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The Memory in Your Thumb Drive Could Fix AI’s Big Problem
High-Bandwidth Flash offers efficient storage for model weights
Is Optical Scale-Up Finally Approaching?
NVLink Fusion hints that optics may be moving inside the rack
Independent Labs Crack Google’s Secret Cryptography Work
Using crowdsourcing and AI swarms, a startup surpassed Google’s results in 72 hours
VHF Propagation: What Every RF Engineer Should Know
Download this complimentary White Paper today! This white paper explains how VHF signals actually propagate in real-world environments. It covers both common and uncommon modes that determine coverage, interference, and long-distance reliability. What you will learn about: Why pure line-of-sight...
As AI Reshapes Global Energy Systems, Melbourne Leads Through Engineering Collaboration
This globally connected city is helping define how energy systems can keep pace with hyperscale AI
The Trump Administration Doubles Down on Quantum
A new pair of executive orders accelerate the timeline for a fault-tolerant quantum computer
Why Does a Bank Need a Chief Scientist?
Inside Capital One’s quest to transform finance for millions of Americans through AI-driven innovation
Vibecoded Malware Is Flooding the Internet
“Vibeware” is forcing new anti-malware strategies
The EU Wants Its Own Tech Supply Chain
Open source and European industry may benefit, if the EU overcomes inertia
This Device Takes Photographs With a Single Atom
What seems like a fun physics experiment could be a quantum computing lifesaver
Tensordyne Claims Massive Speed and Power Improvement Over Nvidia
The startup uses logarithmic math to speed up inference
Why Orbital Data Centers Are Harder Than Silicon Valley Thinks
Shedding heat will require ingenious new designs
Timing Trick Cuts Energy Used in LLM Training by Up to 14 Percent
Adjusting clocking frequency during computation can save energy without affecting performance
This Operating System Reveals a Chip’s Dark Secrets
Fractal gives researchers a new tool to investigate hardware flaws
Nvidia’s AI Hardware Comes to Windows in RTX Spark PCs
It could be a big change for Windows PCs, but there’s a lot to prove
NSF Experiments With New Kind of Science Funding
The U.S. National Science Foundation’s $1.5 billion X-Labs call for agile new entities to tackle pressing, narrow problems
The Classical Advances Needed to Make Quantum Computers Tick
Nvidia and others are developing new software, hardware, and AI to enable quantum
New Server Hopes to Break Through AI’s “Memory Wall”
Majestic Labs’ Prometheus packs up to 128 TB of DRAM per server
Precision Agriculture Tech Can Address New Fertilizer Shortages
Tensions over the Strait of Hormuz have spiked fertilizer prices dramatically
Junctionless Transistors Show a New Path to 3D Chips
Roll-on nanoscale membranes make circuits that stretch across three layers of silicon
South Africa Has AI Leverage. Its Draft Policy Leaves It Unused
New AI panel has an opportunity to set a continent-wide standard
What It Takes to Preserve Floppy Disks
Knowledge about the medium is as valuable as the content on the disk
Pavona Launches Open-Hardware Ecosystem for Secure Chips
Starts with OpenTitan “root-of-trust” components
Reclaiming Social Engineering for Good
Why we can’t fix what we refuse to name
Bolt Challenges Nvidia With a Focus on Cutting-Edge Graphics
Startup leans towards high-precision math to find its edge
The Future of Physical AI Isn’t Smarter Robots, It’s Smarter Interfaces
Putting the human back into the computing loop, one neural signal at a time
SEM-Guided Low-kV FIB Finishing for Leading-Edge Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Join us to discover how the new ZEISS Crossbeam 750 delivers precision and clarity—every time—for demanding FIB-SEM workflows. Designed for extremely challenging TEM lamella preparation, tomography, advanced nanofabrication, and APT‑ready lift‑out, Crossbeam 750 combines a new Gemini 4 SEM object...
Manchester Code Made Bits Behave
Embedded signal timing scheme recognized as an IEEE Milestone
How Melbourne’s AI and Data Center Flywheel Is Accelerating Research Innovation
The city’s infrastructure advantage is driving Australia’s AI future and expanding its global impact
Accelerating Chipmaking Innovation for the Energy-Efficient AI Era
The Applied Materials EPIC Center re-engineers the semiconductor R&D; model
Your Next AI Query May Travel Where the Power Is
Nvidia and its partners will build a fleet of small data centers right next to substations
Startup Wants to Run AI Inference From Space
Orbital comes out of stealth with plans for thousands of small number-crunching satellites
Learn What It Takes to Become a Cybersecurity Consultant
IEEE guide covers the skills and certifications needed