The 8-bit Web Server - Even [maurycyz] doesn’t think it is a good idea, but it is possible to use an AVR 8-bit CPU to serve web pages. Of course, it is a vastly simplified …read more
[Blog] Trust Is No Longer Assumed: Why SPDM Is Redefining Secure Infrastructure - Every major shift in datacenter architecture moves certain security capabilities from nice-to-have to non-negotiable. As systems become more disaggregated, platforms more modular, and firmware delivery increasingly network-based, traditional trust assumptions no longer hold. Hardware is sourced across...
Closing the Silicon Realization Gap: From Static DFM to Governance for Lifecycle (GFL) - The semiconductor industry has achieved extraordinary mastery in silicon signoff. Modern EDA environments can now optimize timing closure, physical verification, IR/EM behavior, routing density, thermal interaction, and increasingly even design-space exploration through AI-assisted implementation flows....
Sensors Converge 2026: Smarter and lower-power sensors - The Sensors Converge 2026 conference showcased some of the latest advances in sensor and sensing solutions for applications ranging from wearables and Continue Reading The post Sensors Converge 2026: Smarter and lower-power sensors appeared first on EDN .
ITE Tech awaits PC, NB visibility as price hikes begin in 2H26 - ITE Tech's stable first-quarter results and planned price increases from the second half of 2026 signal potential cost pass-through across global PC, notebook, and embedded markets, affecting device makers and buyers worldwide as memory and component costs climb and inventory strategies shift in response...
Imec’s Patrick Vandenameele: Full-stack Innovation Is the Name of the Game - As AI pushes semiconductors toward new limits in energy, memory, and interconnects, imec’s CEO says future progress will depend on deep co-optimization across the entire computing stack. The post Imec’s Patrick Vandenameele: Full-stack Innovation Is the Name of the Game appeared first on EE Times...
Research Bits: May 19 - Photonics: Programmable PIC; small optical features in hydrogels; on-chip UV generation. The post Research Bits: May 19 appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Cadence Announces PCIe Gen8 Verification IP Availability at PCI‑SIG USA - Explore Cadence IP here At the recent PCI‑SIG Developers Conference US held on May 6-7,2026, Cadence announced the availability of its PCIe Gen8 Verification IP (VIP)—taking another significant step in enabling early, confident adoption of the PCI Express roadmap. As PCIe continues …
AI Chip Design Moves Beyond Monolithic Silicon with Alchip 3DIC - Artificial intelligence processors are entering a new era. For more than two decades, semiconductor innovation was driven primarily by transistor scaling and process node shrinks. Today, however, AI infrastructure demands are growing faster than traditional Moore’s Law improvements can sustain. The...
Smart hygrometers: Still largely useful even without integrated visual monitors - What makes a market success? Is there a Swiss-made sensor inside? Or maybe a wrist strap? What happened to the basics: cost-effective reliable functionality? The post Smart hygrometers: Still largely useful even without integrated visual monitors appeared first on EDN .
How many attenuations can you get from 10 resistor networks? - Ten ratio variants, 34 configurations each, and 340 reasons to leave the discrete resistor drawer closed. The post How many attenuations can you get from 10 resistor networks? appeared first on EDN .
TEEMA global science park plan takes shape with Mexico leading - The Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (TEEMA) is moving ahead with its global science park strategy, and Mexico's Sonora has emerged as the leading candidate for an early launch, TEEMA chairman Young Liu said before the group's 27th general assembly on May 15, 2026. Liu said...
Scientists Just Used Sunlight To Pull Off a Quantum Physics Feat Once Thought Impossible - Scientists have shown that sunlight alone can generate quantum-correlated photons capable of producing “ghost images,” a feat once thought to require stable lasers. Quantum optics experiments typically rely on carefully controlled lasers to create correlated or entangled photon pairs. These photon...
[News] Joint Team Led by Shanghai AI Lab Cracks Stable Production Challenge for Photoresist - Shanghai AI Laboratory announced a breakthrough in the stable production of photoresists — one of the core materials used in semiconductor manufacturing. As a critical material in chip fabrication, the quality of photoresists directly determines chip performance and manufacturing yield. Backed ...
Diodes PCIe 7.0 clock generator features sub-30fs jitter - A PCIe 7.0 clock generator with six-outputs from Diodes features a sub-30fs jitter for next-gen AI infrastructure, the company highlights. The PI6CG33A06 provides a stable reference clock for 128.0 GT/s PCIe links, meeting the bandwidth demands of 800G and 1.6T networking and advanced AI accelerators,...
Imec uses high-NA EUV to pattern silicon qubit device - Imec has fabricated a functioning network of silicon qubits with gaps between gates of about 6 nanometers, which helps minimize environmental noise that can disturb delicate quantum states.
BrainChip Strikes IP Licensing Deal with ASICLAND - BrainChip Strikes IP Licensing Deal with ASICLAND The agreement expands access to neuromorphic AI silicon technology SYDNEY – May 19 2026 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd. (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, BCHPY), the first commercial producer of neuromorphic artificial intelligence technology, today announced that...
The role of communications IP and innovation in the Artemis II mission - The recent launch of the Artemis II spacecraft tested the latest communication equipment, write Ethan Hutchings and Nick Reeve. The Artemis II mission represented a major step forward in human space exploration, marking the first time astronauts travelled beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo era. Beyond...
Evaluating and Calibrating Performance On RISC-V Vector Processors (KTH, LLNL, BSC) - A new technical paper, “Closer in the Gap: Towards Portable Performance on RISC-V Vector Processors,” was published by researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Barcelona Supercomputing Center. Abstract “The RISC-V Vector Extension~(RVV) is a cornerstone...
Imagine Innovators Amsterdam | May 2026 - Imagine Innovators Amsterdam | May 2026 At Imagine Innovators 2026, BrainChip's Gilles Bézard (Senior ML Solution Architect) will present AkidaTag, an ultra-low-power reference platform built to shatter the "battery wall" for continuous-sensing edge devices. Leveraging neuromorphic architecture, Gilles...
Ideal Power Announces Closing of $30.0 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock - "Company," "we," or "our"), pioneering the development and commercialization of the highly efficient and broadly patented B-TRAN® bidirectional semiconductor power switch, today announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering pursuant to a definitive agreement with certain...
Unlearning Europe’s learned helplessness - First, we convinced ourselves we didn’t have to be able to do everything. Now that we do, we seem to think we can’t. Europe could use a little more self-confidence.
Canada Spins Off Photonics Lab - The Canadian Photonics Fabrication Center will be commercialized to scale up its compound semiconductor and photonics capabilities. The post Canada Spins Off Photonics Lab appeared first on EE Times .
Small Engine Gets DIY EFI Upgrade - Small internal combustion engines usually keep things simple, relying on carburetors to handle metering the correct amount of fuel and air. Recently, [Carlos Takeshita] decided his small engine could use …read more
Prosperity Dielectrics sees AI server power customers chasing MLCC supply - Prosperity Dielectrics' surge in demand for high-end MLCCs, driven by higher-wattage AI server power systems, is extending lead times and prompting major capacity and material investments, with implications for global AI infrastructure supply chains as customers secure orders into 2026 and manufacturers...
Room-temperature hydrogen storage of boron nanoclusters - Ni-decorated LiBH 4 nanocomposites achieve room-temperature hydrogenation of boron, enabled by synergistic catalysis and nanostructuring that promotes H 2 dissociation and B–H bond formation, a key step for practical hydrogen storage systems.
A Look to The Future of Transportation with IDTechEx - From AI in-car assistants to drone delivery helpers, the future of transportation is versatile and varied, thanks to the latest developments in robotics, autonomy, electric vehicles, and hydrogen.
Join Our Webinar on the Nuclear SMR Market - Join IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Noah El Alami on Thursday 28th May for the expert-led webinar, "Nuclear SMR Market: Small, Modular, and Ready for Deployment?". Choose your preferred time zone - the webinar runs three times in one day.
Signal65 investigates the architectural advantages of the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 - A new white paper produced by Signal65 examines how the MediaTek Kompanio Ultra 910 compares to competing silicon in other Chromebook Plus and Windows laptops, exploring what “MediaTek’s latest PC chip has to offer in the modern laptop market, and what it provides in this segment that similar...
Ultra-compact FXO imaging system supports 4-Channel CoaXPress-12 - Allied Vision is releasing its ultra-compact FXO camera series with 4-Channel CoaXPress-12 interfaces. They are high-end machine vision cameras. Possible applications include electronics and semiconductor production. For example, for 2D/3D Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), semiconductor assembly verification,...
Delving Deeper into the ACM Semiconductor Planetary Family Product Portfolio - Following the launch of our ACM Planetary Family™, which brings together a process-aligned portfolio for semiconductor manufacturing, we delve deeper here into each of the planet series and how they reflect our product lines. Our offerings are grouped into eight different series that represent the essential...
Eyes that photosynthesize: Scientists plant a cure for dry eye disease - What if eyes could use light to heal themselves? Drawing inspiration from how plants harness sunlight, researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) are pioneering a revolutionary treatment for dry eye disease. ...
Run DeepSeek V4 on Intel® CPUs and GPUs - The recently released DeepSeek V4 is generating a huge buzz in the community, introducing several frontier architectural optimizations.
Kioxia Q2 profit forecast up 48x YoY - Kioxia has forecast a $5.5 billion profit for the current quarter – a 48x jump YoY. For the fiscal year to the end of March Kioxia had revenue up 37% YoY at $14.5 billion for a net profit of $3.5 billion – double last year – and an operating profit up 92.7% to $5.2 billion. The improvement was fuelled...
Confusion Grows With More Interconnect Options And Tradeoffs - Each standard serves a specific use case, so chip architects are choosing more than one for a single design. The post Confusion Grows With More Interconnect Options And Tradeoffs appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
[News] Memory 1Q26 Price Surge: Samsung Flags 146% ASP Jump, SK hynix Sees Mid-60% DRAM Gains - As Samsung Electronics and SK hynix reported strong revenue and profit growth in Q1 2026 amid surging memory prices, both companies highlighted notable pricing trends for the period. According to Samsung’s full earnings report released on May 15, average memory selling prices—including DRAM and ......
