Supermicro Launches Pre-Configured Gold Series Servers
Supermicro introduced its Gold Series, a portfolio of more than 25 pre‑configured enterprise servers designed for compute, AI, storage, and edge workloads. Each system ships fully assembled with CPUs, GPUs, memory and storage, typically within three business days from U.S. warehouses. The offering spans single‑ and dual‑processor configurations across Supermicro’s proven product families. Customers can order directly from Supermicro or via its authorized partners, gaining faster time‑to‑market than with custom builds.
Sodium-Ion Battery Study Claims Zero Thermal Runaway Breakthrough
Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated a polymerizable non‑flammable electrolyte that eliminates thermal runaway in ampere‑hour‑scale sodium‑ion batteries. Published in Nature Energy, the study reports the first zero‑thermal‑runaway performance for sodium‑ion cells using the new PNE material....
SKT Develops Its Own AI Inference Tech
SK Telecom has teamed with UK chip designer Arm and Korean AI‑chip startup Rebellions to build AI inference server solutions that pair Arm’s newly announced AGI‑class CPU with Rebellions’ RebelCard accelerator. The joint offering targets inference workloads, promising higher performance...
Q-CTRL Proposes Heterogeneous Architecture to Optimize Fault-Tolerant Resource Requirements
Q‑CTRL unveiled Q‑NEXUS, a heterogeneous quantum‑computing architecture that separates logic, memory and state‑generation into specialized modules. By offloading idle qubits to high‑density storage, the design cuts physical‑qubit requirements for fault‑tolerant tasks by up to 138× and reduces logical error rates...
The Best Car GPS Trackers, Tested
The article reviews five leading car GPS trackers, detailing each device’s installation method, subscription price, and feature set. Bouncie leads on value with OBD‑II plug‑in real‑time data at $9.65 / month, while Tracki offers a tiny, battery‑powered unit for $19.95 / month but requires...
Array to Supply OmniTrack Solar Trackers for Pekintas’ 260MW Solar Project
Array Technologies will install its OmniTrack terrain‑following solar trackers on Pekintas’ 260 MW photovoltaic plant in Karaman, Turkey. The project, a joint venture between Turkish developer Pekintas and Germany’s Schmid Group under the YEKA programme, will also use TOPCon+ solar cells...
SKT Forges Alliance with Arm and Rebellions to Develop AI Servers for Data Centers
SK Telecom (SKT) has signed a strategic MoU with chip designer Arm and AI‑accelerator startup Rebellions to build AI inference servers for next‑generation data centers. The collaboration will fuse Arm’s new AGI CPU with Rebellions’ RebelCard accelerator, targeting higher power‑efficiency...
TSMC Tops Q1 Sales Target On Strong AI Chip Demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) reported first‑quarter 2026 sales that topped analyst expectations, propelled by surging demand for artificial‑intelligence (AI) chips. The company’s revenue beat forecasts for both March and the full quarter, prompting a modest rise in its stock...
Telefonica Launches 5G Drone Service in Spain
Telefonica Spain has launched an end‑to‑end 5G drone service that combines remote piloting, a “drone‑in‑a‑box” hardware platform, and edge‑enabled software for industrial and public‑sector clients. The offering is managed from the T_Space facility in Madrid and leverages 5G network slicing,...
Memory Crunch Hammers Down Smartphone Shipments
A severe DRAM and NAND memory crunch, driven by AI data‑center construction, has squeezed the smartphone supply chain, pushing component prices up about 90% QoQ in Q1 2024. Apple emerged as the sole market‑share leader, posting a 21% share and...
Smart Buildings IoT: Energy Efficiency, Automation and Occupant Experience
Smart Buildings are leveraging IoT sensors, edge computing, and AI-driven analytics to transform static structures into responsive, energy‑efficient environments. By integrating real‑time data from lighting, HVAC, security and occupancy systems, enterprises can cut energy consumption by up to 30% while...
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Irrigreen Smart Irrigation System 3.0 (2026) Review: Smart Watering, Less Hassle
Irrigreen’s 2026 Smart Irrigation System 3.0 adds pressure‑sensing, self‑cleaning sprinkler heads and a separate Smart Drip valve, extending its patented “water‑printing” technology to drip irrigation. The kit requires a full underground retrofit of plumbing and wiring, and the price remains premium,...
Toshiba Adds Xerox PrimeLink Production Printers
Toshiba America Business Solutions is adding Xerox PrimeLink color and monochrome light‑production printers to its high‑output portfolio, reinforcing a multi‑vendor approach. The PrimeLink C9200 series reaches up to 81 pages per minute with 2400 × 2400 dpi color output, while the B9100 series...
Epomaker HE68 Lite Gaming Keyboard Review: A Properly Cheap Mechanical Board with Premium Tricks
The Epomaker HE68 Lite is a $50 65% mechanical keyboard that packs premium features such as Hall‑Effect magnetic switches, rapid‑trigger support, and an 8K polling rate, despite its lightweight plastic chassis. Reviewers note smooth linear switches, solid PBT keycaps, and...
Van Rysel’s 500-Gram Wearable Airbag Wants to Make Season-Ending Crashes History
Van Rysel unveiled Project AIRBAG, a fully integrated air‑bag skinsuit aimed at WorldTour cyclists. The garment weighs 500 g for the airbag and 700 g total, inflates in under 60 ms, and relies on crash‑detection algorithms trained on more than 450 million kilometres of data....
Asus ROG Cetra Open Wireless Earbuds Review: Open Gaming Buds?
Asus’s ROG Cetra Open Wireless earbuds aim at mobile gamers with a low‑latency USB‑C dongle that supports PC, consoles and smartphones. The open‑ear design delivers clear, punchy game audio while keeping the wearer aware of surrounding sounds, though it falls...
TenneT Signs Contract with Developer for ‘First Controllable Congestion Mitigator’ BESS Project in Netherlands
Dutch transmission system operator TenneT has signed a contract with Green Energy Storage to build the 200 MW/800 MWh Sequoia battery energy storage system in North Brabant. The deal uses a time‑bound transmission right and a capacity‑control contract, making it the first...
Bold, Colorful Moto Edge 70 Pro Renders Surface, as We Await Its Eventual Debut
Motorola’s Edge 70 Pro is surfacing in a series of leaked renders that showcase four distinct colorways—light‑green satin‑luxe, maroon, deep‑blue fabric and a walnut‑wood finish. The prototype also appears to adopt a quad‑curved display, a departure from the flat screen of the...
Silex, Edge Impulse Team on Edge AI Development
Silex Technology and Edge Impulse have teamed up to integrate Edge Impulse’s end‑to‑end AI development platform with Silex’s EP‑200Q system‑on‑module, which runs on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing QCS6490 processor. The joint solution bundles a Wi‑Fi 7 driver and AI acceleration to simplify the...
Canon Named a Leader in Latest IDC MarketScape: Worldwide High-Speed Inkjet 2025 Vendor Assessment
Canon has been named a leader in IDC's Worldwide High‑Speed Inkjet 2025 Vendor Assessment, confirming its strong market presence and growth in installations and page volume. The report highlights Canon’s expanded high‑speed inkjet portfolio, including a new 1,200 dpi piezo printhead...
IC Logistix Introduces Fujikura 99S Fusion Splicer
IC Logistix has launched the Fujikura 99S Fusion Splicer, a next‑generation fiber‑optic splicing tool that combines advanced core alignment, high‑speed splicing, intelligent automation, rugged construction, and extended battery life. The device is engineered for Africa’s rapidly expanding fiber networks, promising...
Tesla Reportedly Adds Sunwoda as Additional Battery Cell Supplier
Tesla has added Chinese battery maker Sunwoda as its fifth supplier of traction‑battery cells, joining CATL, Panasonic, LG Energy Solution and BYD. Sunwoda’s third‑generation LFP cells, capable of 3C charging, are already being used in vehicles built at Tesla’s Shanghai...
BYD Details Global 1,500 kW Flash Charging Network – 6,000 Stations Outside China by 2027, BESS Support
BYD announced its 1,500 kW Flash Charging network will expand beyond China with 6,000 stations slated for deployment over the next 12 months, including 3,000 in Europe. The ultra‑fast chargers can replenish a compatible BYD or Denza EV from 10% to...
Smartphones as Micro Data Centers: A Creative Edge Solution?
Researchers propose linking ordinary smartphones into a pooled cluster that functions as a miniature data center, aggregating CPU, memory and storage. The concept targets edge workloads, especially AI inference, by leveraging the locational flexibility and low cost of repurposed devices....
Pasqal Partners with True Nexus on Quantum Food Protein Design
Quantum computing firm Pasqal has teamed up with computational‑intelligence specialist True Nexus to use Pasqal’s neutral‑atom quantum processors for protein modeling in alternative food systems. The partnership will develop the first fully vectorized, dynamic 3‑D model of protein gelation, integrating...
New Pentagon Memo Complicates DJI Drone Ban Reversal
The Pentagon released a memo reaffirming its opposition to any reconsideration of the FCC’s “Covered List,” which bars foreign‑made drones and critical components from U.S. sale. The memo cites both classified and unclassified intelligence, including a classified annex submitted to...
Container-Sized AI 'Pods' Could Be the Answer to Dragging Data Centre Plans, HPE Says
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is mass‑producing container‑sized AI “pods” that function as miniature data centres, with a factory capable of delivering a unit in a matter of months. The modular pods bundle compute, storage, networking and cooling into a single...
Smart Cities and IoT: Infrastructure, Mobility and Urban Services
Smart cities are leveraging IoT to transform urban infrastructure, mobility, and public services. By embedding sensors and connectivity across assets, cities can collect real‑time data, automate decisions, and improve efficiency while reducing environmental impact. The ecosystem relies on a mix...
Kongsberg Signs Waterjet Contract for Indian Navy’s Next Generation Missile Vessel
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to deliver 18 large Kamewa waterjets for the Indian Navy’s Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme, the company’s biggest waterjet order to date. The six‑ship fleet, being built by Cochin Shipyard, is part of...
Chip Industry Week In Review
Intel announced three major moves: joining Elon Musk’s Terafab AI‑robotics fab targeting 1 TW of compute, expanding its multi‑year AI and cloud partnership with Google to include custom IPUs, and showcasing the world’s thinnest GaN chiplet from its foundry. Broadcom will...
The Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 Is the Ideal Desktop PC for Most Users, but Offers the Most Value for the...
Dell introduced the Tower Plus EBT2250, a desktop PC available in nine configurations ranging from a $1,270 entry model to a $4,280 high‑end version equipped with a 24‑core Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor and Nvidia RTX 5080 graphics. The machine retains the...
Geekbench 6.7 Invalidates Intel BOT-Assisted CPU Benchmark Submissions
Geekbench 6.7 now invalidates any benchmark run with Intel’s Binary Optimization Tool (BOT) enabled, marking those scores as non‑comparable. The policy targets Intel Core Ultra 200 Plus (Arrow Lake) and the upcoming Core Ultra 300 (Panther Lake) CPUs, which can leverage BOT...
Bidirectional All‐Optical Synapses for Neuromorphic Computing and Vision
Researchers have created a bidirectional all‑optical synapse using a carbon‑dot hybrid (CDH) that responds to both ultraviolet and infrared light. The dual‑photon approach enables controllable exciton release and phosphorescent emission, delivering true optical potentiation and depression. Leveraging this capability, the...
China AI Firm Discloses $92 Million of Banned Nvidia Chip Servers to Beijing
Sharetronic Data Technology, a Shenzhen AI‑data‑center firm, disclosed invoices for 276 Super Micro servers equipped with Nvidia H100/H200 chips, valued at 632 million yuan (about $92 million). The hardware is subject to U.S. export bans that have been in place since 2022, yet the...
The Race to Secure Data
Chip makers are racing to secure data both at rest and in motion as AI models expose software flaws faster than ever. Broadcom’s SecureHBA line now embeds post‑quantum cryptography on 64‑Gb/s Fibre Channel adapters and has taped out 128‑Gb/s silicon...
Anthropic Mulls Building Its Own AI Chips
Anthropic is weighing the development of its own AI chips as the industry grapples with a persistent silicon shortage. The move follows a surge in demand for its Claude chatbot, which pushed run‑rate revenue to roughly $30 billion, up from $9 billion...
‘75% of What We Need Is Not There’: Australian States Race to Deploy Gigawatts of Battery Storage
Australian states are scrambling to meet soaring battery storage targets as solar penetration outpaces wind. New South Wales now needs 56 GWh of storage by 2030—75% of which lacks financing—while Victoria aims for 6.3 GW by 2035 and Western Australia’s grid runs...
Vertiv AI Innovation Roadshow Returns to Africa as Virtual Event
Vertiv, a global critical‑infrastructure provider, is holding its AI Innovation Roadshow for Africa as a fully virtual webinar on April 15 at 11 am SAST. The event, themed “AI‑ready data centres for Africa: building infrastructure for what’s next,” will explore how power,...
Valeo Inaugurates ADAS Camera Production at Sanand
Valeo has inaugurated a high‑definition surround‑view camera production line at its Sanand plant in Gujarat, India. The line will supply advanced driver‑assistance (ADAS) and advanced rider‑assistance (ARAS) vision systems to domestic OEMs. It forms part of a broader Sanand expansion...
Fabs & Labs: Filtronic
Filtronic has inaugurated a new state‑of‑the‑art headquarters, design centre and manufacturing facility at NetPark in Sedgefield, County Durham. The complex includes advanced cleanroom environments tailored for high‑frequency components used in space, defence and communications applications. By consolidating R&D and production...
Scientists Develop Three-in-One Diode
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have unveiled a GaN‑based PN junction photodiode that simultaneously handles photosensing, memory storage, and processing. By inserting an n‑AlGaN charge‑storage layer, the device can switch among three functional modes using...
Marktech Launches High Power 280nm UVC LEDs
Marktech Optoelectronics has introduced a family of high‑power 280 nm UVC LEDs available in single‑, two‑ and four‑chip formats. The devices deliver wall‑plug efficiencies up to 7% and are rated for more than 15,000 hours at the L70 degradation point. By...
Japanese Team Achieves 2 Μm-Band PCSEL Laser Oscillation
Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) and Kyoto University have demonstrated laser oscillation in a 2 μm-band photonic crystal surface‑emitting laser (PCSEL). The breakthrough showcases PCSEL’s ability to deliver high directionality and ultra‑narrow linewidth in a compact infrared source. By operating at 2 μm,...
QuinAs Links Memory Device Physics to AI Performance
QuInAs Technology has published research linking its ULTRARAM compound‑semiconductor memory device directly to AI system performance. The paper introduces a physics‑based compact modelling framework that captures resonant tunnelling and floating‑gate dynamics, enabling hardware‑aware benchmarking of ULTRARAM as a synaptic element...
CEA-Leti, CEA-List and PSMC Collaborate
CEA‑List, CEA‑Leti and PSMC announced a collaboration to merge RISC‑V processor IP with silicon‑photonic interconnects on PSMC’s 3D‑stacking platform, targeting next‑generation AI systems. The joint effort will embed customizable RISC‑V compute blocks and microLED‑based optical links into high‑bandwidth chiplet architectures,...
AI Compute Boom Propels Foundry 2.0 Market to $360 Billion
The AI‑driven compute boom is pushing the Foundry 2.0 market toward a $360 billion valuation in 2026, with advanced nodes and CoWoS packaging remaining scarce. TSMC raised its 3 nm capacity target to 165,000 wafers per month and aims for a 44% market...
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Exceed $1.3 Trillion in 2026
Gartner projects worldwide semiconductor revenue to exceed $1.3 trillion in 2026, reflecting a 64 % year‑over‑year increase. Memory revenue is expected to triple as DRAM and NAND flash prices surge 125 % and 234 % respectively, a phenomenon Gartner dubs “memflation.” AI semiconductors will...
SLB OneSubsea Lands Gulf of Mexico Subsea Boosting Deal
SLB OneSubsea, a joint venture of SLB, Aker Solutions and Subsea7, secured a contract from Beacon Offshore to supply a high‑pressure, high‑temperature (HPHT) multiphase boosting system for the Shenandoah field in the Gulf of Mexico. The system is engineered to...
Surprise: Not Every Lenovo Laptop Is Worth Recommending in 2026 - the Yoga 7i Is Proof
Lenovo’s Yoga 7a 2‑in‑1 positions itself as a mid‑range convertible with a premium 2K OLED screen and an improved magnetic stylus sleeve, but its performance and pricing lag behind newer rivals. Powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 7 445 CPU, up to 24 GB RAM and...
Google Owns the Most AI Compute, and It Built It Its Way
Google is now the largest single owner of AI compute, holding roughly one‑quarter of the world’s capacity – about 5 million H100‑equivalent units, most of which are its own TPU chips. By contrast, only about 25 % of that compute relies on...