Alibaba XuanTie C950 – A Powerful, RVA23-Complaint 64-Bit RISC-V Core for Edge AI Computing
Alibaba unveiled the XuanTie C950, a high‑performance 64‑bit RISC‑V core built on a superscalar out‑of‑order microarchitecture. The chip can scale to eight cores running at 3.2 GHz and achieves a SPECint2006 score of about 70, a record for RISC‑V designs. It supports the full RVA23 profile, vector‑crypto extensions, and integrates with Alibaba’s TPE tensor‑processing engine for AI workloads. A complementary low‑power C925 core was also announced, targeting edge devices with improved efficiency.
Quixant IQON 3 and Air 3 AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000 Systems Target Casino and Arcade Gaming
Quixant unveiled two new industrial PCs, the IQON 3 and IQON Air 3, built on AMD’s Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 PRO R8000 embedded processors. Designed for casino, sports‑betting and arcade machines, they can drive four 4K displays and include game‑specific hardware such as battery‑free MRAM,...
RainbowLink-V2 Compact USB-to-Serial Converter Features 12V Output, Dual TTL, Isolated RS-485 and RS-232 Interfaces
DFRobot has launched the RainbowLink‑V2 USB‑to‑serial converter, offering four independent channels—isolated RS‑485, isolated RS‑232, and two TTL ports—in a compact 77 × 57 × 21 mm case. The device also provides on‑board power outputs of 12 V/800 mA, 5 V/2 A and 3.3 V/200 mA, eliminating the need for external adapters....
CIX ClawCore Armv9.2 CPU Family Targets OpenClaw Deployments
CIX unveiled the ClawCore Armv9.2 CPU family, a trio of chips purpose‑built for the OpenClaw AI framework. The high‑end ClawCore‑P delivers a 12‑core 3.2 GHz processor, Immortalis‑G720 GPU and 45 TOPS AI compute, shipping in March 2026. The mid‑range ClawCore‑A adds 80 TOPS...
U-Blox JODY-W6 – NXP IW623/AW693 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 LE Audio Modules
u‑blox has launched the JODY‑W6 series, integrating NXP IW623/AW693 tri‑band Wi‑Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.4 (including LE Audio) into a single LGA module. Seven variants span professional and automotive grades, offering up to 1.34 Gbps combined Wi‑Fi throughput and 2 Mbps Bluetooth data rates....
Industrial RS-485/Modbus Raspberry Pi HAT Works with OpenPLC, Supports 7V-32V DC Input
EngineElectronicAccessories released an Industrial RS‑485/Modbus HAT for Raspberry Pi that integrates a protected RS‑485 transceiver and a wide‑range DC input. The board draws power directly from 7 V‑32 V rails, feeding both the HAT and the Pi via an onboard buck converter. It...
Rabbit-Labs Flipper Zero ESP32-C5 Multi-Board Features CC1101, GPS, and Dual-Band Wi-Fi 6
Rabbit Labs EU unveiled the Flipper Zero ESP32‑C5 multi‑board, a compact expansion that adds dual‑band Wi‑Fi 6, BLE 5, 802.15.4, a TI CC1101 sub‑GHz transceiver, GPS and a microSD slot to the popular Flipper Zero. Powered by the ESP32‑C5‑WROOM‑1U RISC‑V SoC, the...
Qualcomm X105 6G-Ready 5G Modem to Deliver 14.8 Gbps Download and 4.2 Gbps Upload Peak Data Speeds
Qualcomm unveiled the X105, the industry’s first 3GPP Release 19‑ready modem‑RF system, capable of 14.8 Gbps downlink and 4.2 Gbps uplink peak speeds. Built on a 6 nm RF transceiver, it delivers 30% lower power consumption and a 15% smaller footprint than the X85....
Turris Omnia NG Wired Dual 10GbE, Quad 2.5GbE Router Drops Wi-Fi for Cost Savings
Turris has launched the Omnia NG Wired router, mirroring the feature set of its Wi‑Fi 7 model but stripping out built‑in wireless to cut costs. The device offers dual 10 GbE SFP+ cages, four 2.5 GbE RJ45 ports, a Qualcomm IPQ9574 SoC, 2 GB...
NXP i.MX 937 Cost-Effective Cortex-A55/M7/M33 MPU Is a Drop-In Replacement for NXP i.MX 95 SoC Family
NXP announced the i.MX 937 MPU, a cost‑effective, drop‑in replacement for the i.MX 95/952 SoC family. It combines a quad‑core Cortex‑A55 up to 1.4 GHz, a 667 MHz Cortex‑M7, and a low‑power Cortex‑M33, plus a Mali‑G310 GPU, 1080p VPU, and a 2 eTOPS NPU for...
Nordic Semi Unveils nRF54LS05A and nRF54LS05B Entry-Level, Ultra-Low-Power Bluetooth LE SoCs
Nordic Semiconductor introduced the nRF54LS05A and nRF54LS05B, entry‑level Bluetooth LE SoCs built on a 128 MHz Arm Cortex‑M33 core. Both chips feature the fourth‑generation Bluetooth LE radio, 0.5 MB of non‑volatile memory, and 64 KB or 96 KB of RAM respectively. Power consumption is ultra‑low, with...
DSG-22.6 GHz Is a $1,590 Open-Source RF Signal Generator Based on Atek Midas’s Custom ICs (Crowdfunding)
Atek Midas has introduced the DSG‑22.6 GHz, an open‑source RF signal generator that spans 150 MHz to 22.6 GHz. Priced at $1,590, it offers professional‑grade performance—1 Hz tuning resolution, <100 µs tuning speed, and ≥40 dBc spurious suppression—at a fraction of traditional benchtop costs. The unit...
STM32U3B5/C5 Ultra-Low-Power MCU Features 640 KB RAM, 2 MB Flash, and HSP Accelerator to Run AI without Batteries
STMicroelectronics introduced the STM32U3B5 and STM32U3C5 microcontrollers, expanding its ultra‑low‑power Cortex‑M33 family. Both devices combine up to 640 KB SRAM, 2 MB flash, and a new hardware signal processor (HSP) accelerator that can run AI/ML workloads on energy‑harvesting power sources. The STM32U3C5...
Nordic Semi nRF93M1 IoT Modules Offer LTE Cat 1bis Cellular Connectivity, Wi-Fi Location Capabilities
Nordic Semiconductors unveiled the nRF93M1 LTE Cat 1bis IoT module at Mobile World Congress 2026, offering up to 10 Mbps downlink and 5 Mbps uplink speeds. The family includes two variants—LABA for Europe, Asia, Middle East and Africa, and LACA for global deployments—both supporting a...
CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 25.10 on a Mid-Range AMD Ryzen 5 6600H Laptop
The CHUWI CoreBook Air Plus 16 was tested with Ubuntu 25.10 on an AMD Ryzen 5 6600H platform. Installation succeeded with 25.10 after the Ubuntu 26.04 daily image failed to launch its installer. Benchmarks show a single‑core Geekbench score of 1,917 and a multi‑core score...
ESP32-C5 Bug Advisory Identifies and Fixes PSRAM and Sleep Coexistence Issues
Espressif Systems released a bug advisory for ESP32‑C5 chips, detailing three stability issues affecting PSRAM and sleep‑mode coexistence when running ESP‑IDF v5.5.1. The defects include a PSRAM reset hang, data corruption during unaligned AES/SHA accesses, and watchdog timeouts in Wi‑Fi/BLE/IEEE 802.15.4...
Rockchip RK3588 and RK3576 H.264 and H.265 Video Decoders Gain Mainline Linux Support
Collabora has upstreamed support for the Rockchip VDPU381 and VDPU383 video decoders found in RK3588 and RK3576 SoCs, enabling hardware‑accelerated H.264 and H.265 decoding in mainline Linux. The contribution consists of a 17‑patch series that adds V4L2 UAPI controls for...
NXP TJA1410 and TJF1410 PMD Transceivers Enable “CAN-Like” Single Pair Ethernet (SPE) Connectivity
NXP has introduced two 10BASE‑T1S Physical Medium Dependent transceivers – the automotive‑grade TJA1410 and the industrial‑grade TJF1410 – that offload only the analog front‑end while the digital PHY resides in the host MCU or switch. Both devices use a three‑pin...
PocketBeagle 2 SBC Gets Industrial Version with 1GB RAM, 64GB eMMC Flash
BeagleBoard’s PocketBeagle 2 Industrial version upgrades the original PocketBeagle 2 Rev A1 with 1 GB DDR4 RAM, a 64 GB eMMC flash and an industrial temperature range of –40 °C to +85 °C. The board retains the Texas Instruments AM6254 quad‑core Cortex‑A53 SoC, the MSPM0L1105 M0+ MCU, USB‑C...
GyroidOS Virtualization Solution Aims to Secure Embedded Devices, Ease Cybersecurity Certification
GyroidOS, an open‑source multi‑architecture OS‑level virtualization platform maintained by Fraunhofer AISEC, isolates guest operating‑system stacks on a single Linux kernel using namespaces, cgroups and capabilities. The solution targets embedded devices and integrates hardware‑root‑of‑trust features such as secure boot, TPM‑linked disk...
Silex SX-SDMAX6E Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth LE Module Features NXP IW623 SoC, Comes in M.2 or LGA Package
NXP and Silex Technology have released the SX‑SDMAX6E module, embedding the IW623 tri‑band Wi‑Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.x radios for industrial IoT. The module ships in a 44‑pin LGA package and an M.2 2230 Key‑E card, supporting SDIO for Wi‑Fi and UART for Bluetooth....
AMD VEK385 Versal AI Edge Gen 2 FPGA Evaluation Kit Plugs Directly Into a PCIe Gen5/Gen4 Slot
AMD unveiled the VEK385 evaluation kit built around the Versal AI Edge Gen 2 XC2VE3858 SoC FPGA. The board combines eight Cortex‑A78AE cores, ten Cortex‑R52 cores, a Mali‑G78AE GPU, 144 AI Engine‑ML v2 tiles delivering up to 184 INT8 TOPS, and 20 GB...
MediaTek MT7902 Wireless Chipset Finally Gets a Linux Driver
MediaTek has finally submitted an eleven‑patch driver set for its MT7902 Wi‑Fi 6E and Bluetooth chipset to the main‑line Linux mailing list. The patches add firmware, SDIO and PCIe host support and are expected to land in the upcoming Linux 7.1 release....
ASRock Industrial NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series Is Powered by Intel Core Ultra 5 325 or Ultra 7 358H “Panther...
ASRock has launched the Industrial NUC(S) Ultra 300 BOX Series, powered by Intel’s third‑generation Core Ultra “Panther Lake” SoCs – the Core Ultra 5 325 and Core Ultra 7 358H. The compact NUC and slimmer NUCS models deliver up to 180 TOPS of combined CPU‑GPU‑NPU AI performance, support...
NXP S32N79 Octa-Core Arm Cortex-A78E/12-Core Cortex-R52 “Super-Integration Processor” Targets Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV)
NXP announced the S32N79 “Super‑Integration” automotive processor, featuring up to eight Arm Cortex‑A78E application cores at 1.8 GHz and twelve Cortex‑R52 real‑time cores at 1.4 GHz, plus a RISC‑V accelerator and eIQ Neutron AI NPU. Built on a 5 nm TSMC process, it...
Olimex ESP32-P4-PC Board Offers HDMI Video Output, Ethernet, Four USB 2.0 Ports, and More
Olimex has launched the ESP32‑P4‑PC, an open‑source development board built around Espressif’s ESP32‑P4NRW32 SoC. The board packs a dual‑core 400 MHz RISC‑V CPU, 768 KB L2 RAM, 32 MB PSRAM, 16 MB flash and offers HDMI, MIPI‑DSI, MIPI‑CSI, four USB‑A ports, 10/100 Mbps Ethernet and...
DShanPi-A1 AI Education Rockchip RK3576 SBC Features HDMI Input and Output Ports, Dual GbE
The DShanPi‑A1 AI Education SBC is built around Rockchip’s RK3576 octa‑core Cortex‑A72/A53 SoC and can be configured with up to 8 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMC storage. It offers HDMI 2.1 video output, a mini‑HDMI input, dual Gigabit Ethernet, MIPI DSI/CSI interfaces,...
