Let there be limits—Pope Leo invokes scripture on AI's moral peril, Anthropic in tow - Pope Leo XIV released a major document on May 25, warning about the dangers of AI, from autonomous weapons to what he claims is its relation to "new forms of slavery" arising from the industry. An unexpected attendee of the pope's Vatican event announcing the document's release was Anthropic co-founder...
US Chips Act money for quantum - US Chips Act R&D awards for Quantum Computing have been made to: $1bn – IBM $375m – Globalfoundries $100m each – Atom Computing, Rigetti, D-Wave, Infleqtion and PsiQuantum Up to $38m – Diraq The awards are structured as letters of intent, with the federal government receiving minority, non-controlling...
Lightmatter joins TSMC on COUPE for 3D optical engines - AI computing's massive demand for infrastructure is making interconnect and laser technologies key to overcoming power and bandwidth limits, prompting silicon photonics unicorn Lightmatter to unveil its latest laser product, Guide DR. To advance its 3D-stacked silicon photonics engine, Lightmatter is...
Library Characterization gets a Boost from AI - The semiconductor industry creates increasingly complex SoC and chiplets using lots of IP and all of that IP needs to be characterized at the cell level. As we design with 3nm and 2nm nodes, the sheer volume of data required for accurate static timing analysis (STA) is greatly increasing. Modern design...
Technical Ceramics Market worth $20.27 billion by 2031 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™ - Ceramics Market by Material (Oxide, Non-oxide), Product Type (Monolithic Ceramics, Ceramic Coatings), End-use Industry (Electronics & Semiconductor, Automotive, Energy & Power, Medical, Military & Defense), and Region - Global Forecast to 2031', The technical ceramics market is projected
AI server boom squeezes Samsung Electro-Mechanics' component supply - Samsung Electro-Mechanics is emerging as another beneficiary of the AI data center buildout, as demand for high-end capacitors and package substrates pushes parts of its component business closer to full capacity.
Researchers upcycle pomegranate peel into high-performance water purifier - Pomegranate peel discarded by food vendors could soon help clean up contaminated water, thanks to research from the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science. Led by Professor Sam Li, the research team developed a ...
Research Bits: May 26 - Three approaches toward energy-harvesting displays. The post Research Bits: May 26 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Flash diagnostics and health monitoring for NOR memory - The premise of NOR flash diagnostics marks a shift from reactive fault handling to proactive health monitoring of memory device. The post Flash diagnostics and health monitoring for NOR memory appeared first on EDN .
Emerging Battery Technologies Accelerate Off-Highway Electrification - Future battery technologies beyond just NMC and LFP will be critical to the electrification of many off-highway machines. This article highlights which technologies are able to meet the unique demands of such machines and are expected to see greater adoption in the future off-highway market.
Huawei will now power electric two-wheelers with HarmonyOS tech - Huawei has formed a partnership with Aima Technologies to provide smart driving services for new electric two-wheelers featuring the HarmonyOS intelligent ecosystem. The company will share...
Micron's HBM4 Ramp-Up Progressing Smoothly, HBM4E Mass Production Set for Next Year - Micron Technology's ramp-up of sixth-generation high bandwidth memory (HBM4) production capacity is progressing smoothly. The company also plans to begin mass production of next-generation HBM4E standard products next year.Manish Bhatia, executive vice president of global operations at Micron Techno
Designing low-power CGMs with TMR-based magnetic sensing - Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) have reshaped diabetes management by delivering real-time glucose readings, freeing patients from frequent finger-stick testing. These Continue Reading The post Designing low-power CGMs with TMR-based magnetic sensing appeared first on EDN .
Enterprise - Mobile ward rounds, remote consultation, high-definition medical image access, and hospital-wide smart IoT have become standard necessities for medical institutions. Learn how the Xinghe Intelligent Network is driving smart healthcare forward.
Huawei reveals Mate 90 series launch date - Huawei has officially brought the Mate 90 series launch date to light. While revealing key details about its new Kirin mobile chipset, the Chinese tech giant...
Nvidia's reporting pivot and AMD's US$10B Taiwan bet signal a new frontier in AI chip war - Nvidia's structural pivot to isolate its ACIE market and AMD's US$10 billion investment in Taiwan infrastructure signal a profound realignment in the AI chip war. Both developments reflect a shared urgency to expand beyond traditional hyperscale clouds into the booming, highly lucrative global enterprise,...
Hacking a Video Walkie Talkie’s TXW818 MCU and Running DOOM - Recently cheapo video walkie-talkies popped up on everyone’s favorite online retailers, which naturally lured in the usual gaggle of reverse-engineering enthusiasts of cheap tat to see what’s inside these devices, …read more
New Holographic 3D Printing Method Is 70x More Efficient - A new holographic 3D-printing platform can produce detailed living structures faster, larger, and with greater accuracy than previous methods. What if a 3D printer could create soft, living tissue in seconds instead of slowly building it layer by layer? Researchers at EPFL are moving closer to that goal...
Defense as a software business - Defense is no longer a sector that software-intensive companies can ignore on principle or engage with only through the narrow traditional procurement channels, Jan Bosch observes.
CEO Interview with Vivek Raghunathan of Xscape Photonics - Vivek has over 18 years of experience in silicon photonics. He was a Sr. Principal Engineer, Product Architect and Program Leader for Integrated Silicon Photonics at Broadcom driving key core technology development required to co-package optics with switches and demonstrated industry’s first 25.6T Ethernet...
Improving GPU Energy Efficiency With Component-Level Power Management (AMD) - Researchers from AMD released “CompPow: A Case for Component-level GPU Power Management”. Abstract “The ever increasing demand for ML-driven intelligence in a wide spectrum of domains has led to ubiquity of GPUs. At the same time, GPUs are notorious for their power consumption needs and often dominate...
SK hynix unveils 'iHBM' thermal solution to boost AI performance - the AI environment for its customers."About SK hynix Inc.SK hynix Inc., headquartered in Korea, is the world's top-tier semiconductor supplier offering Dynamic Random Access Memory chips ("DRAM") and flash memory chips ("NAND flash") for a wide range of distinguished customers
Portable jump starters: A dubious primary use case, but not a total waste - While its vehicle battery resurrection skills are uncertain at best, this device also offers other useful abilities. The post Portable jump starters: A dubious primary use case, but not a total waste appeared first on EDN .
Gate-driver ICs for three-phase brushless motors - ST’s STDRIVE102 gate-driver ICs for three-phase brushless motors have been augmented by the STDRIVE102P and STDRIVE102BP that feature an SPI interface to simplify configuring the gate current and other settings. Designed for supply voltages from 6V to 50V, the STDRIVE102 series ensures high energy efficiency...
Redesigning Management Foundations that Integrate Growth and Trust - AI agents, physical AI, and quantum computing boost competitiveness while expanding risks such as credential misuse. This article explores redesigning management foundations to integrate growth and trust.
Adorable ASCII Aquarium Lives On Your Desk - [Kert Gartner]’s ASCII Aquarium turns a cheap yellow display (CYD) into a tiny simulated aquarium, complete with ASCII sea creatures each with their own behaviors. There’s all kinds of options …read more
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