Daily: Bipartisan support for Chip Security Act

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Kristina Johnson: Engineering Change From Movie Theaters to Government

To close out Women's History Month, we spotlight Kristina M. Johnson, the mind behind RealD's 3D technology—just one of her 118 patents.

Arm Launches First Silicon CPU, Targets Data Center Agentic AI Workloads

Arm unleashes its first silicon AGI CPU to power agentic AI in data centers, challenging x86 rivals. The post Arm Launches First Silicon CPU, Targets Data Center Agentic AI Workloads appeared first on EE Times.

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U-blox’s New GNSS Platform Reportedly Cuts Power Consumption 40%

The new L1/L5 platform selectively engages its second frequency band only when conditions demand it, targeting wearables, fleet trackers, and drones.

Finetech Secures Eurostars Funding to Advance Sub-micron Integration of Dual-color MicroLED Microdisplays

An 18-month Eurostars-3 R&D project will address one of the key bottlenecks in next-generation display manufacturing: the sub-micron integration of dual-color microLED devices into compact microdisplays. The project, 2ndGenMicroLED, is carried out in collaboration with Swedish deep-tech company Polar Light Technologies AB. Together, the partners aim to develop a dual-color microLED microdisplay...

OFC 2026 Summary: How Silicon Photonics, CPO, OCI, and OCS Are Redefining the Physical Boundaries of Data Centers

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Lumentum to establish new US plant to manufacture indium phosphide lasers for AI data centers

Lumentum Holdings Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which designs and makes photonics products for optical networks and lasers for industrial and consumer markets) plans to establish a new US manufacturing facility in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 240,000ft2 facility will produce indium phosphide (InP)-based optical devices that serve as critical...

From Classroom to Career: Building the Next Generation of Microelectronic Talent

The semiconductor ecosystem is facing a significant workforce gap, with industry demand continuing to grow faster than the available talent pool. Long-term projections suggest the semiconductor workforce pipeline will struggle to keep pace with this growth. The National Science Foundation’s estimates indicate that between 60,000 and 100,000 semiconductor roles in the United...

Aixtron to build new manufacturing plant in Malaysia

To strengthen its global competitiveness, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany is to build a new manufacturing facility in Malaysia in order to tap into the fast growing semiconductor equipment ecosystem in South East Asia...

TurboQuant: Inner Workings and Implications

Google's year old research resurfaced in a recent blog post and spooked memory investors.

Daily: Sanders, AOC propose data centre moratorium

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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.

Polar Light awarded €1.1m EU grant for 18-month 2ndGenMicroLED project

Polar Light Technologies AB — which stems from research by founder professor Per-Olof Holtz and his team at Linköping University (with support from Sweden’s innovation agency Vinnova) — has been awarded a European Union (EU) Eurostars grant.With a total budget of €1.1m, the 18-month project ‘2ndGenMicroLED’ aims to deliver the...

Taiwan Semiconductor introduces AEC-Q-qualified 1200V SiC Schottky rectifiers in SOD-128 packages

Taiwan Semiconductor Co Ltd (TSC) of New Taipei City, Taiwan — which supplies discrete power electronics devices, LED drivers, analog ICs, transient voltage suppressor (TVS), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection — has added to its growing series of automotive-grade 1200V-rated silicon carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes with 1A and 2A models....

Guerrilla RF launches 6–8.5GHz GRF2118 X-band LNA

Guerrilla RF Inc (GRF) of Greensboro, NC, USA — which develops and manufactures radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) for wireless applications — has released the GRF2118, an ultra-low-noise X-band amplifier delivering what is claimed to be best-in-class noise figure performance across the 6.0–8.5GHz band. Targeting...

Arm Comes Full Circle With Homegrown, AI-Tuned Server CPU

Improve Engineering Communication by Translating Technical Detail

This article is crossposted from IEEE Spectrum’s careers newsletter. Sign up now to get insider tips, expert advice, and practical strategies, written in partnership with tech career development company Parsity and delivered to your inbox for free!Engineers Aren’t Bad at Communication. They’re Just Speaking to the Wrong Audience.There’s a persistent...

Training Driving AI at 50,000× Real Time

This is a sponsored article brought to you by General Motors. Visit their new Engineering Blog for more insights.Autonomous driving is one of the most demanding problems in physical AI. An automated system must interpret a chaotic, ever-changing world in real time—navigating uncertainty, predicting human behavior, and operating safely across...

30 Years Ago, Robots Learned to Walk Without Falling

When you hear the term humanoid robot, you may think of C-3PO, the human-cyborg-relations android from Star Wars. C-3PO was designed to assist humans in communicating with robots and alien species. The droid, which first appeared on screen in 1977, joined the characters on their adventures, walking, talking, and interacting...