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Credo Acquires DustPhotonics for $750 Million, Bringing Silicon Photonics In-House as AI Data Center Optical Demand Surges
Credo Technology pays $750M cash plus stock for Israeli silicon photonics firm DustPhotonics, targeting $500M in combined optical revenue by fiscal 2027.
RAPID + TCT 2026 Opens in Boston as Defense Spending and Production-Scale Hardware Signal Additive Manufacturing's Industrial Pivot
North America's largest additive manufacturing conference draws 450 exhibitors to Boston as DoD allocates $3.3 billion for AM and vendors unveil production-grade systems.
3GPP Faces June Deadline to Set 6G Specification Timeline as Industry Splits Over AI-Native Ambitions and Security Demands
The 3GPP standards body must decide by June 2026 how long Release 21 work will take, a decision that will set the pace for the first commercial 6G networks expected around 2030.
SK Hynix and SanDisk Launch Global Standardization of High Bandwidth Flash, a NAND-Based Alternative to HBM for AI Inference
The two companies held a formal kick-off event in Milpitas, California, advancing HBF as a new memory tier that promises 8-16x higher capacity than HBM at comparable cost, with first samples expected in the second half of 2026 and inference devices arriving in early 2027.
Samsung Brings Blood Pressure Monitoring to Galaxy Watches in the US After Years of Regulatory Limbo
Samsung has begun a phased rollout of blood pressure monitoring to US Galaxy Watch owners, classifying the feature as a wellness tool under the FDA's updated General Wellness Policy rather than seeking medical device clearance.
India's National Quantum Mission Reaches 1,000-Kilometer Secure Communication Milestone Ahead of Schedule, Powered by Indigenous QKD Technology
India's National Quantum Mission has demonstrated a 1,000-kilometer quantum-secured communication network using QNu Labs' indigenous ARMOS QKD platform, reaching the halfway mark of its 2,000 km target in under two years — well ahead of the original eight-year timeline.
Intel Foundry Demonstrates World's Thinnest GaN Chiplet at 19 Micrometers, Merging Power and Logic on a Single Die
Intel combines gallium nitride power transistors with silicon digital logic on an ultra-thin 19-micrometer chiplet harvested from 300mm wafers, targeting AI data center power delivery and 5G/6G infrastructure.
Innsbruck and Aachen Researchers Demonstrate First Measurement-Free Fault-Tolerant Quantum Algorithm, Running Grover's Search on Three Logical Qubits
A European team eliminates mid-circuit measurements from fault-tolerant quantum computing, running Grover's algorithm on three logical qubits encoded in eight trapped ions without pausing to read error syndromes.
Open RAN Crosses the Tipping Point as AT&T, Rakuten and Deutsche Telekom Scale Deployments in 2026
The three largest Open RAN operators are scaling deployments in 2026, with AT&T past 50% of its Nokia-to-Ericsson radio swap and targeting 70% open-capable traffic by year-end.
Intel Demonstrates Heracles, a Purpose-Built Chip That Accelerates Encrypted Computing Up to 5,000 Times Over Standard CPUs
Intel's Heracles processor, developed under DARPA's DPRIVE program, performs computations on fully encrypted data without decryption, achieving speedups of 1,074 to 5,547 times over a 24-core Xeon.
Satellite Broadband Subscriptions Hit 11.8 Million as ABI Research Projects 43 Million by 2035
A new ABI Research report finds that LEO satellite broadband subscriptions reached 11.8 million at the end of 2025, with SpaceX commanding 76 percent of the market, while Amazon and Eutelsat race to scale competing constellations.
Quantum Corridor Deploys First Quantum Computer on North America's Only Interstate Quantum-Safe Commercial Network
Quantum Computing Inc. installed its Dirac-3 quantum optimization machine on the Quantum Corridor network connecting Chicago and Hammond, Indiana, marking the first time a quantum computer has been deployed on a QKD-secured commercial fiber network spanning U.S. state lines.