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Inside a Multi-$Billion IP Engine Driving IC and EDA Innovations

Inside a Multi-$Billion IP Engine Driving IC and EDA Innovations

John Koeter, former SVP of IP at Synopsys (retired), joins the podcast to discuss how pre-designed silicon blocks are accelerating chip development in the age of AI and 3D ICs.


MediaTek Intros 3 nm SoC Designed for AI-First Googlebooks

MediaTek Intros 3 nm SoC Designed for AI-First Googlebooks

Announced today, MediaTek's new 3 nm Dimensity CX C10 Max SoC features an all-big-core Arm CPU and NPU 890 to bring flagship AI performance to fanless Googlebooks.


News 19 hours ago by Jeff Child
Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba’s M4V Group MCUs combine an Arm Cortex-M4 core, layered security, integrated memory, motor control support, and built-in peripherals for secure IoT and industrial system control.


News Sep 18, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 share a Cortex-A78/A55 complex, an Adreno 704 GPU, and an optional RISC-V real-time core, with the industrial part introducing the IQ2 Series.


News Sep 10, 2026 by Luke James
AI-Powered Compliance: Reducing Market Barriers for Electronics Manufacturers

AI-Powered Compliance: Reducing Market Barriers for Electronics Manufacturers

Learn how AI-powered compliance replaces manual, fragmented regulatory workflows with structured, automated data, dramatically lowering the cost of EU market entry for SMEs and manufacturers.


Microchip Releases Data Center Retimers for High‑Bandwidth Architectures

Microchip Releases Data Center Retimers for High‑Bandwidth Architectures

The new XpressConnect PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.1 Retimers reign in signal integrity challenges in AI data centers and other high-bandwidth installations.


News Jun 15, 2026 by Duane Benson
Rambus Rolls Out Memory Chipset to Unburden AI PCs

Rambus Rolls Out Memory Chipset to Unburden AI PCs

The new chipset targets CUDIMM, CQDIMM, and CSODIMM modules for AI PC desktops and laptops.


News Jun 15, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

Intel Outfits New Xeon Processors, Networking, and GPUs for Agentic AI

At Computex, Intel described the CPU as the control plane for agentic workloads, pairing new processors and network controllers with fresh details on its inference GPU.


News Jun 05, 2026 by Luke James
Spinning Disks Sputter as AI Heats up Data

Spinning Disks Sputter as AI Heats up Data

AI-driven data demands are outpacing traditional HDDs. System developers must migrate to high-performance, secure, and efficient NVMe SSDs to scale for AI workloads.


Qualcomm Unwraps Products Bringing AI to Entry–Level Laptops and Robotics

Qualcomm Unwraps Products Bringing AI to Entry–Level Laptops and Robotics

At Computex 2026, the company is expanding its Edge AI ecosystem by introducing the Snapdragon C Platform for entry-level laptops, and the Dragonwing IQ10 Reference Design for robotics.


News Jun 01, 2026 by Jeff Child
Enabling High-Performance AI PC Web Cameras Using eUSB2V2 Version of USB

Enabling High-Performance AI PC Web Cameras Using eUSB2V2 Version of USB

Learn how eUSB2V2-based enabling technology for next-generation AI PC web cameras delivers the high bandwidth, local intelligence, and power efficiency required for emerging edge AI use cases.


Boost the Power Delivery Potential of USB-C Ports with Protection Switches

Boost the Power Delivery Potential of USB-C Ports with Protection Switches

Learn how innovative technologies like protection switches will be crucial in transitioning to high-power delivery of USB-C ports.


Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

An audit finds that the European Chips Act is "very unlikely" to hit the 20% global market target by 2030, citing fragmented funding, slow progress on FOAKs, and fierce international competition.


News May 12, 2026 by Gordon Feller
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!


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
Qualcomm Brings AI Compute to PCs, Robots, and Vehicles at CES

Qualcomm Brings AI Compute to PCs, Robots, and Vehicles at CES

Four CES announcements show Qualcomm pushing the same idea across categories: move more AI and control loops onto efficient, tightly integrated edge platforms.


News Jan 13, 2026 by Luke James
Solving the QLC NAND Flash SSD Scaling Challenge

Solving the QLC NAND Flash SSD Scaling Challenge

Learn how to solve QLC NAND's endurance, ECC, and performance issues for hyperscale. The approach blends a PCIe Gen5 controller with hardware-accelerated LDPC, PerformaShape QoS, and more.


Foundations for PLL Nonlinear Analysis: Modeling the Phase Detector and VCO

Foundations for PLL Nonlinear Analysis: Modeling the Phase Detector and VCO

The phase-locked loop (PLL) is widely used in contemporary analog and digital communication systems. In this article, we develop a nonlinear model for the analog PLL by analyzing its key components.


MediaTek Processor Sets New Benchmark for Chromebook Efficiency

MediaTek Processor Sets New Benchmark for Chromebook Efficiency

All About Circuits attended a private media briefing in New York City to learn how this chip can extend "all day battery life for every day computing."


News Nov 04, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Apple Looks to the Future of AI With New M5 Processor

Apple Looks to the Future of AI With New M5 Processor

Apple’s M5 chip brings per-core neural acceleration, a 30% boost in memory bandwidth, and GPU-driven AI to the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro.


News Oct 24, 2025 by Luke James