EE Times News
AMD Snaps MEXT to Break the Memory Wall
Published: June 16, 2026, 1:50 pm
AMD acquires MEXT to slash AI memory costs and break the memory wall.
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YMIN SLX Hybrid Supercapacitors Replace Batteries in Space-Constrained Designs
Published: June 16, 2026, 1:00 pm
YMIN SLX Hybrid Supercapacitors feature ultra-small diameters, enabling fast charging, long life, safety, and battery-free advantages.
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RISC-V Silicon in the Jungle Could Save the Amazon
Published: June 16, 2026, 8:41 am
Researchers at the University of São Paulo use RISC-V to build the Internet of Trees, a real-time monitoring network for the Amazon rainforest.
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GlobalFoundries: First Chipmaker to Support Open Standard for AI Scale Up
Published: June 15, 2026, 10:00 pm
GlobalFoundries leads with the first silicon to support OCI MSA, shaking up AI data centers.
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Tensordyne Tapes Out LNS-Based AI Chip, Claims Huge Power Advantages
Published: June 15, 2026, 4:00 pm
The company said it can consume an order of magnitude less power per token versus GPU alternatives.
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Hackaday News
The Adder at the Heart of Intel’s 8087 FPU
Published: June 16, 2026, 3:30 pm
As simple as the concept of adding two numbers appears at first glance, doing it in the 1970s in Intel’s 8087 FPU with its 69-bit adder was still a tall …read more
A Brief History of Unix Commands On Windows: CoreUtils (Again)
Published: June 16, 2026, 2:00 pm
If you use Windows today and type ls, cat, grep, or awk in a terminal, there is a good chance something useful will happen. That was not always true. For …read more
Honda Civics and Installing Software With Android Test Keys
Published: June 16, 2026, 11:00 am
As more and more of the ‘smart’ infotainment systems in cars begin to age out of support, it becomes increasingly more relevant to figure out how to do something with …read more
Bike-Powered Shredder Makes Short Work of 3D Printer Waste
Published: June 16, 2026, 8:00 am
[Brogan M Pratt] and his students do a lot of 3D printing, and as such found themselves producing a lot of plastic waste. Seeing an opportunity, they built a bike-powered …read more
Learning About Ground Loop Isolators thanks to a Scam Product
Published: June 16, 2026, 5:00 am
When [Denki Otaku] bought a ¥1,200 (roughly €6.5) XLR ground loop isolator off Japanese Amazon, he initially didn’t suspect that anything was off. Since they’re fairly simple devices, with basically …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Micro Radar: a tiny open-source flight radar for your desk
Published: June 16, 2026, 4:35 pm
Micro Radar is a tiny open-source flight radar for your desk developed by Anthony Sturdy. At the core of this project is the ESP32-C3 module with an integrated 240×240 IPS screen. No soldering required. The module does all the heavy lifting. Check out this MIT licensed open source project on GitHub.
Hacking the world’s worst e-Bike and fixing it
Published: June 16, 2026, 4:20 pm
YouTube channel Berm Peak borrowed the world’s worst eBike, the Reevo, on the condition that they would fix it and return it in better condition than when it was picked it up. It turned into a massive project of jailbreaking the computer, printing parts, and more. The whole project is under an MIT open license. […]
1D Chomper Tabletop Arcade Game
Published: June 16, 2026, 4:00 pm
This game is designed to run on the Adafruit Qualia ESP32-S3 for TTL RGB-666 Displays with a display that is at least 960px wide, but could be adapted to different display sizes or driver boards with modifications. The input from the player comes from a single irresistibly press-able big red button. When you press the […]
Making glass-to-metal seals for homemade vacuum tubes
Published: June 16, 2026, 3:38 pm
Over on maurycyz.com, they discuss sealing metal through borosilicate/lab glass for vacuum tubes. When making vacuum tubes, the glass is actually the easy part: premade tube stock of almost any size is easily available. Heating the end of such a tube softens the glass and allows surface tension to close it off. I used a […]
A lightweight CircuitPython library for controlling single digit 7 segment displays
Published: June 16, 2026, 3:00 pm
circuitpython-sevenseg is a lightweight CircuitPython library for controlling single digit 7 segment displays (common cathode or common anode). It supports digits, uppercase & lowercase letters, and symbols works on Raspberry Pi Pico, Adafruit Feather, Seeed XIAO ESP32-S3, and other CircuitPython-supported boards. It is a CircuitPython port of micropython-sevenseg. It’s MIT licensed. See more on GitHub.
Electronics Weekly News
Skyworks Si829x drives EV traction inverters
Published: June 16, 2026, 3:09 pm
Skyworks, the analog and mixed-signal specialist, is releasing its Si829x isolated safety gate driver for electric vehicle (EV) traction inverters and other electrified systems. Meeting ISO 26262 functional safety standards, ...
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The Largest IPO Of All Time
Published: June 16, 2026, 12:37 pm
SpaceX’s IPO was by far the largest IPO of all time raising $75 billion with a 19% share price pop to set an opening day company valuation of $2.1 trillion ...
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Cooling techniques and strategies for electronics systems
Published: June 16, 2026, 11:00 am
AI systems for advanced computing need more complex cooling methods. Justin Moll investigates the market. Figure 1: A ruggedised IP67 outdoor software-defined radio with an 60W+ Kintex-7 FPGA and dual ...
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NESCA space accelerator backs 13 North East projects
Published: June 16, 2026, 10:11 am
NESCA – the North East Space Communications Accelerator – is distributing £490,000 to 13 space communications and technology projects. They cover testing for atmospheric interference, using AI and satellite data ...
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