EE Times News
Spain Semiconductor Industry Convenes to Forge Domestic Alliances
Published: July 14, 2026, 7:32 am
AESEMI holds the first semiconductor MatchMaking day in Spain to forge new alliances and consolidate the ecosystem.
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Rochester Electronics and Qorvo® Team to Offer Long-Term Availability of RF Components
Published: July 13, 2026, 5:30 pm
NEWBURYPORT, MA – July 2026 Rochester Electronics, LLC, a premier continuous source of authorized semiconductors, and Qorvo®, a leading global provider of connectivity and power solutions, today announced the completion of a worldwide distribution agreement. This collaboration significantly expands access to Qorvo’s RF and power high-performance semiconductor solutions for customers worldwide, with a particular emphasis […]
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Interview with GlobalFoundries VP at MIPS ‘Physical AI is Agentic AI at the Edge’ Taipei Event
Published: July 13, 2026, 5:21 pm
GlobalFoundries’ Sudipto Bose explains how silicon photonics, GaN and MIPS/ARC fire up physical AI at the edge—watch now.
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RISC-V Is Inevitable, State of the Union Keynote Argues
Published: July 13, 2026, 12:00 pm
The RISC-V open standard and the emergence of RVA23 silicon now provide the necessary flexibility and modularity without the limitations of traditional proprietary systems.
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MSI Leverages R&D and Manufacturing Strengths for AI Growth
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:00 am
As generative AI extends from the cloud to end-user devices, AI PCs, on-premises AI, and hybrid cloud architectures are becoming key areas of industry focus.
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Hackaday News
Star Trek Was Right about Prompt Injection, Sorta
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:00 am
This following statement is a lie: “I am telling the truth”. Okay, now that it’s just us meatbags, let’s get down to brass tacks. Captain Kirk’s logic bombs couldn’t possibly …read more
Can’t Find That ISA Sound Card? No Worries!
Published: July 14, 2026, 2:00 am
Many older hackers will have at some point gotten rid of an old piece of hardware that they later ended up regretting. All those ISA cards were next to useless …read more
Get your ESP32 Sunny Side Up with this Solar Dev Board
Published: July 13, 2026, 11:00 pm
There are a lot of ESP32-based development boards out there– and why not? It’s a versatile chip that can be used in all sorts of situations, and people want boards …read more
Using Your Own RBMK Reactor Control Center At Home
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:00 pm
To give people the most intimate RBMK experience, the [Chornobyl Family] has been working tirelessly at not only replicating the original RBMK reactor control room and its SKALA industrial control …read more
It’s A Spectrum, With An RP2350 ULA
Published: July 13, 2026, 6:30 pm
There was a time in the early 1980s when it was common to see home made keyboards for 8-bit machines that came with membrane or rubber keyboards. Though we’ve seen …read more
Adafruit Blog News
Reviewing a trove of old computers in Germany
Published: July 13, 2026, 9:15 pm
On July 26, 2006, The Computer History Museum curator Dag Spicer received an unexpected email from Dortmund, Germany. It described what appeared to be a lost trove of rare computers abandoned in a warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel. The Museum’s collections committee agreed that a visit was necessary to see exactly what was there […]
John Deere owners will get the right to repair their own equipment under a new FTC settlement
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:57 pm
It looks like John Deere owners can soon feel free to fix their own machines. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. — commonly known as John Deere — that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their […]
Using five monitors on a Commodore 128
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:37 pm
The 8-Bit Guy demonstrates a custom hardware setup to drive five separate displays from a single Commodore 128 computer. By splitting RGBI signal lines and leveraging specific VDC register configurations, The 8-Bit Guy explores the potential for unique multi-monitor output and extends these experiments to IBM EGA hardware. Check the video out below:
LightNMEA: a fast GNSS parser with minimal memory, specifically for MicroPython and Python
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:05 pm
LightNMEA is an extremely fast, zero-dependency, single-pass NMEA 0183 parser with minimal memory allocation, written specifically for MicroPython and Python (CPython). Designed for 32-bit microcontrollers (ESP32, STM32, RP2040) working with high-rate GNSS receivers (10-50 Hz multi-constellation GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo modules). Why light_nmea? At the time of creation (2026), there was only one NMEA parser available for MicroPython […]
How the Webb Telescope is Influencing Astrophysicists’ Theories
Published: July 13, 2026, 8:00 pm
Kristina Armitage/Quanta Magazine Our understanding of the universe is changing as new images from the James Webb Space Telescope uncover new objects. But, what does this mean for astrophysics? Quanta Magazine explains how astrophysicists are developing theories in response to these new images. Mason, an astrophysicist at the Cosmic Dawn Center in Copenhagen, has lately […]
Electronics Weekly News
Bosch starts semiconductor production in US
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:28 am
Bosch is beginning sample SiC IC production on 200 mm wafers at its first U.S. semiconductor factory, after finalising a $225 million Chips Act subsidy agreement with the U.S. Commerce ...
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Apple sues OpenAI for poaching iPhone secrets
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:27 am
Apple has sued OpenAI alleging that it stole trade secrets by recruiting Apple employees to help it make a device to compete with the iPhone. The lawsuit alleges that some ...
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Nexchip raises $880m on HKSE
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:26 am
11 year-old Nexchip, the world’s No.8 foundry, has raised $880 million on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Powerchip of Taiwan invested in Nexchip’s founding in 2015 and former Powerchip CEO ...
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Back-end equipment market to hit $9.5bn this year
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:15 am
The semiconductor back-end equipment market is expected to reach $9.5 billion this year and have 6.3% CAGR until 2031, reports Yole. Market drivers are advanced packaging, HBM, and AI infrastructure ...
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Q2 smartphone shipments down 11%
Published: July 14, 2026, 5:08 am
Q2 smartphone shipments fell 11% to their lowest Q2 level since 2013, as memory prices drove up handset prices, says Counterpoint Research. Apple bucked the trend with a 3% rise ...
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