A Clock Project Turns Into a Pocket Mechanical TV
An engineer's side project became a portable wide-screen electromechanical television called the Scanwheel.
Compute & Hardware
Chips, datacenters, interconnect, and the power they draw.
IBM and IEEE Webinar to Address Responsible AI in Higher Ed
An interactive webinar aims to give students and IEEE chapters practical guidance on responsible AI.
HPE Reports No Customer Pushback on Rising Datacenter Equipment Costs
HPE says customers are accepting higher datacenter equipment prices, signaling strong demand for AI infrastructure.
Arm's C2-Ultra Core: 7% IPC Gain, New NX and CSS N4 IP
Arm's latest IP release delivers a modest 7% maximum IPC uplift for C2-Ultra over C1-Ultra, alongside new G2-Ultra NX and CSS N4 offerings.
Dell Projects AI to Drive 75% of Datacenter Demand by 2030
Dell forecasts that AI workloads will account for three-quarters of all datacenter demand within the next decade.
IEEE Workshops Tackle Publishing Barriers for East African Researchers
IEEE is helping researchers in Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda overcome subscription and publishing fees through workshops and expanded digital library access.
AI Efficiency May Rob Engineers of Hard-Won Expertise
A nuclear-control designer warns that over-automation could leave the next generation without the hands-on experience needed to become true experts.
VMware Pushes Private AI Cloud as On-Prem Workloads Grow
VMware is repositioning around on-premises AI with a private AI cloud and an AI factory model for enterprises.
IEEE President Urges Interdisciplinary Tech for Social Good
The IEEE president's note frames the organization's public charity mission as a call for communities to collaborate on shared problems.
Mentorship Comes in Many Forms for Engineers
An IEEE Spectrum article breaks down how engineers can apply different mentorship approaches to their careers.
NVSwitch Could Become the InfiniBand of AI Scale-Up Fabrics
Nvidia's NVSwitch interconnect is positioned to dominate scale-up AI networking the way InfiniBand dominated scale-out, according to The Next Platform.
EU AI Expansion Could Undermine Its Semiconductor Ambitions
Brussels’ drive to build AI infrastructure may increase reliance on imported chips, conflicting with its goal of technological sovereignty.
Voltaic Pile: The Frog-Inspired Birth of the Battery
A stack of metal discs and blotting paper in a London museum marks the origin of every modern battery, sparked by a dead frog's twitching leg.
Nvidia’s Network Push Makes It More Like Sun Than Ever
Nvidia’s growing reliance on networking technology is reshaping its identity from chipmaker to full-stack systems vendor, echoing Sun Microsystems’ strategy.
Samsung Pairs CXL and PIM to Move Compute Closer to Memory
Samsung detailed two complementary near-memory compute designs at Hot Chips 2026—a CXL device and LPDDR5X PIM—both aimed at cutting data movement costs.
From Placemat to Product: The Informal Origins of Compaq and Vishay
An IEEE Spectrum piece uses two dining-table anecdotes to show how major hardware companies began as placemat sketches.
IEEE-HKN Event Spotlights Student Authors in Technical Fields
The inaugural Innovating the Future conference gives IEEE student authors a dedicated forum to present original work.
S-BNR Concept Pairs Nuclear Thermal and Electric Propulsion
A proposed bimodal nuclear rocket from NASA and industry engineers could shorten deep-space trips by using one reactor for both high-thrust and efficient cruising.