The 240W Reality: How USB PD 3.1 Rewrote the Laws of Power Delivery
The USB Power Delivery (PD) 3.1 introduced a significant advancement by increasing power capacity from 100W to 240W through new voltage levels. This change…
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The USB Power Delivery (PD) 3.1 introduced a significant advancement by increasing power capacity from 100W to 240W through new voltage levels. This change…
In 2026, storage prices are rising due to DRAM and NAND shortages, pushing some companies toward failure. Most brands are assemblers rather than manufacturers,…
The article critiques OPPO's proprietary SuperVOOC charging technology, which diverges from universal USB standards and locks consumers into a specific ecosystem. While the industry…
Renesas, Microchip and Ceva are pushing AI inference onto microcontrollers at milliwatt budgets. Inside the TinyML architecture war for the volume edge.
All LoRa chips are produced by Semtech, which acquired Cycleo's technology and established the LoRaWAN protocol. This ecosystem, primarily driven by utilities and smart…
Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2026 unveiled the Galaxy S26 Ultra at a steady price of $1,299, featuring significant hardware advancements including a 60W charging option…
Nothing has launched its first Indian flagship store in Bengaluru, transforming retail into a community experience space. The store emphasizes local culture and engages…
The evolution of edge AI processing from the Myriad 2's 100 gigaflops to the Dragonwing Q-8750's 77 TOPS illustrates a shift towards powerful, local…
Intel 14A uses High-NA EUV and may not be built at all unless outside foundry customers commit, the node where Intel Foundry either becomes…
How Qualcomm's Foundries.io, Edge Impulse, Arduino and Augentix buys add up to a full-stack edge AI platform, and where the strategy could break.
CES 2026 in Las Vegas opens with Samsung delivering the show’s most jaw-dropping hardware: the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold — a smartphone with two…
Intel 18A brings RibbonFET and PowerVia backside power to Panther Lake, a genuine leadership feature, just as the CEO who bet everything on it…
A silicon-level read on the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5: the all-Oryon 2+6 CPU, the Adreno GPU, the Hexagon NPU, and the TOPS number…
CMF spun off as an independent subsidiary in September 2025, establishing its headquarters in India and forming a $100M manufacturing JV with Optiemus Infracom.…
Nothing closed a $200M Series C at a $1.3B valuation in September 2025, led by Tiger Global with Qualcomm Ventures and Nikhil Kamath as…
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