Computing & Semiconductors
AMD EPYC CPUs and Pensando DPUs to Power New Oracle Cloud Instances
AMD said on October 27, 2026, that Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Compute E7 instances will be powered by 6th Gen AMD EPYC server processors and that Oracle Acceleron converged network interface cards incorporate AMD Pensando data processing units (DPUs) for…
NXP Q3 Revenue Rises 19% as Board Authorizes $5 Billion Buyback
NXP Semiconductors reported third-quarter 2026 revenue of $3.79 billion on October 27, 2026, up 19 percent from a year earlier, and announced that its Board of Directors authorized a $5 billion share repurchase program in October, after the quarter ended.…
IonQ Receives $7.5 Million AFRL Follow-On Quantum Network Award
IonQ announced on October 27, 2026 that it has received $7.5 million in follow-on funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory to expand the first-generation quantum network the company previously delivered in Rome, New York. The Phase 2 contract adds…
Vertiv Closes $1.45 Billion Purchase of UtilityInnovation Group
Vertiv Holdings Co said on October 27, 2026 that its wholly-owned subsidiary Vertiv Corporation has completed the acquisition of Utility Innovation Holdings, Inc., which operates as UtilityInnovation Group, for approximately $1.45 billion in upfront cash. The transaction includes additional contingent…
Vertiv Closes Purchase of Dublin-Based King Environmental Services
Vertiv Holdings Co announced on October 26, 2026 that it has completed its acquisition of King Environmental Services Ltd., a Europe-based provider of fluid management, commissioning and load-testing services for high-density, liquid-cooled data centers. Vertiv, which trades on the New…
NVIDIA Reaches Capacity Agreements With Six Supply Chain Partners
NVIDIA on October 21, 2026, announced plans with six supply chain partners to expand global manufacturing capacity for its accelerated computing and full-stack AI factory platform, backed by capacity reservation advances that include $1.1 billion to testing company King Yuan…
Broadcom Signs 10-Year VMware Software Agreement With NTT DOCOMO
Broadcom Inc. , which designs, develops, and supplies semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, announced on October 19, 2026, that it has signed a 10-year agreement with NTT DOCOMO, INC. to continuously advance the private cloud that will underpin DOCOMO’s digital…
D-Wave Brings Italy’s First Annealing Quantum Computer to Como
D-Wave Quantum Inc. announced on October 15, 2026, that an Advantage2 annealing quantum computer with more than 4,400 qubits has arrived in Lombardy, Italy, for installation at Villa Saporiti in Como. Funded by Swiss Quantum Technology SA (SQT), the machine…
IonQ to Acquire Zero Trust Firm Elisity for Up to $1.3 Billion in Stock
IonQ entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Elisity, Inc., a Zero Trust security company, in an all-stock transaction valued at up to $1.3 billion, the College Park, Maryland-based quantum platform company announced on October 12, 2026. Under the terms…
Blockchain Could Make Virtual Power Plants More Auditable
A home battery can store electricity. Thousands of batteries working together can help support an electricity grid. But when those batteries belong to different households, operate under different contracts, and require different maintenance schedules, coordinating them becomes a problem of…
RNP Taps Nokia and Q13 to Modernize Brazil’s Rede Ipê Backbone
Nokia announced on October 6, 2026 that Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) has selected Nokia and Q13 to modernize rede Ipê, Brazil’s research and education backbone network. In Nokia’s announcement, issued with a São Paulo, Brazil dateline and…
Optical Computing Could Lower Deepfake Detection Costs
Generating convincing synthetic video is becoming easier. Checking whether that video is authentic creates a different challenge: someone must supply the computing power, electricity, and review capacity needed to examine it. For platforms handling large volumes of uploads, detection accuracy…
Can Superfluid Helium Help Build Better Quantum Computers?
Quantum computing has a hardware problem: the same interactions that let researchers control quantum information can also disturb it. Electrical fluctuations, material defects, and unwanted energy exchanges can introduce errors before a calculation finishes. Building useful machines requires balancing access…
Zain KSA Launches Nokia Deepfield Analytics in Over 100 Saudi Cities
Nokia announced on September 29, 2026, that Zain KSA has launched Nokia Deepfield Cloud Intelligence across its network, which covers more than 100 cities in Saudi Arabia. In the release, datelined Riyadh, Nokia said the deployment gives the Saudi operator…
FIU Acquires Florida’s First IonQ Superion 256 Quantum Computer
IonQ announced on September 24, 2026 a contract with Florida International University under which it will deliver a Superion 256-qubit trapped-ion quantum computer for installation on the university’s Miami campus, according to the company’s announcement. IonQ said the agreement marks…
