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Chip Industry Week In Review AI integrity attacks; US weighs more AI chip authority; on-chip security controls; new chips at MWC; optical interconnect deals; CPO funding; 18A; diary of advanced lithographer; domain-scoped agentic...

Latest news in the semiconductor sector semiengineering.com/chip-industr...
#semiconductor

06.03.2026 14:45 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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New Automotive Architectures Are Shaking Up Processor And Memory Choices Exponential increases in data and a mix of performance requirements are driving a top-to-bottom rethinking of what works best where.

An explosion of data from sensors for assisted and autonomous driving, and the need to make real-time decisions based on that data, are placing unprecedented demands on memory and storage subsystems in vehicles.
semiengineering.com/new-automoti...
#automotive

05.03.2026 16:05 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Space Forge’s satellite has turned on its furnace, producing superhot plasma that could be used to manufacture #semiconductors in #space. It turns out that making semiconductor crystals has some design advantages in space. spectrum.ieee.org/in-orbit-man...

02.03.2026 20:30 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Introducing: Cosmology 101 with Katie Mack
Introducing: Cosmology 101 with Katie Mack YouTube video by Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

I've been going through these videos for some work reasons, and they're so well done. Just great work all around by @astrokatie.com and @perimeterinstitute.ca.

05.03.2026 21:17 👍 160 🔁 34 💬 3 📌 1

If I had to describe the last 6 weeks in Ireland it would be that horrible feeling when your sleeve gets wet when washing your hands but for your soul.

12.02.2026 10:31 👍 137 🔁 24 💬 6 📌 2
Before Instant-On: The Hidden Physics of Vacuum Tubes
Before Instant-On: The Hidden Physics of Vacuum Tubes YouTube video by ElectronicsNotes

Before Instant-On: The Hidden Physics of Vacuum Tubes (Valves)

Check out my latest video: youtu.be/u_htxrYUIdw
#valves #vacuumtubes #thermionicvalves #vintagetech #vintagetechnology

#valves #vacuumtubes #vintagetech #vintagetechnology #electronicsnotes #electroniccomponents

03.03.2026 10:48 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Group of scientists in a laboratory setting with white suits on, with one holding a piece of technology.

Group of scientists in a laboratory setting with white suits on, with one holding a piece of technology.

imec has opened its NanoIC pilot line, adding a 2,000 meter cleanroom to accelerate sub‑2 nm chip innovation. Backed by the EU Chips Act, it will host advanced tools like ASML’s High‑NA EUV scanner arriving in 2026. 🚀
Learn more below!
https://optics.org/news/17/2/5

05.03.2026 20:15 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The Milky Way arcs over and behind this view looking up at Rubin's shiny silver dome toward a starry night sky.

The Milky Way arcs over and behind this view looking up at Rubin's shiny silver dome toward a starry night sky.

Alerts from NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory have been flowing for about a week...how many have there been?? 🚨

So far, Rubin has generated....drumroll please🥁

~1.7 million world-public alerts!

That's ~1.7 MILLION objects that changed in brightness or position in just seven nights 🤯

🔭🧪

04.03.2026 22:55 👍 106 🔁 22 💬 4 📌 3
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Making Hybrid Bonding Better Why this technology is so essential for multi-die assemblies, and how it can be improved.

The future of semiconductor manufacturing is no longer dependent just on shrinking features. Instead, chipmakers are rethinking how devices are built, stacked, and powered.
semiengineering.com/making-hybri...

#semiconductor #hybridbonding

02.03.2026 16:39 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Japan's Rapidus lands $1.7B to chase 2nm chip production by 2027 Government and 32 private-sector backers fund push to take on TSMC and Samsung at leading-edge nodes Japan's fledgling foundry biz Rapidus has secured funding of $1.7 billion to help it progress to mass production of 2nm semiconductors by 2027, making it a potential rival for Taiwan's TSMC.…

FYI: Japan's Rapidus lands $1.7B to chase 2nm chip production by 2027

01.03.2026 22:35 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The tiny technology that rules the world Watch now | The global economy hinges on this fingernail-sized silicon chip.

The tiny tech that extends human collective cognitive abilities 🧪 open.substack.com/pub/bigthink...

21.02.2026 13:56 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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02.03.2026 12:22 👍 58 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 3
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Chip Industry Week In Review Rapidus' new $1.7B infusion; Intel and UMC leadership moves; faster EUV; $100B GPU deal; Arm-Tensor robocar; smartphone market to decline; HBF; $1B in AI chip funding; imec's mCFET study; monolithical...

Latest news in the semiconductor industry semiengineering.com/chip-industr...
#semiconductor

27.02.2026 16:23 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Vodafone plans satellite-to-phone services in Ireland – for coverage ‘not spots’ and storms Vodafone is planning to launch satellite-based direct phone and video calls in Ireland.

Vodafone plans satellite calls (inc video calls and data) direct to ordinary smartphones.

Testing it in Ireland now.

Has test license from regulator to do it.

Would be the first.

m.independent.ie/business/tec...

26.02.2026 08:44 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
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Last night, the Vera Rubin Observatory sent out 800,000 alerts for changes it spotted in the night sky. What do they all mean? spectrum.ieee.org/vera-rubin-o...

25.02.2026 21:30 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
Many remotely accessible amateur owned telescopes in row of buildings with slide-over roofs.

Many remotely accessible amateur owned telescopes in row of buildings with slide-over roofs.

Texas dark skies telescope ranch (from x.com/astrofalls/s... )

09.07.2025 07:23 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A single NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory image will reveal thousands of changing objects in the night sky, from supernovae and variable stars to active black holes and wandering asteroids. This infographic shows approximately how many of each type of object scientists expect to find in each Rubin image.
Credit: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

A single NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory image will reveal thousands of changing objects in the night sky, from supernovae and variable stars to active black holes and wandering asteroids. This infographic shows approximately how many of each type of object scientists expect to find in each Rubin image. Credit: NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA

The sheer volume of data coming from the new Rubin Observatory is staggering. In *one* night it issued 800,000 alerts, indicating something that changed in the sky: a moving asteroid, variable star, supernova, etc.

Rubin will be an astonishing discovery machine. 🔭🧪

noirlab.edu/public/news/...

25.02.2026 18:23 👍 94 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 1
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GNU Octave, logiciel libre de calcul scientifique compatible MATLAB, est disponible en version 11. Elle améliore la gestion des paquets, les performances et la précision, et augmente la compatibilité avec MATLAB ⬇️

octave.org/NEWS-11.html

24.02.2026 06:15 👍 26 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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Calculus by Oscilloscope Hackaday Article

Calculus by Oscilloscope

23.02.2026 12:06 👍 28 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

youtu.be/YVc0wBLri1A?...

23.02.2026 18:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Did One of the Greatest Movies of 1976 Predict Our Effed-Up Present? 'Network' turns 50 — and Paddy Chayefsky's mad-as-hell satire somehow feels more shocking, more sobering, and more timely than ever.

Did One of the Greatest Movies of 1976 Predict Our Effed-Up Present?

'Network' turns 50 — and somehow feels more shocking, more sobering, and more timely than ever

21.02.2026 16:57 👍 137 🔁 26 💬 5 📌 4
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You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games I enjoyed playing a game of Chess on the 'MissPiggy' PDP-11/70 running UNIX v7.

www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...

23.02.2026 09:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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New course set to boost Irish semiconductor industry The first-ever master's in circuit design in Europe has been announced by Maynooth University, aimed at helping to grow Ireland's semiconductor industry.

The first-ever master's in circuit design in Europe has been announced by Maynooth University, aimed at helping to grow Ireland's semiconductor industry

23.02.2026 06:28 👍 32 🔁 12 💬 0 📌 2
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feel the beats of electronic heart pushing bits through silicon veins
znah.net/tt09

27.01.2025 12:00 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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Taming Multi-Switch Bounce in Software, Part 1 Why simple button-reading logic breaks down, and what happens when switches bounce and mislead your code.

Taming Multi-Switch Bounce in Software, Part 1 www.designnews.com/gadget-freak... Why simple button-reading logic breaks down, and what happens when switches bounce and mislead your code.

19.02.2026 21:20 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chip Industry Week in Review ISSCC research blitz; $50M for agentic AI; 3D interconnects tool; Ultra Ethernet security; Watt's Law and power supply ceiling; Intel-Google security stress test; heat techniques; chip architectures a...

Latest news in the semiconductor ecosystem semiengineering.com/chip-industr...

#semiconductor

20.02.2026 15:10 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Laser Arrays May Simplify Co-Packaged Optics Monolithic tunable lasers can adapt statically and dynamically.

The move to co-packaged optics (CPO) holds the promise of putting photonic ICs and electronic ICs into the same package.
semiengineering.com/laser-arrays...

19.02.2026 16:01 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Apple unveils new Dublin office and says “no barriers” to more investment in Ireland Apple boss Cathy Kearney says the company sees "no barriers" to further expansion in Ireland with the company shaking off recent EU grievances to announce a new Dublin office that has space for 300 pe...

Cork has had a nice long run, but…

Apple unveils new Dublin office with space for 300 people.

Also, Cathy Kearney (top Irish boss) says the tech giant is only thinking of growth/expansion here (Cork).

Context interesting: Apple uneasy with EU regs etc

www.independent.ie/business/tec...

19.02.2026 15:03 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are members of the Setanta Space founding team; James Murphy, CTO; Tomas Chester, Lead Hardware Design Engineer; Adam Taylor, CEO and Jake O’Brien, Lead Engineer.

Pictured (l-r) at NovaUCD are members of the Setanta Space founding team; James Murphy, CTO; Tomas Chester, Lead Hardware Design Engineer; Adam Taylor, CEO and Jake O’Brien, Lead Engineer.

Setanta Space, a new Irish space tech start-up, which is headquartered @novaucd.bsky.social, has officially launched.

The start-up is focused on developing novel modular onboard computing hardware and AI software designed to make spacecraft more autonomous.

www.ucd.ie/innovation/n...

19.02.2026 12:28 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Ireland commits to semiconductor innovation with I-C3 launch The Government has launched I-C3, Ireland’s National Competence Centre in Semiconductors, as a means of advancing the chips ecosystem.

The Government has announced the launch of I-C3, Ireland’s National Competence Centre in Semiconductors, which is one of 30 other national chip competency centres in Europe, in 27 different countries.

18.02.2026 09:29 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1