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Ep. 37 | Hypergiant and Colossal’s Ben Lamm on Industrial AI and Resurrecting Woolly Mammoths

Ep. 37 | Hypergiant and Colossal’s Ben Lamm on Industrial AI and Resurrecting Woolly Mammoths

Biometric tattoos, AI in reconfigurable satellite constellations, and the return of the woolly mammoth. Meet Ben Lamm.


Kneron’s RISC-V AI Chip Intends to Bring L1 and L2 Autonomy to “Any Vehicle”

Kneron’s RISC-V AI Chip Intends to Bring L1 and L2 Autonomy to “Any Vehicle”

The push for autonomous vehicles has seen a lot of momentum for 2021. Aiming to keep it going is a new AI chip from Kneron that claims to bring the capacity for autonomous driving capabilities to any vehicle.


News Nov 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Phase-change Memory Could Open Doors to Better Data Storage and Computing

Phase-change Memory Could Open Doors to Better Data Storage and Computing

Pushing beyond the von Neumann bottleneck can be difficult for memory devices. One option is phase-change memory (PCM) which Stanford and IBM are researching for data storage and computing.


Tactile Sensing Gets a Boost for AI Systems Thanks to Open-source Research

Tactile Sensing Gets a Boost for AI Systems Thanks to Open-source Research

AI system sensing keeps pushing to new levels lately, especially as more research keeps pouring in concerning tactile sensing. One contributor is Facebook or "Meta" with its DIGIT and ReSkin technology.


News Nov 03, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Cadence’s HiFi 1 DSP Leverages New LC3 Codec for Improved Audio Systems

Cadence’s HiFi 1 DSP Leverages New LC3 Codec for Improved Audio Systems

A new codec, LC3, included in Cadence's HiFi 1 DSP, is set to bring new features for designers to exploit in their Bluetooth Audio (LE Audio) profile applications, including Multi-Stream and Broadcast audio.


News Nov 01, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Maxim Integrated MAX78000 AI MCU w/ Neural Network Accelerator | Featured Product Spotlight

Maxim Integrated MAX78000 AI MCU w/ Neural Network Accelerator | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


National Science Foundation Bankrolls EE Innovation at the University Level

National Science Foundation Bankrolls EE Innovation at the University Level

With a multi-billion dollar annual budget, the NSF is moving the needle in electrical engineering by funding research in universities and innovation in corporations.


News Oct 25, 2021 by Lianne Frith
A Turning Point for Machine Learning: Google Unleashes First In-house Tensor SoC

A Turning Point for Machine Learning: Google Unleashes First In-house Tensor SoC

Joining the ranks of Apple with releasing its first custom in-house SoC comes Google. With the release of Pixel 6, Google makes a splash in the machine learning realm with its Google Tensor.


News Oct 23, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Arm Strikes to Accelerate IoT Development With Virtual Hardware Platform

Arm Strikes to Accelerate IoT Development With Virtual Hardware Platform

From start to finish, device development can take years. Hoping to accelerate the process for IoT devices specifically comes Arm Total Solutions' Virtual Hardware and Project Centauri.


News Oct 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz
World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

Competitions are always an exciting way to test the limits and ingenuity of both technology and the designer. This week the winners of the first inaugural TinyML Vision Challenge were announced.


News Oct 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Samsung Potentially Takes the Lead on Tesla’s Self-driving Chips

Samsung Potentially Takes the Lead on Tesla’s Self-driving Chips

How will Samsung's involvement affect Tesla's silicon-level trajectory in autonomous driving?


News Oct 13, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Cadence Releases First ECAD Platform Dedicated to 3D System Design

Cadence Releases First ECAD Platform Dedicated to 3D System Design

The Cadence Integrity 3D-IC platform brings together a suite of advanced floor planning and validation software to develop 3D-stacked SoC designs.


News Oct 12, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Ep. 34 | The Latest from the Lab: How IBM Research Is Inventing What’s Next

Ep. 34 | The Latest from the Lab: How IBM Research Is Inventing What’s Next

In this Industry Tech Days Keynote, Dr. Jeffrey Welser of IBM Research gives an inside perspective on how R&D turns science fiction into working products and which cutting-edge technologies are changing our industry drastically.


Pre-switching, a New Contrast to Hard-switching, Eliminates Switching Losses With AI

Pre-switching, a New Contrast to Hard-switching, Eliminates Switching Losses With AI

A novel "pre-switch" architecture may allow designers to break free from hard-switching constraints.


News Oct 10, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Two AI Processors Push Computer Vision to the Next Level for IoT and Automotives

Two AI Processors Push Computer Vision to the Next Level for IoT and Automotives

Hoping to create more power-efficient and highly functional AI processors, Syntiant and Intuitive are both aiming to create the next step in computer vision.


News Oct 06, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Will Lithium-based Memristors Spur an Analog Computing Renaissance?

Will Lithium-based Memristors Spur an Analog Computing Renaissance?

In an AAC interview with MIT's faculty Jennifer Rupp and Ericsson's Dr. Saeed Bastani, we learned how a new field, "lithionics," could be the key to advancing neuromorphic computing.


News Oct 04, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Sony’s Image Sensor Roundup: Automation, Auto LiDAR, AI, and More

Sony’s Image Sensor Roundup: Automation, Auto LiDAR, AI, and More

What's at the heart of Sony's flurry of new CMOS image sensors? To start, copper-to-copper connection, back-illuminated structure, and an EVS mechanism.


News Sep 30, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Intel “Reverse Engineers the Brain” With Loihi 2 Neuromorphic Chip and Lava Framework

Intel “Reverse Engineers the Brain” With Loihi 2 Neuromorphic Chip and Lava Framework

Packing one million neurons, the Loihi 2, along with an open-source software framework Lava, is pushing the limits of neuromorphic computing.


News Sep 30, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Alif Semiconductor Hopes to Push IoT Applications Further with New MCU Families

Alif Semiconductor Hopes to Push IoT Applications Further with New MCU Families

As the IoT market heats up, new devices are coming out to keep up with the momentum. One latest development comes from Alif Semiconductor with two new MCU families the "Ensemble" and "Crescendo."


News Sep 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Ep. 29 | NVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan on the New Age of AI and Supercomputers

Ep. 29 | NVIDIA CTO Michael Kagan on the New Age of AI and Supercomputers

AI is on the rise in everything from social media to online shopping to insurance. All of it relies on processing power and, increasingly, on the rise of supercomputers.