Insight: GenAI Assistants and the Premium Car Buyer: Why Spend Outpaces Preference - Premium vehicle owners are adopting Generative AI assistants at more than double the rate of Non-Premium owners, and they are more willing to pay for the privilege at every price point tested. Yet when forced to weigh AI against nine other in-vehicle technologies, Premium owners' preference for it, while...
Microchip offers free MPLAB XC compilers for embedded design - Microchip Technology has removed licensing fees for its MPLAB XC Pro Compilers and MPLAB Machine Learning (ML) Development Suite, making the software available free of charge for individual developers…
[News] NVIDIA Reportedly Halves Vera Rubin SOCAMM Capacity as Memory Costs Near 29% of System BOM - Rising memory costs are prompting AI hardware vendors to rethink their product strategies. According to Wccftech, citing analysis from GF Securities, NVIDIA is reportedly reducing the memory capacity of its Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale AI system to cope with elevated memory prices and ongoing supply ......
Rapid scale-up in data center: The case for distributed optical circuit switching - Distributed optical circuit switching (dOCS) gives data center operators a rapid scale-up option while the rest of optical roadmap matures. The post Rapid scale-up in data center: The case for distributed optical circuit switching appeared first on EDN .
EP 185: AMD Advancing AI, Intel Earnings and WFE Demand - In this episode of The Circuit, hosts Ben Bajarin and Jay Goldberg review major updates across the semiconductor industry, beginning with AMD’s Advancing AI Day where they discuss CEO Lisa Su’s performance, the technical details of the Helios rack-scale architecture, and AMD's strategic fit for inference...
Large-scale crystals could revolutionize future OLED displays - Since the first practical organic light-emitting diode (OLED) was developed in 1987 by Ching W. Tang and Steven A. VanSlyke at Eastman Kodak Company in the U.S., OLED technology has come a long way. The original device used ...
Joining French OSAT initiative offers opportunities for Nexperia - Nexperia should become a shareholder in Tessalia. Investing in the French advanced packaging initiative would strengthen Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem while giving the planned Dutch panel-level OSAT a significant head start.
2026 State of the Industry Report: Historic Growth Amid Intensifying Global Competition - SIA’s annual State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry report, released today, provides a snapshot of where the industry stands in 2026: the extraordinary growth underway, the opportunities and challenges ahead, and the policy priorities necessary to sustain U.S. leadership in this vital technology....
TSMC waits, Intel pays for high-NA EUV - It’s only a matter of time before TSMC starts ordering high-NA tools, is ASML’s message. Once the technology reaches full maturity, high-NA will become more cost-effective than low-NA multiple patterning.
IBM acquires HRL to expand quantum roadmap - IBM has signed a definitive agreement to acquire HRL Laboratories, a long-established US research and development organisation, in a…
Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 28 - HW methods to throttle AI; M3D DRAM; interconnect signal-integrity analysis; 3D mask effects in high/hyper-NA EUV litho; compute-in-interconnect and memory; NbAs nanowire interconnects; and 3D conformal thin-film patterning. The post Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 28 appeared first on Semiconductor...
Cadence’s Agentic AI Design Vision Takes Center Stage at DAC - Explore Cadence IP here AI infrastructure demands are changing what semiconductor design must solve. The challenge is no longer only about creating faster silicon; it is about designing complete systems where silicon, advanced packaging, PCB, power delivery, thermal behavior, and …
OpenAI's IPO Filing Meets a Hugging Face Breach as AMD Claims 75% Hyperscaler CPU Share - OpenAI files for a trillion-dollar IPO the same week a pre-release model breaches Hugging Face and 42 state attorneys general open a coordinated investigation. Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman also break down AMD's hyperscaler CPU numbers from Advancing AI, the Moonshot distillation accusations, a wave...
Global Thinking - BEFORE long, every British manufacturer of electronic products will be faced with a key decision: to extend his horizon to global limits or accept the probability of being dangerously crowded […] The post Global Thinking appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
The security imperative for software-defined vehicles - The automotive industry has undergone a major transformation, shifting from traditional hardware-centric vehicles to software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Unlike conventional cars, Continue Reading The post The security imperative for software-defined vehicles appeared first on EDN .
Toward More Compact GaN CMOS Devices for Power Electronics - As part of the Carnot ePMOS project, a CEA-Leti research team conducted an in-depth study of a key building block of GaN CMOS technology: PMOS transistors. Combining numerical simulations with experimental work, the project delivered significant results that pave the way for reducing the size of GaN CMOS...
[News] Q2 Memory Earnings Preview: What to Watch From Samsung, SK hynix, and Kioxia - As AI continues to drive memory demand, the earnings of the world's leading memory makers are drawing close industry attention. According to TechNews, the three major memory manufacturers—SK hynix, Samsung Electronics, and Japan's Kioxia—are all set to report their latest quarterly earnings this......
[News] TSMC Scales 2nm Capacity as Samsung Wins Major AI Chip Deal with Broadcom - Samsung has signed an MOU with Broadcom to collaborate across memory and foundry technologies, drawing industry attention to the evolving competitive landscape in the foundry business. According to Wccftech, while TSMC remains the undisputed leader in the global semiconductor market, Samsung's verti......
A Fiber Frozen at -196°C Unlocks a New Way To Store Light - A frozen-core optical fiber has revealed a powerful new way to control interactions between light and sound. Molten lava hardens into rock as it cools, much as the surface of a lake freezes during a cold winter. In both cases, a liquid becomes a solid, changing physical properties such as density and...
Swallowing A Good Yarn - For decades the techies of Silicon Valley have known that Washington will swallow a good yarn. After all, not many people understand what the techies are up to at the […] The post Swallowing A Good Yarn appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
AMD unveils rack-scale AI platform and embedded AI processors - AMD has expanded its AI hardware portfolio with a sweeping set of launches aimed at data centres, enterprise systems and robotics, introducing its first rack-scale AI platform alongside new…
Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Japan's Kumamoto; TSMC activates emergency protocols at local fab - A powerful earthquake struck Japan's Kyushu region at 4:27 p.m. on July 28. The Japan Meteorological Agency initially estimated the quake at magnitude 7.1 with a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). The strongest shaking was recorded in Uki City and Hikawa Town in Kumamoto Prefecture, reaching seismic...
Nvidia says agentic AI is reshaping chip system design - Agentic engineering is reshaping chip and system design and Nvidia is putting itself at the core of this movement with a concerted effort to deliver the tools and libraries designers […] The post Nvidia says agentic AI is reshaping chip system design appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
Taiwan urged to move beyond hardware role in AI glasses race - As global tech giants push into AR, VR, and spatial computing, Taiwan's chip and hardware strength could help it shape the next wave of AI glasses for users worldwide. But that opportunity depends on moving beyond contract manufacturing and into product design, software integration, and ecosystem leadership,...
Narrative: Tablet Forecast 2017–2031 – High Costs Exacerbate Declining Refresh Demand - The tablet market is entering a tougher phase as the post-pandemic refresh cycle fades and surging memory costs push prices higher. TechInsights forecasts tablet shipments to fall sharply in 2026 and decline again in 2027, even as rising selling prices cushion revenue. The downturn will expose gaps between...
The American Dream - 69% of those interviewed by Gallup in the beginning of the year say that they will achieve it in their lifetime. This is in contrast, though, to 54% saying that […] The post The American Dream appeared first on Electronics Weekly .
CXMT IPO: Where China’s Largest DRAM Maker Stands? - CXMT eyes one of China’s largest semiconductor IPOs amid once-in-four-decades memory shortage. The post CXMT IPO: Where China’s Largest DRAM Maker Stands? appeared first on EE Times .
Preparing For AI-Driven Chip Design And Verification - Jobs, markets, and economics are undergoing dramatic changes, but it's still too early to know how this will all shake out. The post Preparing For AI-Driven Chip Design And Verification appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
