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Cadence Unwraps DSP IP Purpose-Built for Next-Gen Voice AI and Audio

Cadence Unwraps DSP IP Purpose-Built for Next-Gen Voice AI and Audio

Announced today, Cadence's new Tensilica HiFi iQ DSP doubles compute, octuples AI performance, and cuts power by 25% over its predecessor, targeting next-gen AI-voice and immersive automotive audio.


News Jan 21, 2026 by Duane Benson
Infineon First to Roll Out Wi-Fi 7, 20-MHz Tri-Radio Device for IoT

Infineon First to Roll Out Wi-Fi 7, 20-MHz Tri-Radio Device for IoT

At CES 2026, Infineon showcased a new family of radio chips integrating Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth LE 6.0, and IEEE 802.15.4 Thread.


News Jan 20, 2026 by Duane Benson
How Brain-Inspired Hardware Is Learning to Scale

How Brain-Inspired Hardware Is Learning to Scale

While brain-inspired computing and neural interfaces have long promised transformative advances, scaling those systems has remained a challenge. New research suggests that the barrier is beginning to fall.


News Jan 20, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Voyant Photonics Has Silicon That Will ‘Make LiDAR as Common as Cameras’

Voyant Photonics Has Silicon That Will ‘Make LiDAR as Common as Cameras’

At CES, All About Circuits interviewed Voyant Photonics' CEO to learn about the company's vision for LiDAR's camera-like future with solid-state 4D FMCW sensing.


News Jan 19, 2026 by Jake Hertz
TDK Merges Sensing and Intelligence at the Edge Like Never Before

TDK Merges Sensing and Intelligence at the Edge Like Never Before

All About Circuits met with TDK at CES 2026 to learn how their solutions may redefine sensing, inference, and context awareness in wearables and smart glasses.


News Jan 19, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Exploring the Bode Plots of PLLs With a Lag-Lead Loop Filter

Exploring the Bode Plots of PLLs With a Lag-Lead Loop Filter

In this article, we derive design equations for a second-order PLL with a lag-lead filter by examining its Bode plots.


Defending the Digital Highway: Cybersecurity for Software-Defined Vehicles

Defending the Digital Highway: Cybersecurity for Software-Defined Vehicles

Learn how evolving regulations, lifecycle security strategies, and quantum-ready cryptography are reshaping automotive cybersecurity.


Mostek MK4116/MK4164: The DRAM Pair That Standardized the 8-Bit Era

Mostek MK4116/MK4164: The DRAM Pair That Standardized the 8-Bit Era

Mostek’s 16K MK4116 and its 64K successor, the MK4164, became the DRAMs that defined late-1970s and early-1980s microcomputers and set conventions the industry followed for years.


News Jan 16, 2026 by Luke James
Siemens Introduces New Type of Digital Twin Software for SDV Development

Siemens Introduces New Type of Digital Twin Software for SDV Development

Siemens says it can reduce setup time from months to days with the off-the-shelf, cloud-based, digital twin offering.


News Jan 15, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Inside eMASS’s ECS-DoT SoC: Decompression and AI at the Sensor Edge

Inside eMASS’s ECS-DoT SoC: Decompression and AI at the Sensor Edge

In this exclusive CES interview, All About Circuits learned how EMASS's new ultra-low-power SoC brings intelligence where size, power, and latency matter most: the sensor edge.


News Jan 14, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Software-Defined Systems: Reshaping the Future of Modern Cars

Software-Defined Systems: Reshaping the Future of Modern Cars

This article explores how digital twins can help to reshape the design methodology of automotive semiconductors and systems, enabling truly software-defined vehicles.


For the First Time, AI Designs a Computer—in Less Than a Week

For the First Time, AI Designs a Computer—in Less Than a Week

Quilter has designed a fully functional Unix computer using AI, compressing a quarter's worth of PCB design time into a single week.


News Jan 14, 2026 by Arjun Nijhawan
Exclusive Interview: Weebit Nano, TI, and the Future of Resistive RAM

Exclusive Interview: Weebit Nano, TI, and the Future of Resistive RAM

Look out, flash! With a resounding vote of confidence from Texas Instruments and Onsemi, ReRAM may be here to stay.


News Jan 13, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Rohm Expands DC Motor Driver Lineup for Home and Office Appliances

Rohm Expands DC Motor Driver Lineup for Home and Office Appliances

Rohm's new brushed DC motor drivers may help designers balance reuse, protection, and ultra-low standby power in compact motor stages.


News Jan 13, 2026 by Luke James
Qualcomm Brings AI Compute to PCs, Robots, and Vehicles at CES

Qualcomm Brings AI Compute to PCs, Robots, and Vehicles at CES

Four CES announcements show Qualcomm pushing the same idea across categories: move more AI and control loops onto efficient, tightly integrated edge platforms.


News Jan 13, 2026 by Luke James
Texas Instruments Intros New SoC Family at CES to Scale Automotive AI

Texas Instruments Intros New SoC Family at CES to Scale Automotive AI

All About Circuits met with Texas Instruments at CES 2026 to learn about the company’s newest automotive SoCs.


News Jan 12, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Ceva Expands Edge AI Portfolio From Wearables to SDVs

Ceva Expands Edge AI Portfolio From Wearables to SDVs

At CES 2026, All About Circuits met with Ceva to learn about its latest hardware releases and collaborations driving the future of edge AI.


News Jan 12, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Broadcom Intros Wi-Fi 8 Chipset and AI Processor for Smart Homes

Broadcom Intros Wi-Fi 8 Chipset and AI Processor for Smart Homes

The new accelerated processing unit pairs with dual-band Wi-Fi 8 radios to deliver power-efficient, secure on-device AI inference to residential consumers.


News Jan 12, 2026 by Luke James
Introducing the Lag-Lead Filter

Introducing the Lag-Lead Filter

Learn how using a pole-zero loop filter improves PLL performance and design flexibility over the simpler lag filter.


Exclusive—TSMC Enlightens Us About Its Next Steps in This Q&A

Exclusive—TSMC Enlightens Us About Its Next Steps in This Q&A

In this article, Gordon posed a set of questions to TSMC about their next steps going forward.


News Jan 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller