ARBOR Technology Unveils ARES-2100 Series for Next-Generation Edge AI with Intel Core Series 3 Processors
ARBOR Technology introduced the ARES-2100 series, a fanless 1U edge AI system powered by Intel Core Series 3 (Wildcat Lake) processors. The platform delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI compute, including 17 TOPS from a dedicated NPU, and combines CPU, Intel Xe3 graphics, and NPU in a hybrid architecture. Built for industrial automation, machine vision, and smart‑factory workloads, it meets MIL‑STD‑810H durability, operates from –20 °C to 60 °C, and offers three 2.5 GbE ports, M.2 expansion and optional UFS 3.1 storage. ARBOR and Intel will co‑develop future edge‑AI innovations.
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IonQ Details “Walking Cat” Blueprint for Fault-Tolerant Trapped-Ion Systems
IonQ unveiled the “Walking Cat” blueprint, a full-stack specification for a fault‑tolerant trapped‑ion quantum computer. The design couples >99.99% two‑qubit gate fidelity with a Quantum Charge‑Coupled Device that shuttles ions, delivering any‑to‑any connectivity without fixed wiring. It targets a scalable...
Koh Young Webinar to Show How Data Transparency Strengthens SMT Production Resilience
Koh Young, a leader in True3D inspection technology, is hosting a webinar on May 20, 2026, titled “From Quality to Resilience: How Data‑Driven Transparency Ensures Delivery Capability.” The session will show how AI‑enabled inspection and process‑optimization tools can be deployed...
The $15 Raspberry Pi Upgrade Every Wi-Fi Router Needs
Consumer routers provide basic connectivity but lack granular control, and a $15 Raspberry Pi Zero 2W can upgrade any home network with Pi‑hole DNS filtering. Pi‑hole intercepts DNS queries, blocks domains on curated lists, and eliminates ads, malware, and phishing sites across...
The New All Rounder Revopoint POP 4 3D Scanner Now on Kickstarter: Technical Specifications and Pricing
Revopoint has launched the POP 4 handheld 3D scanner on Kickstarter, pricing early‑bird units at $579, a 37% discount to the planned $919 retail price. The device combines five scanning modes—including dual blue‑laser lines and near‑infrared structured light—to capture shiny, dark,...
Intel Core Ultra 5 225 Review: Arrow Lake’s Forgotten CPU Needs a Price Cut
Intel’s budget‑oriented Core Ultra 5 225 launches at roughly $180 but struggles to match the performance of AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X and even its own newer 250K Plus variant. While it delivers solid single‑thread efficiency and stays cool with a 65 W TDP, it lacks Hyper‑Threading...
Arm Sees $2bn Demand for New CPU, Before Shipping a Single Chip
Arm announced that its upcoming AGI data‑center CPU has already attracted roughly $2 billion in pre‑orders, despite not having shipped a single chip. The company’s CEO Rene Haas said the new processor will make data‑center services Arm’s largest business segment. The...
Wingzz China: Chinese Robotics and Technology Have Moved Beyond the Demonstration Phase
Chinese robotics and AI have moved from showcase projects to everyday operations across factories, warehouses, hospitals and retail. Companies such as Unitree, UBTech and DeepSeek are delivering low‑cost robots and affordable large‑language models that perform concrete tasks, while platforms like...
Nvidia Pours Billions Into a Glassmaker's Optical Factories
Nvidia announced a multiyear partnership with Corning, pledging up to $3.2 bn to replace copper interconnects with glass‑based co‑packaged optics in AI data‑center racks. The deal includes three new optical manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Texas, boosting domestic fiber capacity...
Ukraine’s Tryzub Laser Can Now Hit Drones up to 5 Kilometers Away
Ukrainian firm Celebra Tech has integrated its Tryzub high‑power laser into a mobile counter‑drone trailer now in final testing. The system can neutralize reconnaissance drones out to 1,500 meters and FPV drones at 800‑900 meters, with a claimed reach of up to...
Volarious VIGIL V1 Airborne Drone Detection Payload
Volarious, a Singapore‑based drone technology firm, will exhibit at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2026 in Detroit (May 12‑14) showcasing its V‑LINE PRO tethering system that stretches drone flight from minutes to multiple hours. The company will also debut the VIGIL V1 airborne drone detection payload, which provides...
Core Scientific’s Muskogee Bet: Can Crypto-Era Infrastructure Fuel AI?
Core Scientific is expanding its Muskogee, Oklahoma campus to roughly 1.5 GW of gross power capacity, with the goal of delivering about 1 GW of leasable power for AI workloads. To accelerate the build, the firm will acquire Polaris DS LLC, securing 440 MW...
Qcells to Manufacture Residential Battery System in Michigan
Qcells announced a partnership with contract manufacturer Jabil to produce its third‑generation residential energy‑storage system, the Q.HOME CORE G3, at Jabil’s Auburn Hills, Michigan plant. The LFP battery is domestic‑content‑eligible and is now commercially available for nationwide shipment. The storage...
After a $16 Billion Stargate AI Data Center Was Built Despite Being Voted Down, Michigan Towns Rush to Block New...
OpenAI and Oracle are moving ahead with the $16 billion Stargate AI data center in Saline Township, Michigan, despite a 4‑1 township board vote rejecting the rezoning request. The facility will draw about 1.4 GW of electricity—enough to power ChatGPT at scale—and...
Grab a Free 360Hz Alienware OLED Gaming Monitor, Keyboard, and Mouse, Thanks to Fanatical
Fanatical is running a $1 mystery‑egg giveaway that can net winners a high‑end Alienware gaming bundle, including the AW2725DF 27‑inch 1440p 360 Hz QD‑OLED monitor, the Pro Wireless mouse, and the Pro Wireless 75% keyboard. The monitor retails for about $600,...
Tablets ‘Relegated in Importance’ as Demand Flatlines
Tablet shipments barely grew in Q1 2026, rising just 0.1% year‑on‑year to 37 million units, signaling a stagnant market. Apple remained the clear leader with 14.8 million iPads, up 7.9%, while Huawei and Lenovo posted the strongest gains at 28% and 20% respectively....
8 Bambu Lab Printer Upgrades that Are Actually Worth Your Time
Bambu Lab’s plug‑and‑print 3‑D printers can be significantly upgraded without major hassle. The article highlights the AMS 2 Pro material system ($360) that adds 65 °C filament drying, RFID sync and up to 24‑color printing, as well as a range of filament dryers,...
Optus, Ericsson Claim SA 5G Aggregation First
Optus and Ericsson have demonstrated a world‑first 180 MHz standalone (SA) 5G carrier‑aggregation trial on a live commercial network at Optus’s Sydney campus, combining 900 MHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz and 3.5 GHz bands. The test, run on Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra devices, recorded peak downlink speeds...
Tablet Market Comes in Flat for Q1
The global tablet market posted flat year‑over‑year shipments in Q1 2026, with a typical seasonal dip in the quarter. Growth was driven by inventory build‑up in Latin America and the Middle East‑Africa, not by end‑user demand, prompting a cautious outlook. Apple...
Airties Launches Lite Platform for Retail Wi-Fi Gateways
Airties has introduced Airties Lite, an AI‑driven platform that lets internet service providers manage retail‑purchased Wi‑Fi gateways using the TR‑369 (USP) standard. The solution provides real‑time connectivity scoring, AI‑based root‑cause diagnostics and proactive campaign tools without requiring custom firmware on...
The AI Revolution Has a New Capital – and It’s Not in California
A wave of AI‑driven investment has turned Seoul’s Kospi into the world’s hottest market, with retail investors pouring roughly $19 billion into leveraged chip stocks. Record earnings at Samsung, TSMC and SK Hynix—whose combined AI‑related revenues surged nearly 50‑fold—have pushed Samsung past...
Quantum Motion Raises $160M to Bring Quantum Into Data Centers
Quantum Motion, a UK silicon‑based quantum computer maker, closed a $160 million Series C round led by DCVC and Kembara, making it the best‑funded UK quantum firm. The company argues its CMOS qubits cut cost by 100‑fold and energy use by 1,000‑fold...
GaN-on-Silicon HEMTs for Tomorrow's Handsets?
A collaborative team from A*STAR, NTU and Soitec has demonstrated GaN‑on‑silicon HEMTs that combine high power‑added efficiency, high power density and low‑noise performance, positioning them as a potential replacement for GaAs HBTs in RF front‑end modules of future smartphones. The...
GaN: Boosting Optical Power Converter Efficiency
Nichia has demonstrated a gallium‑nitride (GaN) optical power converter that exceeds 60 percent power‑conversion efficiency, a leap from the previous 43 percent benchmark. The device uses a high‑power LED‑style epitaxial structure with 60 In₀.₁₂Ga₀.₈₈N/GaN quantum‑well pairs and a flip‑chip design on an...
Navitas Revenue Grows 18% in Q1
Navitas Semiconductor posted Q1 2026 revenue of $8.6 million, an 18% sequential increase, as high‑power GaN and SiC markets now account for the bulk of sales and grew roughly 35% year‑over‑year. GAAP gross margin remained negative at 9.3%, while non‑GAAP margin edged...
Veeco Announces InP Tool Orders Worth over $250m
Veeco Instruments disclosed more than $250 m in orders for its Spector ion‑beam deposition, Lumina MOCVD and WaferEtch wet‑processing systems. The orders target InP laser production used in silicon‑photonic transceivers and are slated for delivery beginning in 2026, with a steep...
Gyro-Stabilized Imaging Systems for Unmanned Platforms & Counter-UAS
CACI International has been added as a Gold Supplier to Unmanned Systems Technology’s global ecosystem, showcasing its gyro‑stabilized EO/IR imaging payloads for UAVs and counter‑UAS missions. The Australian‑based firm offers a portfolio that includes the sub‑900 g CM102 ISR system, the...
CTI-INTL to Showcase Ground Control & Rugged Computing Solutions at Loitering Munitions Conference
CTI‑INTL will exhibit at the Loitering Munitions USA conference on May 13‑14, presenting its rugged Ground Control Systems (8‑, 10‑, and 12‑inch models), mission‑computing platforms, and integrated unmanned technologies. The showcase highlights field‑proven reliability for UAV and UGV operations in...
Quantum Brilliance CEO Mark Luo on Deployable Quantum Systems and the Future of Diamond-Based Computing
Quantum Brilliance, founded on the premise that synthetic‑diamond chips can run quantum operations at room temperature, has become a TIME Top 100 Invention of 2025. CEO Mark Luo says the company’s strategy—eschewing cryogenic systems, investing heavily in European manufacturing, and securing...
Chipolo and Secrid Just Created the Smartest Way to Never Lose Your Wallet Again
Chipolo and Dutch leather maker Secrid have launched a Trackable Miniwallet that houses Chipolo’s Bluetooth CARD tracker. Priced at $140, the wallet features a dedicated slot, magnetic Qi wireless charging, a 400‑foot Bluetooth range and a 110 dB ringer. The CARD...
HiPEAC Vision 2026 | CONNECT University
The European Commission’s CONNECT University hosted a HiPEAC Vision 2026 online session on 19 May 2026 to outline a distinct European roadmap for next‑generation computing and AI. Speakers argued for a paradigm that shifts from massive, energy‑hungry data centres to modular, edge‑to‑cloud...
Hut 8 Signs Nearly $10bn Data Centre Lease
Hut 8 announced a 15‑year lease worth $9.8 billion for its Beacon Point data‑centre campus in Nueces County, Texas, securing 352 MW of compute capacity and up to 1 GW of power. The agreement, with an unnamed major tech firm, also includes a 500 MW...
How Elon Grew to Love Anthropic
Elon Musk’s SpaceX will supply Anthropic with more than 300 MW of compute power—over 220,000 Nvidia GPUs—from its Colossus 1 data center, converting idle capacity into a high‑margin revenue stream just before SpaceX’s anticipated IPO. The partnership helps Anthropic address a severe...
AI Data Center Boom Squeezes Consumer Tech’s Chip Supply—Even Though They Use Different Chips
The rapid construction of AI‑focused data centers is gobbling up the industry’s most advanced chips, especially high‑bandwidth memory and GPUs. Although smartphones and PCs use low‑power system‑on‑a‑chip designs, they are now competing for the same semiconductor capacity. The shortage is...
Vishay Launches Compact Proximity Sensor with 600 Mm Detection
Vishay Intertechnology has launched the VCNL36758, a compact high‑sensitivity proximity sensor that can detect objects up to 600 mm away. The device integrates an IR emitter, photodiode, amplifiers and a 12‑bit ADC in a package 65 % smaller than previous models, and...
SEMI Summit Spotlights Europe’s Chiplet and Packaging Push
The SEMI 3D & Systems Summit will take place June 17‑19 in Dresden, putting Europe’s advanced packaging, chiplet ecosystems and heterogeneous integration front‑and‑center. Attendees—including chipmakers, equipment suppliers and research institutes—will debate AI hardware, hybrid bonding, co‑packaged optics and system‑level design....
AI Demand Keeps 3nm and CoWoS Capacity Tight Through 2027
AI-driven demand for high‑performance chips is tightening supply of advanced 3nm wafers and 2.5D/3D CoWoS packaging through 2027. TrendForce reports that TSMC remains the dominant supplier of 3nm capacity, making its fab slots a critical bottleneck for AI GPUs, data‑center...
Musk’s AI Compute Empire Takes Shape as xAI Plans $119B Chip Factory, Sells Spare Capacity to Anthropic, and Battles OpenAI...
Elon Musk’s AI ambitions are coalescing around a $119 billion semiconductor fab in Texas, dubbed “Terafab,” to supply chips for AI servers, rockets, autonomous vehicles and orbital data centres. Simultaneously, xAI is monetising idle compute by selling the entire capacity of...
Why Big Tech Is Obsessed with Hiding Its Reality
Big‑tech firms such as Amazon, Canberra Data Centres (CDC) and Microsoft have been fighting to keep their aggregated energy and emissions data out of Australia’s NGERS reporting system, citing trade‑secret protections. Despite public claims of net‑zero operations, NGERS data shows...
I Used the World's Thinnest 13-Inch Tablet, and It Made Me Ditch the iPad Pro
Huawei unveiled the MatePad Pro Max, a 13.2‑inch tablet that measures just 4.7 mm thick and weighs 509 g, making it the thinnest and lightest device in its size class. It pairs a 3K OLED display with a matte, anti‑glare coating and...
U.S. Army Trains with New Bumblebee V1 Counter-Drone Interceptor
The U.S. Army’s 10th Mountain Division began training with the Bumblebee V1, a first‑person‑view counter‑drone system, at Fort Drum in partnership with Joint Interagency Task Force 401. The FPV multirotor not only intercepts hostile UAVs but also provides short‑range reconnaissance,...
How to Forecast China’s Lithography Leap
The RAND report compares the Delphi method with crowdsourced forecasting to predict whether China will secure deep‑ultraviolet and extreme‑ultraviolet lithography machines by 2026 and 2030. The Delphi workshop outperformed the crowd by 12% on the 2026 question, citing the short...
AI Data Center Infrastructure Drives Pennsylvania Energy Expansion
AI workloads are driving a wave of dedicated energy projects as hyperscale operators seek reliable power for compute‑intensive tasks. UGI Energy Services and Prime Data Centers announced a partnership to build a natural‑gas pipeline and on‑site generation facility in Pennsylvania,...
General Dynamics Wins Crypto Systems Contract for 18 Allied Militaries
General Dynamics Mission Systems won a sole‑source contract valued up to $69.7 million to produce KIV‑78A cryptographic IFF devices through May 5, 2031. The award, made by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, includes Foreign Military Sales to 18 allied countries such...
Sungrow’s Grid-Forming PCS Achieves 19-Second Black Start at ‘World’s First’ 30MW Test Facility
Sungrow demonstrated its Power Titan 3.0 grid‑forming power conversion system achieving system voltage within 19 seconds after a black‑start at its new 30 MW test facility in Hefei, China. The extreme test covered 14 grid‑code scenarios from Europe, Australia and China, with...
OpenAI Introduces MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection): A New Open Networking Protocol for Large-Scale AI Supercomputer Training Clusters
OpenAI unveiled MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection), a new open networking protocol designed to eliminate congestion and accelerate failure recovery in massive AI training clusters. Developed with AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft and NVIDIA, MRC extends RoCE with SRv6‑based source routing and...
From Data Silos to Smart Operations – What Is the Role of System Integration in IoT?
The article explains that IoT deployments generate massive data streams that often end up in isolated silos, hampering analytics and timely decision‑making. System integration is presented as the bridge that connects sensors, machines, applications, and business systems into a unified...
Deutsche Telekom Made Cloud Jump From Ericsson to Mavenir in 5G
Deutsche Telekom is replacing Ericsson’s 5G packet core with Mavenir’s solution as part of its Horizontal TelCo Cloud (HTC) initiative. The HTC platform consolidates more than 50 core‑network applications onto a common bare‑metal and Kubernetes‑based container‑as‑a‑service (T‑CaaS) layer. By standardising...
Securing Chiplet-Based Platforms: Distributed Trust With Centralized Authority
Chiplet‑based systems break the monolithic security model, requiring a platform‑wide trust framework. The proposed architecture places a Main Security Chiplet (MSC) with a full hardware root of trust at the center, acting as a single policy authority. Subordinate chiplets receive...
Powering AI At Scale: Why 3D-ICs Demand A New Approach To Power Integrity
The semiconductor industry is shifting from transistor scaling to advanced packaging such as 2.5D, 3D‑ICs, and chiplets to meet AI and HPC performance demands. These stacked architectures introduce vertical power paths, dense interconnects, and shared return networks, turning power integrity...