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Why specialized wireless devices and SDR software IP matter to the next wave of intelligent machines
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At Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026, philosopher Yuval Noah Harari makes an appeal to delay artificial superintelligence as it threatens to erode human agency and democratic sovereignty.
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Explore the road to Level 4 autonomy as experts tackle safety, AI, regulation, and trust—watch the Automotive Tech Forum panel.
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Explore how 800V SiC MOSFETs boost EV range, charging, and performance—and see what next-gen designs make possible.
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This keynote explores how LiDAR is shaping the future of mobility by improving safety, reliability, and performance in autonomous systems.
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Don’t miss the Electronics Weekly roundup of all our latest news from Electronica, the bi-annual event running from 10-13 November in Munich. Electronica is the world’s biggest electronics show, and Electronics […]
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Tektronix chose electronica to launch of the 1 Series digital phosphor oscilloscope (DPO), aimed at students and educators. Models have two or four analogue channels, 12bit vertical resolution, up to […]
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Ron Neale, who died yesterday, was an electronics engineer, researcher, inventor and editor. He was best known for his long career in solid-state memory technology, especially phase-change memory (PCM). After […]
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The Nvidia board is meeting today to decide if CEO Jensen Huang should be replaced and, if so, by who. Leading candidates are vice-president for hyperscale and HPC Ian Buck […]
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Tria Technologies’ OSM-SB-EP5 is a carrier board for the evaluation, validation and prototyping of OSM-based embedded systems. It is intended for teams building embedded products around the Open Standard Module […]
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