Electronic Design Weekly: June 1-5, 2026
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Editorial: Evolution of Graphics Chips
Hi everyone.
On Monday, NVIDIA announced that its multi-rack Vera Rubin platform, underpinned by its latest AI GPU, is ramping into full production. Top server manufacturers and supply-chain partners are now assembling Vera Rubin-based systems at scale. Eventualy, these will be used by cloud providers, hyperscalers, and AI labs to build the next wave of AI data centers. Rubin is NVIDIA’s latest GPU microarchitecture, while Vera is its complementary Arm-based CPU.
Training and running today's AI workloads, however, requires far more than lots of computing power. The new platform brings together not only NVIDIA's Vera Rubin-based compute racks for training and Groq 3 LPX compute rack for inferencing, but also its Vera BlueField-4 STX and Spectrum-6 SPX Ethernet systems for storage and networking.
Power delivery is equally important, with NVIDIA pushing for higher-voltage DC (HVDC) power supplies to keep everything fed. But despite the increasingly sophisticated ecosystem surrounding it, the GPU remains at the heart of it all.
With Vera Rubin now moving into full production, it's worth looking back at how the GPU evolved into one of the most important technologies in computing. Jon Peddie, a leading expert on graphics technology, has had a front-row seat to that evolution. For Electronic Design, he has put together profiles of more than 30 graphics processors that left a lasting mark on the industry (below). Together, they trace the progress from the first graphics chips to a world in which GPUs are the standard engine for much more than graphics.
—James Morra, Senior Editor
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
It's a year of anniversaries. And Electronic Design will be coming up on its 75th anniversary next year. In the meantime, enjoy.
- TwinCAT turns 30 @ Control Design
Beckhoff celebrates a single platform for all automation functions - Celebrating 50 Years of NI @ Electronic Design
Ritu Favre talks about NI’s Nigel AI test and measurement platform. - Arduino Day 2025: Celebrating 20 Years @ Electronic Design
Today is Arduino Day, and it also happens to be Arduino's 20th anniversary. Here are some recent boards to note the occasion.
Andy's Picks from Around the Web
Honda’s affordable EV hot hatch is ‘selling like hotcakes,’ priced at $21,000. Link
They Just Made It Illegal To Use Your Own Tools. Video
[New York, like California, used a coordinated tactic of burying print/CNC disabling software in a state budget bill - the recognition software requirement is now NY law, California is imminent.] New York's ban on 3D-printed guns sparks First Amendment concerns. Link
Tantalum-based nonvolatile switching element could make processors run 1,000 times faster without additional waste heat. Link
Click here to see Andy's full list of the latest articles and news.
Companies That Adopted AI Agents Alarmed to Discover They’re Botching Incredibly Important Tasks. Link
Toyota’s New Electric Hilux Is Basically Cheating [presenter is a bit annoying, but content is OK]. Video
CEOs blame AI for layoffs, but an MIT professor says it fits a long-running pattern to find a cover story. ‘They’ve been saying that for 20 years’. Link
Summer Break Perspectives
Do you miss summer break? I do.
The time seemed endless. I did so many projects back then. Now… it’s never enough time.
See the story behind this one on its page — or see rest of my cartoons in the Engineering on Friday comic gallery.
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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