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Intel leaks 44‑core Nova Lake‑S desktop processor, up from 42 cores
Intel’s upcoming Nova Lake‑S desktop line now includes a leaked 44‑core SKU, replacing the previously announced 42‑core model. The design uses two identical 8P+12E compute tiles, freeing up 6P+12E tiles that could be sold as lower‑priced, locked non‑K variants with on‑die big last‑level cache (bLLC).
AMD’s VP of AI Software, Anush Elangovan, leveraged Claude Code to create a pure‑Python user‑space driver that talks directly to /dev/kfd and /dev/dri/renderD* via ctypes ioctls, bypassing the ROCm/HIP stack. The initial commit adds KFD ioctl bindings, SDMA copy engine support, PM4 compute packet building, timeline semaphores, and a GPU family registry, with 130 passing tests on the MI300X. Recent updates extend the driver to multi‑GPU handling and compute‑bound kernels. The project is hosted on a public GitHub branch for community testing.
Current AI, a $400 million public‑interest partnership, unveiled an open‑source handheld AI device at the India AI Impact Summit. The offline prototype, built with India’s Bhashini translation project, can see, speak, and answer questions in Hindi and English, even identifying candy...
The open‑source ATI R300 Gallium3D driver, originally reverse‑engineered for legacy Radeon hardware, received a critical occlusion‑query fix this week. Independent developer Pavel Ondračkar submitted a patch that avoids the HyperZ breakage of a 2012 attempt and uses a dummy Z‑buffer...
Garmin has slashed the price of its Forerunner 165 fitness watch to £173.91 on Amazon, a £76.08 discount from the original £249.99. The device combines a 1.2‑inch AMOLED display, 11‑day smartwatch‑mode battery life, and multi‑GNSS satellite support in a lightweight 43 mm...
EcoFlow unveiled the Ocean 2 all‑in‑one battery inverter at the Key Energy show in Rimini. The system pairs a 5 kWh LiFePO₄ battery with a single‑phase inverter, delivering 3.4 kW continuous discharge and 100 % depth of discharge. Units are compact, IP66‑rated and can...
Circuits Integrated Hellas has introduced the CI-ONE family, a small‑form‑factor Ka‑band module that combines a high‑performance power amplifier with a single‑pole double‑throw switch. The integrated solution delivers 5 ns switching, up to 36 dBm output, and about 22% efficiency at the 1 dB...
The U.S. Marine Corps awarded BlueHalo Labs a $22.8 million contract modification to purchase additional Titan SV MPv3 counter‑drone systems and spare‑parts kits under its Organic‑Counter Small Unmanned Aerial Systems program. Delivery is slated for on or before July 1 2026, addressing an...
Rohde & Schwarz is rolling out its QPS Walk2000 millimetre‑wave screening system, which combines AI‑driven detection with continuous walk‑through capability. Early deployments at Dallas Fort Worth and Frankfurt airports demonstrate higher passenger throughput and reduced false alarms. The technology has earned ECAC detection...
Great Lakes Semiconductor (GLS) and Advanced Printed Electronic Solutions (APES) have formed a strategic partnership to fuse GLS's ChipForge semiconductor platform with APES's Matrix6D additive‑manufactured electronics system. The joint effort will deliver a full design‑to‑manufacturing workflow for chips and sensors,...
Electronic Arts announced it is hiring a senior engineer to port its Javelin kernel‑level anticheat to the Windows‑on‑Arm (WoA) platform. The move confirms that major publishers are preparing their security stacks for ARM‑based Windows 11 PCs. It coincides with NVIDIA's...
Tejas Networks introduced the TJ1600‑D3, a hyper‑scalable data‑center interconnect (DCI) platform, at MWC 2026 in Barcelona. The WDM optical transport system delivers line rates from 400 Gbps to 1.2 Tbps per wavelength and can scale to 51.2 Tbps of shelf capacity within a compact...
Steven DenBaars, Distinguished Professor at UCSB, has been named the 2026 recipient of Optica’s Nick Holonyak Jr. Award. The honor recognizes his pioneering contributions to high‑efficiency gallium nitride (GaN) LEDs and laser diodes, which have transformed solid‑state lighting and photonic...
ARIA Sensing has partnered with Algorized to launch an AI‑driven ultra‑wideband radar platform, beginning with an in‑cabin child presence detection system for automotive OEMs and Tier‑1 suppliers. The solution merges ARIA’s HYDROGEN 4×4 UWB radar SoC—featuring 3‑D sensing, digital beamforming...
Innatera has chosen Synopsys to design and validate its next‑generation neuromorphic microcontrollers, leveraging Synopsys’ PathFinder‑SC and Totem tools. The partnership focuses on ensuring electrostatic discharge (ESD) resilience and power‑integrity for mixed‑signal, low‑voltage designs. Using these solutions, Innatera validated Pulsar, the...
Maker LuckyBor has built a functional 4G smartphone using an ESP32‑S3 as its core processor. The device combines a SIMCOM A7682E modem, an OV2640 camera, a 3.5‑inch touchscreen and a 3.5 mm audio jack, delivering call, text and web capabilities despite...
I hear Nvidia is a big thing. I also see the @Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-9075 is hitting more than DOUBLE the frame rate of the Jetson AGX Orin on an AI computer vision model. On-device AI? Yeah, we do that really...
AAEON’s UP brand unveiled the Intelli TWL01 Edge, an industrial‑grade multimedia PC that supports dual 4K HDMI displays and runs on Intel Core N‑series processors. The fanless, compact chassis measures 152 mm × 124.5 mm × 39 mm and offers DIN‑Rail, VESA, and wall‑mount options for rugged deployments. It...
10BASE‑T1L, defined in IEEE 802.3cg, delivers 10 Mbps full‑duplex Ethernet over a single twisted‑pair for up to 1 km. The standard lets BACnet/IP run directly on the link, eliminating gateways and allowing seamless integration with IT networks. Existing two‑wire fieldbus runs can be...
Paul Lagier unveiled a DIY Tiny E‑Reader that combines a 3D‑printed shell with an energy‑efficient e‑ink display, USB‑C charging, and wireless file transfer. The pocket‑sized device costs roughly $30 to build and delivers up to two weeks of battery life...
Intel released the Wi‑Fi driver package 24.20.2, a 44.2 MB unified installer for Windows 10 (64‑bit) and Windows 11 that covers Wi‑Fi 7, 6E, 6 and legacy Wireless‑AC adapters. The bundle includes driver version 24.20.2.1 for models BE213‑BE200, AX411‑AX101 and several AC chips. Wi‑Fi 7’s 6 GHz band...
A new no‑code designer lets users build ESP32 smart‑home displays without writing firmware. Users flash a base firmware once, then create UI, bind actions, and upload directly from the web editor. The tool removes the need for MQTT, Node‑RED, or...
Keychron has launched the B11 Pro, a foldable keyboard that combines an Alice‑style split layout with a low‑profile scissor‑switch design. The chassis folds inward, automatically powering off when closed and waking on opening, while offering USB‑C, 2.4 GHz dongle, and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity....
AMD’s new Ryzen AI 400G and Ryzen AI PRO 400G desktop APUs provide 16 native PCIe lanes, but four are reserved for the CPU‑to‑chipset link, leaving only 12 usable lanes on high‑end models and ten on lower‑tier parts. This tighter lane budget contrasts...
MSI has unveiled a China‑specific variant of its RTX 5090D v2 LIGHTNING graphics card, keeping the 21,760 CUDA cores but trimming memory to 24 GB GDDR7 on a 384‑bit bus. The limited‑edition model remains part of the 1,300‑unit global LIGHTNING run, though it...
MTN South Africa and US‑based Pivotal Commware completed field trials of the Pivot 5G mmWave repeater at three sites in Gauteng and Limpopo. The repeaters redirected and amplified millimetre‑wave signals, delivering download speeds two to five times faster than without...
The Smartlet One is a 2‑in‑1 watch strap that lets users wear a traditional mechanical watch and a smartwatch or fitness tracker on the same wrist. It supports 18‑24 mm lug watches and popular wearables such as the Apple Watch, Whoop and...
Renesas Electronics introduced the RH850/U2C, a 32‑bit automotive microcontroller built on a 28 nm process. The MCU features four cores running up to 320 MHz, including dual lockstep cores, and offers up to 8 MB of on‑chip flash. It supports Ethernet TSN, CAN‑XL,...
SpotSee introduced WarmMark QR, a battery‑free, QR‑enabled temperature sensor designed for cold‑chain logistics. The device delivers affordable, real‑time, package‑level temperature data, replacing error‑prone visual indicators. By allowing remote data access, it improves recipient adoption and streamlines monitoring for shippers. The...
Engicam unveiled the SmarCore iQ6 SMARC 2.2 module, powered by Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ‑6 series IQ‑615 SoC. The module offers an 8‑core heterogeneous CPU, up to 8 GB LPDDR4X memory, 8 GB eMMC storage, and an integrated Adreno GPU capable of 4K video decoding...
Pretty much 100% of my timeline is people freaking out about KOSPI KOSPI is a memory chip story. There’s a great structural reform story, too, and it feels like nobody except @smartkarma and shareholder activists are paying attention
AI workloads are prompting a fundamental redesign of Middle East data centres, shifting from legacy digital architectures to AI‑centric designs. Huawei’s SuperPoD solution, announced at MWC 2026, delivers up to 96.6% UPS efficiency and a 25% smaller footprint to meet soaring...
Deutsche Telekom announced a partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink to launch direct‑to‑device satellite mobile service in Germany starting in 2028. The initiative targets the remaining 1.2% of the country without 2G coverage, offering basic voice, data and messaging where terrestrial...
Force testing is shifting from a simple verification step to an integrated, data‑driven function as products become smaller, more complex, and digitally connected. Manufacturers now demand low‑force, high‑precision sensors, semi‑automated test sequences, and software that standardizes methods across multiple labs....
The article outlines how Amazon Fire TV Stick users can expand their streaming setup by pairing Bluetooth speakers, headphones, game controllers, and keyboards or mice. It provides step‑by‑step pairing instructions via the Settings menu and highlights specific product recommendations such...
Polish embedded‑systems firm Grinn unveiled the ReneSOM‑V2H, the world’s smallest System‑on‑Module built around Renesas’ RZ/V2H vision AI processor. The 37 × 42.6 mm board combines four Cortex‑A55 cores, two Cortex‑R8 real‑time cores, a Cortex‑M33 MCU and an 8 TOPS DRP‑AI3 accelerator for edge‑AI workloads....
Physik Instrumente (PI) unveiled its flexure‑guided piezo stages, which combine friction‑free flexure guidance with high‑force PICMA multilayer piezo actuators to deliver sub‑nanometer resolution, millisecond response times, and virtually wear‑free operation. The monolithic flexure design eliminates backlash and stiction, while the...
The ninth video in the Performance‑Aware Programming series highlights that a CPU’s ability to extract instruction‑level parallelism is bounded by dependency chains. When later instructions must wait for earlier results, the pipeline stalls, limiting throughput. The post underscores the need...
TV buyers often keep sets for five to ten years, making longevity a key purchase factor. Manufacturers claim OLED and LED panels last 30,000‑100,000 hours, but real‑world tests reveal divergent failure modes. RTINGS’ 10,000‑hour endurance study found 64% of edge‑lit...
Scientists at TU Delft have engineered a nanostring that channels vibrational energy from its fundamental mode into higher-order modes, creating an internal cascade that reaches the fifth mode. The effect relies on a soft‑clamping design that lets the string flex...
TCL CSOT unveiled its Super Pixel display at MWC 2026, promising up to 25% lower power consumption while delivering sharper images and faster refresh rates. The technology swaps the traditional SPR sub‑pixel rendering for a Real RGB layout, adding only 1.8% more...
Author Shimul Sood shows how simple maintenance steps can revive an aging Android smart TV. By power‑cycling, clearing app caches, installing firmware updates, and disabling system animations via Developer Options, the TV feels noticeably faster. These tweaks require no extra...
Broadcom reported record Q4 2025 results and set an aggressive Q1 2026 outlook, driven by explosive AI semiconductor demand. Consolidated revenue reached $18 billion, up 28% YoY, with AI revenue climbing 74% to $6.5 billion and an AI‑related order backlog exceeding $73 billion....
Magnachip Semiconductor reported Q4 2025 revenue of $40.6 million, a 17% year‑over‑year decline, and a gross margin of 9.3% after a one‑time $2.7 million sales incentive reduced profitability. Adjusted operating loss widened to $11.9 million and adjusted EBITDA turned negative...
Daktronics reported a 12% year‑over‑year increase in orders and a 36% jump in its product backlog to $321 million, delivering three straight quarters of top‑line growth. Net income rose 25% on an adjusted basis to $17.5 million, while operating margin edged toward...
A recent community thread highlighted that Apple’s M4 Pro outperforms comparable AMD and Intel notebook CPUs by 52% in speed and roughly 400% in power efficiency, according to Notebookcheck data. ARM‑based designs now account for about 50% of the compute...
Nvidia leveraged its 2020 $7 billion acquisition of Mellanox to transform its networking business into a major growth engine. In the most recent fiscal quarter the company reported $11 billion in networking revenue, a 263 % increase year‑over‑year, positioning it as the world’s...
Elgato’s new Stream Deck Plus XL has 36 LCD buttons instead of 8, and 6 customizable dials. That’s a whole lot of Stream Deck https://t.co/Np8uk1IdCB
Optics Planet is running a limited‑time promotion on a wide selection of trail cameras, featuring discounts up to 78% across top brands such as Tactacam, Bushnell, Stealth Cam, Wildgame Innovations and Cuddeback. The Tactacam Ultra, Outdoor Life’s 2025 editor’s choice,...
Humanoid robots are emerging as a high‑growth market that could outpace the automotive sector, especially in Europe where manufacturers are seeking new value streams. A Fraunhofer‑IPA and P3 white paper reveals a fragmented hardware landscape lacking standardized architectures, with key...
NTT DATA’s Global Data Centers business secured four capacity commitments totaling nearly 115 MW across campuses in Gainesville, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Sacramento, California. The deals include more than 90 MW for a major hyperscale provider and roughly 20 MW from three enterprise...
