ECIA’s December Industry Pulse Highlights Restored Sales Confidence in the Electronics Component Industry
ECIA’s Industry Pulse: Electronic Component Trends and Sentiment December 2025 Atlanta – With an overall index score of 134.0, the December sales sentiment results trounced expectations by nearly 33 points. The most positive aspect of the December survey is the increase in overall sentiment by over 4 points, up to 138.3. “The latest results from ECIA’s […]
AI Agents vs. LLMs: A Guide for Engineering Leaders

Learn the critical difference between passive LLMs (like ChatGPT) and active AI Agents. This article from CoLab is a practical guide for engineering leaders on automating workflows
China’s Chips Manhattan Project And The Semiconductor Skills Race
China’s covert effort to build an extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) system, described as a Manhattan Project and leveraging Chinese nationals with experience from key Dutch EUV manufacturer ASML, is not interesting because it appeared suddenly or because it surprised intelligence agencies. It is interesting because it exposed how industrial capability actually accumulates over time. EUV lithography […]
Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers
Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday announced agreements with TerraPower, Oklo and Vistra for nuclear power for its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, […]