Category: Processors
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CEA-Leti will focus its summit on sustainable AI semiconductors.
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Lumai has introduced Iris Nova, an optical AI inference server designed to run billion-parameter large language models in real time while reducing energy demand in data-centre deployments.
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Microchip has expanded its Trust Shield portfolio with the TS1800 Platform Root of Trust controller and TS50x secure boot controller, adding hardware-accelerated post-quantum cryptography for data centre, compute, defence, telecom, and infrastructure systems.
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MIKROE has added Renesas RA2E1 MCU support to mikroSDK 2.17.12, extending its embedded development framework with low-power Cortex-M23 devices, new board packages, and fixes for Renesas RA2 interrupt handling.
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MathWorks has released MATLAB and Simulink R2026a, adding Simulink Copilot and Polyspace Copilot to support model-based design, embedded software analysis, coding-rule checks, and development-to-verification workflows.
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SiPearl has appointed Guillaume Etorre as chief operating officer as the European processor developer prepares to move Rhea1 from development into market launch, strengthening its operational structure around chip design, reference systems, quality, and industrialisation.
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Siemens and TSMC have expanded their collaboration on AI-enabled semiconductor design automation, targeting advanced-node development, physical verification, DRC fixing, 3D IC design, and silicon photonics workflows.
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Toshiba has begun sampling the TB9M030FG SmartMCD for low-speed sensorless BLDC motor control in automotive systems.
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Microchip has expanded its CLB-based PIC MCU range, combining programmable logic with embedded control on a single device. The new families target timing-critical designs in industrial, automotive, and motor-control systems.
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Espressif has unveiled the ESP32-S31, a dual-core RISC-V SoC combining Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, IEEE 802.15.4, Ethernet, and richer HMI support for next-generation connected devices.