A Billion Dollar Bidding War for Coherent Illuminates the Need for Photonics

A Billion Dollar Bidding War for Coherent Illuminates the Need for Photonics

Coherent is stirring up a major bidding war reaching over $6.4 billion as companies clamor for the photonics leader.


News Feb 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Advanced RA Family 32-Bit Microcontroller MCU e-Manual

Renesas Advanced RA Family 32-Bit Microcontroller MCU e-Manual

The Renesas RA Family is a new 32-bit MCU family built on the Arm® Cortex®-M core architecture. Offering a wide range of performance and features, the Renesas…


Landing on Mars Today, the Perseverance Rover Hosts New Tech to Search for Ancient Life

Landing on Mars Today, the Perseverance Rover Hosts New Tech to Search for Ancient Life

As the fifth rover sent to Mars, Perseverance is outfitted with a whole suite of new technologies to search for microbial life.


News Feb 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Test Solution for eUICC Profile Verification

Test Solution for eUICC Profile Verification

Embedded Universal Integrated Circuit Cards(eUICC) have since replaced traditional SIM cards used in the mobile industry. eUICCs can be integrated into anything…


iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

Europe-wide research initiative Intelligent Reliability 4.0 (iRel40), coordinated by Infineon, brings together 75 science, tech, and engineering partners from…


News Feb 17, 2021 by Luke James
Cooling for Digital Light Processors

Cooling for Digital Light Processors

Digital light processors (DLPs) employ a laser light source and millions of tiny mirrors to produce vibrant, high-resolution images for a wide variety of…


Millimeter-Wave Receiver Calibration Made Easier, Cheaper, and Faster

Millimeter-Wave Receiver Calibration Made Easier, Cheaper, and Faster

As bandwidths grow wider and frequencies soar to millimeter-wave and beyond, small margins for error on wideband measurements force RF engineers to look for new…


Intel’s i7 vs. Apple’s M1: Is Benchmarking CPUs a Flawed Process?

Intel’s i7 vs. Apple’s M1: Is Benchmarking CPUs a Flawed Process?

In an Intel-created test, Intel's i7 processor seems leaps and bounds better than Apple's M1. However, when breaking down the benchmarking results, more…


News Feb 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz