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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).
The Braun Series 9 Pro+ electric shaver, T3’s top‑rated grooming tool, is now priced at £239.99 after a £260 discount at Boots. Originally £499.99, the deal includes a charging stand, travel case and cleaning brush. The shaver boasts Ultra Thin Precision Blades, AutoSense motor, 5+1 technology and up to 60 minutes of battery life, delivering close, skin‑friendly cuts on both wet and dry settings. Its premium build and adaptive shaving head have kept it at the top of T3’s best‑shaver guide for over a year.
AM Solutions, a brand of the Rösler Group, launched the M4 Basic, a compact, cost‑effective vibratory finishing system for additive‑manufactured metal and polymer parts. The unit processes workpieces up to 70 × 70 × 25 mm and combines a 20‑litre rotary vibrator with a 25‑litre...
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin demonstrated a non‑contact method for measuring blood pressure by reflecting near‑field radio waves off the wrist. They built a wearable prototype using a patch antenna, circulator and a custom 2.4 GHz integrated circuit...
Google Cloud’s new N4A series, powered by the in‑house Axion ARM64 processor, was benchmarked against the existing N4 Intel Xeon and N4D AMD EPYC instances. All three tests used 16 vCPU configurations, 400 GB storage and Ubuntu 25.10. The Axion chips lack simultaneous...
Dell’Oro Group reports that point‑to‑point microwave transmission equipment revenue was flat in 2025 after a strong first half, ending 1% below the prior year. The decline was driven by weakened demand in India and Latin America despite earlier growth expectations....
Prenew, an Espoo‑based marketplace for refurbished gaming PCs, has raised €1.8 million in a round led by Antler, with participation from several European VCs and operator syndicates. The funding will finance expansion into new European markets and a hiring surge of...
#Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Data The Semiconductor Data Networking: 1/ - Modern Data Center Networking Is No Longer Just A Software Or Infrastructure Challenge. It Starts With Semiconductor Capability. - Bandwidth Growth, AI Traffic, And Cloud Scale Push Silicon To Become The Core...
Meta’s latest standalone headset, the Quest 3, ships with a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 processor, 2064 × 2208 per‑eye resolution and a 120 Hz refresh rate, positioning it as the market’s most capable consumer VR device. The headset supports a growing library of exclusives such as...
StarTech’s Thunderbolt 5 Universal Docking Station offers a surprisingly low‑priced entry into the emerging TB5 ecosystem, retailing around £253. It supports three simultaneous 4K displays, 2.5 GbE Ethernet, and delivers up to 140 W of power to connected laptops. Performance tests show 3,130 MB/s...
The Startech Thunderbolt 5 Universal Docking Station delivers high‑bandwidth connectivity, triple‑4K display support, 2.5 GbE networking, and up to 140 W laptop charging at a price well below most competitors. In real‑world tests it handled three external monitors, SSD transfers near 3 GB/s, and...
Teledyne FLIR OEM unveiled the Lepton XDS at Mobile World Congress, a compact dual‑thermal‑and‑visible camera module that pairs a 160 × 120 radiometric Lepton 3.5 sensor with a five‑megapixel visible imager. The device embeds FLIR’s patented MSX technology, which overlays visible‑image edges onto thermal...
The LM-118-100W-22DBM is a high‑power RF limiter covering 1 to 18 GHz and tolerating up to 100 W continuous wave across –55 °C to +85 °C. It caps leakage at 22 dBm, introduces only 2.6 dB insertion loss, and recovers in 100 ns or less. Housed in a compact...
Forget Starlink – this PS5-sized device promises to deliver fiber-like 25Gbps internet speeds using invisible beams of light https://www.techradar.com/computing/forget-starlink-this-ps5-sized-device-promises-to-deliver-fiber-like-25gbps-internet-speeds-using-invisible-beams-of-light
Planar Monolithics introduced the P1T‑500M18G‑80‑R‑SFF‑SW21841A‑515, a reflective high‑speed SPST RF switch covering 0.5‑18 GHz. The device delivers ≤ 2.5 dB insertion loss, ≥ 80 dB isolation, and switches in 20 ns while tolerating up to 2 W average (10 W peak) power. Its compact 1.97 × 0.79 × 0.53 in form factor uses...
AIDA64 has launched version 8.25, boosting hardware detection and benchmarking for the latest CPUs and GPUs, including NVIDIA’s RTX 5000‑series. The update expands the sensor database, adds native NVMe support, and refines stress‑testing tools for more consistent results. A new Command Line...
Planar Monolithics introduced the PS‑100M20G‑10B‑SFF‑MIL‑SM, a digitally controlled phase shifter covering 0.1 to 20 GHz. It delivers continuous 0°‑360° phase adjustment with 1024 discrete steps via ten logic inputs. The device features 13 dB insertion loss, ±5° phase‑shift error, and a 500 ns switching speed....
Hetzner, one of Europe’s largest hosting providers, announced price hikes of up to 50% effective 1 April. The increases apply to all customers across its data centres in Germany, Finland, the US and Singapore. Hetzner cites soaring hardware costs, memory shortages...
Zebra Technologies’ AltiZ 3D sensors now power EBI Electric’s Inspector T lumber‑scanning system, delivering an eightfold increase in measurement precision. The AI‑enhanced solution identifies defects such as knots, cracks and rot, enabling manufacturers to boost usable wood yields by up to...
HPE announced that its newly acquired Juniper routers will be exposed to third‑party AI agents via a Model Context Protocol, enabling AI‑driven configuration and deployment. The company also introduced the PTX12000 series, scaling up to 518.4 Tbps, and the PTX10002 line...
Gilat Satellite Networks announced $39 million in orders for its Sidewinder electronically steered antenna (ESA) in‑flight connectivity terminals from a leading satellite operator, with deliveries slated over the next 12 months. The orders cover both line‑fit and retrofit installations, underscoring airlines'...
Sapphire has unveiled its first X870‑class AM5 motherboard, the PURE X870A WIFI 7, targeting high‑end enthusiasts with a clean white‑and‑silver design. The board features a 16+2+1 VRM delivering 55 A per phase, PCIe 5.0 GPU and M.2 slots, and support for DDR5‑8400 memory. Integrated Wi‑Fi 7,...
PMI‑RF introduced the PEC‑42‑1G40G‑20‑12‑292FF, an ultra‑wideband low‑noise amplifier covering 1 to 40 GHz. The device delivers 42 dB of gain with ±2.5 dB flatness and a 5.5 dB noise figure across the band. Its output‑1 dB compression point reaches 19 dBm at lower frequencies and 17 dBm at higher...
Quantcore, a University of Glasgow spin‑out, closed a £2.5 million seed round led by PXN Ventures, Blackfinch Ventures and Scottish Enterprise. The funding will be used to build a sovereign niobium‑based quantum hardware manufacturing line at the James Watt Nanofabrication Centre,...
Hitachi Energy and Pakal Technologies have teamed up to embed Pakal’s IGTO(t) silicon power switch into Hitachi’s high‑voltage power modules. The IGTO(t) promises roughly 30% lower conduction losses than conventional IGBTs, enhancing efficiency across rail, renewable, energy‑storage, AI and data‑centre...
Physik Instrumente (PI) unveiled the X‑365 Precision XY Gantry System, a modular Cartesian robot that delivers nanometer‑class positioning across travel ranges from 200 × 200 mm up to 600 × 800 mm. The platform combines high load capacity with integrated linear‑encoder feedback and EtherCat‑based controller compatibility,...
Planar Monolithics introduced the 8‑channel switch filter bank 8SFB‑2G18G‑SFF, covering 2 GHz to 18 GHz with eight selectable pass‑bands. The unit delivers 8 dB typical insertion loss, 2:1 VSWR, ±0.5 dB ripple and 82.8 dB out‑of‑band rejection. Switching occurs in 200 ns and the device handles...
Yole Group’s 2026 report projects the global compound‑semiconductor substrate and epiwafer market to grow at a 14% CAGR, reaching roughly $5 bn by 2031. The surge is powered by electrification, AI‑driven data‑center demand, and next‑generation connectivity, with silicon carbide (SiC) anchoring...
Apple is reportedly developing an entry‑level MacBook SE priced between $599 and $799, aimed at students and budget‑conscious users. The device will feature a minimalist design with a 12.9‑ or 13.3‑inch display, limited USB‑C ports, and 8 GB of RAM with...
Planar Monolithics introduced the DTA‑200M18G‑100‑CD‑EXT, an 8‑bit digitally tuned attenuator covering 0.2 to 18 GHz. It offers a massive 100 dB attenuation range with ±3 dB accuracy and flatness throughout. The device features fast switching (1 µs on, 0.5 µs off), a maximum insertion loss of 12 dB,...
Qualcomm and Anritsu will showcase a pre‑6G mobile‑device test case operating at 7.125 GHz during Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demonstration uses an upgraded Anritsu MT8000A test station, extending its RF hardware to cover 7‑16 GHz, thereby adding support for lower...
Google is rolling out Play Services v26.07, enabling Wear OS smartwatches to receive earthquake alerts without a paired phone. The update works server‑side and activates on cellular or Wi‑Fi‑connected watches, leveraging built‑in gyroscopes and accelerometers to detect seismic activity. By removing...
AMD’s HIP runtime will now use LLVM’s new offload driver by default starting with LLVM 23, aligning it with CUDA and OpenMP offloading paths. The modern driver offers a unified interface, device‑side LTO, static library support, and cross‑platform compatibility. Previously, HIP...
SoftBank’s wholly owned subsidiary SAIMEMORY has signed a joint development agreement with Intel to bring Z‑Angle Memory (ZAM) to market. The partnership leverages Intel’s Next‑Gen DRAM Bonding (NGDB) research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Memory Technology program. Prototypes...
StorageNewsletter announced Xinnor as Startup of the Year at its inaugural 2026 awards, selected from more than 100 entries across 11 categories. The jury highlighted Xinnor’s pure‑software approach to large‑scale data protection, a segment gaining urgency as AI and high‑performance...
DigitalOcean has launched GPU Droplets powered by AMD Instinct MI350X GPUs, enhancing its agentic inference cloud for production AI workloads. The MI350X, built on CDNA‑4, delivers lower latency, higher token‑generation throughput and doubles request throughput while cutting inference costs by 50%...
Speedata Ltd. announced a partnership with Nebul to integrate its purpose‑built Analytics Processing Unit (APU) into Nebul’s European sovereign cloud. The APU claims up to 100× performance gains over CPUs and GPUs for Apache Spark workloads, cutting server counts and...
The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra and Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max represent the 2026 flagship duopoly, each championing a distinct design and ecosystem philosophy. Samsung leans on a brighter 3,000‑nit Dynamic AMOLED display, a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor, a 200 MP camera and...
Credo Technology announced that its 7 nm Toucan PCIe retimer has achieved PCI‑SIG compliance at 32.0 GT/s, meeting PCIe 5.0 speed specifications while being ready for PCIe 6.0 and future 7.0 roadmaps. The compliance validation confirms interoperability, signal integrity, and low‑power operation across standard...
Qualstar and ATTO announced certification of ATTO’s XstreamCORE 8100T Intelligent Bridge with the full Q‑Series tape‑library portfolio, from Q8 to Q1000+. The bridge converts up to four SAS‑connected LTO‑8/9/10 drives into dual 10 Gb Ethernet iSCSI links, letting libraries attach to standard...
AI chip startup MatX, founded by two former Google semiconductor engineers, announced a funding round exceeding $500 million to accelerate development of GPUs that challenge Nvidia’s market dominance. The round was led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, with participation from...
Rohde & Schwarz, together with NVIDIA, unveiled an AI‑driven testbed at MWC Barcelona 2026 that combines the NVIDIA Sionna Research Kit with a DGX Spark server for hardware‑in‑the‑loop, site‑specific channel emulation. The platform runs a software‑defined 5G NR stack via...
AntennaWare has partnered with Dutch module vendor SynchronicIT to integrate its BodyWave™ antenna into UWB‑based real‑time location systems. The patented antenna boosts link margins by 6‑12 dB in non‑line‑of‑sight scenarios, effectively doubling range or halving power consumption for on‑body and on‑metal...
Weidmuller USA introduced the WM4 C PV connector series, engineered for advanced solar installations up to 1,500 V. The UL‑ and CSA‑approved connectors feature robust crimp contacts for 4 mm² and 6 mm² (12 AWG/10 AWG) conductors and are rated IP67 for harsh environments. An anti‑tampering...
Amazon introduced the eero Signal, an add‑on for its eero Wi‑Fi mesh that automatically switches to cellular broadband when the primary internet fails. The 4G‑only device retails for $99.99 and includes six months of service, after which a $99.99 annual...
Nvidia is engineering a Windows‑compatible system‑on‑chip based on its GB10 platform, a partnership with MediaTek that blends 20 Arm cores and a Blackwell GPU delivering up to one petaFLOP of AI performance. Dell and Lenovo have already signaled intent to...
Samsung's 'Wide' Galaxy Z Fold might include a clever way to save your screen from damage with a new "foreign material detection" alert feature. ✅ Details - https://t.co/N5TPQ8poEf https://t.co/3mQNBbdYnr
Innoviz Technologies released Part I of an expanded white paper titled “Innoviz and the Rise of Physical AI: Bringing World Models to Life.” The document argues that AI is transitioning from software‑only models to Physical AI, where high‑fidelity, real‑time 3‑D perception...
The Galaxy S26 series may already be behind Pixel phones in one big way Another year with no support for finding the phone when powered off through Find Hub ✅ Details - https://t.co/m3rASS8CAq https://t.co/vqhg7SV3Ok
Xiaomi announced that its Pad 8 5G tablet will launch in India on February 28, 2026 at 6:30 PM. The device is expected to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 processor, an 11.2‑inch 3.2K display with a 144 Hz refresh rate, and a 9200 mAh battery supporting 45 W...
HFCL Limited has joined a Department of Telecommunications‑funded consortium led by IIT Delhi to develop hollow‑core fiber (HCF) technology for future 6G and quantum communication networks. The partnership leverages HFCL’s manufacturing expertise and IIT Delhi’s research capabilities to accelerate the...
