Stories tagged hardware & chips.
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ASRock Industrial, the industrial PC (IPC) arm of ASRock, posted a 95.4% year-over-year surge in first-half 2026 revenue after winning a major North American streaming services contract. The company is also expanding into robotics, entertainment, cybersecurity and edge computing as the IPC sector…
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If you wanted to extract the firmware from a mystery device, you might pull the flash chip out of it and toss it into a reader. But if you only …read more
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China's ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is gaining ground in the global DRAM market as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix allocate more production capacity to high-bandwidth memory (HBM), tightening conventional memory supply and giving the Chinese supplier more room to expand without competing…
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Meta has unveiled Muse Charm at Connect 2026, a keychain-sized device that runs its Muse AI agent with real-time voice and an animated avatar on a small screen. Users tap a fingerprint sensor to start a conversation, Reuters reports a 2-inch touchscreen and built-in 5G, and Meta aims to ship the…
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LG Group is sharpening its focus on data centers, robotics, semiconductor materials, and enterprise AI as the South Korean conglomerate refines how it allocates capital across businesses moving toward commercialization at different speeds.
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XFEON launched a physical-AI matrix led by Xinghe S1 (~105 TOPS INT8 / ~25W), the AGLobe embodied brain and Xinghui Token workstations, per September 22 coverage citing xfeon.com.
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Moore Threads says MTT S5000 embodied RL training curves match mainstream GPUs at r=0.976, with RLinf CI integration and about 92 percent dual-arm real-robot assembly success.
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Die neue Version des Surface Pro 12 soll vor allem eine lange Akkulaufzeit und mehr KI-Leistung erhalten. Das ist aber teuer. (Surface, Microsoft)
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The Xiaomi Pad 9 Pro is now official, and it's a relatively thin 12.5-inch tablet with a 144Hz display, 11,000mAh battery, and Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. In China, the starting price is about $566, which makes it pretty affordable for the performance-focused specs.
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Semiconductor epitaxy maker Episil Precision said on September 22 that rising demand from AI data centers has created two main growth engines. Demand for silicon photonics optical communication modules is driving a surge in germanium silicon (GeSi) epitaxy demand, with the sector projected to grow…
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China's AI industry is moving beyond policy-driven technological catch-up into a new phase centered on commercialization and ecosystem competition. Localization is no longer confined to replacing individual components; it is evolving towards full-stack, system-level optimization.
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Transporting the native packetized traffic of the NoC directly across die boundaries using a stable, invariant interface. The post A Network-on-Chip (NoC) For Multi-Die Devices appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Design data management, traceability, and revision control are critical for multi-chiplet heterogeneous integration. The post Managing 3D-IC Design And IP appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Specialization and orchestration are becoming more important as the role of AI agents in chip design widens, but coordination, control, and trust remain challenging The post When AI Agents Cross Chip Design Silos appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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AI may accelerate semiconductor design, but users still need formal proof, semantic continuity, and auditable workflows to trust automation. The post EDA’s Future Is Evidence-Driven Automation appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Extracting advanced compact models and overcoming their shortcomings using a hybrid ANN approach at cryogenic temperatures. The post AI-Driven Device Modeling For Next Generation Quantum Applications appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Determining what a system can decide, the scope it owns, how work is validated, when it asks for help, and who remains accountable for fallback and final signoff. The post Autonomy Levels For Design Agents: L1 To L5 Explained appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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As AI chips move to stacked, chiplet-based architectures, EDA vendors are reworking mature tools for cross-domain analysis, faster exploration, and agentic AI assistance. The post 3D Chips Push EDA Into New Territory appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Chinese macroeconomist Justin Lin, dean of Peking University's Institute of New Structural Economics, made a rare appearance at a tech industry event on September 22, speaking at the 2026 Intel Technology Innovation and Industry Ecosystem Conference about the AI revolution from an economic…
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Brake system parts maker Yusin said at an investor conference on September 23 that key equipment at its new Malaysia plant is expected to be installed by the fourth quarter of 2026, with production targeted at 557,500 sets in 2027. Chairman Ching-te Chi said the company was hit by the restructuring…
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A new Exabeam-commissioned survey finds 48% of security leaders rank autonomous AI agents with excessive access as their top threat, ahead of hackers and insiders.
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GPT-6 Luna is the first GPT-6 model that ChatGPT Free and Go users can use at no extra cost. It only works in the desktop app, though, and not in the regular chat window. OpenAI has not published a usage limit. Paid subscribers get both Luna and the new GPT-6 Sol in Work and Codex.
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In der ersten auf Debian basierten Entwickler-Preview können User Linux für den ARM-Chip von Qualcomm ausprobieren. (Linux, Debian)
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Solar cell manufacturer and systems integrator United Renewable Energy (URE) is still awaiting a final decision on the location of its US solar module plant, a joint venture with Sino-American Silicon Products (SAS), although production has now been set to begin in the third quarter of 2027. The…
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Guangzhou-based wafer foundry CanSemi Technology has set its initial public offering (IPO) price at CNY12.01 per share on Shenzhen's ChiNext board. The company aims to raise CNY6.16 billion (approx. US$917.9 million) by issuing 512.6 million new shares.
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Cadence Design Systems and Synopsys have achieved certification for key design flows on TSMC's A14 process, expanding the design ecosystem for the foundry's next full node ahead of risk production in 2027 and volume production in 2028.
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AI adoption is accelerating, prompting global cloud providers to step up data center investment. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba, announced a new round of global infrastructure expansion at the 2026 Apsara Conference, with plans to broaden its data center footprint across eight…
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Alongside the Xiaomi 18 Pro series, the company has launched the Pad 9 lineup. Of the two new pads, the regular Pad 9 is standing as an affordable rival to the iPad Air 11-inch. This tablet is powered by the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, has an 11.2-inch 144Hz display, and measures 5.75mm thick. The…
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Nintendo Switch Online members can download and play the full version of Ubisoft Montpellier's 2024 action-platformer Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at no extra cost from 10 a.m. PT on September 24 to 11:59 p.m. PT on September 30, 2026. Save data carries over to a purchase, the digital edition…
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Canvas UI is an open-source component library created by David Haz, utilizing the experimental HTML-in-Canvas API. It features 35 components that render GPU effects on live page content while maintaining accessibility. The library integrates with multiple frameworks and requires specific Chrome…