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Microsoft Rallies, Chips Fall: The AI Infrastructure Divide After the US Midterms
Microsoft rallied as chip stocks fell after the US midterms. An engineering view of the divide: data-center permits, power delivery, financing and the gap between planned capacity and paying customers.
- AI Agent
- AI in Test and Measurement
- EuMW 2026
- Field Notes
- Harmonic Distortion
- Keysight
- Mini-Circuits
- SCPI
- Signal Intelligence
- Test Automation
An AI Agent on the RF Bench: The Power Budget Is the Guardrail
At EuMW 2026, Keysight showed an AI agent driving a source, asignal analyser and a ZX60-24A-S+ amplifier through a harmonics test.The key engineering content was a written power budget: −10...
Europe Is Weak in AI Narrative. But at Embedded World, I Saw Something Different.
"FPGA & SoC. Made in Germany." No AI slogans. No hype. Just modules. At Embedded World, the Trenz Electronic booth was easy to walk past. But it was showing exactly...
- Agentic AI
- AI in RF Design
- EDA Automation
- EuMW 2026
- Field Notes
- Keysight
- Keysight ADS
- MCP
- S-Parameters
- Signal Intelligence
- Surrogate Models
The Most Honest Line at EuMW 2026: An AI Agent’s Instruction File for Keysight ADS
Keysight’s agentic AI demo built a 50 Ω thru in ADS from a chatrequest. The instruction file behind it admitted that an earlier draft usedAPI calls that do not exist,...
- 112G Ethernet
- AI Hardware
- Channel Characterization
- Data Center
- High-Speed Interconnect
- PCB Design
- S-Parameters
- SerDes
- Signal Integrity
- TDR
High-Speed Interconnect Testing: Why Signal Integrity Is Critical for Modern AI and Data Systems
At high data rates, interconnects are no longer passive connections.PCB traces, connectors, and cables behave as complex analog systems.Signal integrity is becoming a critical factor in modern AI and high-speed...
- AI in Test and Measurement
- Anritsu
- EuMW 2026
- Field Notes
- Signal Intelligence
- Sub-THz
- Tensor VNA
- VNA Frequency Extender
- Waveguide Calibration
- WR-3.4
Reading the Manual vs Reading the Trace: Anritsu's AI-Powered VNA at 220–330 GHz
At EuMW 2026, Anritsu showed its Tensor VNA, billed as the first AI-powered VNA, running a WR-3.4 thru from 220 to 330 GHz. Today the assistant reads the manual: setup,...
Virginia Diodes 300 GHz Dual Polarization OTA Link at EuMW 2025: 63 Gbps Over the Air — and What the Demo Doesn't Show You
285 GHz. 12.5 GHz bandwidth. Dual polarization H+V. 63 Gbps. Live OFDM error summary on a Keysight UXR real-time oscilloscope. The Virginia Diodes demo at EuMW 2025 was the most...
Observations on the Future of Test & Measurement and Embedded Systems--Embedded World 2026
Embedded World 2026 revealed a major shift in the embedded industry: systems are rapidly evolving from traditional control electronics into intelligent edge computing platforms. From the rise of Edge AI...
10 Real Technology Trends in Test & Measurement
Embedded World 2026 once again demonstrated how quickly the embedded industry is evolving. Walking through the exhibition halls this year, one could clearly see that embedded systems are no longer...
- Aaronia
- EMC testing
- Ham Radio
- real-time RF
- RF monitoring
- RTSA-Suite
- spectrum analysis
- spectrum intelligence
World’s Fastest Real-Time Spectrum Analysis? Aaronia’s RF Beast at Ham Radio 2025
A deep dive into Aaronia’s triple-screen RTSA demo at Ham Radio 2025 — showcasing 3.2 THz/s sweep speed, AI signal classification, and field-ready spectrum analysis.
- AI Hardware
- Embedded World 2026
- High-Speed Design
- Jitter
- PDN Noise
- Power Integrity
- Protocol Decode
- SI/PI Analysis
- Signal Integrity
- Tektronix
Why Your Signal Problem Is Actually a Power Problem: The Physics Behind SI/PI Coupling
Power noise does not stay in the power domain. It becomes timing uncertainty, which becomes bit errors. At Embedded World 2026, I watched Tektronix demonstrate why signal integrity and power...
High-Speed Interface Testing for DDR and USB: When Digital Signals Become Analog
At DDR5 speeds, one bit lasts 156 picoseconds. At this scale, there is no digital — only analog behavior. At Embedded World 2026, I watched what it takes to keep...
- Amplifier Characterization
- Anritsu
- EuMW 2026
- Field Notes
- Gain Compression
- IP3
- Signal Intelligence
- Tensor VNA
- Two-Tone IMD
- Vector Network Analyzer
One Connection, Four Views of an Amplifier: Notes From the Tensor VNA Demo at EuMW 2026
At EuMW 2026, Anritsu's Tensor VNA ran compression, gain at compression, IP3 and a two-tone IMD spectrum from a single connection. A channel-by-channel read of the screen shows what each...
What Are You Missing with an 8-Bit Oscilloscope? A Closer Look at the UNI-T MSO5000HD
More bits alone do not make a better oscilloscope. What matters is whether higher resolution, low noise, deep memory and fast acquisition help you see something your existing instrument may...
- 1000BASE-T
- CISPR Standard
- Electronic Certification
- Embedded World
- EMC Measurement
- EMI Receiver
- EMI TestingPre-Compliance
- FCC Compliance
- Pre-Compliance
- Radiated Emission
- spectrum analysis
Why Products Fail EMI: A Pre-Compliance Testing Guide for Engineers
Pre-compliance EMI testing helps engineers detect emission issues early, reducing certification risks and costly redesigns in modern electronic systems.
Power Integrity at PCIM: What OMICRON Lab and Picotest Were Really Asking
"Is your test bench complete?" That was the question on the wall at the OMICRON Lab and Picotest booth at PCIM. Four live demos — loop gain, output impedance, PSRR,...