Matt Hamblen

Anybody who has spent even a few days in Singapore has probably experienced those quick downpours that can pose dramatic flooding problems for the island city’s drainage system. | The island nation of Singapore is expanding its water level sensing ability with hundreds more warning sensors as flash flooding continues to be a concern.

Smart manufacturing is dirty, harsh work and Qualcomm has emerged with industrial-grade processor in its Dragonwing line. | In a smart factory, sensors detect irregularities in processes and now can report to a rugged Qualcomm processor, the Dragonwing IQ-X Series.

Welcome to Fierce Sensors, the newly rebranded and expanded home for all things sensing innovation. | As the vast world of sensors expands in support of AI and other fields, Fierce launches Fierce Sensors.

You’ve heard about quantum computing and may already know tons about sensing, but how much do you know about quantum sensing? | An emerging field of ultra-precise quantum sensors will allow engineers to detect signals imperceptible to traditional sensors.

With chip fabs in the news, Intel recently opened its massive fab 52 to reporters at the Ocotillo campus in Chandler, Ariz., where the 2nm process node is being produced. It is a vast structur | Tours of Intel fab 52 and labs run by the Department of War’s DMEA and Micron serve as a reminder of complexity in modern circuits.

Virginia Williams recalls growing up in Sacramento, Calif., the capital of a monumental state, and feeling a bit embarrassed when telling strangers where she is from. | Greater Sacramento Economic Council boasts region's semiconductor firms including a recent $1.9B Bosch chip fab.

Recent reductions in federal research grants and changes to H-1B visas are already taking a toll on top universities and threaten the long-term ability by scientists in technology and other fields | Research vice chancellor says academic collaboration with China needs to continue or the US will be in for a surprise.

One of the most unusual applications of edge AI and sensors technology comes from DUG Technology combined with Solidigm NVMe SSDs and Hypertec servers using immersion cooling. | Solidigm explains work with DUG and Hypertec on an immersion data center in a storage container.

The struggling $22 billion US Army IVAS program that began in 2018 under a contract with Microsoft has offered engineers and developers painful lessons about too-lofty project ambitions and the phy | Some military branches now say they don’t need the one-size-fits all AR approach, says Vuzix exec.

The transition to AI has necessitated a massive data center infrastructure transition, primarily around power.  It’s not just about building nuclear reactors next to big data centers to pump m | Nvidia named a group of semiconductor makers well known in the sensors space who are helping move data centers to direct current voltage at 800 volts.