes the work here: “Fast, frequently rewritten memory requires...
UK Space Agency invites proposals for international space partnerships - The UK Space Agency is inviting proposals for space-based projects that will help strengthen international partnerships for the UK space sector. Funding will be through the government’s International Bilateral Fund […] The post UK Space Agency invites proposals for international space partnerships...
A wide-range, linearly-programmable DC/DC converter - This Design Idea presents a simple, low-cost, highly flexible, and scalable DC/DC converter, complete with measured prototype results. The post A wide-range, linearly-programmable DC/DC converter appeared first on EDN .
Marvell Snaps Photonics Chipmaker Lumentum to Bolster AI Connectivity - The $115 billion deal aims to create a category leader in AI connectivity by co-designing network processors and lasers for optical transceivers. The post Marvell Snaps Photonics Chipmaker Lumentum to Bolster AI Connectivity appeared first on EE Times .
Future Military Trends - PROBLEMS facing military communicators – past, present, and future – were described by Major-General Eric Cole, Director of Telecommunications, War Office, in his presidential address to the Radio Society of […] The post Future Military Trends appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Co-Optimizing Access Points Improves Analog Placement (UT Austin) - Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin published “APPlace: Co-Optimizing Device Locations and Access Points for Routing-Aware Analog Placement.” Abstract “Analog layout automation remains challenging in Analog/Mixed-Signal circuit design, because parasitics and mismatches introduced during...
FSS 2027 Location and Travel - Venue Bradenton Area Convention Center The 2027 Florida Semiconductor Summit will be held at the Bradenton Area Convention Center in Palmetto, Florida, with free parking on site. 1 Haben Blvd., Palmetto, FL 34221Phone: (941) 722-3244 Where to stay Recommended hotels Reserve through the links below to...
AI to the Edge: Generative Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Designed for embedded engineers, robotics developers, AI practitioners, and technical leaders, this webinar explores how generative intelligence is helping shape the future of physical AI. The post AI to the Edge: Generative Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems appeared first on EE Times ....
Anthropic's S-1 Opens the Books, Oracle Goes Heterogeneous, and the Real AI Capital Race - Anthropic's S-1 puts frontier AI economics on the public record, Oracle adds TPUs and Cerebras to a compute stack that was mostly NVIDIA, and hyperscaler earnings show cloud growth is exceeding free cash flow. Together they make capital structure, more than demand, the constraint on who can scale. Patrick...
Health Report: CEA-Leti’s Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Healthcare - From neurotechnologies and medical imaging to smart sensors and personalized medicine, micro- and nanotechnologies are opening up new possibilities for preventing, diagnosing, and treating diseases. At CEA-Leti, these scientific advances are being transformed into technological solutions to shape the...
Putting AI To The Test - Who verifies the verifier? This is the age-old question for anyone involved in the verification of semiconductor systems. Who verifies AI? The post Putting AI To The Test appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Samsung to reportedly make AMD, Nvidia HBM base dies at second Texas fab - Samsung Electronics plans to produce high-bandwidth memory (HBM) base dies for AMD at its second foundry plant in Taylor, Texas, with the US chipmaker accounting for most of the facility's planned output, South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper reported on November 3, citing industry sources. The report...
Effect of compensation on magnetic ordering in (Ga,Mn)As - The real mechanism of ferromagnetism in III-V diluted magnetic semiconductors such as Ga _{1-x} _{1-x} Mn _x _x As is still debated. The experimental results point out the realization of appreciable ferromagnetism at filling of the impurity band close to one-half that can be expressed in terms of compensation...
Building connections across the research infrastructure - MIT.nano and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition gathered facility leaders and technology professionals from across the nation to explore ways to make shared-access facilities more connected.
Ceva’s next NeuPro generation opens new possibilities across AI - Ceva is broadening the possibilities for AI silicon with a new generation of its NeuPro neural processing unit portfolio, bringing a common architecture and unified software environment to applications spanning sensors, intelligent devices and cloud infrastructure.
ElectraIC Avionics IP Cores for FPGA: MIL-STD-1553B, ARINC 429 and ARINC 664 - AnySilicon IP Vendor Spotlight: Avionics communication interfaces demand precise timing, dependable data handling and extensive verification. For FPGA design teams, developing these protocol functions from scratch can add significant integration and validation effort. In this spotlight, Ates Berna, General...
AI Hardware’s Hidden Cost: Between Orders and Output - Alphabet’s TPU inventory, Intel’s manufacturing tradeoffs, and equipment suppliers’ balance sheets show how capital builds up along the path to usable AI computing capacity. The post AI Hardware’s Hidden Cost: Between Orders and Output appeared first on EE Times .
Pixxel Establishes Pixxel Federal to Expand Govt. Operations - Pixxel, a space technology company building high-resolution hyperspectral satellites, established Pixxel Federal, a U.S. subsidiary focused on delivering advanced Earth observation technologies, satellite mission systems, and geospatial intelligence...
Baidu AI Chip Unit’s Hong Kong IPO Is Said to Slip to Next Year - An initial public offering of Baidu Inc.’s artificial intelligence chip unit may slip to next year, people with knowledge of the matter said, as the company waits for approval from the Chinese securities regulator.
Memory price surge hits smartphones, cutting 2026 mobile SoC shipments nearly 20% - The AI infrastructure boom has driven up memory prices across consumer electronics, dampening sales of smartphones and notebooks while hitting upstream system-on-chip (SoC) developers. With memory prices projected to keep climbing through 2027, industry observers generally expect end-market sales to remain...
Building lasting trust in the Korea-U.S. alliance (KOR) - Building lasting trust in the Korea-U.S. alliance (KOR) Seoul should insist on clear conditions, meaningful consultation and commercial safeguards in major investment and security decisions with Washington. 11/2/2026 - 07:25 PM Opinion Desk
Scientists Discover a Powerful New Way To Destroy Toxic “Forever Chemicals” - A new water-treatment technology could offer a breakthrough in the fight against forever chemicals. Scientists have developed a new way to destroy toxic “forever chemicals” in water rather than simply filter them out. During a 58-day experiment, the system removed more than 90% of each of six PFAS...
What a Week! Anthropic Opens the Books, Intel Raises More Questions, Marvell and Lumentum?? - Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg unpack a packed week for AI and semiconductors, starting with Anthropic’s S-1 and what it reveals about the cost of staying at the frontier. We discuss why enterprise AI adoption still has room to grow, what our latest CIO survey says about ROI, and why Anthropic wants more...
FormalOS adds structure to RTL verification and sign-off - Lubis EDA has released FormalOs, a verification infrastructure platform which is designed to be a tool-agnostic orchestration layer for verification for SoC, asic and IP sign-off projects. According to the […] The post FormalOS adds structure to RTL verification and sign-off appeared first on Electronics...
Machines that think: agents in the enterprise - This is the eleventh part in a series on how AI is crossing out of software and into the physical world. This time, Jan Bosch looks at when software stops answering and starts acting.
Group 14 expands into Spain - Group14 Technologies, the manufacturer and supplier of advanced silicon battery materials, has closed a €150 million (~$169 million USD) Series D equity extension. As part of the funding, Group14 has […] The post Group 14 expands into Spain appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Hong Kong Chip IPOs Tap Intertwined Investors, Boss’s Networks - Hong Kong listing hopefuls are shedding light on the inner workings of their initial public offerings, revealing cross-investments and personal connections, just as regulators step up scrutiny of structures that risk distorting the market.
