Infineon’s €5 Billion Dresden Fab and the Demand for Power Chips

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Infineon’s €5 billion Dresden factory expands Europe’s capacity to make chips that control electricity in AI data centres, electric vehicles and energy systems. Can equipment makers turn better power conversion into products customers buy in volume?

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Who Finances the Road to Fusion Power?

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Proxima Fusion’s €411 million round supports the development of Alpha, its planned fusion demonstrator. From testing a superconducting magnet to building a machine and eventually delivering electricity, each step changes what investors need to see and which risks they are willing to carry.

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Eindhoven Researchers Bring AI Closer to Home

Saturday, November 7, 2026

Researchers in a TU Eindhoven-led European project have tested chips designed to bring AI processing closer to the user. With working prototypes and industrial partners involved, the next question is how the technology will find its way into commercial products.

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Artificial Intelligence Thinks Differently

Friday, November 6, 2026

Artificial intelligence relies on mathematics, but the same calculations can be performed through different physical processes. What changes when light, rather than electronic circuits, helps process information? ‘The Age of Light’ explores how mathematics and physics together could open new possibilities for computing.

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PhotonDelta Backs EpoQ’s Plan for a Smaller Atomic Clock

Friday, November 6, 2026

Amsterdam-based EpoQ has won PhotonDelta’s photonics contest for its plan to develop a compact atomic clock. The award provides technological services to help shrink precision timekeeping equipment for potential use in satellites, navigation and scientific instruments. A working prototype and first customers remain the next milestones.

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New Edition of The Age of Light

Thursday, November 5, 2026

For decades, the human brain has shaped how we understand artificial intelligence. The comparison has been remarkably useful, but could it now be limiting our perspective? The revised second edition of ‘The Age of Light’ invites readers to reconsider intelligence through its physical foundations.

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How Much Fraud Does Europe Actually See?

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Payment providers in the European Economic Area reported €4.2 billion in fraudulent transactions in 2024. What can those figures tell us about how customers are deceived, where the money goes and who ultimately bears the loss?

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The Factory Beyond the Chip

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

A photonic chip can pass its first test and still fail as a finished module. Drawing on PIC Summit Europe and the PHIX–SENKO collaboration, Altair Media Europe examines how fibre alignment, packaging and testing determine whether manufacturers can deliver reliable modules at scale.

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Revolut: Who Can Reopen the Case?

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

When a payment is blocked or an account restricted, can a Revolut customer reach someone with the authority to reconsider the decision? This Altair Signal examines what meaningful human review requires when banking happens through an app.

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SMART Photonics Plans Joint Production Service with GlobalFoundries

Sunday, November 1, 2026

SMART Photonics and GlobalFoundries plan a joint manufacturing service combining Eindhoven’s light-producing components with silicon photonics. Targeting availability in the second half of 2027, the partnership offers a potential route to international customers—with qualification, delivery conditions and commercial adoption still to follow.

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