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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).
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Forward Edge‑AI unveiled Isidore Quantum, a palm‑sized data diode that enforces one‑way data flow while encrypting traffic with post‑quantum algorithms such as ML‑KEM and ML‑DSA. The device, co‑developed with the U.S. government and Microsoft, delivers sub‑0.5 ms latency and up to 2 Gbps throughput, making it suitable for OT edge nodes, satellites and industrial systems. It has completed 23 government pilots across all military branches and earned FIPS 140‑3 certification. The solution aims to protect high‑value data now against future quantum decryption attacks.
Had the opportunity last week to share my perspective with the top 200 leaders at $AMAT as they plan the next phase of chipmaking. These are the discussions that matter to me: real technology constraints, hard tradeoffs, and long-term industry impact,...
CyberPowerPC’s new pre‑built gaming PC retails for $1,749.99 and pairs an AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor with a Radeon RX 9070 XT graphics card, 32 GB DDR5 RAM, and a 2 TB NVMe SSD. The 7800X3D’s 3D V‑Cache delivers top‑tier gaming performance, while the RX 9070 XT offers RTX 5070 Ti‑class output...
ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel and AMD platforms are gaining expanded sensor monitoring support ahead of the Linux 7.1 release. New contributions to the ASUS‑EC‑Sensors driver and the hwmon‑next branch add VRM, temperature, current, and voltage readings for models such...
Armbian 26.02, the latest Debian‑based Linux distribution for ARM and RISC‑V devices, upgrades to the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel and introduces a RISC‑V Xfce desktop option. The release adds new board support, including the SpacemiT MusePi Pro, Radxa Rock 4D,...
pureLiFi introduced a high‑bandwidth LiFi architecture capable of 10 Gbps indoor data rates, targeting the fixed wireless access (FWA) market. The company unveiled the Bridge XC Flex, a plug‑and‑play bridge that delivers gigabit broadband through windows without drilling, and announced partnerships with 5G...
Intel released LLM‑Scaler vLLM 0.14.0‑b8, a Docker‑based runtime for running vLLM on Intel Battlemage GPUs. The update is rebased on vLLM 0.14, upgrades PyTorch to 2.10, and adds the latest oneAPI and oneDNN optimizations, delivering up to 25% higher INT4 throughput. It expands...
Researchers at Kyoto University and partners demonstrated spin‑cat qubits encoded in ¹⁷³Yb atoms within an optical tweezer array, achieving a single‑qubit Clifford gate fidelity of 0.961 ± 0.005. The study revealed a predictable bias toward dephasing errors that grows with the encoded...
Researchers at NUS and NTU have mapped the aging of Josephson junctions over three months, showing a logarithmic degradation curve that varies with storage environment. Ambient air storage accelerates aging, while nitrogen or vacuum storage slows it. Thermal annealing behaves...
Nanosurf’s industrial‑grade atomic force microscope (AFM) development hinges on a seamless handoff from concept to commissioning, guided by application engineer Dr. Marco Corbetta. He joins customers during initial requirement gathering, defines verifiable specifications, and later conducts Factory Acceptance Tests (FAT)...
Researchers at the University of Southern Denmark and collaborators have unveiled an integrated nanophotonic platform that uses surface‑plasmon‑polariton (SPP) interference to mediate long‑range interactions between solid‑state quantum emitters on a chip. The design achieves a peak concurrence of 0.493, approaching...
Samsung used Mobile World Congress 2026 to unveil its Galaxy AI strategy, centering on the new Galaxy S26 series powered by a custom Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip and an industry‑first Privacy Display. The rollout extends AI‑driven features across wearables,...
Certainly not the day for it but..... Morgan Stanley moving Moving $NVDA NVIDIA back to top pick in semis, PT stays at $260 In September, we shifted our top pick from NVIDIA to $NSK Sandisk, then in November shifted to Micron. The thesis...
Navitas Semiconductor showcased a suite of GaN and SiC power solutions at APEC 2026 in San Antonio, targeting AI data centers, high‑performance computing, grid infrastructure, and industrial electrification. The company unveiled a 10 kW 800 V‑to‑50 V GaN‑powered DC‑DC platform delivering 98.5% efficiency...
Getac Technology Corporation unveiled an AI‑ready rugged portfolio in India, featuring the F120 tablet, UX10/UX10‑IP tablets, and V120 convertible laptop. All devices run Intel Core Ultra 200 series processors with AI Boost NPU delivering up to 48 TOPS, and they combine...
$QCOM opened MWC26 with five connectivity announcements that matter: X105 Modem-RF adds NR-NTN satellite (voice, video, data), FastConnect 8800 is Qualcomm’s first mobile Wi-Fi 8 push, Dragonwing broadens Wi-Fi 8 across the portfolio, Snapdragon Wear Elite moves to 3nm, and...
MSI has launched the MAG 272URDF E16, a 27‑inch gaming monitor that can instantly toggle between 4K resolution at 160 Hz and Full HD at 320 Hz via an on‑screen joystick. The Rapid IPS panel delivers a 0.5 ms response time, 10‑bit color...
ViewSonic has launched the ColorPro VP2456A in Japan, a 23.8‑inch Full HD IPS monitor aimed at creators who need reliable color performance. The display is Pantone validated, covers 100 % of the sRGB gamut and ships with factory pre‑calibration achieving a ΔE...
DARPA has awarded RTX’s BBN Technologies a contract under the X‑ray Extreme‑range Non‑imaging Analysis (XENA) program to create a long‑range X‑ray imaging system capable of probing man‑made objects from distances approaching one kilometre. The effort relies on novel mathematical models...
Researchers have developed a monolithic 3D nanoelectrode array (HD‑NEA) that integrates 26,400 vertical nanowire electrodes directly onto commercial CMOS chips. The low‑temperature wafer‑scale post‑fabrication process maintains circuit functionality while delivering uniform, high‑yield electrode performance across 4‑inch wafers. In vitro recordings...
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear Elite at MWC 2026, a 3 nm system‑on‑chip designed to bring flagship‑level AI to wearables. The chipset features a Hexagon NPU capable of processing up to 2 billion parameters, delivering up to five‑fold CPU gains and seven‑fold graphics...
Qualcomm unveiled its AI‑ready Wi‑Fi 8 portfolio at MWC 2026, featuring the FastConnect 8800 mobile chipset and Dragonwing router platforms. The FastConnect 8800 introduces a 4×4 Wi‑Fi radio delivering up to 11.6 Gbps, while integrating Bluetooth 7, UWB and Thread on a 6 nm die. Dragonwing’s NPro A8 Elite...
Qualcomm unveiled its X105 5G Modem‑RF at MWC 2026, positioning it as the next‑gen connectivity engine for Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 smartphones. The modem adds 5G‑Advanced Release 19 support, enabling NR‑NTN satellite links and a low‑power NB‑IoT fallback for hard‑to‑reach spots like elevators and parking...
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset, promising up to a 30 percent boost in battery life for wearables. The platform delivers clock speeds five times faster and graphics seven times more powerful than its predecessor, plus an integrated eNPU for...
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear Elite at MWC 2026, a premium Wear OS chipset built on a 3 nm process with a big.LITTLE CPU and an upgraded Adreno GPU. The SoC delivers up to five‑fold single‑core CPU performance and seven‑fold GPU frame‑rate gains,...
Hargrave Technologies introduced the microDRIVE MP, a 60 V, 120 A motor controller tailored for medium VTOL and helicopter UAVs. The ESC offers high‑current performance in an IP67‑rated, rugged enclosure, addressing the growing power and durability demands of expanding UAV missions. It...
Quectel Wireless Solutions is unveiling its automotive‑grade mmWave radar portfolio at MWC Barcelona, featuring a 77 GHz forward‑collision warning unit with over 220 m range and the ability to track 40 dynamic targets. The company also displayed a blind‑spot detection radar that...
Motorola announced a long‑term partnership with GrapheneOS at MWC 2026 to ship a future Motorola phone with GrapheneOS pre‑installed and to back‑port select security features to existing models. The collaboration will involve joint research, software enhancements, and new security capabilities. Current...
Clicks Technology has expanded its Communicator smartphone line to include a QWERTZ keyboard for Germany, alongside AZERTY, Korean and Arabic layouts. The device pairs a classic physical keyboard with modern Android 16 hardware, featuring a 4.03‑inch OLED screen, MediaTek Dimensity 8300...
AMD has officially released its budget‑friendly Ryzen 5 5500X3D in Chinese retail outlets, extending the X3D lineup beyond Latin America. The six‑core, 12‑thread Zen 3 chip uses the AM4 socket, offers 99 MB of combined L2/L3 cache via 3D V‑Cache, and is expected to retail...
Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads unveiled the AIBook, a 14‑inch notebook powered by its own 12‑core ARM processor and a 50 TOPS AI accelerator. The laptop ships with 32 GB LPDDR5x‑7500 memory, a 2,880 × 1,800 OLED display at 120 Hz, and runs Android or...
Bengaluru‑based Turiyam.ai has closed a $4 million pre‑seed round led by Ankur Capital and Axilor’s Micelio Fund. The startup will accelerate development of a full‑stack AI inference platform that tightly integrates custom chips with optimized software. It is already piloting deployments...
AGIBot unveiled its full humanoid robot portfolio at MWC 2026, showcasing A2, X2, G2, D1 and C5 platforms alongside the OmniHand dexterous limb. The company launched a global online store and a Robot‑as‑a‑Service (RaaS) leasing model with prices starting at €899...
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Sounds like @SamsungMobile is doubling down on @Qualcomm as the new @Snapdragon Wear Elite for Galaxy Watch https://t.co/5ifmPN6DPn
Researchers have demonstrated an 8 nm, 128 Mb embedded STT‑MRAM designed for automotive applications, achieving sub‑parts‑per‑million failure rates across the –40 °C to 150 °C temperature range. The cell area was aggressively scaled to 0.017 µm², while process refinements reduced short‑fail defects and enhanced MTJ...
The new @Snapdragon Wear Elite is at the core of the new Personal AI vision as it will power on device AI across an ecosystem of devices that will deliver value individually and as a whole https://t.co/N5nG3kaE6X
Of course @Qualcomm talks about phones but this year it feels there is more excitement than the last couple of years. I am not sure if we are all just a little tired of AI everywhere and we want to...
Olimex has released the ESP32‑P4‑PC development board, built around Espressif’s ESP32‑P4 RISC‑V SoC. The 90 × 60 mm board adds native HDMI output, MIPI CSI and DSI interfaces, Ethernet, four USB host ports, and Power‑over‑Ethernet support. It ships with a dual‑core 400 MHz processor,...
Frank Wang turned a dorm‑room drone prototype into DJI, the world’s dominant premium consumer‑drone maker, propelling him to a $3.2 billion net worth and making him Asia’s youngest tech billionaire. By concentrating on the $1,000‑plus segment, DJI captured professional creators, enterprises,...
HDMI and mini HDMI share the same 19‑pin architecture and support identical audio‑video formats, but differ primarily in connector size. A standard Type‑A HDMI measures roughly 14 × 4 mm, while the Type‑C mini version is about 10 × 2 mm, making it suited for compact...
GPU prices have surged 30‑50%, making high‑end cards like the RTX 5090 nearly double MSRP. Yet most gamers play titles that don’t require the latest hardware, and cards such as the RTX 3070 or RX 6800 XT already deliver smooth performance. A two‑generation‑old GPU...
CEO Echo Yang steers CSCERAMIC, a China‑based advanced ceramics maker, toward high‑purity alumina solutions for laboratory and high‑temperature industrial markets. The firm differentiates itself by engineering‑focused collaboration, tight dimensional control, and stable raw‑material sourcing rather than catalog sales. Customers benefit...
Impinj reported Q4 2025 revenue of $92.8 million, a modest 1% year‑over‑year increase but down 3% sequentially. Adjusted EBITDA reached $16.4 million (17.7% margin) and cash holdings hit a record $279.1 million. Endpoint IC volumes grew 9% YoY, and the...
Astera Labs reported Q4 2025 revenue of $270.6 million, a 17% sequential rise and 92% year‑over‑year growth, pushing full‑year revenue to $852.5 million, up 115% YoY. The company highlighted strong momentum across its Scorpio, Ares, Taurus and Leo portfolios, secured a $6.5 billion...
Quantum Computing Inc. posted Q4 2025 revenue of $190,000, up from $62,000, while narrowing its net loss to $1.6 million versus a $51.2 million loss a year earlier. The company raised $1.55 billion in 2025, ending the year with $1.52 billion in cash and...
Researchers have demonstrated a CMOS‑compatible magnetoelectric spin‑torque microwave detector that monolithically integrates a magnetoelectric antenna with a magnetic tunnel junction. The device converts wireless microwave signals directly to a DC output, achieving a sensitivity exceeding 90 kV W⁻¹ and a noise‑equivalent power...
Recent supply constraints have driven hard‑drive prices up, prompting consumers to explore alternative archival media. While Blu‑ray discs are still manufactured by companies like Verbatim and Ritek, they are costly, prone to disc rot, and face dwindling drive availability. Claims...
Smart‑home enthusiasts can upgrade functionality without breaking the bank, as a new roundup highlights twelve gadgets priced under $20. The list features Kasa smart plugs and bulbs, Zigbee garage‑door and climate sensors, a $9.99 video doorbell, LED strip lighting, and...
Microsoft’s Agility SDK 1.613 adds Shader Model 6.8 and native Work Graphs support, a GPU‑driver feature that restructures rendering pipelines into smaller, dynamically scheduled tasks. Early benchmarks on an RTX 4090 show roughly a 20 % lighting speedup, while AMD’s RDNA 3 demo reports up...
