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Qualcomm Brings Wi-Fi 7 and On-Device AI to Broadband Hardware

Qualcomm Brings Wi-Fi 7 and On-Device AI to Broadband Hardware

The new MBM7 and MBM4 platforms add display, camera, and Hexagon-class AI inference to chips that previously only handled connectivity.


News 21 hours ago by Luke James
Bending Light: How Optics Research Is Rewriting the Rules of Computing

Bending Light: How Optics Research Is Rewriting the Rules of Computing

Recent advances in photonics may boost the performance of LiDAR sensors, increase the resolution of image projection, and integrate energy harvesting and light emission into a single display.


News Jun 02, 2026 by Duane Benson
Siemens Intros AI-Powered Library Characterizer to Speed IC Design

Siemens Intros AI-Powered Library Characterizer to Speed IC Design

New characterization software delivers 7x throughput gains by combining a predictive AI engine with a purpose-built SPICE simulator.


News Jun 02, 2026 by Luke James
Qualcomm Unwraps Products Bringing AI to Entry–Level Laptops and Robotics

Qualcomm Unwraps Products Bringing AI to Entry–Level Laptops and Robotics

At Computex 2026, the company is expanding its Edge AI ecosystem by introducing the Snapdragon C Platform for entry-level laptops, and the Dragonwing IQ10 Reference Design for robotics.


News Jun 01, 2026 by Jeff Child
BootLoop Unveils Tool Enabling AI-Powered Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

BootLoop Unveils Tool Enabling AI-Powered Hardware-in-the-Loop Testing

The new framework enables hardware companies to go from zero infrastructure to a fully automated testing pipeline in days, leveraging an AI agent to generate register-level tests from PCB designs.


News Jun 01, 2026 by Jeff Child
Light Speed: How Integrated Photonics Is Solving AI’s Interconnect Crisis

Light Speed: How Integrated Photonics Is Solving AI’s Interconnect Crisis

The bottleneck limiting the next generation of artificial intelligence isn't compute power—it's the wire connecting the chips. French startup Scintil Photonics thinks it has the answer.


News May 29, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Paragraf Unwraps Graphene-Based FET Made at New Graphene Foundry

Paragraf Unwraps Graphene-Based FET Made at New Graphene Foundry

Paragraf recently introduced a new GFET, a next-generation graphene transistor platform designed for scalable molecular sensing and research applications.


News May 29, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Microchip Ruggedizes Evacuated Miniature Crystal Oscillators

Microchip Ruggedizes Evacuated Miniature Crystal Oscillators

The EX-423 adds four-point crystal mounting, ultra-high vacuum housing, and MIL-STD-202 to Microchip's EX-421 EMXO lineup.


News May 28, 2026 by Jake Hertz
AOS Targets Intel Panther Lake With Low-Quiescent-Power Controllers

AOS Targets Intel Panther Lake With Low-Quiescent-Power Controllers

Paired with compact smart power stages, the new digital multiphase controllers may extend notebook battery life by up to an hour.


News May 27, 2026 by Luke James
Broadcom Unveils Integrated Wi-Fi 8- and 50G PON Gateway-ICs for the AI Era

Broadcom Unveils Integrated Wi-Fi 8- and 50G PON Gateway-ICs for the AI Era

Broadcom’s high-integration Wi-Fi 8 & NPU-accelerated 50G PON gateway SoCs aim to build a cohesive, 50 Gbps broadband access ecosystem for the AI-infused home.


News May 27, 2026 by Jeff Child
Three Audio Collaborations Tuning Up the Listening Experience

Three Audio Collaborations Tuning Up the Listening Experience

New audio releases use spatial audio, MEMS, and hybrid designs to improve immersion and sound quality.


News May 26, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
U-blox Spans ADAS L2+ to L4 With Two Automotive GNSS Modules

U-blox Spans ADAS L2+ to L4 With Two Automotive GNSS Modules

U-blox has introduced the ZED-X20K and ZED-A20K GNSS modules for ADAS and autonomous vehicles, targeting scalable positioning and functional safety needs.


News May 26, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
The CD4017: The Decade Counter That Taught a Generation Sequential Logic

The CD4017: The Decade Counter That Taught a Generation Sequential Logic

RCA's 5-stage Johnson counter with 10 decoded outputs became one of the most built circuits in hobby electronics.


News May 22, 2026 by Luke James
Geehy Debuts First Motor Control MCU on Its New G32F0 Platform

Geehy Debuts First Motor Control MCU on Its New G32F0 Platform

The 64-MHz Cortex-M0+ part includes single-shunt FOC support, dual rail-to-rail op amps, and four programmable comparators in packages as small as QFN20.


News May 21, 2026 by Luke James
The Cooling Problem That Could Bottleneck AI

The Cooling Problem That Could Bottleneck AI

A South Korean startup, KoolMicro, is betting that liquid cooling built into the chip package itself is the only way to handle the next generation of GPU heat loads.


News May 20, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Microchip’s 100/1000BASE‑T1 SPE PHYs Pack Security and Safety Features

Microchip’s 100/1000BASE‑T1 SPE PHYs Pack Security and Safety Features

The new 100/1000BASE-T1 transceiver families integrate IEEE 802.1AE-2018 frame security and TSN, targeting ADAS, zonal architectures, and industrial automation.


News May 20, 2026 by Luke James
PCIe 7.0 Roundup: Test and Timing Tools Emerge as Ecosystem Takes Shape

PCIe 7.0 Roundup: Test and Timing Tools Emerge as Ecosystem Takes Shape

To support the transition to PCIe 7.0, three companies have introduced new automated testing applications, ultra-low-jitter clock generators, and protocol analysis platforms to bridge critical gaps in the existing market ecosystem.


News May 19, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Nuvoton Launches Easy-to-Use Tool to Build and Deploy AI on Its MCUs

Nuvoton Launches Easy-to-Use Tool to Build and Deploy AI on Its MCUs

The new GUI tool comes with features for automated AI development and deployment of Nuvotion MCU firmware.


News May 19, 2026 by Duane Benson
Rohm Announces Compact Wireless Charging Chipset for Wearables

Rohm Announces Compact Wireless Charging Chipset for Wearables

The new NFC wireless charging chipset uses 13.56-MHz technology and an MCU-free architecture to simplify wireless power integration in ultra-compact wearable devices, such as smart rings.


News May 18, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Ralph Hartley and the Origins of Digital Information Theory

Ralph Hartley and the Origins of Digital Information Theory

Whether designing modulation schemes or modeling entropy, engineers are still guided by Hartley's principle that information can and must be measured.


News May 15, 2026 by Luke James