EE Times News
The AI Boom Has a Gigawatt Accounting Problem
Published: October 6, 2026, 9:57 pm
Track energized compute, not gigawatts, as AI data centers face delays in memory, networking, cooling, and power.
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Axelera AI: Data Center Inference Performance in the Power Envelope of Embedded Systems
Published: October 6, 2026, 6:03 pm
Axelera’s Europa brings 629 TOPS inference to 35W edge systems while Voyager cuts toolchain lock-in.
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Solving the Five Hard Problems of NFC Antenna Integration at 13.56 MHz
Published: October 6, 2026, 3:34 pm
Avoid NFC failures: plan ferrite shielding, flexible placement, robust connectors, and chipset validation before prototyping.
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CXL-Connected MRAM Address AI Storage Latency
Published: October 6, 2026, 10:24 am
Everspin’s demo shows how a 4-GB pool of persistent MRAM can serve as a new tier of storage between DRAM and NAND flash.
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Kepler Aims to Launch Energy-Saving Replacement for HBM in 2027
Published: October 5, 2026, 8:00 pm
Kepler targets 2027 production for 3D ferroelectric memory promising 5–10× better bandwidth per watt than HBM.
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Hackaday News
The Commodore 64 Keyboard Font, For Everyone
Published: October 7, 2026, 8:00 am
There are some classic fonts which appeared in one place and became almost iconic, yet never made it into the digital age. The font on the Commodore 64 keyboard for …read more
Don’t Worry, This R/C Airship is Supposed To Be On Fire
Published: October 7, 2026, 5:00 am
We’ve had a lot of flying hacks here over the years, and that includes just about any way to get airborne you can think of — but very few of …read more
Upgrading An iPhone Lens To The Max
Published: October 7, 2026, 2:00 am
The camera in a typical mobile phone is now at a standard at which it can be considered a serious device rather than a toy, such has been the effort …read more
DIY Algae Biodiesel is Harder Than You Think
Published: October 6, 2026, 11:00 pm
There’s one thing [Silent H] wants you to know before you watch his video about making biodiesel, embedded below: he started this project before he’d even heard of the Strait …read more
SmallTV Hacking With Surprisingly Little Fuss
Published: October 6, 2026, 8:00 pm
We’ve seen the GeekMagic SmallTV line of devices before — these cheap gadgets combine a microcontroller and a display in a little plastic case that can be used to show …read more
Adafruit Blog News
New nEw NEWS From Adafruit Round-Up: July, August & September 2026
Published: October 6, 2026, 10:00 pm
New nEw NEWs is Adafruit’s weekly newsletter that features new products, special offers and more. Sign up at Adafruit.com/Newsletter to receive New nEw NEWs! Vol. #471: Summer Nights Gift Guide! Vol. #472: Build with the VEML7700 Lux Sensor – I2C Light Sensor Vol. #473: NeoPixel Stick – 8 x 5050 WWA White LEDs with Integrated […]
IceCube Detection of Neutrinos Lands Researcher Nobel Prize
Published: October 6, 2026, 6:37 pm
IceCube Neutrino Observatory in 2023 by Christopher Michel, image vial Wikipedia Today, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Francis Halzen the Nobel Prize in Physics. Halzen, a physicist at the University of Wisconsin, pioneered research on one of physics’ most elusive particles, the neutrino. The IceCube Neutrino Observatory was established in the South […]
JP’s Product Pick of the Week — 3pm Eastern TODAY 9/29/26 @adafruit #adafruit #newproductpick
Published: October 6, 2026, 6:26 pm
Come on by for JP’s Product Pick of The Week ! A new product pick will be revealed. The show airs at 3pm ET / 12pm PT Check out the livestream right here inside this product page you won’t want to miss it because there will be a LARGE DISCOUNT during the show! Tune in […]
World Space Week 2026 #RocketRevolution
Published: October 6, 2026, 6:05 pm
Artemis II Launch, Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls October 4-10 is World Space Week. Learn about rockets or attend an event. Some highlights include visits to the Kennedy Space Center and a Pokémon collaboration with the European Space Agency. World Space Week is an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to […]
How Cold Is It? Let Circuit Playground help you find out #CircuitPlayground
Published: October 6, 2026, 4:00 pm
This is a fun and simple beginner project that turns the Circuit Playground into a cold temperature indicator. It uses the on board temperature sensor to read the current temperature. The coldest temperature measured is indicated on the NeoPixels. An additional sketch is provided which turns the Circuit Playground into a temperature data logger. This […]
Electronics Weekly News
Don’t get drunk on the numbers, says Penn
Published: October 7, 2026, 7:16 am
The aberrant behaviour of the chip market has changed in one respect – unit volumes are growing again – although ASPs are still responsible for 90% of the dollar growth, […]
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Why infrastructure is the most valuable element of industrial systems
Published: October 7, 2026, 7:06 am
Infrastructure has become the foundation of operational resilience, determining whether systems continue running or costly downtime brings production to a halt, writes Iwona Zalewska. Industrial organisations often blame software when […]
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MS and Meta cut back Anthropic spend
Published: October 7, 2026, 5:15 am
Microsoft and Meta have told staff to cut back on internal use of the Anthropic model Claude, according to The Information. Microsoft reduced its projected internal spending on Claude by […]
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Qualcomm vs Arm (cont’d)
Published: October 7, 2026, 5:15 am
In the Qualcomm versus Arm trial in Delaware which started on Monday it was alleged that Arm is looking for a 1,800% increase in royalty payments from Qualcomm for its […]
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Semi Sales Hit $1trn
Published: October 7, 2026, 5:13 am
Semiconductor sales were $159.7 billion during the month of August 2026, an increase of 8% compared to the July 2026 total of $147.9 billion and 144.3% more than the August […]
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