20+ hour, 30+ min ago   (212+ words) Interesting Engineering America’s New 9,700-Ton Destroyer Is Watching the Arctic With SPY-6 Radar USS Ted Stevens is America’s newest Flight III destroyer, combining the AN/SPY-6 radar with upgraded power and cooling systems as the U.S. Navy increasingly focuses…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (122+ words) Singular Photonics has launched Litavis, a SPAD image sensor that combines photon counting, timing and histogramming with on-chip processing. Litavis builds on that sensitivity by making the sensor software-configurable. The same hardware can be reconfigured for different imaging tasks without…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (575+ words) These companies are building the processors behind advanced AI models. The artificial intelligence boom is creating an almost insatiable demand for computing power. Behind every chatbot, image generator and reasoning model are specialized chips performing vast numbers of calculations within…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (495+ words) The new 10C battery system could help data centers handle rapid power swings without straining the grid. A new battery platform from DIMAAG-AI and Toshiba is designed to handle the rapid power swings of AI data centers while providing backup power…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (373+ words) Quantinuum has secured $100 million in U.S. federal funding to work on a problem that could determine how quickly trapped-ion quantum computers can grow. The money will go toward manufacturing research for the hardware behind its quantum processors. Quantinuum will also bring…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (542+ words) Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law design stacks chip layers to boost density, reduce power use and tackle thermal limits. Huawei says a new vertically stacked semiconductor design can address one of the biggest problems facing its next-generation smartphone chips: heat. The…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (443+ words) China’s AMEC launches six new semiconductor tools, including four deposition systems, in a major portfolio expansion. Chinese semiconductor equipment manufacturer Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has unveiled six new chip-making machines as it expands beyond its traditional core in etching and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (388+ words) The Virginia facility has laid groundwork for nationwide hydrogen drone production. Hydrogen-powered drone manufacturing is expanding across the United States as Heven AeroTech opens a 56,000-square-foot production facility in Winchester, Virginia, establishing its first East Coast site and launching a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (428+ words) A nuclear microreactor is borrowing technology from Formula 1, with Antares targeting faster deployment. Antares is turning to Formula 1 technology for a key part of its nuclear microreactor system. The U.S. microreactor developer has partnered with UK-based Motion Applied to supply power…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (406+ words) A new US lithium deal will supply 8,000 metric tonnes yearly, supporting local battery production. A new US lithium deal will secure 8,000 metric tonnes of battery-quality lithium carbonate each year for 10 years, giving a major battery maker a long-term domestic source…...