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Mitsubishi Electric Invests in OptQC Startup Developing Optical Quantum Computer Hardware

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:20:06 EDT

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced that its ME Innovation Fund has invested in OptQC Corp., a Japanese startup that develops and provides optical quantum computer hardware. This is the fund's sixteenth investment to date. - - Quantum computing is transitioning from research to practical applications, including the rapid acceleration of technological development for industrial use. These applications require hardware equipped with a large number of qubits, and among...

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Cognichip Launches ACI Enterprise: Industry's First Full-Stack Intelligence Infrastructure for Chip Design

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:32:02 EDT

In a milestone shift for semiconductor engineering, Cognichip, the frontier lab building Artificial Chip Intelligence ACI™, today announced the availability of ACI Enterprise, the world's first full-stack intelligence infrastructure for chip design. ACI Enterprise enables engineers to move from idea to working designs faster, bringing software-like speed and scalability to hardware development. - - After more than two years of R&D, ACI Enterprise is no

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Intel Agentic PCs Give ASU Football an On-Field Edge

Mon, 7 Sep 2026 09:12:13 EDT

- - • Intel collaborated with Arizona State University (ASU) to equip its football program with Lenovo ThinkPad X9 Aura Edition PCs powered by Intel vPro®. - - • Intel engineers co-developed a custom, built-in play card AI agent that automatically translates opponent game footage into digital whiteboard diagrams, leading to an ASU projected 15% to 20% reduction in game preparation time for ASU coaching staff. - - • This athletics deployment serves as a blueprint for modern enterprises, sho...

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New IBM Study Finds AI Adoption Is Outpacing K-12 Readiness

Mon, 7 Sep 2026 06:49:46 EDT

IBM (NYSE: IBM ) announced new U.S. research examining AI readiness in K-12 schools and the launch of the IBM K-12 AI leaders fellowship. - - As schools begin a new academic year, AI is becoming a routine part of K-12 teaching and learning. Yet the survey *, commissioned by IBM and conducted by Morning Consult, finds that the systems supporting responsible AI use are still catching up, pointing to a gap between how quickly AI is entering classrooms and how prepared schools are to manage i...

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Lenovo Advances Hybrid AI Across New Personal and Enterprise Technology

Mon, 7 Sep 2026 06:37:26 EDT

Lenovo™ Innovation World during IFA 2026, Lenovo unveiled a new portfolio of personal and enterprise technology, showing how its Hybrid AI strategy is moving from vision to practical experiences across devices, infrastructure, services, and the everyday moments that connect them. - - The announcements bring together Lenovo's “one personal AI, multiple devices” approach with enterprise technology that helps organizations turn data into insights and value. They span personal AI across PCs, s...

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Huawei Unveils Winners of the Sixth OlympusMons Awards, Honoring Efforts to Tackle Storage Technology Challenges in the AI Era

Wed, 2 Sep 2026 11:11:27 EDT

Summary: - - - • The winners of the sixth OlympusMons Awards were officially announced at the 2026 Global Data Storage Expert Forum, honoring seven leading global research teams. - • At the forum, Huawei announced the technology directions and challenges of the seventh OlympusMons Awards, driving continuous innovation and advancement in the data storage industry. - - - The winners of the sixth OlympusMons Awards were officially announced at the 2026 Global Data Storage Expert Forum. S...

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Intel Outlines Architectures for Agentic AI at Hot Chips 2026

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:18:38 EDT

What's New: Intel is showcasing three architectures for Agentic AI and Enterprise-scale workloads, combining the Diamond Rapids processor for high-performance orchestration, the Crescent Island GPU for efficient inference and the Wildcat Lake SoC for intelligent client and edge computing. - - “Agentic AI is fundamentally changing how we design and deliver computing – from the transistor and package up through the full system architecture,” said Pushkar Ranade, Intel chief technology offi...

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