🔧 Industrial Instrumentation Weekly Digest
Week of: October 19, 2026 – October 26, 2026
Your weekly update on pressure measurement, industrial IoT, and process automation news.
📅 October 25, 2026
- Pt-W Alloy Shows Potential For Thinner High-NA EUV Mask Absorbers (Chinese Academy of Sciences et al.)
📝 Researchers at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jilin University, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Manufacturing for Optical Systems, and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences published a technical pa
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Dry-Deposited Resist Shows Different Tone Behavior Under EUV And E-Beam Exposure (KU Leuven, Kunsan, VUB, Imec)
📝 Researchers at KU Leuven, Kunsan National University, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, imec, et al. published “Irradiation-Source-Dependent Tone Conversion in Dry-Deposited Halogenated Amorphous Zeolitic I
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Silicon Photonic Modulator Reaches 200 Gb/s PAM4 With Reduced DSP (Science Tokyo, Yokohama, AIST, PETRA)
📝 Researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama National University, AIST, and Photonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA) published a technical paper titled “Reduced-DSP 200G/
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Security-Aware Layer Mapping Reduces Fault Vulnerability In 3D Compute-In-Memory (ASU, U. of Maryland)
📝 Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Maryland published “SEAL: Multitenant Security-Aware Layer Mapping for Heterogeneous 3-D CiM Accelerators.” Abstract: “Heterogeneous 3-D compu
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Neural Networks Speed 3nm Nanosheet SPICE Simulation (TU Munich)
📝 Researchers at Technical University of Munich published “NN-Based Transistor Modeling for Ultra-Fast SPICE Simulation and Standard Cell Library Characterization.” Abstract: “Neural network (NN)-based
📰 Source: SemiEngineering
📅 October 23, 2026
- Contrinex smart cylinder position sensors: teach position – track performance
📝 In modern hydraulic and pneumatic systems, cylinder sensors are expected to do far more than simply signal end-of-stroke positions. As manufacturers pursue greater machine availability, improved diagn
📰 Source: Instrumentation - FREEDOM gas detectors combine hot-swap servicing with app-based control
📝 Teledyne Gas and Flame Detection, a portfolio of safety instrument businesses of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, has unveiled its new-generation FREEDOM range of gas detectors. The series is desig
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Viewlinc Cloud Suite supports life science innovation from laboratory to regulated operations
📝 Vaisala, a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence, introduces Viewlinc Cloud Suite, a cloud-based environmental monitoring offering designed to help organisations establish professi
📰 Source: Instrumentation - New ifm LDL3x1 conductivity sensor delivers precise monitoring for pure and ultrapure water
📝 ifm has introduced the LDL3x1 conductivity sensor, a new generation of analytical sensor built for applications where the highest standards of water purity determine product quality and process safety
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Chip Industry Week In Review
📝 CHIPS Act $389M to power chips, vertical GaN, materials; Micron’s memory roadmap; Nvidia expands supply chain capacity; Tenstorrent raises $1.5B; China NAND fabs; 800V power for AI data centers; Intel
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Text Fidelity in Processed Images: Why an Independent Reference Matters
📝 In “AI Inspection Needs A Disagreement Audit Before Quality Teams Scale It” (Metrology News, 15 September 2026), Gleb Tsipursky argues that quality leaders should “measure disagreements between automa
📰 Source: Metrology News - Maxwell’s demon with memory
📰 Source: Nature - Particle collisions on a quantum computer
📰 Source: Nature - Beating the break-even point with autonomous quantum error correction
📰 Source: Nature
📅 October 22, 2026
- General-purpose digitisers get onboard averaging function
📝 Spectrum Instrumentation has introduced a new firmware option that enables its high-resolution 59xx series digitisers to perform onboard summation averaging. Averaging is a useful tool for reducing un
📰 Source: Instrumentation - The high cost of dirty data in wastewater automation
📝 Municipalities have been investing heavily in analytics and digital twins for years with the aim of predicting overflow events, managing stormwater surges and automating complex collection networks. H
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Endress+Hauser receives Swiss Manufacturing Award 2026
📝 Endress+Hauser has been honored with the University of St. Gallen’s Swiss Manufacturing Award 2026. The award was presented during the St. Gallen Production Management Conference on 20 October 2026 an
📰 Source: Instrumentation - BrightSense Vx1943 and Vx5943 image sensors now available from Mouser
📝 Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry’s leading new product introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the BrightSense Vx194
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Beyond The EPE Budget: Building The Next Generation Of Computational Lithography
📝 Why better models, richer metrology, explainable AI, and cross-industry collaboration must come together to extend semiconductor scaling.
The post Beyond The EPE Budget: Building The Next Generation O
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - PVTW: Extending Silicon Characterization From PVT To Real-World Workload
📝 Two devices operating at exactly the same voltage, frequency, and temperature can behave differently depending on what they are being asked to do.
The post PVTW: Extending Silicon Characterization Fro
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - Chip Scaling Moves Beyond The Transistor
📝 SEMICON West 2026: Advanced packaging, photonics, test, and AI are increasingly intertwined; very different conversations ahead.
The post Chip Scaling Moves Beyond The Transistor appeared first on Se
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - How Self-Aligned CFET Technology Could Extend CMOS Scaling Beyond 10 Å
📝 A process sequence for SRAM and logic that delivers higher performance through larger effective channel width and improved electrostatics at smaller nodes.
The post How Self-Aligned CFET Technology Co
📰 Source: SemiEngineering - MSI Viking Acquires ICM to Expand Michigan Metrology Operations
📝 MSI Viking has acquired International Certification Measurements, Inc. (ICM), a calibration and measurement services provider based in Shelby Township, Michigan, strengthening its regional presence an
📰 Source: Metrology News - GBS Metrology Introduces Configurable Optical 3D Profilometer Systems
📝 GBS metrology, a supplier of optical 3D sensors based on white light interferometry (WLI), also known as coherence scanning interferometry (CSI), is expanding its portfolio of complete optical 3D prof
📰 Source: Metrology News - Improving Simulation Accuracy Through High Strain Rate Testing
📝 Simulation is crucial for predicting how materials and components will behave under different loading conditions, helping engineers assess designs before committing to physical prototypes. But the val
📰 Source: Metrology News - GelSight Modulus Wins Recognition in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2026
📝 GelSight has announced that its Modulus surface measurement system has been named to TIME’s list of the Best Inventions of 2026. The honor follows Modulus’s selection as a Fast Company 2026 Next Big T
📰 Source: Metrology News - Wigner crystals get dressed
📰 Source: Nature - Teleportation transition of surface codes on a superconducting quantum processor
📰 Source: Nature
📅 October 21, 2026
- IFS launches IFS Intelligence
📝 IFS, the world’s leading provider of industrial AI software, has launched IFS Intelligence, a new product that collates data from across industrial operations – including assets, systems and processes
📰 Source: Instrumentation - Boliden Kokkola advances automation with ABB through Ethernet-APL integration
📝 ABB and Boliden have successfully deployed Ethernet-APL instrumentation at the Kokkola zinc plant in Finland. The project connects next-generation field devices with the existing ABB Ability System 80
📰 Source: Instrumentation
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