Marvell urges GlobalFoundries to ramp up wafer output
Marvell's growth ambitions depend on GlobalFoundries increasing its wafer production capacity.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Agentic AI Repairs Chip Design-Rule Violations Automatically
A new Purdue framework uses large language models to fix local design-rule errors while preserving the original layout's equivalence.
Predicting Heat Flow in Advanced Chip Interconnect Stacks
Peking University researchers have developed a modeling framework that predicts thermal conductivity in back-end-of-line interconnect stacks using layer-resolved measurements.
NYU Uses Reinforcement Learning to Reduce Chip Routing Violations
A new NYU study shows that history-aware offline reinforcement learning can cut routing violations in dense chip layouts, addressing a key bottleneck in physical design.
Chiplet Co-Design and Networking Advance AI and Neuromorphic Chips
Two university teams show chiplets can cut energy and design costs, but target different compute paradigms.
FBI Director Claims 605% Jump in AI Use, But Metric Is Unclear
Kash Patel's assertion of a 605% increase in FBI AI usage raises questions because the underlying metric is undefined.
Optical Drive Shortage Halts High-End CD Player Production
The collapse of mainstream optical drive manufacturing is forcing premium audio brands to stop making CD players despite renewed consumer interest in physical media.
GenAI Boom Accelerates and Transforms Ethernet Switching
The Next Platform reports that generative AI is both speeding up and reshaping Ethernet switching.
Fruit-fly brain simulation mines Bitcoin in browser proof of concept
A web-based demo simulates a fruit fly's neural network to mine Bitcoin, with its creators claiming organic neurons could someday beat silicon ASICs in efficiency.
Putin Votes on Unlicensed Windows Dell PC in Kremlin Clip
Official footage shows Russia's president using a foreign Dell machine with an unactivated Windows copy, undercutting Moscow's domestic tech push.
How months of inactivity led to a 7-hour Windows Update ordeal
A single report shows how deferred Windows updates can pile up into an all-day installation session.
Google Concealed AI Agent Breach for Months, Report Says
Google reportedly kept an AI agent security incident secret for months, even after OpenAI disclosed a similar problem.
60 GHz Radar Cuts Power for Always-On IoT Presence Sensing
A new approach uses 60 GHz radar to keep occupancy and motion tracking active in IoT devices while the rest of the sensing chain stays asleep.
Fab Robotics and Smart Control Lift Repeatability, Uptime, and Yield
Advanced equipment control and robotics are quietly raising semiconductor fab productivity by improving repeatability, tool uptime, and yield, according to a new analysis.
Catalog Printer Purchase Backfires in Procurement Lesson
A manager's attempt to prove procurement prowess with a cheap catalog printer ends with the device gathering dust.
Prusa CORE One+ INDX review: Toolchanger return with Bondtech help
Tom's Hardware reviews Prusa's reentry into toolchanging, built with Bondtech.
Florida Man Arrested for Selling 3D-Printed Full-Auto Glock Switches
The arrest shows how cheap, 3D-printed parts can turn ordinary pistols into fully automatic weapons.
Campaigners urge UK PM not to trade away tech tax ahead of Trump meeting
A letter to Prime Minister Burnham warns against sacrificing the UK's digital services tax to win favour with the US president.