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Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 Advances Intelligent Audio Wearables for the Agentic Age
Qualcomm Technologies has announced the Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 Platform, expanding what's possible with audio wearables. The platform combines Qualcomm's premium Snapdragon Sound audio technologies with on-device AI, security-focused cloud-connected intelligence
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Advanced Energy introduces 160W ultra-ruggedized AC-DC power supply for extreme environments
Advanced Energy Industries has launched the DF150, a ruggedized 160W AC-DC power supply and the first product in the company's new Defiant Future (DF) series of robust, high-reliability standard power supplies built for extreme-environment applications across defense,
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ACCM expands US manufacturing capacity for AI infrastructure in four segments
Advanced Chip and Circuit Materials (ACCM) has announced a major expansion of its U.S. manufacturing capacity for its Celeritas family of advanced dielectric materials, the insulating materials used in circuit boards and chip packages. The expansion covers four segmen
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Proteantecs and GUC enhance collaboration for custom SoC lifecycle monitoring
proteanTecs, a provider of health and performance management solutions for advanced electronics, and Global Unichip Corporation (GUC), a provider of advanced ASIC and IP services, have announced an expansion of their strategic collaboration. As part of this expanded p
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Dnotitia introduces dedicated vector silicon for server scale at AI Infra Summit 2026
Dnotitia has announced that the first ASIC samples of its Vector Data Processing Unit (VDPU) have returned from fabrication, with chip-level characterization now underway. At AI Infra Summit 2026, held September 15-17 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, the company
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QBit Semiconductor launches QB88XX series for physical AI and drone applications
QBit Semiconductor, a Taiwan-based fabless chip design company focused on high-end image processing and motion control, unveiled its robotics and drone chipset roadmap at SEMICON Taiwan 2026, targeting what's known as physical AI, meaning AI systems that directly cont
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TeraSignal launches first analog wave processor for 200G/lane AI interconnects
At ECOC 2026, TeraSignal unveiled a new architecture called AWP (Analog Wave Processor), designed to bring advanced signal processing to 200G-per-lane AI interconnects used in 1.6T and 3.2T infrastructure. What sets it apart is that it processes electrical waveforms d
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Advancing AI in the Middle East: Insights from LEAP 2026 and Future Trends
LEAP 2026 made clear that leaders across the Middle East are moving quickly from AI ambition to actual execution. Among more than 200,000 attendees in Riyadh, spanning investors, policymakers, and industry leaders from established tech companies to startups, AMD was p
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Renesas introduces 64-bit RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE MPUs for HMI and IoT systems
Renesas Electronics has expanded its RZ/G Series with two new 64-bit general-purpose microprocessors (MPUs), the RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE, aimed at human-machine interface (HMI) and IoT edge applications. The two chips are pin-compatible with each other, meaning they can ph
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Meta and Panmnesia improve datacenter integration using CXL technology
Panmnesia, a fabless chip design company, has teamed up with Meta to put forward a new vision for AI datacenter design one where an entire datacenter functions as though it were a single processor. The proposal appears as an invited Review in Nature Reviews Elec
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NVIDIA invests $3.5 billion in MediaTek, expands AI computing with NVLink Fusion
NVIDIA and MediaTek announced a deepening of their collaboration to build AI computing platforms spanning AI infrastructure, local AI computing and automotive. As part of the expanded collaboration, MediaTek will adopt the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion platform to provide hyperscalers, cloud
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AMD Instinct MI355X GPUs Power AI Infrastructure by HUMAIN and Cisco in Saudi Arabia, Expansion Up to 250 MW Planned
AMD, Cisco and HUMAIN, a PIF company delivering full-stack AI solutions, announced that AMD Instinct MI355X GPU-based AI infrastructure built on Cisco Silicon One-based AI networking is now live in Saudi Arabia and serving HUMAIN customers in the Kingdom and beyond. HUMAIN is delivering pr
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