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Exclusive—TSMC Enlightens Us About Its Next Steps in This Q&A

Exclusive—TSMC Enlightens Us About Its Next Steps in This Q&A

In this article, Gordon posed a set of questions to TSMC about their next steps going forward.


News Jan 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller
MIT Flips the Challenges of Chip Stacking On Its Head

MIT Flips the Challenges of Chip Stacking On Its Head

Low-temperature BEOL transistors and memory elements aim to cut data-movement energy in AI workloads.


News Jan 08, 2026 by Luke James
AI Chip Race Heats Up With Intel, Nvidia, and AMD’s CES Debuts

AI Chip Race Heats Up With Intel, Nvidia, and AMD’s CES Debuts

The industry's biggest chipmakers came to CES with processors that will shape the future of AI PCs, data center computing, and embedded AI.


News Jan 08, 2026 by Duane Benson
Design Wins: Four Designs Rethink Compute, Power, and Integration

Design Wins: Four Designs Rethink Compute, Power, and Integration

This four-product roundup highlights new hardware platforms for spaceborne AI, EV power, wireless sensing, and private 5G.


News Jan 07, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
NXP Ushers Agentic AI to the Edge with New AI Development Tools

NXP Ushers Agentic AI to the Edge with New AI Development Tools

Announced today at CES, the new tools focus on inference-first deployment to embedded processors rather than retrofitting cloud-native workflows.


News Jan 06, 2026 by Jake Hertz
NXP Makes Its CES Reveal: A Central Compute Platform for Smart Vehicles

NXP Makes Its CES Reveal: A Central Compute Platform for Smart Vehicles

Announced today, the new real-time, super-integration processor is the next step in NXP’s automotive processing platform.


News Jan 05, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Knowledge and Nostalgia: 2025’s Top Educational Articles

Knowledge and Nostalgia: 2025’s Top Educational Articles

Ring in the new year with this roundup of All About Circuits' most popular educational content, both technical and historical.


News Dec 31, 2025 by Abby Garfinkle
Our 2025 Top Trend: AI Assimilates

Our 2025 Top Trend: AI Assimilates

Do you remember when supercomputers were described by their processing power? That was so 2024. Today, we talk about the power for processing. Goodbye terraops, hello terrawatt-hours!


News Dec 28, 2025 by Dale Wilson
Our Top 2025 Research Stories: Rubber CMOS, Washable Electronics, and More

Our Top 2025 Research Stories: Rubber CMOS, Washable Electronics, and More

Enjoy this roundup of our favorite All About Circuits research news articles of 2025!


News Dec 26, 2025 by Jeff Child
From 124-Layer PCBs to the 555 Timer: Our Favorite Content of the Year

From 124-Layer PCBs to the 555 Timer: Our Favorite Content of the Year

Explore our editors' top picks from 2025, featuring breakthrough AI hardware, legendary chip history, behind-the-scenes insights, and exclusive industry interviews.


News Dec 25, 2025 by Dale Wilson
AWS Touts Its ‘Most Powerful and Efficient’ CPU Yet

AWS Touts Its ‘Most Powerful and Efficient’ CPU Yet

New Graviton5-based EC2 M9g instances push performance, core density, and security design to the next level.


News Dec 19, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Q.ANT’s New Photonic Processor Pushes AI and HPC Beyond Silicon’s Limits

Q.ANT’s New Photonic Processor Pushes AI and HPC Beyond Silicon’s Limits

Q.ANT has debuted NPU 2 with enhanced nonlinear optical processing, delivering major gains in efficiency and performance for next-generation AI and HPC workloads.


News Dec 18, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
Using Synopsys Tools, Complex AI SoC Achieves Verification in 5 Weeks

Using Synopsys Tools, Complex AI SoC Achieves Verification in 5 Weeks

Rebellions employed Synopsys' VCS, ZeBu, Virtualizer, and the Verification Continuum to achieve full bring-up and live demo just five weeks after first silicon.


News Dec 17, 2025 by Duane Benson
5 Research Breakthroughs Push the Boundaries of Photonic Computing

5 Research Breakthroughs Push the Boundaries of Photonic Computing

Recent advances in photonic platforms, memory architectures, and optical switching demonstrate an evolving space for optical computing.


News Dec 10, 2025 by Luke James
Three New Automotive ICs Target Noise, Precision, and Control

Three New Automotive ICs Target Noise, Precision, and Control

A new wave of automotive ICs may tackle the complex mix of precision sensing, high-speed signaling, and compact actuation inside modern EVs and ICEs.


News Dec 08, 2025 by Luke James
Microsoft Announces New Custom CPU Powered by Arm

Microsoft Announces New Custom CPU Powered by Arm

Azure Cobalt 200 aims to deliver a 50% performance gain over its predecessor for real-world cloud workloads.


News Dec 02, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Ruggedizes New Processors for Industrial PCs at the Edge

Qualcomm Ruggedizes New Processors for Industrial PCs at the Edge

The chips are Qualcomm's first industrial-grade PC processors built for PLCs, panel PCs, and edge controllers with support for Windows.


News Nov 26, 2025 by Luke James
Microchip Unwraps 10Base-T1S Endpoint ICs for In-Vehicle Connectivity

Microchip Unwraps 10Base-T1S Endpoint ICs for In-Vehicle Connectivity

The LAN866x family integrates the Remote Control Protocol to eliminate edge node software and accelerate zonal Ethernet deployment.


News Nov 24, 2025 by Jake Hertz
RCA CD4000: The CMOS Logic That Wouldn’t Die

RCA CD4000: The CMOS Logic That Wouldn’t Die

For over 55 years, this logic family has bridged analog and digital design with noise immunity, rail flexibility, and unmatched staying power.


News Nov 21, 2025 by Luke James
Roundup: Flood of New AI Hardware Comes to Bolster Data Centers

Roundup: Flood of New AI Hardware Comes to Bolster Data Centers

In this roundup, we highlight six recent announcements that demonstrate how semiconductor leaders are redefining the hardware stack for large-scale AI inference.


News Nov 19, 2025 by Austin Futrell