8 Experts Weigh In On The FCC Foreign Robot Ban: Good Or Bad?

Will the FCC foreign robot ban help the American robotic industry or hurt it? And, will it explode domestic robot prices up 3X? 8 experts weigh in …

Nvidia denies report it will ship Groq-based LPUs to China by year-end — says there is ‘no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap’
Nvidia denies report it will ship Groq-based LPUs to China by year-end — says there is ‘no China-specific LPU product in our roadmap’

Nvidia has rejected a report published by The Information that it plans to begin small-batch shipments of an LPU tailored for Chinese customers by the end of 2026.

Humanoid Robot Shipments Up 300%: Up To 30,000 So Far In 2026

More, more, more: humanoid robot shipments are growing fast, according to three different sources. But there’s some nuance as to where all those humanoids are going …

Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip
Synopsys validates a PCIe 6.0 PHY inside a face-to-face 3D stack at 64 GT/s — says it got there by pulling apart an existing 2D test chip

Synopsys has published silicon results for what it calls the first 3D PCIe 6.0 test chip, a 5nm PHY built into a face-to-face stacked package.

SMIC posts record $3B quarter and hikes wafer prices — US sanctions hand Chinese foundry a captive AI market

SMIC posted its first $3 billion quarter earlier this month, with revenue up 36.1% year on year, net profit nearly tripling to $479.2 million.

The Humanoid Robot Games Events Are A Market Map

What do the events at the World Humanoid Games tell us about the state of humanoid robots? Plenty … including a market map of where they’ll be commercialized first.

Excavators, Meet AI: Gravis Nabs $200 Million From SoftBank To Give Construction Equipment Brains

Hello, largest series-A in construction equipment ever. Gravis Robotics is putting AI brains in heavy construction equipment.

Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims
Intel raises $19.7 billion to help fund future projects as 14A production looms — share sale attracted $100 billion in demand, report claims

Intel is raising $19.7 billion through a stock offering to strengthen its finances as it expands manufacturing capacity, develops next-generation process technologies, and is trying to attract major external foundry customers.