Which Small Language Models Actually Run on CPU in 2026: 11 Models Compared
Eleven small language models compared for CPU-only inference in 2026: real Q4 file sizes, official GGUF availability, licences and the memory-bandwidth ceiling.
Ambient IoT in 3GPP Release 19 vs Release 20: Battery-Free Device Architecture for 2026 and Beyond
3GPP Ambient IoT explained: Release 19 device types, backscatter and RF energy harvesting, what Release 20 adds, and where battery-free IoT actually fits.
OPC UA Companion Specifications as MCP Tools: Wiring Industrial Semantics into AI Agents (2026)
OPC UA has 400+ companion specifications of industrial semantics. How to expose them to AI agents as MCP tools and RAG corpora - architecture, pitfalls and safety.
LeRobotDataset v3.0: Chunked Parquet, MP4 Shards and Streaming for Robot Learning Data at Scale (2026)
LeRobotDataset v3.0 replaces per-episode files with chunked Parquet and MP4 shards plus streaming. What changes for robot-learning data pipelines at OXE scale.
Zephyr vs FreeRTOS vs NuttX in 2026: Choosing an RTOS for Industrial Edge Devices
Zephyr, FreeRTOS and NuttX compared for industrial edge devices in 2026: driver model, release trains, security certification, toolchain and long-term maintenance.
OpenUSD Core Specification 1.1 and v26.08: What CAD, PLM and Digital Twin Teams Decide in 2026
AOUSD began ISO certification for OpenUSD Core Spec 1.1 and moved it to GitHub; v26.08 adds Profiles, Multi-LOD and Backplates. What CAD and PLM teams must decide.
ExecuTorch 1.5 On-Device LLM Serving (2026): Batched Scheduling, Cancellation and Off-Graph KV Cache
ExecuTorch 1.5 shipped multi-method export, batched request scheduling, bounded cancellation and off-graph KV cache. What it changes for on-device LLM apps.
Apache Iceberg v4 vs v3 in 2026: Root Manifests, Single-File Commits, and What to Decide Now
Iceberg v4 is unreleased but partly ratified. What changed in 2026, how v4 differs from v3, and which tables to upgrade - with the dev-list evidence.
AAS Metamodel 3.2 (IDTA Release 26-01): What Changes for Digital Twin Teams in 2026
IDTA shipped AAS metamodel v3.2 in July 2026. AssetKind gains Batch, AdministrationInformation gains timestamps, plus a new EN 18223 DPP annex. What to migrate.
Newton vs MuJoCo Warp vs Isaac Lab: Choosing a GPU Physics Stack for Robotics in 2026
Newton, MuJoCo Warp and Isaac Lab compared for 2026 sim-to-real: solver choice, contact models, the Warp and OpenUSD dependency, and which layer you actually pick.