News from October 2026

AJ Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Itera, which developed the first-of-its-kind ‘fluid’ circuit board to make electronics physically programmable. Chips and software have been programmable for decades, but the interconnect between them has stayed fixed.

By rewiring itself in real time, Itera’s board challenges … Read More The post AJ Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Itera appeared first on SemiWiki.

Victor Lopez is Co-Founder and CTO at RaiderChip, with over 20 years of experience in FPGA and ASIC design.

Throughout his career, he has led the development of semiconductor IP and custom hardware solutions licensed by international companies in sectors such as defense, aerospace, automotive and professional video, specializing… Read More The post Executive Interview with Victor Lopez of RaiderChip appeared first on SemiWiki.

I’m trying to design an LNA that meets certain specs. So for the first part, as per my course guidelines, I tried to find Jopt which provides NFmin.

Now, I tried to find the width that gives me Ropt at 50ohms. I’ve a 1u cmos width and I’m sweeping the Number of fingers trying to see where it lands at 50ohms.

I have placed an idea current source that provides the current proportional with the Jopt I found in part 1. My problem is here.

I’m finding the number of fingers to be >200 to have Ropt at…

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is reportedly weighing annual software fees of around $2,000 per GPU for enterprise AI, a model that could generate $10 billion a year if five million licenses were sold. The pricing and launch timeline remain unconfirmed, while Nvidia continues to expand its AI software and security tools for enterprise customers.

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NVIDIA and US-based AI infrastructure company Firebird are expanding Kazakhstan AI infrastructure, with plans for tens of thousands of GPUs, new data centre capacity and the deployment of NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform.

Firebird has secured a US export licence for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs and has begun constructing the first phase of its […] The post NVIDIA expands Kazakhstan AI infrastructure with Firebird appeared first on eeNews Europe.

OpenAI’s red-team agents passed hidden messages through the CPU cache, a covert trick already shown to move data between cloud VMs.

Nvidia and PreussenElektra are studying whether decommissioned sites of German nuclear power plants can be repurposed as AI data centers, potentially cutting development time by reusing existing grid connections, land, and industrial infrastructure.

AMD Director Travis Kirsch confirmed the rationale for relaunching the first X3D chip and explained why the company no longer offers many Ryzen 3 SKUs.

I am planning to switch company now. How much increment should I expect from my next switch?

There’s an appraisal cycle also coming in feb. I am planning to switch only if I get good increment overall. submitted by /u/StaffGlittering7819 [link] [comments]

I've been scoring company moats on three tests, 0–10 each: physical chokepoint, switching cost, lock-in. TSMC came out 8.5 / 9.0 / 9.5, and the highest score isn't the fabs.

It's the rule of never competing with its customers. The case for the promise: - In the 1980s, Morris Chang pitched Intel a company that would build other people's chips and never design its own.

Intel passed. - In 2011 Apple sued Samsung while Samsung was making iPhone chips. Since 2016, every iPhone chip has come from TSM…

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Just found this channel of secret images found on various PCB boards in the real world, it's pretty funny! https://www.reddit.com/r/Hiddenpcbeggs/ https://preview.redd.it/hx5880gddgxh1.png?width=417&format=png&auto=webp&s=5fb9d4289b814a8ab0c34e36cf0d22e3ee975266 submitted by /u/ZectronPositron [link] [comments]

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I recently accepted an offer as a Photolithography Process Engineer (E2) at Micron Technology in Boise! I’d love insights on the team culture and work environment.

Coming in with a background in lithography, materials science, and AI/ML, how can I best collaborate with TD teams on yield issues and build the technical track record needed for long-term R&D growth? What technical capabilities or internal tools should I master early on?

How can I best align my skills to contribute research ideas? W…

Taipei, Oct. 24 (CNA) Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will give each of its non-managerial employees a special Sports Day bonus of NT$30,000 (US$923), even though the event, originally scheduled for Saturday, was canceled due to Typhoon Champi.

Wondering why RTX 5090s are so hard to find? Leaked footage shows thousands of consumer GPUs, including Founders Editions, being torn apart for AI servers.

We give you a glimpse at some of the biggest stories we've published over on Tom's Hardware Premium this week, including reports on TP-Link's struggles over sales of its Wi-Fi 8 routers, FADU's new SSD, and how to juice better gaming performance from RTX Spark.

The Acer Predator Helios Neo 16S AI combines a 240 Hz QHD+ OLED display with Intel’s 24-core Core Ultra 9 processor and Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti graphics, and Best Buy is offering discounts of up to $800.

As Nvidia has gone from chipmaker to industry financier, some investors see the company taking on outsized risk tied to the AI buildout.

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite uses a hybrid core setup, breaking away from the all-big-core strategy that the company previously used with in-house core designs.

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Hi guys, I'm curious if anyone here has experience running a service business in chip design or EDA. I'm trying to figure out what skills are worth learning if I want to sell services to companies in this industry, either as a freelancer or by building a small business around a specific service.

I've heard that it is very much about trust and connections, so I'm wondering how realistic it is to get started without an existing network. Could you start on Upwork, build a portfolio, and use Linked…

I’ve been invited to a hirevue for a graduate GPU modelling role at Arm (Trondheim). It’s 3 video questions, 1 written response and 1 coding challenge, about an hour in total.

Has anyone done an Arm HireVue recently, especially for graduate GPU related role? What level is the coding challenge?

LeetCode easy/medium, or more C++/systems-specific? Were the video questions mostly behavioural, or did any get technical (architecture, CPUs or GPUs)?

My background is GPU performance (CUDA, profiling) a…

Hey all, I'm the lookout for field applications engineering eda roles. If anyone is willing to refer please dm.

I have over 2.5 years of work ex in analog layout design and want to transition to field applications engineer role. Location preference : anywhere in India submitted by /u/Ok_Mortgage_8780 [link] [comments]

Hi everyone! I recently received an email from Meta to schedule an HR call for the ASIC Engineer Intern, Design role.

The meeting is scheduled for around 30 minutes, and I believe this is the initial HR screening or phone screening round. Since this is my first HR round with Meta, I wanted to ask people who have gone through this process or have experience with Meta hardware/ASIC internship interviews: What should I expect during this 30-minute call?

Is it primarily about my resume, projects, m…

I’m working at NVIDIA India with more than 3 years of experience. My fixed pay is ₹22LPA, and I’m from one of the top engineering colleges in India.

Is this compensation competitive for my experience? What fixed salary range should I expect at a similar level in AMD, Qualcomm, Apple, Google or other semiconductor companies in India?

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We test the cheap ADT R27A-BK3 card to see what the U.2 SSD to PCIe card slot adapter offers, and how the cooling works The post ADT R27A-BK3 U.2 to PCIe Adapter Review appeared first on ServeTheHome.

China’s smartphone shipments fell 10% YoY in Q3 2026, marking the lowest Q3 level since 2012, according to Counterpoint Research. Huawei and Apple captured 40% of shipments, widening their lead […] The post China Q3 phone market down 10% YoY appeared first on Electronics Weekly.

Chinese artificial intelligence chip giant Cambricon Technologies reported a 147.7 per cent surge in third-quarter profit on Friday, as the country’s aggressive push to replace Nvidia chips continues to fuel high growth among local chipmakers.

The Shanghai-listed chipmaker generated 1.4 billion yuan (US$210 million) in net profit for the three months ended September 30, up from 566.6 million yuan during the same period last year. Revenue reached 3.5 billion yuan, an increase of 104.5 per cent...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pitching the concept of “sovereign AI” in Kazakhstan – part of his global crusade urging nations to build domestic computing infrastructure using the firm’s chips – as the energy-rich nation emerges as a US-China battleground for artificial intelligence.

Speaking at a fireside chat in Astana on Friday with Kazakh AI and digital development minister Zhaslan Madiyev, Huang said AI was reshaping every industry in a transformation that “affects every single person and...

China’s access to artificial intelligence computing power will double next year, but US-designed chips will account for about 65 per cent of that capacity, an indication of its continued reliance on foreign hardware, according to new research.

Total compute available to Chinese entities was expected to expand in 2027 from about 4.6 million to 8.8 million “H100-equivalents” – a metric benchmarked against Nvidia’s data-centre graphics processing units, according to a report by the Washington-base…

FinFET-based voltage regulators and vertical GaN transistors raise power density at opposite ends of power conversion. The post Leveraging the FinFET Structure for Power: Applications and Use Cases appeared first on Power Electronics News.

The expanded agreement adds larger-diameter substrates to Infineon's supply base as demand grows across EV charging, renewables, and AI. The post Infineon and Wolfspeed Extend SiC Wafer Supply Agreement appeared first on Power Electronics News.

Delta combines battery-backed power support, distributed generation, and digital energy management to address AI's energy demands. The post Delta Unveils SST-Based DC Power System for AI Data Centers appeared first on Power Electronics News.

Here's a roundup of this week's must-read articles. We cover the latest developments on how agentic AI accelerates edge AI software development, the benefits of industrial edge Analytics, Altera's expansion of its defense-grade Agilex FPGAs, and more.

Also, check News Archives - Embedded and Technical Articles Archives - Embedded for the complete list of news and articles from our [...] The post How Agentic AI Accelerates Edge AI Software Development, Industrial Edge Analytics, Agilex FPGAs: Em…

STMicroelectronics’ compact 20-A intelligent power modules integrate control and drive stages with smart control and protection features in compact, top-cooled SLLIMM modules.

Running large AI models is expensive, especially when thousands of requests compete for computing resources. The open-source llm-d project aims to tackle that problem with version 1.0, introducing new capabilities for managing AI inference across distributed infrastructure.

Founded by Red Hat, IBM, Google Cloud, CoreWeave, and NVIDIA, the project is now governed by the Cloud […] The post llm-d 1.0 Targets Lower AI Inference Costs appeared first on eeNews Europe.

Semiconductor transistor materials and technology licensing company Atomera Inc of Los Gatos, CA, USA has entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) with epiwafer and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK to bring high-performance, cost-effective RF gallium nitride GaN to market...

STMicroelectronics of Geneva, Switzerland has extended its MasterGaN integrated transistor/driver family with new MasterGaN7 devices that contain 650V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (GaN) transistors with 6A maximum current rating.

The new series helps designers to boost efficiency and power density in applications such as power adapters, chargers, industrial lighting equipment, and solar micro-inverters...

Power semiconductor start-up Vertical Semiconductor of Cambridge, MA, USA — which was spun out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2024 — has signed a letter of intent with the US Department of Commerce’s CHIPS Research and Development Office (CRDO) to receive up to $73m in federal incentives under the CHIPS and Science Act...

IMChip’s founders say interface memristors are more reliable and scalable than filamentary ones. The Groningen spin-out grows the devices at high temperature, then transfers them onto silicon.

In this month’s Brains and Machines, Sunny Bains talks with Tamalika Banerjee, chief scientific officer, and Ruben Hamming-Green, head of R&D, about their plan for an edge-AI prototype chip within two years. Giulia D’Angelo of the Czech Technical University in Prague and Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Ho…

Jensen Huang's first Kazakhstan visit highlights the country's growing AI ambitions and global business appeal.

The word on the ground from Nvidia's GTC conference in Berlin.

A letter demanding an investigation indicates Democrats will make investigating Starlink's interruption a top priority if they win control of the U.S. House.

Stock slumps, pulled IPOs and rising spreads on credit default swaps this week sets stage for hyperscaler earnings.

By Julia Woertink, VP of R&D of Semiconductor Technologies at Qnity Electronics For decades, semiconductor progress followed a simple formula: shrink the transistor, fit more on a chip, and deliver more performance at lower cost. That formula still works, but it no longer works alone.

Each new node in both logic and memory is harder […] The post The AI Packaging Bottleneck Is a Materials Opportunity appeared first on IMAPS 3D InCites Content Platform.

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