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Electronics production growth accelerated across major manufacturing economies in 2026, with demand for AI infrastructure driving particularly rapid expansion in Taiwan, according to an analysis published on 22 October by Semiconductor Intelligence. The expansion contrasts with falling PC and smartphone shipments as…
NASA is preparing two spacewalks to complete the International Space Station’s solar power upgrades. Scheduled for October 29 and November 5, the operations will add the final two roll-out solar arrays, increasing the station’s available electrical power by up to 30%. The upgrades will raise the ISS power generation…
Ready for the next System Check! Industrial RF design powers automation, wireless communications, and connected systems. We want to know which technologies you think will shape its future. Where will AI have the greatest impact? Past results We recently asked our community members about FPGAs and whether they work…
NVIDIA and US-based AI infrastructure company Firebird are expanding Kazakhstan AI infrastructure, with plans for tens of thousands of GPUs, new data centre capacity and the deployment of NVIDIA’s next-generation Vera Rubin platform. Firebird has secured a US export licence for 45,000 NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GPUs and…
Three previously closed US nuclear power plants are being prepared for recommissioning, potentially restoring a combined 2.25 GW of generating capacity as electricity demand from artificial intelligence and data centres continues to increase. The nuclear restarts involve Holtec International, Constellation Energy and…
SpaceX is targeting weekly Starship launches during the first half of 2027, with plans to double that frequency in the second half of the year. CEO Elon Musk outlined the timetable during the company’s third-quarter earnings call on 20 October, identifying rapid and complete vehicle reusability as the principal…
Two unrelated security incidents have exposed weaknesses in widely used internet infrastructure. Eight intermediate certificate authority keys belonging to eMudhra have proved trivially recoverable, while critical vulnerabilities in the PHP runtime could allow attackers to execute code on web servers without…
Running large AI models is expensive, especially when thousands of requests compete for computing resources. The open-source llm-d project aims to tackle that problem with version 1.0, introducing new capabilities for managing AI inference across distributed infrastructure. Founded by Red Hat, IBM, Google Cloud,…
Calix has introduced Subscriber Agent, a conversational AI assistant that helps people manage their home networks through the CommandIQ mobile app. Instead of searching through settings and menus, subscribers can use voice or text commands to troubleshoot Wi-Fi problems, manage connected devices, and adjust network…
Most smart scales measure body composition using electrodes beneath the feet. Wyze takes a different approach with its new Scale Ultra BodyScan Plus. The device uses eight electrodes to analyze muscle and fat distribution across the arms, legs, and torso. It also features a 4.3-inch color display built into the…
CoolIT Systems and Stäubli are extending direct-to-plug liquid cooling to high-power optical transceivers used in AI data centres. The approach combines CoolIT’s CP-OSFP cold plate with Stäubli’s Mini Quick Disconnect (Mini QD) technology, developed in collaboration with Ciena, to address the thermal demands of…
NVIDIA and Cisco have teamed up to develop Ultra-Dense Small Form Factor Pluggable (USFP), a new optical transceiver form factor designed to support 400 Gb/s-per-lane connectivity in next-generation AI factories. The technology promises four times the bandwidth density of current 200 Gb/s-per-lane pluggable optics,…