IC-STAR Framework Aims for Full-Flow Silicon Design Autonomy
A new approach lets engineers oversee AI-driven execution across the entire chip development lifecycle, from digital to analog.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
Performance-Line MCUs Target Faster AI Power Control
Infineon's PSOC Control C3 microcontrollers aim to keep up with GaN and SiC switching speeds while simplifying firmware in AI data center power stages.
OpenClaw Enterprise adds governance to win over wary businesses
A new enterprise edition of the OpenClaw AI harness aims to lift business bans by adding security, governance, and auditability.
Nuvacore's 'Core First' Plan Delays ISA Choice to Optimize CPU Microarchitecture
The stealthy startup founded by CPU veterans is designing WarpCore's execution engine before picking an instruction set, a reversal of traditional chip development.
Ethernet Spec Turns 45: How DIX Standard Shaped Modern Networking
The 1980 DIX Ethernet specification, published by DEC, Intel, and Xerox, laid the groundwork for the wired networking standard still dominant today.
UK businesses' basic cyber skills gap widens to 57%
Government survey finds 808,000 UK businesses lack confidence in basic security tasks, with malware detection the weakest area.
Ex-EVGA Manager Recounts How Nvidia Policies Pushed Company Out of GPUs
A former EVGA product manager says Nvidia's direct sales, MSRP mandates, and costly tech bets strained the partnership until EVGA exited GPUs in 2022.
KDE Plasma 6.8 turns 30, drops X11 session for Wayland
KDE's 30th-anniversary Plasma release moves fully to Wayland, while the Klassik project revives the KDE 3 desktop on modern Qt.
E-Series GPU IP Targets Converged Edge Acceleration
Imagination's E-Series combines graphics, compute, and AI on one architecture, with first silicon expected by the end of 2026.
Airbus Flies A350F Freighter, a Plane Pitched at Server Cargo
The first flight of Airbus's A350F moves the freighter closer to service, with a giant door designed to load data-center gear and chipmaking machines.
UK Rail Police Face-Scan Pilot: £320K, 500K Faces, Zero Real Matches
A six-month British Transport Police facial recognition trial scanned over half a million faces, cost £320,000, and produced only a false positive.
AirPods 5 get replaceable batteries, iFixit score rises to 2/10
Apple's latest AirPods earbuds are slightly less repair-hostile, with user-replaceable batteries lifting iFixit's score from zero to two out of ten.
Scaling Data Movement Emerges as Key Hurdle for Physical AI
A Semiconductor Engineering article examines why moving data efficiently is becoming a critical challenge for physical AI systems.
Auto startup IQ.Lvbs claims rival Comma.ai behind hack attempt
The Register reports that IQ.Lvbs says it traced a cyberattack to an IP address belonging to rival Comma.ai, though the claim is unverified.
GPU-Accelerated Simulations Bring Manufacturing Realities to Photonic Chip Design
A new workflow combines process simulation, GPU-accelerated FDTD, and AI surrogates to align photonic IC modeling with fabrication realities.
ISPs Overtake Chrome as Top DNS Resource Consumers
Network operators' redundancy measures are making them the largest unexpected source of DNS queries.
ConnectWise Takes Cloud Backup Offline After Unauthorized Access
A credential compromise in ConnectWise's Cloud Backup service has forced a service suspension, with Huntress reporting active abuse in M365 tenants.
ICANN Pledges Faster, More Transparent Governance Amid AI and Geopolitical Risks
The internet's governing body is committing to speedier and more open decision-making as it braces for new challenges from artificial intelligence and geopolitical tensions.