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Intel Develops Glass Substrate for Next Gen Advanced Chip Packaging Needs

Intel has unveiled new glass substrate technology for large chiplet based system-in-package chips. Glass substrates allow for denser packing of chiplets—an important for applications like AI and others.

2 days ago by Duane Benson

To Accelerate Edge Design, Cadence Introduces New NPUs and SDK to AI IP

The new NPUs offload from any host processor to facilitate on-device edge computing.

September 18, 2023 by Aaron Carman

From Synopsys to Google, New EDA Tools Apply Advanced AI to IC Design

EDA tools now employ the newest advances in AI to help designers accelerate the IC development process.

September 11, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Zuken Releases Host of Upgrades to Flagship PCB Design Software

The latest CR-8000 release expands the design software's spectrum of signal integrity, power integrity, and electromagnetic compatibility analysis tools.

September 05, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Understanding the Compute Hardware Behind Generative AI

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT have had a huge impact in numerous sectors of society. As engineers, it’s helpful for us to understand the computing technology that makes it possible.

August 10, 2023 by Steven Woo, Rambus

Renesas MCUs/MPUs Can Now Be Programmed With Visual Studio Code

By adding support for a familiar text editor, Renesas hopes to reach a new market of firmware designers.

August 07, 2023 by Aaron Carman

At DAC 2023, EDA Tools Roll Aimed at Next-gen IC Design and Verification

A slew of new electronic design automation (EDA) tools and resources for IC design and verification were debuted at last week’s DAC 2023 event. Here’s a sampling.

July 17, 2023 by Darshil Patel

Particle Launches Resources To Take IoT from Prototype to Production

At its annual Spectra conference, today Particle is rolling out hardware and software products aimed at making IoT more accessible for all.

June 21, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Flux Adds Automatic Impedance Control For Simplifying High-Speed Design

The company’s new automated impedance control feature aims to make high-speed design accessible for engineers of all levels.

May 25, 2023 by Jeff Child

Nexperia Reimagines Component Sourcing With Interactive Datasheets

The new Interactive Datasheets tool may drastically change the way engineers select parts and interact with documentation.

May 11, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Flux Adds AI Design Assistant to Its Browser-based PCB Design Tool

Flux is launching an integrated AI-powered “chatbot-like” design assistant that’s integrated into its web-based online PCB design tool.

April 27, 2023 by Jeff Child

Polyn Debuts Power-saving AI Chip for Vibration-monitoring Sensors

A new neuromorphic chip hopes to enable low-power predictive maintenance applications.

April 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz

MIT Crafts Tool to Easily Debug Domain-specific Programming Languages

A team at MIT recently set out to remedy the Achilles heel of domain-specific programming languages: debugging.

April 13, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Cadence Launches Cloud AI Tool to Shrink PCB Placement and Routing Times

The company has rolled out its Allegro X AI technology, designed to automate PCB placement and routing—claiming to enable 10x shorter turnaround times.

April 07, 2023 by Jeff Child

Synopsys’ Stelios Diamantidis Is Bringing the Magic of AI To Chip Design

Stelios Diamantidis, a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys, is leading efforts to apply artificial intelligence to integrated circuit design and optimization of the next generation of CPUs, GPUs, and memories.

April 04, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

Siemens Rolls Out IC Design Tool for Data-driven Verification

Seeking to leverage today’s data-rich engineering world, Siemens has released Questa Verification IQ, a software platform enabling data-driven IC verification.

February 03, 2023 by Jeff Child

STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

The new cloud-based version includes a GitHub-based model resource, and remote access to a “board farm” to remotely benchmark edge-AI models on STM32 MCU boards.

January 31, 2023 by Jeff Child

AMD Launches Program Enabling Turnkey Designs Based on its Kria SOMs

Leveraging the company’s FPGA-based Kria system-on-modules (SOMs) and its app store methodology, AMD is unveiling a new ODM partner effort.

January 18, 2023 by Jeff Child

AMD Claims First x86 Processor with Dedicated AI Hardware

Aiming to enable efficient AI computing in the mobile space, AMD at CES rolled out its Ryzen AI engine, along with processors that embed the new AI engine.

January 05, 2023 by Jeff Child

Intel VP Aims to Deliver AI Everywhere and to Everyone

Wei Li is the VP and GM for Artificial Intelligence and Analytics at Intel where, for 20 years, he has been an award-winning technologist and leader. He now directs their AI Everywhere initiative.

November 08, 2022 by Daniel Bogdanoff