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How to Calibrate a Microcontroller Internal Oscillator: A DIY Trimming Procedure Algorithm

How to Calibrate a Microcontroller Internal Oscillator: A DIY Trimming Procedure Algorithm

This article presents an algorithm intended for humans to calibrate the internal oscillator of an MCU, with the help of an oscilloscope and a spreadsheet. An example experiment with numbers is also shown.


Intel Creates First Cryogenic Control Chip for Quantum Computing

Intel Creates First Cryogenic Control Chip for Quantum Computing

Intel’s Horse Ridge chip is expected to speed up the development of commercially viable quantum computers and burn a path to scaling larger systems.


News Dec 12, 2019 by Cabe Atwell
AI Hardware Built from a Software-first Perspective: Groq’s Flexible Silicon Architecture

AI Hardware Built from a Software-first Perspective: Groq’s Flexible Silicon Architecture

Groq, a semiconductor startup with software roots, has developed a new processing unit with a unique architecture that offers inference solutions for AI acceleration.


News Dec 03, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Wind River Systems’ Open-source Cloud Platform Designed to Support 5G vRAN at the Edge

Wind River Systems’ Open-source Cloud Platform Designed to Support 5G vRAN at the Edge

The platform supports 5G applications at the edge through a Single Pane of Glass—the automated management of thousands of nodes.


News Nov 19, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
New AI Secures Public Spaces Using Security Cameras, Drone Surveillance, and Facial Recognition

New AI Secures Public Spaces Using Security Cameras, Drone Surveillance, and Facial Recognition

The ever-advancing field of artificial intelligence is opening new vistas for securing homes and public spaces alike.


News Nov 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Altium Claims Title of First Cloud-based Platform for eCAD Component Management

Altium Claims Title of First Cloud-based Platform for eCAD Component Management

Concord Pro allows each player in the design process to share up-to-date component information.


News Nov 01, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Synopsys’ Die-to-Die PHY IP Speeds Up Cloud Computing SoC Designs

Synopsys’ Die-to-Die PHY IP Speeds Up Cloud Computing SoC Designs

The die-to-die PHY IP enables extra-short reach connectivity in multi-chip modules (MCM) for hyper-scale data centers, AI, and networking applications.


News Nov 01, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
Artificial Neural Network Roundup: How ANNs Are Changing the Way We Research (and Engineer)

Artificial Neural Network Roundup: How ANNs Are Changing the Way We Research (and Engineer)

You might use ANNs for machine vision, but did you know it can predict weather, track animal behavior, and unlock the secrets of cosmology?


News Oct 04, 2019 by Lisa Boneta.
Renesas and StradVision Team Up for Machine Learning Smart Cameras in ADAS Applications

Renesas and StradVision Team Up for Machine Learning Smart Cameras in ADAS Applications

Renesas and StradVision are leveling up automotive camera solutions with deep learning for object recognition on low-power SoCs.


News Sep 30, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
The Journey of RISC-V Implementation

The Journey of RISC-V Implementation

In this article, Western Digital's Ted Marena explores the reasons companies have and the process they go through when integrating the open process instruction set architecture RISC-V.


Xilinx Claims Title of “World’s Largest FPGA” with New VU19P

Xilinx Claims Title of “World’s Largest FPGA” with New VU19P

Composed of 35 billion transistors, the VU19P is the newest member of the 16 nm Virtex UltraScale+ family.


News Aug 28, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
AI Hardware Roundup: Neuromorphic Chips and Neural Network SoCs

AI Hardware Roundup: Neuromorphic Chips and Neural Network SoCs

AI algorithms take a lot of resources to function. What hardware can handle running them on the edge?


News Jul 18, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Open Memory-Centric Architectures Enabled by RISC-V and OmniXtend

Open Memory-Centric Architectures Enabled by RISC-V and OmniXtend

This article discusses technologies for memory-centric computing and introduces OmniXtend, a cache coherence protocol.


Vayyar Imaging Announces 4D Point Cloud Application for Automotive Sensors

Vayyar Imaging Announces 4D Point Cloud Application for Automotive Sensors

This new single-chip radar monitors conditions both inside and outside of the vehicle.


News Jun 07, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Design Automation Conference Kicks Off in Las Vegas

Design Automation Conference Kicks Off in Las Vegas

Design Automation Conference runs June 3-6 with a theme of "From Chips to Systems–Learn Today, Create Tomorrow."


News Jun 03, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Robot Navigation Roundup: Tracking/Depth Cameras, SLAM SDKs, Accelerators, and Cloud Navigation

Robot Navigation Roundup: Tracking/Depth Cameras, SLAM SDKs, Accelerators, and Cloud Navigation

Here is a roundup on some of the latest trends in the robotic navigation domain, as of June 2019.


News Jun 03, 2019 by Chantelle Dubois
Aidoc’s AI Algorithm Receives FDA Approval for Flagging Pulmonary Embolisms in Radiology

Aidoc’s AI Algorithm Receives FDA Approval for Flagging Pulmonary Embolisms in Radiology

AI in medicine advances as the FDA clears AI workflow to help radiologists flag cases of pulmonary embolism.


News May 21, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
3 Hardware-to-Cloud Design Kits That Simplify IoT Connectivity and Application Development

3 Hardware-to-Cloud Design Kits That Simplify IoT Connectivity and Application Development

Simplicity is the name of the game for IoT dev boards designed to decrease complexity and time to market.


News May 20, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Audio SoCs Prove Vital for Always-on Voice Activation Platforms and Edge Device AI

Audio SoCs Prove Vital for Always-on Voice Activation Platforms and Edge Device AI

As voice-activated digital assistant devices continue to gain popularity, AI- and audio-focused SoCs evolve.


News Apr 29, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Introduction to the RISC-V Instruction Set CKB-VM and its Requirements

Introduction to the RISC-V Instruction Set CKB-VM and its Requirements

The Nervos CKB-Virtual Machine (CKB-VM) is a RISC-V instruction set based VM for executing smart contracts on Nervos CKB, written in Rust.