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Broadcom Targets Mass-Market Broadband With 10G PON and Wi-Fi 8 SoCs

Broadcom Targets Mass-Market Broadband With 10G PON and Wi-Fi 8 SoCs

Three new chips pair a cost-optimized fiber gateway processor with single-die dual-band Wi-Fi 8 radios, aiming to bring the latest wireless standard to price-sensitive service provider markets.


News May 12, 2026 by Luke James
Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

An audit finds that the European Chips Act is "very unlikely" to hit the 20% global market target by 2030, citing fragmented funding, slow progress on FOAKs, and fierce international competition.


News May 12, 2026 by Gordon Feller
SiTime Reveals MEMS Timing Device for AI Data Center GPU Optimization

SiTime Reveals MEMS Timing Device for AI Data Center GPU Optimization

The MEMS-based oscillator delivers less than 1 nanosecond of time synchronization accuracy for AI clusters.


News May 11, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Intel and US Semi Fabrication Gets Huge Boost on Rumors from SpaceX, Apple

Intel and US Semi Fabrication Gets Huge Boost on Rumors from SpaceX, Apple

SpaceX’s proposed Terafab and Apple's preliminary discussions indicate escalating pressure to expand domestic semiconductor production.


News May 11, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Arm Axion Heads Google’s 8th-Gen TPUs as Cloud Pivots to Agentic AI

Arm Axion Heads Google’s 8th-Gen TPUs as Cloud Pivots to Agentic AI

Google Cloud split the TPU line into training and inference variants, with Arm Neoverse-based Axion CPUs as the host across the stack. Arm also rolled out Performix, a free performance toolkit aimed at the silicon's growing developer base.


News May 05, 2026 by Luke James
Congatec Module Adds NPU-Based AI to Entry-Level x86 Embedded Designs

Congatec Module Adds NPU-Based AI to Entry-Level x86 Embedded Designs

The module brings Intel's NPU-integrated processors to entry-level x86 systems, scaling edge AI performance and simplifying integration and long-term upgrades.


News May 04, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Rebellions: The Korean Company to Watch in 2026?

Rebellions: The Korean Company to Watch in 2026?

Learn how Korean AI technology company Rebellions uses proprietary dataflow NPUs, chiplets, and HBM to deliver high-efficiency, scalable AI inference for modern data centers.


News Apr 27, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Intel 8086: How a Stopgap CPU Became the Foundation of Modern Computing

Intel 8086: How a Stopgap CPU Became the Foundation of Modern Computing

Released in June 1978 after a three-month architecture sprint, the 8086 was meant to buy Intel time while it finished its real next-gen processor. But the real one failed, and the stopgap built x86.


News Apr 24, 2026 by Luke James
Jack Dennis, Founding Father of Hacker Culture, Dies at 94

Jack Dennis, Founding Father of Hacker Culture, Dies at 94

The MIT professor emeritus shaped time-sharing, computer architecture, and a generation of engineers during a career spanning four decades.


News Apr 21, 2026 by Luke James
Design Wins Roundup: From Real-Time Medical Imaging to Artemis II

Design Wins Roundup: From Real-Time Medical Imaging to Artemis II

Integration and efficiency are reshaping modern system design, from rad-hard ICs in NASA’s Artemis II mission to SoCs turning ID badges into wireless systems.


News Apr 15, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Navitas Skips 48 V Bus in 800 V-to-6 V GaN PDB for AI Racks

Navitas Skips 48 V Bus in 800 V-to-6 V GaN PDB for AI Racks

GaN-based power delivery board targets 96.5% efficiency and 2,100 W/in3 for NVIDIA's next-generation 800 VDC data center architecture.


News Apr 09, 2026 by Luke James
EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

Learn how the EU's premier lending institution is deploying billions in loans, equity, and blended finance to build a sovereign European chip ecosystem.


News Apr 07, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Arm Releases First-Ever Silicon Product to Solve Agentic AI Challenges

Arm Releases First-Ever Silicon Product to Solve Agentic AI Challenges

In a landmark moment in its 35-year history, Arm has debuted its own silicon product, the AGI CPU, built on the Arm Neoverse platform.


News Apr 02, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Lumotive Debuts ‘World’s First 2D Photonic Beamforming Chip’

Lumotive Debuts ‘World’s First 2D Photonic Beamforming Chip’

The startup's programmable chip uses a metasurface architecture to control light without moving parts.


News Apr 01, 2026 by Luke James
Ambient Scientific Lends AI Processor to Women’s Safety Wearable

Ambient Scientific Lends AI Processor to Women’s Safety Wearable

The MAI device from Dimension NXG runs AI models continuously on a 180-mAh battery for up to 14 days, using analog in-memory compute to keep power consumption at microwatt levels.


News Mar 25, 2026 by Luke James
NXP Launches Tiny Applications Processor Blending AI NPU and Tri-Radio

NXP Launches Tiny Applications Processor Blending AI NPU and Tri-Radio

NXP claims that this device represents the first time an applications processor has combined a dedicated AI NPU with tri-radio wireless connectivity.


News Mar 17, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Ventuno Q: The First Fruit of the Arduino-Qualcomm Acquisition Targets AI

Ventuno Q: The First Fruit of the Arduino-Qualcomm Acquisition Targets AI

Six months after acquiring Arduino, Qualcomm goes big by adding the Dragonwing IQ-8275 AI processor to Arduino's platform.


News Mar 16, 2026 by Duane Benson
MediaTek Expands Genio SoC Line to Target AI to IoT, Robotics, and More

MediaTek Expands Genio SoC Line to Target AI to IoT, Robotics, and More

Announced at Embedded World, the new Genio lineup spans value to flagship tiers, with on-device GenAI acceleration ranging from 6 TOPS to over 50 TOPS.


News Mar 16, 2026 by Luke James
Qualcomm Levels Up Mobile Processors, Wi-Fi 8 Portfolio, and RF Hardware

Qualcomm Levels Up Mobile Processors, Wi-Fi 8 Portfolio, and RF Hardware

Qualcomm’s AI-native Wi-Fi 8 platforms, R19-ready 5G modems, and custom Oryon CPUs set the company up for the next generation of mobile and networking infrastructure.


News Mar 12, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Intel Rolls Out Industrial Edge AI Processors and Healthcare AI Suite

Intel Rolls Out Industrial Edge AI Processors and Healthcare AI Suite

Announced today at Embedded World, the new Core Series 2 may accelerate the industrial edge and real-time applications, while the healthcare suite may help providers meet the challenges of patient care using edge AI.


News Mar 09, 2026 by Duane Benson