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Microchip Expands Its Serial SRAM Devices to 2 Mb and 4 Mb

Microchip Expands Its Serial SRAM Devices to 2 Mb and 4 Mb

With speeds up to 143 MHz, the new 2-Mb and 4-Mb serial SRAM devices can be a lower-cost alternative to traditional parallel SRAM products.


News Apr 02, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Updates Audio Portfolio With Two New Sound Platforms

Qualcomm Updates Audio Portfolio With Two New Sound Platforms

The two new chips target mid- and premium-tier wireless earbuds, headphones, and speakers.


News Apr 01, 2024 by Duane Benson
Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

To meet demands for higher densities, faster performance, and compliance to open standards, connector manufacturers are racing to keep pace.


News Mar 31, 2024 by Jeff Child
Introduction to the Full-Bridge Rectifier

Introduction to the Full-Bridge Rectifier

The full-wave bridge rectifier converts an AC input voltage to a DC power supply voltage. Learn about the operation of this essential circuit.


Understanding the Benefits of Power-Focused Regression Testing

Understanding the Benefits of Power-Focused Regression Testing

By including power consumption measurement in your regression testing, you can ensure the reliability and efficiency of your IoT device design throughout its lifecycle.


A Q&A With Renowned Neuromorphic Chip Designer Chiara Bartolozzi

A Q&A With Renowned Neuromorphic Chip Designer Chiara Bartolozzi

For our final feature celebrating Women’s History Month, we interviewed Chiara Bartolozzi, a senior researcher moving the needle in neuromorphic engineering.


News Mar 29, 2024 by Ingrid Fadelli
4 Fiber Optic Networking Spotlights From the Optical Fiber Conference

4 Fiber Optic Networking Spotlights From the Optical Fiber Conference

Some of the leaders of the networking industry showed up to the Optical Fiber Conference, including Broadcom, MediaTek, Semtech, and MaxLinear.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
With an Eye on On-Device AI, Qualcomm Rolls Out New Snapdragon SoC

With an Eye on On-Device AI, Qualcomm Rolls Out New Snapdragon SoC

The new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 processor comes with CPU and memory performance increases, Wi-Fi 7, and enhanced edge AI capabilities for mobile devices.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Duane Benson
NXP Launches Open S32 CoreRide Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP Launches Open S32 CoreRide Platform for Software-Defined Vehicles

Today, NXP announced a new platform and automotive processor that promises more integration and utility in SDVs—no matter the architecture.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Microchip Shows Off Qi 2.0 Wireless Power Transmitter Reference Design

Microchip Shows Off Qi 2.0 Wireless Power Transmitter Reference Design

With Microchip’s newest dual-pad reference design, designers can start developing with the Qi 2.0 standard.


News Mar 27, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Infineon SEMPER™ X1 | Fast Facts

Infineon SEMPER™ X1 | Fast Facts

Enable next-generation automotive E/E architectures.


Shake It Off! A Digital Drawing Pad Inspired by the Iconic Etch A Sketch

Shake It Off! A Digital Drawing Pad Inspired by the Iconic Etch A Sketch

In this project, which uses the Arduino IDE, we create and demonstrate a digital drawing pad using an ESP32-based e-paper display dev board, rotary encoders for drawing control, and an accelerometer for shake detection to initiate an erase.


Energy-Conscious MCUs From Renesas Feature Robust Analog Support

Energy-Conscious MCUs From Renesas Feature Robust Analog Support

The new MCUs focus on power efficiency and high-accuracy analog-to-digital conversion.


News Mar 26, 2024 by Jake Hertz
MEAN WELL VFD 150W to 750W Industrial Frequency Drives | New Product Brief

MEAN WELL VFD 150W to 750W Industrial Frequency Drives | New Product Brief

MEAN WELL VFD 150W to 750W Variable Frequency Drives offer versatile solutions for both AC and DC input voltages, boasting efficiency ratings up to 93% and a fanless design for silent operation. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Novosense Releases Higher-Performance Op Amps for Automotive

Novosense Releases Higher-Performance Op Amps for Automotive

The devices meet the AEC-Q100 Grade 1 standard and boast improvements in offset, drift, and power supply rejection ratio


News Mar 26, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Pragmatic Semi is Breaking the Rules and Bending Silicon Electronics

Pragmatic Semi is Breaking the Rules and Bending Silicon Electronics

Pragmatic Semiconductor’s Founder and Executive Director joins us to discuss their thin-film, low-cost alternative to traditional silicon manufacturing and their aim to disrupt applications from smart labeling to IoT sensors and fingerprint sensors.


Intel Receives $8.5B Grant to Ramp Up Chip Production

Intel Receives $8.5B Grant to Ramp Up Chip Production

The U.S. CHIPS Act is starting to materialize with a large sum of money going Intel’s way.


News Mar 25, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Understanding RF Calibration Using Short, Open, Load, and Through Terminations

Understanding RF Calibration Using Short, Open, Load, and Through Terminations

In this article, we conclude our discussion of VNAs by walking through the steps of a SOLT calibration and examining the potential non-idealities of its reference standards.


Nvidia Reveals Blackwell: The ‘World’s Most Powerful Chip’ for AI

Nvidia Reveals Blackwell: The ‘World’s Most Powerful Chip’ for AI

Nvidia took the GTC stage to unveil Blackwell, a platform built upon a 208 billion transistor, dual-die GPU with a 10 TB/s chip-to-chip interconnect.


News Mar 22, 2024 by Duane Benson
Researchers Develop Compact Chips That Convert Light Into Microwaves

Researchers Develop Compact Chips That Convert Light Into Microwaves

Leveraging the higher quality of optical electronics, researchers have created a low-noise microwave oscillator using photonics.


News Mar 21, 2024 by Aaron Carman