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Ep. 43 | Mark Papermaster: The EE and Exec Behind Apple, IBM, Cisco, and AMD’s Success

Ep. 43 | Mark Papermaster: The EE and Exec Behind Apple, IBM, Cisco, and AMD’s Success

What hasn’t Mark Papermaster accomplished? He’s the engineer and exec who impacted Apple’s iPhones and iPods, the IBM Power PC, and has led AMD's remarkable rejuvenation from a company that “may have lost their way” to surpassing Intel’s market cap.


From Collabs to Laser Modules—Efforts to Improve AR/VR Technology Keep on Rolling In

From Collabs to Laser Modules—Efforts to Improve AR/VR Technology Keep on Rolling In

Trying to keep the momentum building for AR/VR technology, Google targets a micro-LED company, Microsoft and Qualcomm teaming up, and ams OSRAM has a new laser module prototype.


News Apr 09, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Renesas Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.2 GHz) CPUs | Digital Datasheet

Renesas Microprocessors with Dual-core Arm® Cortex®-A55 (1.2 GHz) CPUs | Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision unveils an advanced prototype of its Mojo Lens——an augmented reality (AR) based contact lens that's packing eye-tracking technology and a digital display all in one.


News Apr 04, 2022 by Darshil Patel
2D Semiconductors May Be Key to 3D Integration, Say Stanford Researchers

2D Semiconductors May Be Key to 3D Integration, Say Stanford Researchers

New research indicates how 2D semiconductors could advance monolithic 3D integration in a scalable way—prolonging Moore's law in the process.


News Apr 02, 2022 by vishvachi
Finding Your EE “Why” With Thy Tran: The “Semiconductor Gypsy”

Finding Your EE “Why” With Thy Tran: The “Semiconductor Gypsy”

In honor of Woman’s History Month, AAC talked with Micron’s Thy Tran who has made waves in the industry, inspiring new engineers and helping to bring groundbreaking DRAM technology to life.


News Mar 31, 2022 by Kimber Wymore
 Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

Modern Motor Drivers Enable a Common Platform for Power Tool Designs

With so many power tool options, designing for compatibility can be a struggle. Learn more about this challenge leveraging metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs).


Companies Vie for Title of “World’s Smallest GaN Charger”

Companies Vie for Title of “World’s Smallest GaN Charger”

To meet the demand for faster chargers, many companies are investing in GaN-based power converters—the smaller, the better.


News Mar 30, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Molex 5G mmWave RF Flex-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

Molex 5G mmWave RF Flex-to-Board Connectors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


Chiplet Design Hopes to Rise Up as a Contender for Sidestepping Moore’s Law

Chiplet Design Hopes to Rise Up as a Contender for Sidestepping Moore’s Law

To overcome Moore's Law and die-to-die interconnection issues, the world’s top companies are turning to chiplet design for their next-generation computing hardware.


News Mar 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Understanding Side Channel Attack Basics

Understanding Side Channel Attack Basics

Learn the basics of side channel attacks (SCAs), the threat they pose security for hardware-level security, and why they can be so powerful.


NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

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


onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

A system's complexity and cost tend to be two major design considerations. Hoping to ease this stress, a new mixed-signal controller from onsemi aims to achieve high efficiency at low complexity.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

In this article, learn some of the design challenges facing game accessory development and considerations for selecting microcontroller units (MCUs) for game accessory designs.


Ep. 41 | Qualcomm’s VP of XR Hugo Swart Explains How VR, AR, MR, and Metaverse Will Change The World

Ep. 41 | Qualcomm’s VP of XR Hugo Swart Explains How VR, AR, MR, and Metaverse Will Change The World

How do you design hardware for an idea as big, ambitious, and mysterious as the Metaverse? Qualcomm’s VP & GM of XR, Hugo Swart, takes us behind the scenes to discuss the Extended Reality (XR) technology that one day may immerse us in a virtual universe and change the way we work, live, and play.


Processing Tech Highlight: MWC 2022 Wraps Up

Processing Tech Highlight: MWC 2022 Wraps Up

Another year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona wraps up with a tech highlight on processors and system-on-chips (SoCs) from Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm.


News Mar 12, 2022 by vishvachi
Apple’s New M1 Ultra SoC Claims to Pack a Punch in Performance

Apple’s New M1 Ultra SoC Claims to Pack a Punch in Performance

Keeping its in-house chip momentum rolling, Apple unveils its newest member of the M1 family, the M1 Ultra. Let's dive into this new system-on-chip (SoC) and see what it brings to the table.


News Mar 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Here is an accolade to Mildred Dresselhaus, a woman who began studying carbon allotropes on a nanoscale level and prompted other female physicists to follow her steps in STEM.


News Mar 04, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Setting a World Standard: David Boggs the Co-father of the Ethernet

Setting a World Standard: David Boggs the Co-father of the Ethernet

David Boggs, co-inventor of the Ethernet, helped propel the world of connectivity to the future. Learn about his life, his work with Robert Metcalfe, and how the Ethernet standard shook up the world.


News Mar 02, 2022 by Jake Hertz
A Glimpse at a New Wave of Smaller PMICs: AI, Automotive, Wearables, and More

A Glimpse at a New Wave of Smaller PMICs: AI, Automotive, Wearables, and More

Power management ICs (PMICs) are continually scaling down. Here's how a few companies are packing functionality in these devices in the face of miniaturization.