IMEC built a chip platform that works up to 325GHz, and it could make 6G hardware cheap enough to actually deploy
IMEC built a chip platform that works up to 325GHz, and it could make 6G hardware cheap enough to actually deploy

IMEC, the Belgian semiconductor research institute that partners with more than 600 chip industry players, has expanded its 300mm RF silicon interposer platform with three new manufacturing capabilities that bring 6G chip production closer to commercia…

Kazakhstan signs a $10bn AI deal with Nvidia-backed Firebird to build ‘Data Center Valley’
Kazakhstan signs a $10bn AI deal with Nvidia-backed Firebird to build ‘Data Center Valley’

The Kazakhstan AI deal is signed. Kazakhstan has agreed a set of accords with Firebird, a US startup backed by Nvidia, to build artificial-intelligence data centres that could draw as much as $10bn in investment, as the oil-and-gas producer tries to re…

Nvidia’s first bond sale since 2021 seeks at least $20bn
Nvidia’s first bond sale since 2021 seeks at least $20bn

The Nvidia bond sale is on. The chipmaker is seeking to raise at least $20bn in its first corporate bond offering since 2021, Bloomberg reported, citing people with direct knowledge. It is selling the debt in seven tranches, with maturities running fro…

I saw Nvidia RTX Spark in action, and Windows PCs may finally have their Apple Silicon Moment

After seeing Nvidia RTX Spark run video editing, local AI agents, and gaming at Computex 2026, it looks like one of the most serious attempts yet to rethink premium Windows PCs.

Nvidia’s RTX Spark made me hate content creation a little less

After seeing NVIDIA RTX Spark in action at Computex 2026, I’m convinced its AI-powered editing tools could save creators hours by eliminating video editing’s most repetitive tasks.

A UK firm trained a “sovereign” NHS triage AI that it says rivals Claude, at a fraction of the cost
A UK firm trained a “sovereign” NHS triage AI that it says rivals Claude, at a fraction of the cost

The NHS does not lack for AI pitches. What it has lacked is one that keeps patient data inside the country. A British software firm says it now has it. OneAdvanced, the Birmingham-based SaaS company whose software touches more than 40 million NHS patie…

China is drafting a $295bn plan to build AI data centres, and to lock Nvidia out of them
China is drafting a $295bn plan to build AI data centres, and to lock Nvidia out of them

China wants to win the AI race on its own hardware. A new plan shows just how much it is willing to spend, and how far it will go to cut American chips out of the picture. Beijing is drafting a blueprint to spend around 2 trillion yuan ($295bn) over th…

Apple rebuilt Siri on Google’s AI and Nvidia’s chips, then spent WWDC explaining why that doesn’t break its privacy promise
Apple rebuilt Siri on Google’s AI and Nvidia’s chips, then spent WWDC explaining why that doesn’t break its privacy promise

Apple’s most important AI announcement at WWDC 2026 was not a feature. It was an architecture. The rebuilt Siri runs on a custom 1.2-trillion-parameter model built on Google’s Gemini technology, hosted on Google Cloud servers powered by Nvidia Blackwel…

Jensen Huang won’t testify before the Senate on Nvidia’s China chip sales. He offered a tour of headquarters instead.
Jensen Huang won’t testify before the Senate on Nvidia’s China chip sales. He offered a tour of headquarters instead.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has declined an invitation from Senator Elizabeth Warren to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday about the chipmaker’s sales to China and US export controls. Warren had asked Huang to appear under oath to disc…

IEEE Celebrates Technology’s Brightest Minds at Annual Event
IEEE Celebrates Technology’s Brightest Minds at Annual Event

New York City was the backdrop of this year’s IEEE Honors Ceremony, held on 24 April.The event celebrates engineering pioneers who have developed technologies that have changed how people connect and learn about the world. This year’s celebrants inclu…