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NXP Tunes Into Automotive Infotainment With Hybrid Radio-AI Processor

NXP Tunes Into Automotive Infotainment With Hybrid Radio-AI Processor

The compact system footprint and streamlined integration may help automakers adapt to shifting radio policies.


News Aug 06, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Business Shorts: Partnerships Advancing AI Factories, Physical AI, and More

Business Shorts: Partnerships Advancing AI Factories, Physical AI, and More

In this edition of Business Shorts, SK Group and Nvidia plan $500 billion in AI infrastructure, TDK and LG Innotek team up on robotic sensing, and Micron locks in automotive memory supply.


News Aug 03, 2026 by Luke James
IMEC and Diraq Tow the Quantum Line With Foundry-Compatible Spin Qubits

IMEC and Diraq Tow the Quantum Line With Foundry-Compatible Spin Qubits

The two research groups teamed up to demonstrate the first coherent operation of an eight-silicon-MOS spin-qubit array.


News Jul 31, 2026 by Duane Benson
The New Era of Retail Begins at the Edge Leveraging On-Device AI

The New Era of Retail Begins at the Edge Leveraging On-Device AI

On-device AI enhances retail by enabling real-time processing for robotics, kiosks, and more, offering low latency, improved privacy, and operational efficiency for a better customer experience.


MOSIS Partners With GlobalFoundries, Extending 40-Year Prototyping Legacy

MOSIS Partners With GlobalFoundries, Extending 40-Year Prototyping Legacy

The USC-run service that pioneered multi-project wafers in 1981 now offers a path from shared shuttle runs to full production on GlobalFoundries' FinFET and FD-SOI processes.


News Jul 22, 2026 by Luke James
NXP Semiconductors i.MX 95 Applications Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP Semiconductors i.MX 95 Applications Processors | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP Semiconductors i.MX 95 Application Processors deliver intelligent, secure, and real-time edge computing for next-generation embedded systems. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


IBM Unveils ‘Smallest, Most Powerful Chip in the World’

IBM Unveils ‘Smallest, Most Powerful Chip in the World’

IBM leveraged its nanostack architecture, a technique that "builds a chip like a city," to pack nearly 100 billion transistors on a fingernail-sized chip.


News Jul 13, 2026 by Austin Futrell
It’s Been a Busy Summer for Semiconductor Acquisitions

It’s Been a Busy Summer for Semiconductor Acquisitions

Four deals target edge AI hardware and software, data center cooling, and embedded development tools.


News Jul 10, 2026 by Luke James
OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

The OECD is analyzing the semiconductor industry, focusing on supply chain resilience, global value chain mapping, and the impact of rising industrial subsidies on global market competition.


News Jul 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller
AI-Powered Compliance: Reducing Market Barriers for Electronics Manufacturers

AI-Powered Compliance: Reducing Market Barriers for Electronics Manufacturers

Learn how AI-powered compliance replaces manual, fragmented regulatory workflows with structured, automated data, dramatically lowering the cost of EU market entry for SMEs and manufacturers.


Meet Jalapeño: OpenAI and Broadcom’s Custom Chip to Power Future Models

Meet Jalapeño: OpenAI and Broadcom’s Custom Chip to Power Future Models

OpenAI and Broadcom unveiled Jalapeño, OpenAI’s first custom AI accelerator designed from scratch for LLM inference, developed from initial design to tape-out in 9 months.


News Jul 01, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Exclusive—Synopsys Debuts ESUN IP for Breaking AI ‘Slowest Packet’ Bottleneck

Exclusive—Synopsys Debuts ESUN IP for Breaking AI ‘Slowest Packet’ Bottleneck

Launched today, Synopsys’ ESUN IP solution slashes AI tail latency and eliminates networking bottlenecks to enable seamless, scalable performance for modern AI infrastructure.


News Jun 30, 2026 by Jeff Child
Indie Launches Edge AI SoC for Perception Systems in Autos and Robots

Indie Launches Edge AI SoC for Perception Systems in Autos and Robots

The new system-on-chip pairs a heterogeneous AI compute engine with a low-latency multi-camera image signal processor, and can ship pre-integrated with emotion3D perception software.


News Jun 29, 2026 by Luke James
Exclusive CEO Interview: Rebellions’ NPU Leverages Memory-Centric Chiplets

Exclusive CEO Interview: Rebellions’ NPU Leverages Memory-Centric Chiplets

The Korean unicorn packages four NPU dies with 144 GB of HBM3E and bets on an open software stack to serve large language models at lower cost per token.


News Jun 29, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Unveils Mixed-Reality Platform for AI-Driven Spatial Computing

Qualcomm Unveils Mixed-Reality Platform for AI-Driven Spatial Computing

The next-generation XR chipset delivers up to 48 TOPS of on-device AI and 4.4K-per-eye visuals. The device will debut this fall in XREAL's Project Aura glasses.


News Jun 25, 2026 by Luke James
Thread Group and Broadband Forum Unite for End-to-End IoT Interoperability

Thread Group and Broadband Forum Unite for End-to-End IoT Interoperability

Thread Group and Broadband Forum are partnering to unify IoT mesh with broadband infrastructure. Also, the new Thread Tools app launches to provide real-world network diagnostics for engineers.


News Jun 17, 2026 by Jeff Child
France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Électronique 2030 program commits €5B+ to revitalize its semiconductor industry. Learn the details of this ambitious effort, and the market challenges it’s facing.


News Jun 11, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

At Computex, Intel described the CPU as the control plane for agentic workloads, pairing new processors and network controllers with fresh details on its inference GPU.


News Jun 05, 2026 by Luke James
Nvidia Launches CPU for AI Agents, Claimed as 1.8x Faster Than x86 CPUs

Nvidia Launches CPU for AI Agents, Claimed as 1.8x Faster Than x86 CPUs

The 88-core Vera processor introduces Spatial Multithreading and a claimed 1.8x task-completion lead over x86 processors.


News Jun 04, 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