EE Times News
Google’s Marvell Deal Shows Custom Silicon Spreading Beyond the TPU
Published: August 28, 2026, 9:59 pm
Google’s expanded relationship with Marvell suggests that memory, networking, storage, and data movement are candidates for specialization too.
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Microscale Power Management Starts with Microflow Heat Measurement
Published: August 28, 2026, 7:00 am
Laser pulses and X-ray imaging reveal the surprising impact of micron-scale material defects on heat dissipation.
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First Benchmarks Revealed for Jalapeño, OpenAI’s Clean-Sheet General Purpose AI Accelerator ASIC
Published: August 27, 2026, 10:14 pm
At Hot Chips 2026, Richard Ho, says OpenAI isn't just repurposing a GPU to suit AI: Jalapeño is a purpose built AI accelerator built from scratch for AI workloads.
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Qualcomm Bets Open-Source AI Software Can Break Nvidia’s Lock-In
Published: August 27, 2026, 6:09 pm
Modular aims to separate AI software from silicon choice, giving Qualcomm and other challengers a shot at Nvidia-dominated workloads.
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NewPower Worldwide Expands Credit Facility to $750 Million to Support Global Growth and Customer Demand
Published: August 27, 2026, 2:44 pm
NASHUA, New Hampshire – NewPower Worldwide, one of the electronics industry’s fastest-growing distributors, today announced it has expanded its committed credit facility to $750 million, further enhancing its ability to invest in inventory, support customer growth, and capitalize on opportunities across the global supply chain. The increase follows a period of exceptional growth for NewPower Worldwide. […]
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Hackaday News
Get Your Monitor Transmitting VHF with a Browser Tool
Published: August 31, 2026, 2:00 am
If you’re intending to transmit on the VHF band, you’re probably going to reach for a handheld or some kind of rackmount rig in your ham shack. But you needn’t …read more
Hackaday Links: August 30, 2026
Published: August 30, 2026, 11:00 pm
The big news today is, of course, the successful launch and deployment of NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope earlier this morning. The space agency’s latest observatory lifted off at …read more
Dissecting a Lethal Universal Travel Adapter
Published: August 30, 2026, 8:00 pm
The world’s refusal to standardize on a single type of mains power outlet has led to a vibrant market of so-called travel adapters, all of which try to outdo each …read more
LLM Moats Quickly Evaporating
Published: August 30, 2026, 5:00 pm
In the business world, a moat is a quality of a business that makes it difficult for competitors to take that company’s profits. With how hard it is to train …read more
Low(er)-Cost Humanoid Robot Leverages DIY Actuators
Published: August 30, 2026, 2:00 pm
Humanoid robots, even scaled-down ones, tend to be expensive. The Berkeley Humanoid Lite offers a more accessible and economical option by centering the design around 3D printed actuators that make …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Hand-Crank Flashlight
Published: August 30, 2026, 8:00 pm
You can never be too prepared for a situation that requires light.CrazyScience shared how they built a hand-crank flashlight. For this project, I took a small SG90 micro servo, modified it for continuous rotation, and turned it into the heart of a compact hand-crank flashlight. You can check out the details of their build on […]
USB C CC Resistor Fixer Case
Published: August 30, 2026, 5:21 pm
Do you have any devices with USB C connections that don’t seem to power or work when plugged into a USB C Power Delivery port? Chances are, the designers skimped a few pennies or just forgot to put in the two 5.1K CC resistors required for C-to-C connections at 5V. It can drive you batty because […]
Building a backyard office, the build and cost breakdown
Published: August 30, 2026, 1:30 pm
Kyle Lambert had worked remotely for most of his career and always dreamed of having his own backyard office. A place on the property but completely separate from the home. Until this year, that idea seemed too unnecessary… then our baby grew into a toddler. We have a small house in Portland. We love it, […]
MIT: AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
Published: August 30, 2026, 1:30 pm
Today, anyone with a large enough artificial intelligence model can generate millions of new material designs in minutes. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led to a huge leap in the number of new materials being used to improve the performance of products like computer chips and rockets. One reason for the translation gap is that current models […]
Adafruit Weekly Editorial Round Up: Adafruit WipperSnapper Firmware 1.0.0 beta 132 now on GitHub, Attachécade, & more!
Published: August 30, 2026, 1:14 am
ADAFRUIT WEEKLY EDITORIAL ROUND-UP We’ve got so much happening here at Adafruit that it’s not always easy to keep up! Don’t fret, we’ve got you covered. Each week we’ll be posting a handy round-up of what we’ve been up to, ranging from learn guides to blog articles, videos, and more. New component added SCD43👃Adafruit IO […]
Electronics Weekly News
Ed Spots A Space-Based Datacentre Gig
Published: August 31, 2026, 12:01 am
Space-based datacentres are one of the many NBTs these days and I’ve stumbled across a goldmine approach to this. A major cost in launching these datacentre satellites is the weight […]
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Earth Observation satellite market develops to $155.9bn by 2035
Published: August 28, 2026, 4:33 pm
Novaspace, the space consulting and market intelligence firm, has released the 19th edition of its Earth Observation Satellite Systems report. This covers Earth observation (EO) satellite supply and demand, and […]
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SeeReal Gets Real
Published: August 28, 2026, 1:23 pm
‘German company SeeReal Technologies claims it is close to producing a consumer prototype 3D holographic display,’ EW reported back in 2007. !The technology will be suitable for TV, projector and […]
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Aurora Avionics wins launcher control contract for autophage rocket
Published: August 28, 2026, 11:03 am
Aurora Avionics, the Edinburgh-based launcher control specialist, has agreed a contract with European aerospace company Alpha Impulsion to supply electronic systems for Alpha’s new autophage rocket engine. Specifically, the agreement […]
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Strategies to drive success in the supply chain playbook
Published: August 28, 2026, 11:00 am
Even as the European electronic components market shows signs of growth, supply chain expectations in the region continue to evolve, write Krista Alby and Kyle Nelson. The electronics industry is […]
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