Radeon RX 9070 XT bundle bonanza includes free SSDs, AIO coolers, and power supplies for $699 — Red Team rescues gamers with reasonably-priced GPU bundles  - AMD’s RX 9070 XT drops to $699 with bundled extras, offering better overall value in a volatile market.

 Agentic AI Needs CPUs. Whose CPUs?  - Nvidia Vera, Arm AGI CPU, Meta, x86, more

 JEDEC updates LPDDR5/5X SPD with Enhanced Mode Switching support  - Jedec has officially updated its LPDDR5/5X Serial Presence Detect (SPD) Contents standard, adding support for calculating recovery time when switching operating modes, with JESD406-5D. Bill Gervasi, of Monolithic Power Systems, and Chair of the JEDEC SPD Task Group, commented: “Reducing power consumption...

 [Blog] Advancing Embedded AI, Security, and Connectivity at embedded world 2026  - One of the year’s largest global trade shows, embedded world is a place for Lattice and its industry partners to gather and discuss the innovative solutions enabling engineers to deploy intelligent, scalable designs from cloud to sensor. If we missed you at the event, here’s a snapshot of our presence...

 Wolfspeed reduces senior secured note balance by 43% after raising $475.9m in private placements  - Refinancing to cut annual interest expense by $62m and total debt by $97m

 Power Tips #151: Improving efficiency in 48V-input multiphase buck converters with GaN  - Minor adjustments to switching frequency, thermal management, bias power, and inductor selection improves 48V buck converter efficiency. The post Power Tips #151: Improving efficiency in 48V-input multiphase buck converters with GaN appeared first on EDN .

 C SUN invests in Contrel, cementing role in G2C+ semiconductor alliance  - C SUN and Contrel have announced a significant equity partnership, as C SUN agreed to invest approximately NT$1.02 billion (approx. US$32 million) as a strategic investor to acquire 20,000 private placement shares in Contrel, becoming its largest single shareholder with a 10.82% stake. The deal also formally...

+15 from  digitimes

 [News] Inside Mitsubishi Electric, Rohm, Toshiba Talks and Denso’s Move: Japan’s Power Chip Consolidation Push  - Please note that this article cites information from Nikkei, Bloomberg, and Nikkei Xtech. Japan’s power semiconductor industry may be moving toward a major consolidation. According to Nikkei, sources say Mitsubishi Electric, Rohm, and Toshiba are preparing to enter talks to combine their power...

+5 from  trendforce

 Strategic Refinancing and New Equity Issuance Support Wolfspeed’s Long-term Growth Potential

 Micro-disk and micro-ring blue laser diodes  - Continuous wave electrically pumped devices achieve Q factors up to 17,066, a claimed record.

+1 from  semiconductor-today

 GSA WLI Honors Marvell Leaders for Women’s History Month

 Intel confirms rumored Core Ultra 9 290K Plus has been scrapped — potential Core Ultra 9 285KS Special Edition also off the table as Arrow Lake refresh rolls out  - Intel has confirmed it has scrapped the Core Ultra 9 295K Plus, and will not be releasing a Special Edition "KS" part for its Core Ultra 200S series lineup.

 Syntiant and Novi Space Successfully Demonstrate Low-Power AI Inference in Orbit

 Class action alleges Nvidia hid more than $1b crypto-GPU income within its gaming revenues — investor lawsuit concerns business spanning 2017 and 2018  - Nvidia is back in court over whether a significant chunk of its revenue through 2017 and 2018 was reliant on the whims of the cryptocurrency market.

+8 from  tomshardware

 The Tapo Hub: TP-Link joins the low-bandwidth, long-range RF club  - Leveraging low-power wireless connectivity isn’t proprietary to a single smart-home technology and product supplier, no matter that each company’s implementation of the concept may be. The post The Tapo Hub: TP-Link joins the low-bandwidth, long-range RF club appeared first on EDN .

 Samsung preps PCIe 5.0 QLC SSD with a controller based on open-source RISC-V architecture — BM9K1 delivers speeds up to 11.4 GB/s for 'personal AI workloads'  - The BM9K1 reportedly delivers sequential read speeds of up to 11.4 GB/s, which Samsung said is 1.6 times faster than its predecessor, the PCIe 4.0 BM9C1.

+5 from  tomshardware

 Holy Stone Enterprise expands Japan and Taiwan capacity, signaling tighter MLCC supply for AI power supplies  - Holy Stone Enterprise plans to invest another NT$3 billion (US$94 million) to add a production line at its Hokkaido R&D center and expand capacity at its Yilan Lize plant in Taiwan as it targets growing demand from AI high-power power supplies.

+3 from  digitimes

 Transforming Fleet Safety and Performance: A Cost-effective Approach to Aftermarket Driver Monitoring  - Safety is not just a matter of importance for the average consumer. Modern fleets operate with dozens to thousands of vehicles on the road every day, and while safety has become a major concern for vehicle buyers, it also extends …

 Q4 cloud spend up 29% YoY  - Q4 spending on cloud infrastructure services reached $110.9 billion, led by AWS, MS and Google, for YoY growth of 29%, says Omdia. Q4 was the sixth consecutive quarter in which the market expanded by more than 20%. Omdia forecasts that 2026 cloud infrastructure services spending will grow by 27%. During...

+6 from  electronicsweekly

 Exceptional fake SSD clone of Samsung 990 Pro is almost impossible to spot — near-identical performance blurs the line between real and fake as AI crunch drives knock-off market  - Japanese news outlet Akiba PC Hotline! examines a fake Samsung 990 Pro SSD that's starting to show up in the Japanese market.

 Chip Industry Week In Review  - Arm's game-changer; QC breaks in 2029; GF's 11 patent lawsuits; new fabs; helium atom beam litho; AI tool funding; 90% less GenAI cost; 2D materials roadmap; Intel's security report. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .

 TDK to begin U.S. production of advanced sensors for Apple products

 TSMC prioritises AI, core clients; 3nm capacity remains constrained  - Cloud AI demand is tightening advanced-node supply, with TSMC's 3nm capacity emerging as the most constrained segment at the end of the first quarter of 2026, according to IC design houses.

+7 from  digitimes

 Apple's making more iPhone parts in the US. The iPhone itself? Not so much  - Maybe that's why Tim didn't get an invitation to the President's tech bro club?

+1 from  theregister

 Smaller, Smarter, Stronger: Lam's 300-mm MEMS Advantage  - Lam solutions for large 300-mm wafers aid in MEMS evolution. MEMS sensors are crucial in AI-powered devices and IoT. applications.

 When AI Meets Multi-Die (and Neither Lets Go)  - I really wish I could have attended this year’s Chiplet Summit , which took place from February 17 to February 19, 2026. This auspicious event was held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California. I know this facility well—it’s where I met my first telepresence robot—but that’s a story...

 This Wearable Runs an On-Device AI With 2-Week Battery Life  - Mai is a wrist-worn device focused on women’s health and safety

 TurboQuant: Inner Workings and Implications  - Google's year old research resurfaced in a recent blog post and spooked memory investors.

 Scientists Create Tiny “Nanolaser” That Could Revolutionize Future Computers  - Researchers have created an ultra-compact nanolaser that could transform how data moves within microchips, replacing electrical signals with light. The idea of computers communicating with light instead of electricity is moving closer to reality, thanks to a breakthrough nanolaser developed at the Technical...

 Integrating Error Propagation Theory Into the FMEDA Framework (Robert Bosch GmbH)  - A new technical paper, “Quantifying Uncertainty in FMEDA Safety Metrics: An Error Propagation Approach for Enhanced ASIC Verification,” was published by Robert Bosch GmbH. Abstract “Accurate and reliable safety metrics are paramount for functional safety verification of ASICs in automotive systems....

+2 from  semiengineering

 Medtronic Receives FDA Clearance for Stealth AXiS™ Surgical System for Cranial and ENT Procedures  - Medtronic (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of the Stealth AXiS™ surgical system for cranial and ear, nose,...

 OFC 2026 Irrational Recap  - Glorious conference.

 \uD83C\uDF6A TWiC: TurboQuant, AGI CPU, GF Sues Tower, CPU Price Hikes, 400G SiPho, AAOI, ++  - What's your Weissman score?

 Overcoming interconnect obstacles with co-packaged optics (CPO)  - CPO integrates optical components directly into a package, replacing long copper traces with shorter connections. The post Overcoming interconnect obstacles with co-packaged optics (CPO) appeared first on EDN .

+1 from  planetanalog

 Air Liquide opens Taiwan factory as helium shortage tightens around chip makers — 200 specialized helium containers stranded near the Strait of Hormuz  - French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide opened a new factory near the port of Taichung, Taiwan, on Wednesday, as the semiconductor industry faces a worsening helium shortage.

+1 from  tomshardware

 Emerging Blue Hydrogen Production Technologies: Summary Video  - IDTechEx forecasts that the global blue hydrogen market will grow to $52Bn by 2036. Learn about the different technology options in this brief video.

 Notice of Cancellation of Treasury Stock

+3 from  tel

 Building Flexible Immersive Home Audio Systems with UWB Spatial Ranging, Sensing and Adaptive Rendering  - Flexible home audio systems with UWB spatial sensing and adaptive rendering enables effortless, cinema grade immersive sound.

 AMD’s new desktop CPU oozes cache out of all 16 cores  - Turns out massive caches are good for more than games. House of Zen boasts 5-13% perf boost over prior-gen part

 Redefining What’s Possible in Photonics: Visible GaN Lasers and Compact Coherent Transceivers  - By Marcus Duelk, Mathieu Faucher & Marco Rossetti The rapid evolution of photonics is reshaping what’s possible in precision sensing, quantum technologies, and advanced imaging. At the core of many of these breakthroughs lies a fundamental component: the single-frequency laser. …

 Aixtron to build new manufacturing plant in Malaysia  - Expanded global footprint to tap into fast growing semiconductor equipment ecosystem in South East Asia

+1 from  semiconductor-today

 Vishay 40 LHE linear position sensor takes on harsh environments  - The Vishay Sfernice 40 LHE is a linear position sensor with non contacting Hall effect technology, for high accuracy in harsh environments. Possible applciations include servo loop motion control systems requiring small displacement monitoring, such as infrastructure integrity monitoring. And also digital...