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Phoenix Contact Battery-Pole Connectors, Gen II | New Product Brief

Phoenix Contact Battery-Pole Connectors, Gen II | New Product Brief

Phoenix Contact Battery-Pole Connector Gen II delivers reliable, high-current connectivity for utility-scale and industrial energy storage systems. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Toshiba’s Quantum-Inspired Computer 100x Faster With New Algorithm

Toshiba’s Quantum-Inspired Computer 100x Faster With New Algorithm

The company's third-generation algorithm may speed up the performance of its Simulated Bifurcation Machine (SBM), allowing it to find solutions for drug discovery, finance, and beyond.


News Apr 16, 2026 by Luke James
Amphenol FCI DDR5/LPDDR5 CAMM2 Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol FCI DDR5/LPDDR5 CAMM2 Connectors | New Product Brief

Amphenol FCI DDR5/LPDDR5 CAMM2 Connectors deliver a high-density, low-profile compression-contact memory interface for next-generation computing platforms. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Amphenol Commercial D-Sub Cable Assemblies | New Product Brief

Amphenol Commercial D-Sub Cable Assemblies | New Product Brief

Amphenol Commercial D-Sub Cable Assemblies provide rugged, high-integrity connectivity for industrial and electronic systems requiring reliable signal transmission and EMI/RFI protection. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


How Two Motorola Transistors Became the World’s Default NPNs

How Two Motorola Transistors Became the World’s Default NPNs

Registered by Motorola in 1962 and the mid-1960s, the 2N2222 and 2N3904 outlasted thousands of rivals through process innovation, cheap packaging, and a JEDEC numbering system that turned them into multi-sourced commodities.


News Apr 10, 2026 by Luke James
Navitas Skips 48 V Bus in 800 V-to-6 V GaN PDB for AI Racks

Navitas Skips 48 V Bus in 800 V-to-6 V GaN PDB for AI Racks

GaN-based power delivery board targets 96.5% efficiency and 2,100 W/in3 for NVIDIA's next-generation 800 VDC data center architecture.


News Apr 09, 2026 by Luke James
MEAN WELL BIC-5K 5kW AC DC Bidirectional Power Supplies | New Product Brief

MEAN WELL BIC-5K 5kW AC DC Bidirectional Power Supplies | New Product Brief

MEAN WELL BIC-5K 5kW AC DC Bidirectional Power Supplies enable efficient two-way energy conversion for grid-connected and energy storage systems. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

Learn how the EU's premier lending institution is deploying billions in loans, equity, and blended finance to build a sovereign European chip ecosystem.


News Apr 07, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Preventing Runt Pulses in Phase/Frequency Detectors

Preventing Runt Pulses in Phase/Frequency Detectors

This article explains the importance of incorporating delay into the feedback path of a phase/frequency detector (PFD) and examines its effect on performance.


Nexperia MJPEx Bipolar Junction Transistors | New Product Brief

Nexperia MJPEx Bipolar Junction Transistors | New Product Brief

Nexperia MJPEx Bipolar Junction Transistors combine advanced clip-bonded FlatPower packaging with proven bipolar technology to deliver enhanced thermal performance and energy efficiency. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


Arm Releases First-Ever Silicon Product to Solve Agentic AI Challenges

Arm Releases First-Ever Silicon Product to Solve Agentic AI Challenges

In a landmark moment in its 35-year history, Arm has debuted its own silicon product, the AGI CPU, built on the Arm Neoverse platform.


News Apr 02, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Introduction to Phase/Frequency Detectors

Introduction to Phase/Frequency Detectors

Learn how using a phase/frequency detector (PFD) in place of a phase detector improves the acquisition range of a PLL.


Introduction to the RS Flip-Flop Phase Detector

Introduction to the RS Flip-Flop Phase Detector

Learn about this simple sequential phase detector and how it compares to the XOR gate. We'll also examine some key limitations and circuit implementations.


Texas Instruments TMS1000: When Control Logic Fit on One Chip

Texas Instruments TMS1000: When Control Logic Fit on One Chip

Introduced in 1974, the TMS1000 family combined CPU, ROM, RAM, and I/O on a single die and established the commercial template for the microcontroller.


News Mar 13, 2026 by Luke James
Diode-Based Phase Detectors: Key Principles and Example Circuits

Diode-Based Phase Detectors: Key Principles and Example Circuits

We examine phase detectors that leverage either the nonlinear characteristics or switching capabilities of diodes to perform multiplication.


Using Gilbert Multipliers as Phase Detectors in PLLs

Using Gilbert Multipliers as Phase Detectors in PLLs

This article explores the operation of the Gilbert-cell phase detector for both small and large signals.


Inside the 7400-Series Era of Digital Logic

Inside the 7400-Series Era of Digital Logic

Texas Instruments’ SN7400 and the broader 7400-series TTL family defined how digital systems were built, debugged, and scaled from the mid-1960s through the early microprocessor age.


News Feb 27, 2026 by Luke James
SK Hynix Details Low-Power DDR6 SDRAM at ISSCC 2026

SK Hynix Details Low-Power DDR6 SDRAM at ISSCC 2026

SK Hynix's new LPDDR6 SDRAM exhibits five key innovations to improve performance, reduce power consumption, and increase reliability.


News Feb 26, 2026 by Duane Benson
ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

In this exclusive interview, the Seattle startup says its software-ML-hardware co-design—announced today—converts off-the-shelf FPGA servers into high-efficiency AI inference engines.


News Feb 25, 2026 by Luke James
New Materials Target Interconnect Performance and On-Chip Photonics

New Materials Target Interconnect Performance and On-Chip Photonics

New research explores ultra-low-k COF dielectrics, screens topological conductors for nanoscale wires, and reveals high-pressure hexagonal GeSn alloys.


News Feb 24, 2026 by Luke James