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Alun Williams — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:46:02 +0000

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Most Read – Alibaba Risc-V CPU, Foundry revenues, Dancing robots

Alun Williams — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:05:50 +0000

Power Integrations implementing its GaN technology in its TOPSwitch flyback ICs, Global foundry revenue projected to grow 25% and Arm designing its first production silicon proprietary CPU...

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What caught your eye? Litho tool, Arm competition, GEO satellites

Alun Williams — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 15:48:16 +0000

What caught our eye these last seven days? Imec getting the world’s most advanced litho tool, Arm taking on Intel with a proprietary server CPU, and SWISSto12 3D printing GEO satellites...

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CHIIPS #29 – AI in orbit from Dr Rajan Bedi of Spacechips

Alun Williams — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:51:25 +0000

Don't miss the latest episode of the excellent Electronics Weekly podcast, CHIIPS. It features Dr Rajan Bedi, CEO and founder of of Spacechips.

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Most Read – Honda cancels EVs, IBM quantum blueprint, Elon Musk fab

Alun Williams — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 10:04:43 +0000

the most read stories on our website cover TI's 800V DC power architecture for AI data centers, a quantum‑centric supercomputing reference architecture and Honda cancelling EV models.

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What caught your eye? AI inspections, Memory shortages, Space telescope

Alun Williams — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:34:23 +0000

AI inspection tools for robotics systems, SK Group saying the memory shortage could last 4-5 years, and SSTL joining the Lazuli initiative to deliver a privately funded telescope into deep space...

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Most Read – IC defects, Rapidus customer, TSMC hiring…

Alun Williams — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:04:08 +0000

We're talking Oracle and OpenAI scrapping a datacentre project, TSMC hiring 8,000 more engineers, and Rapidus getting its first customer. There's also our news roundup from Embedded World 2026 and researchers using 3D imaging to detect atomic-scale defects in ICs...

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What caught your eye? (AI Island, Universal processor, SaxaVord spaceport)

Alun Williams — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 09:50:34 +0000

What caught our eye? Taiwan styling itself as 'AI island' at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Ubitium developing a universal embedded Risc-V processor, and RFA moving closer to SaxaVord Spaceport launches...

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CHIIPS #28 – Cyril Hilsum, pioneer of electronics

Alun Williams — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 11:59:28 +0000

The latest episode of the Electronics Weekly podcast, CHIIPS, features Cyril Hilsum, a pioneer of electronics in fields such as displays and compound materials.

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Most Read – RS buys BPX, Nvidia photonics, AI-RAN in 6G

Alun Williams — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 10:06:02 +0000

There's Rohm licensing TSMC’s GaN process technology, Nvidia building 6G wireless networks, and RS Group buying a specialist distributor of industrial automation and control.

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