EE Times News
Agentic AI, Multi‑Physics, and Standards Will Redefine Chips Design
Published: August 11, 2026, 10:00 pm
Agentic AI, brutal physics bottlenecks, and standards are remaking chip design from silicon to systems.
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AMD Challenges GPU-Centric Architectures as It Takes Aim at Nvidia in Robotics
Published: August 11, 2026, 2:09 pm
AMD’s new SoC for robots combines CPU, GPU, NPU on one chip with unified memory.
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Managing Your Component Library for Supply Chain Resilience
Published: August 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
To take a PCB from design to production, an unmanaged component library is a hidden liability. Obsolete parts, single-source vulnerabilities, long lead times, counterfeit exposure, and compliance gaps often go undetected until they trigger costly redesigns, audit failures, or production delays. This guide shows how to solve those problems at their source. By transitioning to […]
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AI Hardware’s Next Frontier Is Integration
Published: August 11, 2026, 9:25 am
The LID World Summit 2026 showed why AI progress now depends on system-level advances in memory, packaging, photonics, and power.
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Why AI Adoption in Materials R&D Depends More on People Than Technology
Published: August 10, 2026, 9:21 pm
The technology works. The organization has to catch up.
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Hackaday News
Lighting 3D Printed Parts on Fire for Science
Published: August 12, 2026, 8:00 am
Although lighting 3D prints on fire is rarely the intended outcome, it’s possible that said print will at some point in its future come into contact with either an open …read more
Titanic-esqe Telegraph Keeps Relationship Afloat
Published: August 12, 2026, 5:00 am
When people say the key to a happy, long-lasting marriage is communication, they generally mean the verbal kind: talking things out with your spouse, sharing your feelings, and all that …read more
Is Manual Filament Tuning Still Worth It?
Published: August 12, 2026, 2:00 am
In this era of consumer-grade FDM printers that have automatic bed levelling, automatic pressure advance tuning, automatic temperature regulation and so on buttoned away behind bullet-proof presets and automation, something …read more
Fixing a Dead Makita Battery with a 20 Cent Part
Published: August 11, 2026, 11:00 pm
It’s no real secret that battery packs for power tools aren’t the foremost when it comes to user serviceability, so if said battery pack suddenly stops charging outside of warranty, …read more
Splitting a Ball Bearing to Cut Out Backlash
Published: August 11, 2026, 8:00 pm
Gears are usually the biggest contributors to backlash in a mechanical system, but they’re far from the only culprits. Ball bearings are a less obvious source of imprecision, since any …read more
Adafruit Blog News
JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 6pm Eastern TODAY! 8/11/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick
Published: August 11, 2026, 7:00 pm
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 4pm ET / 1pm PT Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a BIG DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in […]
Wi-Fi Enabled Pico-Powered Neopixel Art Display #ArtTuesday
Published: August 11, 2026, 6:47 pm
Created by TheFargo on GitHub, The Blossom is an open-source hardware project built around the Raspberry Pi Pico 2W and a NeoPixel ring. It is part art project and part learning tool, the guide is intended to help advance burgeoning makers. Thanks for sharing!! Blossom is a standalone interactive art piece that connects to your […]
Are You Playa Ready? Burning Man Begins Sunday August 30 2026! #BurningMan2026 #AxisMundi
Published: August 11, 2026, 6:33 pm
Black Rock City’s theme for 2026 is Axis Mundi – Stay connected and centered as you get making! Burning Man 2026 in Black Rock City and beyond will celebrate the interconnectedness of our global community, the new social realities we are creating together, and our enduring ties to the natural world. Creative interpretations of the […]
Search Across 6,308,174 Artworks with The Last Museum
Published: August 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
image of The Last Museum The Last Museum is an absolutely massive museum art search engine with the goal to “index all museum art in the world”. Much of the art we index is in the public domain. Where works are still under copyright, we show them in accordance with fair use Get searching! […]
The Coldcard postmortem from MicroPython’s perspective
Published: August 11, 2026, 1:30 pm
Damien George, MicroPython’s creator, writes on the MicroPython discussion on GitHub: Coldcard is a Bitcoin hardware wallet, and it’s firmware is built using MicroPython. (Trezor is another hardware wallet also using MicroPython, but it’s not relevant here and not discussed further.) Recently a vulnerability in the Coldcard firmware was exploited to steal over $100M worth […]
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Published: August 12, 2026, 9:01 am
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PCB shortage getting worse
Published: August 12, 2026, 5:17 am
The global shortage of PCBs has led to some Chinese manufacturers quoting 2028 delivery dates for orders placed last month. Al data centers are consuming massive amounts of advanced PCBs, […]
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Imec proposes a mix of CMOS, BiCMOS and III-V for datacentre connectivity
Published: August 12, 2026, 5:16 am
Imec has proposed an approach to connectivity inside datacentres which integrates CMOS, BiCMOS and III-V chiplets. It uses cost-effective manufacturing while operating at 100GHz+ frequencies. While Si-CMOS technology offers the […]
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ITSA reports Q2 orders up 8%
Published: August 12, 2026, 5:11 am
For Q2 ITSA reported revenues down 13% but incredibly positive orders which were up 8% with a strong B-to-B of 1.30:1. Key ITSA markets were: • Consumer Electronics up 50% […]
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New phase for O-RAN
Published: August 12, 2026, 5:09 am
Open RAN is entering a new phase, says Dell’Oro, whilevOpen Fronthaul adoption continues to gain momentum, Cloud RAN and multi-vendor RAN are following increasingly distinct trajectories, reflecting differences in technology […]
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