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Quantinuum Selected by DARPA to Advance to First Stage of Quantum Benchmarking Initiative
Quantinuum has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense, to participate in the first stage of the agency’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).
Photonic Inc. Selected for DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative Stage A
Photonic Inc. announced its selection for Stage A of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Quantum Benchmarking Initiative (QBI).
Sivers Semiconductors Announces Strategic OEM Partnership with O-Net Technologies
Sivers Semiconductors AB today announced a strategic partnership with O-Net Technologies to produce high-performance external laser sources, a critical component enabling next-generation AI data center architectures.
Exploring AI’s Role in Decarbonizing the Chemical Industry: A Multi-Scale Perspective
As the chemical industry seeks sustainable transformation, decarbonization requires intelligent solutions across multiple scales to enhance efficiency and reduce emissions. A research team led by Professor Xiaonan Wang at Tsinghua University has systematically reviewed AI-driven multi-scale smart systems for decarbonizing this energy-intensive sector.
lowRISC and SCI Semiconductor Release Sunburst Chip Repository for Secure Microcontroller Development
Open source release accelerates path to market for commercial CHERIoT-based secure microcontrollers, supporting industry adoption and innovation.
Keysight Unveils Architecture for Scaling AI Data Centers
Keysight Technologies, Inc. introduces the Keysight Artificial Intelligence (KAI) architecture, a portfolio of end-to-end solutions designed to help customers scale artificial intelligence (AI) processing capacity in data centers by validating AI cluster components using real-world AI workload emulation.
Ayar Labs Unveils World’s First UCIe Optical Chiplet for AI Scale-Up Architectures
Company achieves breakthrough with 8 Tbps bandwidth, enhancing AI performance and efficiency with only openly available optical chiplet.
Retym Launches Out of Stealth with $180 Million to Drive AI Infrastructure Innovation
Retym (pronounced “Re-Time”), a semiconductor firm, has emerged from stealth with over $180 million raised across multiple rounds to drive AI Infrastructure Innovation.

The Shape of Tomorrow’s Semiconductor Technology
The theme of the 70th annual IEEE IEDM was “Shaping Tomorrow’s Semiconductor Technology.” Read about the latest advances in logic, memory, high frequency and power devices, and more.