Production Editor

Embedded Computing Design

Chad Cox is the Production Editor at Embedded Computing Design. His responsibilities are centered around content creation, writing and editing, and article research and development. Chad covers industry news and events and is known to interact with various industrial leaders via on-premise visits and online interviews. He is responsible for the digital footprint and dissemination of news via social media posts, advertising creation and the production of newsletters including the Embedded Computing Design’s Daily.

He is well versed in many facets of industrial computing including Edge AI, IoT, Processing, Security, Open Source, and more.

Chad graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Cultural and Analytical Literature and holds a master’s in education.

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Industrial

Bosch Rexroth Showcases Factory Automation Innovations at Automate 2026 - News

June 22, 2026

Join Bosch Rexroth at Booth 2810 during Automate 2026 to learn about its diverse factory automation solutions. Its booth encompasses high-end components, digital engineering tools, interactive exhibits, and live demonstrations of working systems.

Storage

Floadia Introduces G1 Automotive eFlash IP on TSMC 180BCD Gen3 for Cutting Edge Vehicle Electronics - News

June 22, 2026

Floadia Corporation released its latest automotive eFlash IP, G1, leveraging TSMC's 180BCD Gen3 process platform. The solution is designed to meet the rigorous reliability and performance requirements of next-generation automotive applications. It integrates a 256KB program flash macro and a 1KB data flash macro based on SONOS technology, delivering a consistent and low-cost non-volatile memory solution for automotive ICs.

Industrial

The Road to Automate 2026: Taiwan Excellence Highlights FATEK’s M Series PLC and the FATEK HMI - Blog

June 19, 2026

Automate 2026 will host the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion at Booth 441 highlighting 23 Taiwan Excellence award-winning companies demonstrating 41 products shaping the future of intelligent automation via advanced motion control, robotics, industrial computing, edge AI, AIoT, and connected manufacturing technologies.

Storage

The Road to Automate 2026: Taiwan Excellence Promotes Transcend’s ETD410T U.2 Enterprise SSD - Blog

June 18, 2026

The Taiwan Excellence Pavilion will be at Booth 441 during Automate 2026. There, 23 Taiwan Excellence award-winning companies will showcase 41 products that are shaping the future of intelligent automation via advanced motion control, robotics, industrial computing, edge AI, AIoT, and connected manufacturing technologies.

Edge AI

The Road to Automate 2026: Velasea Demonstrates Edge AI, Automation, and Robotics Solutions - Blog

June 17, 2026

Velasea will attend Automate 2026 where at Booth 4626 it will exhibit its fanless embedded systems, panel PCs, and compute platforms built for harsh environments, real-time processing, and long-lifecycle deployments. The company is showcasing its full industrial platform - edge computing hardware, rugged embedded systems, and the partner ecosystem that connects it together.

Industrial

Automate 2026: CODESYS To Demonstrate Virtual Control, Software-Defined Automation, and AI-Powered Solutions - News

June 16, 2026

CODESYS Corporation will be in Booth 26030 at Automate 2026, taking place June 22–25, 2026, at McCormick Place in Chicago. Its booth will showcase the latest developments in software-defined automation, virtual control, safety, and AI-supported engineering.

Industrial

Taiwan Excellence Highlights 23 Taiwanese Companies Bringing Robotics, Industrial AI, and Automation Solutions to Automate 2026 - News

June 16, 2026

While visiting Automate 2026, attendees will find the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion at Booth 441 showcasing Taiwan’s latest innovations. The pavilion features 23 Taiwanese companies showcasing technologies supporting the next generation of smart manufacturing, industrial automation, robotics and AI-enabled production systems. 

Industrial

The Road to Automate 2026: Sealevel | 40 Years of Reliable Control, Connectivity, and Industrial Computing - Blog

June 16, 2026

Sealevel will be at Booth 1973 during Automate 2026 showcasing its 40 years of experience in industrial hardware solutions that support engineers in connecting machines, capturing data, controlling systems, and bringing consistent computing closer to the edge of automation. 

Industrial

The Road to Automate 2026: Vecow Unveils AI-Powered Robotics and Edge Computing Solutions - Blog

June 15, 2026

During Automate 2026, Vecow will be stationed in the South Hall at Booth 569. It will exhibit its innovative computing platforms purpose-built for industrial automation. The demonstrations will showcase the advancements in robotic vision, motion control, sensor fusion, and real-time edge inference leveraging the power of NVIDIA, Intel, and Qualcomm.

Industrial

DigiKey Brings Industry-Leading Automation Products and Technical Demos to Automate 2026 - News

June 12, 2026

DigiKey will attend Automate 2026 from June 22-25 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. Digikey is in Booth 3116 where it will exhibit its latest solutions for automation. The booth will include new product introductions (NPIs), industry-leading manufacturers, and value-added services. Visitors can view technical demonstrations and participate in prize giveaways.

Storage

The Road to Automate 2026: Taiwan Excellence Showcases TEAMGROUP Industrial's P250Q PCIe Gen4 SSD with One-Click Data Destruction - Blog

June 12, 2026

During Automate 2026, Booth 441 will be home to the Taiwan Excellence Pavilion where 23 exhibitors will showcase 41 products. The 23 Taiwan Excellence award-winning companies are shaping the future of intelligent automation via advanced motion control, robotics, industrial computing, edge AI, AIoT, and connected manufacturing technologies.

Open Source

Openchip Adopts Baya Systems' WeaveIP Fabric for AI and RISC-V Platforms - News

June 11, 2026

Baya Systems and Openchip announced the companies have entered a strategic partnership. Openchip is licensing Baya Systems’ data-movement platform and Network-on-Chip (NoC) fabric technology to offer solutions enhanced for increasing demands of next-generation intelligent computing.

Industrial

Northern.tech Issues Report Showing Software Challenges Remain Leading Cause of Delays in Industrial IoT Product Launches - News

June 10, 2026

Northern.tech announced its annual State of Industrial IoT Device Lifecycle Management report. Research includes that organizational ambitions for connected products are running well ahead of the systems built to support them and the gap between business objectives and current device management abilities is no longer a future challenge, it is ongoing.

Edge AI

7STARLAKE Releases the NV500 Military Jetson Thor Computer for Edge AI Defense Applications - News

June 10, 2026

7STARLAKE launched the rugged NV500 Military Jetson Thor Computer promoting Edge AI for mission-critical defense, aerospace, and autonomous systems. The platform leverages the Arm Neoverse V3AE 64-bit processor. Its 14-core CPU architecture features one MB of L2 cache per core and a 16 MB shared system L3 cache.

Debug & Test

PragmaDev Studio V6.1 Features OBP Model Checker - News

June 09, 2026

PragmaDev introduced its PragmaDev Studio V6.1 with improvements to model exploration and state space reduction. PragmaDev Studio is employed for model checking and formal verification, allowing developers to analyze complex systems more efficiently than before.

Software & OS

JKI Security Suite Purpose Built for LabVIEW Applications - News

June 09, 2026

During NI Connect 2026, JKI introduced its JKI Security Suite, a cybersecurity compliance solution purpose built for LabVIEW applications.

Software & OS

Visure Solutions Announces Engineering Intelligence - News

June 08, 2026

Visure Solutions announced its Engineering Intelligence movement, a novel approach to design that allows industry to deploy AI within governed engineering environments while maintaining lifecycle accountability, regulatory compliance, and engineering quality.

Processing

Axiomtek Launches Intel Powered CEM570 COM Express Type 6 Module for Edge AI - News

June 08, 2026

Axiomtek released its Edge AI CEM570, a COM Express Type 6 Basic module powered by the Intel Core Ultra processors with up to 14 cores and 20 threads. It is ideal for medical, transportation, defense, robotics, heavy industries, and energy applications. The Intel Graphics with a dedicated NPU enhances Edge AI workloads. The CEM570 increases AI inference throughput and multitasking efficiency while operating within standard power envelopes of 15W, 28W, and 45W.  

AI & Machine Learning

Ayar Labs Joins NVIDIA NVLink Fusion Ecosystem - News

June 05, 2026

Ayar Labs is joining the NVIDIA NVLink Fusion ecosystem by making its solutions optically and electrically compatible with NVIDIA optical and SerDes technologies enabling hyperscalers and system designers to build optically connected AI infrastructure around NVIDIA’s NVLink Fusion platform and partner ecosystem.

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