Intel keeps socket LGA 1700 alive with new P-core-only CPUs — 'Bartlett Lake' is official, but targets embedded applications with up to 12 cores  - Intel’s heavily-rumored Bartlett Lake 12P CPUs are finally official, with a P-core-only design that is compatible with LGA 1700 motherboards. However, they’re targeting embedded and edge applications, not a broad consumer release.

+5 from  tomshardware

 Scientists Just Made Light Do Something Once Thought Impossible  - Physicists have recreated the Nobel Prize–winning quantum Hall effect using light, revealing that photons can follow the same strange quantum rules once thought exclusive to electrons. In the late 1800s, scientists discovered what is now known as the Hall effect. It occurs when an electric current passes...

 Laminated: The Corporate version of Strategy  - or the business of tier 2 Fabless Semiconductor Companies

 Advantest Receives "White 500" Certification from METI for Sixth Consecutive Year

 Okmetic is participating in Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC)  - Okmetic will be participating in APEC 2026 – the Applied Power Electronics Conference, one of the leading global events for power electronics professionals. APEC brings together experts, innovators, and industry leaders to explore the latest advancements in power conversion, energy efficiency, semiconductor...

 DuPont spin-off Qnity invests US$61.5M to expand advanced chip material production in Taiwan  - US semiconductor and electronic materials company Qnity Electronics announced a US$61.5 million investment in Taiwan by acquiring the N9 plant in Zhunan, Miaoli, from Ennostar, aiming to accelerate the expansion of advanced semiconductor material R&D and manufacturing capacity. The new facility is expected...

+2 from  digitimes

 Gartner Forecasts Information Security Spending in India to Total $3.4 Billion in 2026

 Fujitsu and DT-Axis collaborate to advance digital health

 Beijing warns of more chip supply worries after Nexperia China claims it was cut off from SAP  - PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more

 Weekly news roundup: TSMC probe, AI boom, and memory price surge  - Below are the most-read DIGITIMES Asia stories from the week of March 2 - March 8, 2026.

+10 from  digitimes

 Memory bit flips cause up to 15% of Firefox crashes, asserts Mozilla engineer — figure inferred from 470,000 auto-submitted crash reports  - A Mozilla engineer has shared survey data and calculations suggesting that up to 15% of Firefox crashes are due to a bit flip.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Unpacking the deceptively simple science of tokenomics  - feature Inference at scale is much more complex than more GPUs, more tokens, more profits

 Arduino VENTUNO Q brings Qualcomm IQ8 to edge AI  - Arduino has used the eve of embedded world in Nuremberg to unveil the Arduino…

+2 from  eenewseurope

 Nordic Semiconductor expands nRF54L Series with entry-level Bluetooth LE SoCs  - The nRF54L Series now expands to cover a wider range of applications, including cost-sensitive Bluetooth LE products

 Gartner Identifies Three Pillars for Deriving Value from AI

+2 from  gartner

 Taalas is what Etched should have been.  - I\u2019m generating 17,000 tokens per second, and they\u2019re all wrong!

 NXP Advances Edge AI Leadership with New eIQ Agentic AI Framework

 Supporting Young Cultural Exchange: Japan School Working Group Visits ROHM  - Recently, ROHM welcomed the Japan school working group of the German Robert-Schuman-Europaschule to our site in Willich. The visit marks an important step in ROHM’s support for international education and intercultural exchange. As...

 Protonic nickelate device networks for spatiotemporal neuromorphic computing  - An all-nickelate platform based on hydrogenated perovskite nickelates combines proton-mediated transient dynamics with multilevel resistance states; this integration yields emergent spatiotemporal processing and memory for efficient neuromorphic computing.

+2 from  nature

 Elektor Releases March/April 2026 Issue Focused on Embedded Systems and AI  - The March/April 2026 edition of Elektor Magazine is now available, focusing on the latest developments in embedded systems…

 [News] NAND Giant YMTC Reportedly Debuts First Commercial PCIe 5.0 SSD Using In-house Xtacking Flash  - Amid the ongoing global memory shortage, Chinese memory makers are pushing aggressively to capture a bigger slice of the market. According to Tom’s Hardware, YMTC, the nation’s NAND heavyweight, has officially entered the PCIe 5.0 SSD arena with its first commercial offering, the PC550. Accor...

+4 from  trendforce

 EV magnet market set to reach $9.5 billion by 2030  - The global electric-vehicle (EV) magnet market is on a strong growth trajectory as electrification accelerates across the…

 Lock in the RTX 5070 for $599 before prices skyrocket even further — custom overclocked model is only $50 above MSRP  - The RTX 5070 offers strong 1440p performance, 12GB of GDDR7 memory, and support for Nvidia’s latest features like DLSS 4 and Reflex 2.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Chinese SSD maker YMTC lists first commercial PCIe 5.0 SSD as worldwide shortage intensifies — Xtacking 4.0 NAND powers speeds of up to 10,500 MB/s  - The newly listed PC550 SSD targets AI PCs and commercial systems and features PCIe 5.0 x4 connectivity, NVMe 2.0 support, and a four-channel design.

+1 from  tomshardware

 BluGlass enters AUS$1.25m development program with US tier-1 defence prime for visible GaN DFB lasers and gain chips  - Initial AUS$560,000 order for gain chips for use in dual-use aerospace applications

+2 from  semiconductor-today

 TP-Link’s Kasa EP10: If at first it doesn’t connect, buy, buy again  - How different are two generations of smart plugs, and is the recent device’s issue due to hardware, software or a combination of the two? The post TP-Link’s Kasa EP10: If at first it doesn’t connect, buy, buy again appeared first on EDN .

+1 from  planetanalog

 This RF Tag Is Lighter Than a Dewdrop  - Tiny transmitter could help scientists understand surprisingly social wasps

 Elkem ASA: Minutes from Extraordinary General Meeting

 TSMC to hire 8000 new people this year  - TSMC said at the weekend that it will hire 8000 more people this year. Engineer recruits with a Masters will be paid an average of $70k. The new hires are needed at TSMC’s facilities in Taoyuan, Hsinchu, Miaoli, Taichung, Chiayi, Tainan and Kaohsiung. The disciplines being targeted are: electrical engineering,...

+7 from  electronicsweekly

 Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 9  - GPU for FHE; heterogeneous memory design; formal verification; oxide semiconductors for memory; edge agent deployments; RPU; AI hardware roadmap; in-memory computing accelerators. The post Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 9 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .

+3 from  semiengineering

 From Middle East War to Taiwan\u2019s Semiconductor Fabs: Why a Regional Conflict Could Shake the Entire World  - Original Article By SemiVision Research [Reading time: 15 mins]

 Realtek to Showcase Advanced Comprehensive Multimedia and Communication Network Solutions at Embedded World 2026

 TR 44: Claude Code (Again), ASML (briefly), Qwen Crazyness  - TR 44: Claude Code (Again), ASML (briefly), Qwen Crazyness Today, the Slop Sons talk SemiAnalysis' obsession with Claude Code, ASML's 3 shot thing, and the Qwen turbulence.

 ​BluGlass enters A$1.25M development program with Tier 1 defence prime; receives first A$560k order  - Highlights Customer is a tier-1 defence prime supplying advanced systems and services across commercial, military and business aviation sectors Order…

 Defense chips, satellite systems now "100% localized," Chinese academics say  - As conflict in the Middle East intensifies and geopolitical risks rise, governments worldwide are paying closer attention to the resilience of defense supply chains and semiconductor self-sufficiency. Against this backdrop, and as China convenes its annual "Two Sessions," an article jointly authored by...

+4 from  digitimes

 PC processors entered the Gigahertz era today in the year 2000 with AMD's Athlon — AMD hit marketing gold with its 1 GHz Athlon, beat Intel by a nose  - Today in the year 2000, AMD shipped an undisputable milestone processor, its 1 GHz Athlon CPU. Thus, the Gigahertz PC era was born on Monday, March 6, 2000.

+3 from  tomshardware