Electronic Design Weekly: May 18-22, 2026
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Editorial: WebAssembly and Containers
Containers have become ubiquitous for most developers, whether they’re used to run tools or incorporating them into applications. Even embedded systems integrate them. Like hardware virtual machines (VMs) and hypervisors, containers provide a way to modularize and isolate systems so that they’re easier to create, manage, and secure. Our latest TechXchange: Hypervisors, Containers, and Virtual Machines collects articles about different aspects of VMs, hypervisors, and containers.
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More About Containers and VMs
The VMs, Unikernels, and Containers TechXchange includes articles about virtual machines and hypervisors as well as containers and operating system kernel design. Here are a few that may provide some insight into their functionality and features.
Editor's Choice: From the ElectronicDesign Archives
These articles were chosen by the editors at ElectronicDesign that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.
Bill Wong's Picks of the Week
Security is the focus this week. Just in case you missed it, the Iran war is generating cyberattacks. It should be a reminder that any system can be targeted and that AI is helping make this happen. Following best practices when it comes to security has never been more important.
- Critical Infrastructure Under Siege - Iran’s cyber campaign against U.S. operational technology is the activation of a threat that has been building for years. Security integrators and consultants have a central role in what happens next. @ Security Inforwatch.com
- Iran-Linked Fuel Infrastructure Cyber Intrusion Raises New Questions About U.S. OT Security Readiness - Federal investigators probe breaches of gas-station fuel-management systems as experts warn that America’s critical infrastructure remains dangerously exposed to cyber disruption. @ Security Inforwatch.com
Andy's Picks from Around the Web
CERN’s KiCad component library now open source. Link
Absurdly Fast EV Chargers Are Coming To America, But Cars Aren't Ready. Link
Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents have one year to find new power as their utility pivots to data centers. Link
Click here to see Andy's full list of the latest articles and news.
Cisco announces record revenue and 4,000 layoffs in the same day. Link
Tech was taking the center arm rest struggle to a new level. Southwest Airlines bans robots from traveling in cabin or as checked baggage. Link
EV Market Monitor – April 2026. New EV sales declined, while used EV sales continued to expand. Link
A new survey says CEOs are looking to slash junior roles in the next two years and focus hiring on mid-level positions. Link
What are AI tarpits? Understanding the tools people are using to poison LLMs. Link
Intel Core i9-14900KF reaches 9.2Ghz setting a new CPU frequency world record. Link
The world is installing grid batteries at a blistering pace. Link
Open Source Humanoid Robot Kit Puts Humanoid Development in Your Garage for $15,000. Link
Samsung, union hold final mediation as strike deadline nears. Link
Show those Field Engineers some love. They’re climbing towers, going underground, inside machines, venturing into the most extreme environments possible – why? Because they’re engineers!
See the story behind this one on its page — or see rest of my cartoons in the Engineering on Friday comic gallery.
-Cabe
We have a pretty healthy backlog of already created Inventors humor, but if you have an idea/concept for a cartoon, contact Andy by email with "toon idea" in the subject line and send a brief paragraph or so of the concept/joke. If used, we'll credit you by first name and last initial, though please note that Andy will be signing the cartoon — it's not the idea, it's the execution where all the work is. The cartoons are Andy's originals, the extensively and heavily prompted illustration is assisted by Gemini AI.
Visit the archive of andyT's prior Inventors cartoons, here
About the Author
William G. Wong
Senior Content Director - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF
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I earned a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Masters in Computer Science from Rutgers University. I still do a bit of programming using everything from C and C++ to Rust and Ada/SPARK. I do a bit of PHP programming for Drupal websites. I have posted a few Drupal modules.
I still get a hand on software and electronic hardware. Some of this can be found on our Kit Close-Up video series. You can also see me on many of our TechXchange Talk videos. I am interested in a range of projects from robotics to artificial intelligence.
Roger Engelke Jr.
Managing Editor - Electronic Design and Microwaves & RF
Roger manages the websites and print issues for Electronic Design and Microwaves &RF.
Cabe Atwell
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Cabe is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design.
Engineer, Machinist, Cartoonist, Maker, Writer. A graduate Electrical Engineer actively plying his expertise in the industry and at his company, Gunhead. When not designing/building, he creates a steady torrent of projects and content in the media world. Many of his projects and articles are online at element14 & SolidSmack, industry-focused work at EETimes & EDN, and offbeat articles at Make Magazine. Currently, you can find him hosting webinars and contributing to Electronic Design and Machine Design.
Cabe is an electrical engineer, design consultant and author with 25 years’ experience. His most recent book is “Essential 555 IC: Design, Configure, and Create Clever Circuits”
Cabe writes the Engineering on Friday blog on Electronic Design.
See Cabe's cartoons & comic strips here.
James Morra
Senior Editor
James Morra is the senior editor for Electronic Design, covering the semiconductor industry and new technology trends, with a focus on power electronics and power management. He also reports on the business behind electrical engineering, including the electronics supply chain. He joined Electronic Design in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
Andy Turudic
Technology Editor, Electronic Design
Andy Turudic is a Technology Editor for Electronic Design Magazine, primarily covering Analog and Mixed-Signal circuits and devices and also is Editor of ED's bi-weekly Automotive Electronics newsletter.
He holds a Bachelor's in EE from the University of Windsor (Ontario Canada) and has been involved in electronics, semiconductors, and gearhead stuff, for a bit over a half century. Andy also enjoys teaching his engineerlings at Portland Community College as a part-time professor in their EET program.
"AndyT" brings his multidisciplinary engineering experience from companies that include National Semiconductor (now Texas Instruments), Altera (Intel), Agere, Zarlink, TriQuint,(now Qorvo), SW Bell (managing a research team at Bellcore, Bell Labs and Rockwell Science Center), Bell-Northern Research, and Northern Telecom.
After hours, when he's not working on the latest invention to add to his portfolio of 16 issued US patents, or on his DARPA Challenge drone entry, he's lending advice and experience to the electric vehicle conversion community from his mountain lair in the Pacific Northwet[sic].
AndyT's engineering blog, "Nonlinearities," publishes the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month. Andy's OpEd may appear at other times, with fair warning given by the Vu meter pic. His cartoon series, "Inventors", appears each week in Electronic Design Weekly.
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