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Can Silicon Photonics Solve the Bandwidth Bottleneck in AI Data Centers?

Can Silicon Photonics Solve the Bandwidth Bottleneck in AI Data Centers?

Lightmatter aims to use light to solve two major electrical challenges in AI computing with active optical interposers designed to resolve those pesky bandwidth bottlenecks and the "world’s first" photonic computing platform for more power-efficient matrix calculations.


Trillium: Google’s TPU Powerhouse Behind Its New AI Models

Trillium: Google’s TPU Powerhouse Behind Its New AI Models

Google's sixth-generation tensor processing unit (TPU) stole the company's I/O developer conference stage with its higher-than-ever computing performance.


News May 20, 2024 by Lisa Boneta.
ADAS-Focused Partnerships and Solutions Blossom

ADAS-Focused Partnerships and Solutions Blossom

In this roundup, we spotlight a few companies that have announced industry partnerships and products targeted at ADAS and the software-defined vehicle.


News May 18, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
New Proposals Vie for CHIPS Act Funds for Fabs and Digital Twin R&D

New Proposals Vie for CHIPS Act Funds for Fabs and Digital Twin R&D

Micron, Polar Semiconductor, and digital twin proposals are slated to receive CHIPS Act funding to help secure the U.S. semiconductor supply chain.


News May 15, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

Power Dissipation of a CMOS Inverter

This article explains dynamic and static power consumption in a CMOS inverter circuit.


New MediaTek SoC Speeds Up Generative AI Processing at the Edge

New MediaTek SoC Speeds Up Generative AI Processing at the Edge

The new flagship smartphone SoC takes an unconventional approach to on-device generative AI and gaming with MediaTek's “All-Big-Core” architecture.


News May 10, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Apple’s New M4 Processor: An ‘Outrageously Powerful’ Device for AI

Apple’s New M4 Processor: An ‘Outrageously Powerful’ Device for AI

The new SoC leverages 28 billion transistors to make the new iPad Pro "the most powerful device of its kind."


News May 08, 2024 by Jake Hertz
TSMC Certifies a Host of Top EDA Tools for New Process Nodes

TSMC Certifies a Host of Top EDA Tools for New Process Nodes

With TSMC scaling down to 2 nm and lower, the semiconductor giant is working with Cadence, Siemens, and Synopsys to bring updated EDA tools to IC designers.


News May 08, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Density Demands Push Memory Solutions to New Heights

Density Demands Push Memory Solutions to New Heights

From embedded systems to high-performance storage, the latest memory advancements are stacking skyward to maximize density and speed.


News Apr 29, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Meta’s New Large-Language Model to Run on Intel and Qualcomm Hardware

Meta’s New Large-Language Model to Run on Intel and Qualcomm Hardware

The open-source large-language model will soon be available on major hardware platforms.


News Apr 25, 2024 by Duane Benson
Rambus Presents First GDDR7 Memory Controller in the Age of AI 2.0

Rambus Presents First GDDR7 Memory Controller in the Age of AI 2.0

Today's processors support large-language models scaling to over a trillion parameters. Rambus is keeping up with this computational load with a new memory solution.


News Apr 24, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Cooperation and Competition Behind the Scenes in the RISC-V Community

Cooperation and Competition Behind the Scenes in the RISC-V Community

RISC-V “is changing the way people build every single computer,” says Mark Himelstein, the former CTO at RISC-V International. He joins us to explain the significance of the RISC-V ISA, open standard development challenges, and read poetry.


SiTime Trumpets New Integrated Clock Chip as a First for AI Data Centers

SiTime Trumpets New Integrated Clock Chip as a First for AI Data Centers

The new SiTime data center clock chip delivers 10x higher performance than quartz crystal-based devices in half the space.


News Apr 22, 2024 by Duane Benson
Sense, Process, Connect: Synaptics Launches SoCs and Dev Kit for Edge AI

Sense, Process, Connect: Synaptics Launches SoCs and Dev Kit for Edge AI

Synaptics' new SoCs and dev kit bring "out-of-the-box" embedded AI to any product, independent of the data center.


News Apr 19, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Applying IP Customization to Improve AI Chips: A Case Study

Applying IP Customization to Improve AI Chips: A Case Study

For your next chip design, should you select a design-services provider with the ability to create custom fundamental IP blocks, including standard cells and libraries? This article will help you answer this question.


Micron to ‘Revolutionize’ Smart Vehicles With First Quad-Port SSD

Micron to ‘Revolutionize’ Smart Vehicles With First Quad-Port SSD

Micron simplifies data access in new vehicle architectures with its first multi-port automotive SSD.


News Apr 16, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Cars, Control, and Communication: A Product Roundup From Embedded World

Cars, Control, and Communication: A Product Roundup From Embedded World

Embedded World 2024 lived up to its promise of delivering exciting semiconductor news. Here are four bits that caught our eye for automotive, RISC-V, Bluetooth LE, and AI applications.


News Apr 16, 2024 by Duane Benson
New Processors Shine on the Embedded World Stage

New Processors Shine on the Embedded World Stage

Some of the industry’s computing giants, including Google and Intel, flashed the spotlight on new processors at Embedded World.


News Apr 15, 2024 by Jake Hertz
VISC: The New Coprocessing RISC-V Architecture for AI Efficiency

VISC: The New Coprocessing RISC-V Architecture for AI Efficiency

The VISC architecture, developed by UK-based Red Semiconductor, targets AI autonomy, cryptography, and other AI applications


News Apr 12, 2024 by Duane Benson
Arm Shows Off New NPU and IoT Reference Design at Embedded World

Arm Shows Off New NPU and IoT Reference Design at Embedded World

Drilling down on the edge AI focus at Embedded World 2024, Arm announced some significant updates to its computing portfolio.


News Apr 12, 2024 by Aaron Carman