Category: Processors
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Imec and Diraq have expanded silicon spin-qubit control to eight. The 300mm CMOS-compatible array combines coherent operation, shared readout, and adjacent two-qubit gates while exposing the manufacturing demands that will shape larger quantum processors.
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Europe’s RISC-V ecosystem has entered a new leadership transition phase. Quintauris has appointed Pedro Lopez as CEO as it continues work on compatible platforms and reference architectures.
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Switzerland’s photonics manufacturing base is moving toward industrial production scale. CCRAFT has raised $7.8m to expand thin-film lithium niobate chip manufacturing in Neuchâtel.
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Backend semiconductor capacity is moving into the design conversation fast. SEMI and TechSearch International have expanded their assembly and test database to cover more than 820 global facilities.
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Microchip has removed licensing costs from core embedded development tools. MPLAB XC Pro Compilers and the MPLAB Machine Learning Development Suite are now available at no cost.
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Edgewing’s GCAP contract brings combat-air electronics into sharper focus now. Sensors, mission computing, software, and electronic warfare will shape the platform.
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MIPS is advancing RISC-V compute platforms for physical AI systems. The focus spans autonomous machines, vehicles, robotics, aerospace, and industrial platforms.
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Socionext is now developing an A14 compute chiplet validation platform. The device will validate CPU and xPU architectures for AI infrastructure.
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Lauterbach has added TRACE32 support for NXP CoolFlux DSPs development. The update extends debug and non-intrusive trace coverage for low-power signal-processing systems.
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Rutronik is offering Intel processors for physical AI systems deployments. The devices combine CPU, GPU, and NPU resources for robotics and automation.