From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways 2026-09-10 Companies across industries are leveraging tech from NXP, MaxLinear and Nordic Semiconductor on automotive UWB, accelerated OpenZFS storage, and low-power Bluetooth Mesh sensing.
AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era 2026-09-03 In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.
Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices 2026-08-20 The EFR32BG2B SoC family supports Bluetooth 6 and is the lowest power Bluetooth LE chip with channel sounding from Silicon Labs
Ambiq Rolls Out Two SoC Series Targeting Edge AI Applications 2026-08-14 The six new chips offer a wide range of connectivity and graphics options for wearables, hearables, AR devices, health monitors, industrial sensors, and beyond.
IMEC and Diraq Tow the Quantum Line With Foundry-Compatible Spin Qubits 2026-08-07 The two research groups teamed up to demonstrate the first coherent operation of an eight-silicon-MOS spin-qubit array.
AMD Unveils Processors, Boards, and Dev Platform—All Tuned for Physical AI 2026-07-30 Announced today, the new Ryzen AI Embedded X100 Series and Kria AI platform unify CPU, GPU, and NPU compute to provide the low-latency performance and deterministic control required for advanced physical AI robotics.
