Consumer Electronics & Hardware TSMC Seeks Factory Equipment Alternatives to Thwart China’s Rare-Earths Grip October 22, 2026 Layla Zulfa Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world’s largest contract chip manufacturer and a cornerstone of the global technology supply chain, is actively seeking alternative machinery that avoids rare-earth components. The…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Altera Expands Defense-Grade Agilex FPGA Portfolio for Mission-Critical Aerospace Applications October 22, 2026 Suro Senen Altera has announced a major expansion of its defense-grade semiconductor portfolio, introducing ruggedized, high-reliability Agilex FPGAs and SoC FPGAs engineered to operate dependably in the world’s most demanding and extreme…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Intel Accelerates US Foundry Strategy as Fab 62 Begins Tool Installation and High-NA EUV Enters Production October 22, 2026 Layla Zulfa Intel has reached a major operational milestone in its domestic manufacturing roadmap, announcing on Wednesday that it has officially begun installing production tools at its Fab 62 facility in Arizona.…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Altera Expands Defense-Grade Agilex FPGA Portfolio for Harsh Environments October 21, 2026 Sagoh Altera has announced a major expansion of its defense-grade semiconductor portfolio, introducing ruggedized, high-reliability Agilex FPGAs and SoC FPGAs engineered to operate dependably in some of the most punishing and…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Intel Advances U.S. Manufacturing Footprint with Fab 62 Tool Installation and High-NA EUV Integration October 21, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy Intel announced on Wednesday that it has officially begun the complex process of installing production tools at its cutting-edge Fab 62 facility located in Arizona. This major milestone marks a…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Trump announces mandate forcing AI data centers to pay energy dividends to the local community — says excess… October 21, 2026 Laily UPN In a recent post shared on Truth Social, the president warned that tech giants and facility operators could soon face strict federal mandates. Under such policies, these companies would not…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Streamlining Automotive Sensor Power Supplies: A Novel Approach Eliminates DC-DC Converters October 21, 2026 Nana Muazin Designing an automotive sensor power supply often appears deceptively simple on paper, yet it continues to pose formidable challenges for hardware engineers in the field. Typically, these systems require a…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware AMD Expands FSR 4.1 Upscaling Support to Older Radeon RX 6000 Series, Consoles, and Handhelds Ahead of Schedule October 21, 2026 Laily UPN AMD has delivered an unexpected holiday surprise to millions of PC gamers and console users by accelerating its rollout of advanced graphics technologies. Earlier this year, the semiconductor giant brought…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware Simplifying Automotive Sensor Power Supplies: A Novel Approach Eliminates DC-DC Converters and Integrates Short-Circuit Protection October 20, 2026 Azzam Bilal Chamdy Designing an automotive sensor power supply often appears deceptively simple on paper, yet it presents a series of formidable challenges for hardware and embedded systems engineers. At the core of…
Consumer Electronics & Hardware AMD Brings FSR 4.1 Upscaling to Older Radeon GPUs, Handhelds, and Consoles Ahead of Schedule October 20, 2026 Neng Nana Earlier this year, AMD made waves in the PC gaming community by bringing its previously RX 9000-exclusive FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) upscaling technology to Radeon RX 7000-series graphics…
