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Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 share a Cortex-A78/A55 complex, an Adreno 704 GPU, and an optional RISC-V real-time core, with the industrial part introducing the IQ2 Series.


News Sep 10, 2026 by Luke James
Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Announced today, the company's new CSS for Mobile 2 platform, Total Design for Physical AI program, and Neoverse CSS N4 platform provide specialized architectures for agentic AI workloads across various domains.


News Sep 07, 2026 by Jeff Child
IBM & Arm Reveal Fruits of Partnership: The First Dual-Architecture CPU

IBM & Arm Reveal Fruits of Partnership: The First Dual-Architecture CPU

The 2-nm processor runs Arm and z/Architecture instructions natively on the same core.


News Sep 02, 2026 by Jake Hertz
MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

RackCommander groups MaxLinear's USB UARTs, RS-485 transceivers, GPIO expanders, and power devices for rack-level management.


News Aug 31, 2026 by Jake Hertz
From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

Companies across industries are leveraging tech from NXP, MaxLinear and Nordic Semiconductor on automotive UWB, accelerated OpenZFS storage, and low-power Bluetooth Mesh sensing.


News Aug 28, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.


News Aug 26, 2026 by Luke James
NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

The rebuilt platform puts the previously closed cloud backend under an Apache 2.0 license and runs on AWS serverless services in a customer's own account.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Luke James
Researchers Use Photons & Phonons for Long-Distance Qubit Communication

Researchers Use Photons & Phonons for Long-Distance Qubit Communication

The team employed a quantum material and chip architecture that could be key in scaling quantum computers to one million qubits.


News Aug 18, 2026 by Dr. Steve Arar
Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

The EFR32BG2B SoC family supports Bluetooth 6 and is the lowest power Bluetooth LE chip with channel sounding from Silicon Labs.


News Aug 14, 2026 by Duane Benson
Preserving Battery Life: Waking the FPB-RA0E1 from Low-Power Mode Using a 32-Bit Interval Timer

Preserving Battery Life: Waking the FPB-RA0E1 from Low-Power Mode Using a 32-Bit Interval Timer

This article shows you how to configure Software Standby mode and implement a periodic wake-up routine on the Renesas FPB-RA0E1 Fast Prototyping Board, built around the Arm Cortex-M23-based RA0E1 MCU.


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!


new products Jul 13, 2026 by Mouser
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