EE Times News
Inside Infineon’s €5B Dresden Fab: Virtual Fab Cloning Fast-Tracked the Launch
Published: July 4, 2026, 10:40 am
At the opening of its Dresden smart power fab, Infineon’s COO said virtual fab cloning enabled delivery three months ahead of schedule.
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SK hynix Plans $713B Domestic Investment
Published: July 3, 2026, 1:57 pm
SK hynix is set to invest $713 billion to expand its semiconductor manufacturing capacity in South Korea and plans a Nasdaq listing.
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Spain’s Semiconductor Landscape: Six Stories from a Growing Ecosystem
Published: July 3, 2026, 7:10 am
EE Times examines the companies, institutes, and policy initiatives positioning Spain within Europe’s next wave of semiconductor innovation.
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Turkey Needs to Make Its Own Chips, Not Just Design Them
Published: July 2, 2026, 12:42 pm
Turkey has built a strong chip design base, but without domestic manufacturing, its semiconductor sovereignty remains on loan.
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OpenSearch Powers AI Data Infrastructure as Agentic Workloads Scale
Published: July 2, 2026, 7:40 am
OpenSearch turns AI’s data deluge into hybrid search, observability, and agent monitoring while avoiding vendor lock-in.
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Hackaday News
Yesterday’s Technology, Re-engineered Today
Published: July 4, 2026, 2:00 pm
Watching [sprite_tm]’s build of a handheld 486-based gaming computer, we got to thinking about retro computers and the eternal questions of how much of the computer needs to be actually …read more
Five Solar Air Heating Methods Tested
Published: July 4, 2026, 11:00 am
For as good as solar panels are at converting sunlight directly into usable electricity, especially for how cheap they’re becoming, they can still only gather around 20-30% of the energy …read more
Warp Point: a Web Ring for Gaming Sites Built for 2026
Published: July 4, 2026, 8:00 am
At one point in time web rings were one of the best ways to find content on the World Wide Web — involving not just a directory of participating sites, …read more
Building A Wireless Fingerprint Authorization Device
Published: July 4, 2026, 5:00 am
Once upon a time, there was a bit of a fad for fingerprint authentication in laptops and desktop computers. It has long since faded, but [superdog] wanted just such a …read more
Microdistillery for Microchemistry
Published: July 4, 2026, 2:00 am
Much like radio operators being encouraged to use the least possible amount of power to make a contact, chemists have a similar rule encouraging using the least amount of materials …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Find the Closest Cooling Center
Published: July 4, 2026, 2:00 pm
image via NYC Cool Options NYC Cool Options is a map cooling centers and cool options for New Yorkers. Check on your friends and neighbors, drink water, and stay as cool as you can. Read more
Impactful U.S. Inventions #4thOfJuly #AmericanInventions
Published: July 3, 2026, 5:18 pm
From the internet to birth control, the Wall Street Journal rounded up U.S. inventions with BIG impact. Readers then voted on which ones were the most revolutionary. Readers whittled the list from 60 to 25, the top 10 include: Internet Light bulb Integrated Circuits Personal Computer Airplane AC/DC Electrical Power Systems Telephone Smartphone Refrigeration Nuclear […]
The Python on Microcontrollers Newsletter: subscribe for free
Published: July 3, 2026, 3:19 pm
The Python for Microcontrollers Newsletter is the place for the latest news involving Python on hardware (microcontrollers AND single board computers like Raspberry Pi). This ad-free, spam-free weekly email is filled with CircuitPython, MicroPython, and Python information that you may have missed, all in one place! You get a summary of all the software, events, projects, and the latest hardware worldwide once a week, no […]
Celebrate the 4th with NYC Parks #4thOfJuly
Published: July 3, 2026, 2:00 pm
image via NYC Parks The heat will pass soon, but while it’s still here you’ll find us bopping back and forth between the library and the playground sprinklers. NYC Parks has fun 4th of July events starting in the early evening on their calendar which means we can still celebrate despite the 🥵 Read […]
Flexi Cat – Joint Redesign #3DPrinting #3DThursday
Published: July 3, 2026, 12:00 am
Symbiance shares: A fresh redesign of one of the most popular flexi kitty models — stronger joints, smoother rounder design, bigger eyes and ears. Prints in place, no supports, click-and-go. By Symbiance download the files on: Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making […]
Electronics Weekly News
TDK E13 EM IGBT/FET gate drive transformers for xEV platforms
Published: July 3, 2026, 2:45 pm
TDK is introducing its E13 EM series of IGBT/FET gate drive transformers, designed for automotive 500-V battery systems. They are qualified to AEC-Q200 Rev. E and designed for operation from ...
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Dithering
Published: July 3, 2026, 1:30 pm
Europe’s involvement in the semiconductor industry has always an on-off, hot-cold, up-and-down kind of thing. The November 11th 1996 edition of Electronics Weekly carried this piece: ‘During the 1970s and ...
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Sony becomes Promoter member for MIPI Alliance
Published: July 3, 2026, 11:14 am
Sony Semiconductor is strengthening its relationship with the MIPI Alliance. It is becoming the newest Promoter member for the wired interface standards body. With the appointment, Sony obtains a seat ...
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Sponsored Content: Power System Reliability in Extreme Cold with -65°C Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
Published: July 3, 2026, 9:45 am
Extreme cold environments place unprecedented demands on power systems, making the low-temperature performance of aluminum electrolytic capacitors a critical factor in overall system reliability. I. In extreme cold environments, power ...
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Raytheon eyes large-aperture telescope for Lazuli Space Observatory
Published: July 3, 2026, 9:28 am
Raytheon has announced it is developing a large-aperture telescope for the Lazuli Space Observatory, part of The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Observatory System at Schmidt Sciences. It features on orbit‑tuning ...
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