Kicking the Year Off with Brighter Lives at CES - NXP participated in CES 2026, showcasing "Brighter Lives" smart home products, solutions, and demonstrations including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, UWB, and NFC.
2026 Outlook with Randy Caplan of Silicon Creations - Randy Caplan is co-founder and CEO of Silicon Creations, and a lifelong technology enthusiast. For almost two decades, he has helped grow Silicon Creations into a leading mixed-signal semiconductor IP company with 500+ customers spanning almost every major market segment. He has driven the development...
ESP32-P4 Powers Retro Handheld after a Transplant - The ESP32-P4 is the new hotness on the microcontroller market. With RISC-V architecture and two cores running 400 MHz, to ears of a certain vintage it sounds more like the …read more
US allows Nvidia to send advanced AI chips to China with restrictions - The US Commerce Department on Tuesday opened the door for Nvidia to sell advanced artificial intelligence chips in China with restrictions, following through on a policy shift announced last month by President Donald Trump.
TSMC to hike US investment to $465bn - TSMC will build another another five fabs in Arizona on top of the six fabs so far announced, under a new trade deal between the US and Taiwan which will be announced shortly, report the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. The deal will hike TSMC’s investment in Arizona from the current $165 billion...
Challenges In Moving Data In Chips - How to ensure the right data arrives at a shared memory at the right time. The post Challenges In Moving Data In Chips appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
[News] TSMC Earnings Preview: $150B Capex Over Next Three Years Tops Five Key Focuses - Ahead of TSMC’s earnings call on January 15, the market has already been flooded with reports that the company may build five additional fabs in Arizona under a U.S.–Taiwan trade framework. But what else should investors be watching when results are released tomorrow? A TechNews report flags ...
SK Hynix to spend 19 trillion won in new chip packaging fab - SK Hynix said on Tuesday that it will spend 19 trillion won to build a new packaging fab called P&T7 at its facility in Cheongju.The investment was a preemptive response to the surging demand for high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips caused by the increased competition in AI, the South Korean chipmaker
CEO Interview with Scott Bibaud of Atomera - Scott Bibaud has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2015. Mr. Bibaud has been active in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years. He has successfully built a number of businesses in his career which grew to generate over $1 Billion in revenue at some of the world’s...
Plastic transient voltage suppressors for aerospace and defence - Microchip has announced a family of non-hermetic plastic uni-directional TVS (transient voltage suppressor) devices that meet the MIL-PRF-19500/716 for aerospace and defence. “These TVS devices are the first in the industry to achieve MIL-PRF-19500 qualification in a plastic package,” claimed the...
5 octave linear(ish)-in-pitch power VCO - Using the TDA7052A audio amplifier to generate a five octave, linear in pitch voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The post 5 octave linear(ish)-in-pitch power VCO appeared first on EDN .
What Is DRAM? (Semi 101) - DRAM is volatile memory that has the advantages of simplicity and high density. Lam is continuously innovating for each DRAM inflection as data-intensive AI requires more and more data at higher speeds.
Doping-Dependent Charge Trapping in WS2 FETs (KU Leuven, imec, TU Wien) - A new technical paper titled “Impact of doping and channel inhomogeneities on the stability of industrially fabricated WS2 FETs” was published by researchers at KU Leuven, imec and TU Wien. Abstract “We report doping-dependent charge trapping in WS2 field-effect transistors fabricated on a 300 mm...
Extend the LM358 op-amp family’s output voltage range - Extend the LM358 op-amp family’s output voltage range by cascading the op-amp with a few simple, inexpensive components. The post Extend the LM358 op-amp family’s output voltage range appeared first on EDN .
SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) Market to Reach US$50 billion in 2036 - Decarbonization of the aviation and maritime sectors will require large amounts of low-carbon fuels to reach global net-zero targets. IDTechEx forecasts that the global sustainable aviation fuel market may reach US$50 billion in 2036.
The courts won’t resolve the Nexperia conflict - As the Dutch Enterprise Chamber convenes its first public hearing in the Nexperia case on Wednesday, it will be asked to rule on governance. What it can’t rule on is time.
[News] NVIDIA Reportedly Pivots to 8GB RTX 5060 amid Memory Crunch, Older GPUs Back in Play - While NVIDIA’s Rubin steals the spotlight at CES, the AI chip giant may be quietly reshaping its GPU lineup. Reports from Wccftech, citing VideoCardz and BoardChannels, reveal that amid VRAM shortages, NVIDIA is pivoting the RTX 50 series supply: ramping up GeForce RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti 8 GB models......
Realtek and Phison compete to enter Nvidia's AI supply chain as memory tech upgrades - An internal structural photo of Nvidia's Quantum-X Photonics silicon photonics (SiPh) switch revealed that its solid-state drive (SSD) controller chip was branded with the iconic Realtek crab logo. Although it usually keeps a low profile and does not comment on specific partners, this is an indication...
Active Copper Cables: A New Class of Rack Interconnects for Further Optimizing AI - The exponential growth in AI workloads drives new requirements for connectivity in terms of data rate, associated bandwidth and distance, especially for scale-up applications. With direct attach copper (DAC) cables reaching their limits in terms of bandwidth and distance, a new class of cables, active...
Stanford Researchers Develop New Material That Changes Color and Texture Like an Octopus - Inspired by the remarkable camouflage abilities of octopus and cuttlefish, Stanford researchers have developed a soft material that can rapidly shift its surface texture and color at extremely fine scales. Octopus and cuttlefish are masters of disguise. Many species can quickly shift both the color and...
An SD Card of Your Own For Microcontroller Projects - If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, …read more
[News] Intel Reportedly Reaffirms 14A Commitment as Lip-Bu Tan Hints at Possible Customer Interest - Intel has unveiled its 18A-based Core Ultra 3-series “Panther Lake” processors at CES, but industry attention is already shifting to what comes next. According to Tom’s Hardware, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said in an Intel News video posted on X that the company is “going big time into 14A,” adding th......
[News] SK hynix to Build Cheongju Advanced Packaging Fab, Boosting HBM Output by 2027 - As previously reported by ZDNet, SK hynix is exploring plans for its first U.S. HBM packaging facility. Meanwhile, the memory giant is accelerating its domestic expansion, announcing today a KRW 19 trillion investment in a new advanced packaging fab, P&T7, at its Cheongju site. The facility is p...
TSMC Arizona yields depend on Taiwan's on-site experts - TSMC is known for strong performance and high yields in advanced chip manufacturing, supplying key customers such as Nvidia and Apple. But producing leading-edge semiconductors requires more than 2,000 tightly coordinated process steps, making yield optimization a persistent challenge, including at TSMC's...
Evolving Thermal Management Systems in BESS and EVs - Thermal management systems could be likened to the glue holding operations together, to ensure systems can run smoothly in optimal conditions. This article explores in particular IDTechEx's research into thermal management for battery energy storage systems and electric vehicles.
Competitive Benchmarking Through Teardown Analysis - Competitive Benchmarking Through Teardown Analysis 10 Min Read January 14, 2026 Beyond Component Lists: Why Comprehensive Teardown Analysis Is Your Competitive Advantage Every product manufacturer faces the same strategic challenge: competitors'
Iluvatar CoreX sets three-generation GPU plan, eyes H200 performance - As China's domestic GPU developers accelerate public listings and expand both technological and capital investment, competition is shifting toward next-generation computing power. Iluvatar CoreX said it will unveil a three-generation GPU roadmap on January 26, 2026, outlining a new GPGPU architecture,...
Uncovering a hidden mechanism in Met receptor activation - Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University, in collaboration with Osaka University and the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, have uncovered a previously unknown ...
New global standard set for testing graphene's single-atom thickness - Graphene could transform everything from electric cars to smartphones, but only if we can guarantee its quality. The University of Manchester has led the world's largest study to set a new global benchmark for testing graphene's ...
Electroninks Showcases Top Industry Predictions for 2026 - From AI to high-performance computing — we take a look at emerging use cases and predictions in the industry AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, January 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Electroninks, the leader in metal organic decomposition (MOD) inks for additive manufacturing and advanced semiconductor packaging,...
The Efficient 5G Core: Intel and Nokia Efforts for OPEX Reduction - Nokia and Intel have extended IPM-driven power efficiency for Nokia Core on Intel® Xeon® 6 processors with E-cores, delivering up to 60% savings versus non‑IPM baselines. These gains benefit CoSPs acr...
Leapers Semiconductor Adopts Melexis’ Pioneering Si-RC Snubber - Melexis announces that Leapers Semiconductor is integrating the MLX91299 silicon-based RC snubber into next-generation power modules, highlighting how close cooperation delivers real system-level benefits for automotive and energy management applications.
Siemens and NVIDIA Expand Partnership to Build the Industrial AI Operating System - At CES in Las Vegas, Siemens and NVIDIA announced a major expansion of their long-standing collaboration, aiming to create what they term the “Industrial AI Operating System.” This ambitious initiative seeks to embed artificial intelligence deeply across the entire industrial value chain—from design...
Could New Nuclear Feed Power-Hungry Data Centers? - In this article, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Noah El Alami discusses the potential of the new generation of nuclear technologies - fission small modular reactors (SMRs) and fusion energy - in powering the ever-increasing capacity of AI data centers.
China files to launch 193,448 satellites - China has submitted two filings to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), each for 96,714 satellites. The CTC-1 filing is for a single notional Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) system. The CTC-2 filing is still at the API (Advanced Publication Information) stage. CTC-1 and CTC-2 are early-stage...
