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Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Merry Christmas! Never forget that our business is a people business. Enjoy this review of four of the trade shows All About Circuits attended this year, and the great people we met.


News Dec 25, 2024 by Jeff Child
Qualcomm Claims ‘Fastest Mobile CPU’ With New Snapdragon Chip

Qualcomm Claims ‘Fastest Mobile CPU’ With New Snapdragon Chip

Qualcomm claims the new processor offers the mobile industry’s largest shared cache with record speeds for data retrieval.


News Oct 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
MediaTek Targets the ‘Agentic AI Era’ With Dimensity’s Next Evolution

MediaTek Targets the ‘Agentic AI Era’ With Dimensity’s Next Evolution

The company’s newest flagship SoC introduces architectural advances to bring performance and efficiency to the next wave of AI-capable smartphones.


News Oct 10, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Edge AI Demands Call For Optimized Storage Controller Chips

Edge AI Demands Call For Optimized Storage Controller Chips

AI will push the limits of PCs and smartphones. In turn, demands on storage controller chips will be intense. Learn how chip architectures and firmware schemes must be optimized for these AI workloads.


RISC-V Builds the Backbone of Three New Consumer Devices

RISC-V Builds the Backbone of Three New Consumer Devices

RISC-V, the open-standard ISA, has inspired a host of innovative designs in tablets, cameras, and laptops.


News Sep 03, 2024 by Jake Hertz
OmniVision Delivers Compact, High-Performance 50 Megapixel Camera Chip

OmniVision Delivers Compact, High-Performance 50 Megapixel Camera Chip

The OV50M40 sensor incorporates advanced features, including a stacked architecture, to deliver higher performance out of a smaller footprint.


News Aug 30, 2024 by Duane Benson
Qualcomm Serves Up Snapdragon Mobile Platform to Enhance AI Tasks

Qualcomm Serves Up Snapdragon Mobile Platform to Enhance AI Tasks

Whether it’s on-phone generative AI or AI-enabled feature enhancements, Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip brings smart performance to mobile devices.


News Aug 26, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Rohm Announces the ‘Industry’s Smallest’ CMOS Op Amp

Rohm Announces the ‘Industry’s Smallest’ CMOS Op Amp

Rohm designed the new 0.88 mm x 0.58 mm rail-to-rail op amp for devices where space is at a premium, such as smartphones and IoT devices.


News Aug 08, 2024 by Duane Benson
Rethinking MCU Architectures for the AI Era

Rethinking MCU Architectures for the AI Era

MCUs that only do control tasks are one thing. But in today’s AI age, a truly AI-enabled MCU needs to offer more. Learn the important factors—from optimized neural processing units (NPUs) to power efficient architectures to clever memory topologies.


Qualcomm Brings 5G and Long Battery Life to Billions of Smartphone Users

Qualcomm Brings 5G and Long Battery Life to Billions of Smartphone Users

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 platform brings 5G data, fast charging, and improved memory performance to low-cost phones worldwide.


News Aug 01, 2024 by Duane Benson
Omron Electronics D2LS Switches | New Product Brief

Omron Electronics D2LS Switches | New Product Brief

Omron Electronics D2LS Switches are ultra-subminiature, surface-mount switches designed for durability and compactness, measuring just 8.6mm x 4.8mm x 3.0mm. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


new products Aug 01, 2024 by Mouser
How to Tackle Electrical Over-Stress (EOS) Challenges in the USB-PD Era

How to Tackle Electrical Over-Stress (EOS) Challenges in the USB-PD Era

As USB PD 3.1 devices proliferate, high-voltages increase the risk of electrostatic issues. To address these problems, learn how to make smart choices in ESD and EOS testing, as well as TVS device selection.


SiTime Introduces ‘Smallest and Lowest Power’ 32 kHz Crystal Oscillator

SiTime Introduces ‘Smallest and Lowest Power’ 32 kHz Crystal Oscillator

The new oscillator chip delivers low power consumption and ±20 ppm frequency stability to small IoT devices in a 1.2 mm x 1.1 mm QFN package


News Jul 22, 2024 by Duane Benson
Voltronics / Knowles J Series Ceramic Chip Trimmer Capacitors | Featured Product Spotlight

Voltronics / Knowles J Series Ceramic Chip Trimmer Capacitors | Featured Product Spotlight

Knowles' Voltronics brand J Series Ceramic Chip Trimmer Capacitors are designed for high performance and stability over time, with minimal capacitance drift. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


new products Jul 09, 2024 by Mouser
ST Announces First Embedded SIM to Support New IoT Standard

ST Announces First Embedded SIM to Support New IoT Standard

STMicroelectronics designed its embedded SIM (eSIM) to comply with new GSMA eSIM protocols for IoT deployments.


News Jul 08, 2024 by Mike Falter
New MediaTek SoC Speeds Up Generative AI Processing at the Edge

New MediaTek SoC Speeds Up Generative AI Processing at the Edge

The new flagship smartphone SoC takes an unconventional approach to on-device generative AI and gaming with MediaTek's “All-Big-Core” architecture.


News May 10, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Cooperation and Competition Behind the Scenes in the RISC-V Community

Cooperation and Competition Behind the Scenes in the RISC-V Community

RISC-V “is changing the way people build every single computer,” says Mark Himelstein, the former CTO at RISC-V International. He joins us to explain the significance of the RISC-V ISA, open standard development challenges, and read poetry.


Earthquake in Taiwan—Our Hearts Go Out to Those Impacted

Earthquake in Taiwan—Our Hearts Go Out to Those Impacted

The 7.4 magnitude earthquake today in Taiwan has caused devastating loss and suffering. Our thoughts with all those affected.


With an Eye on On-Device AI, Qualcomm Rolls Out New Snapdragon SoC

With an Eye on On-Device AI, Qualcomm Rolls Out New Snapdragon SoC

The new Snapdragon 7+ Gen 3 processor comes with CPU and memory performance increases, Wi-Fi 7, and enhanced edge AI capabilities for mobile devices.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Duane Benson
Microchip Shows Off Qi 2.0 Wireless Power Transmitter Reference Design

Microchip Shows Off Qi 2.0 Wireless Power Transmitter Reference Design

With Microchip’s newest dual-pad reference design, designers can start developing with the Qi 2.0 standard.


News Mar 27, 2024 by Aaron Carman