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Generative AI for Dirty Jobs—The Next Industrial Revolution?

Generative AI for Dirty Jobs—The Next Industrial Revolution?

While LLMs like ChatGPT get mainstream attention, generative AI may make a bigger impact in the engineering world. Christopher Savoie, the co-inventor of the language model patent used in Apple’s Siri, aims to bring generative AI to the industrial world.


Are Autonomous Cars Around the Bend? With Its New Radar Chip, NXP Thinks So

Are Autonomous Cars Around the Bend? With Its New Radar Chip, NXP Thinks So

NXP has unveiled its most powerful radar processor yet, enabling advanced autonomous driving features with better resolution, speed, and cost efficiency.


News May 14, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
Design Wins: Wireless Innovation Across Hearing Aids, Logistics, and ADAS

Design Wins: Wireless Innovation Across Hearing Aids, Logistics, and ADAS

Three recent design wins exemplify how wireless and edge AI technologies are advancing real-world applications.


News May 12, 2025 by Luke James
Intel and AMD CPUs Prove Interoperable With Marvell’s CXL Portfolio

Intel and AMD CPUs Prove Interoperable With Marvell’s CXL Portfolio

Structera CXL interoperability will drive memory performance increases for data centers operating both AMD EPYC CPUs and 5th Gen Intel Xeon CPUs.


News May 08, 2025 by Duane Benson
EDA Companies Throw Support Behind TSMC’s New A14 Process

EDA Companies Throw Support Behind TSMC’s New A14 Process

TSMC’s new A14 process is already backed by certified EDA tools from Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens to accelerate next-gen AI and chiplet-based designs.


News May 06, 2025 by Luke James
Konrad Zuse and the Z1: The Dawn of Programmable Computing

Konrad Zuse and the Z1: The Dawn of Programmable Computing

Zuse's Z1 computer was the first freely programmable computer in the world to use Boolean logic and binary floating point numbers.


News May 05, 2025 by Luke James
Microchip Beefs Up Its AI Data Center Technology Offerings

Microchip Beefs Up Its AI Data Center Technology Offerings

Taking a holistic view of data centers, Microchip is upgrading its connectivity, storage, and computer portfolios to provide comprehensive support for the AI boom.


News May 05, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Happy 40th Birthday to the Arm Architecture

Happy 40th Birthday to the Arm Architecture

Celebrating 40 years of innovation, Arm's architecture has evolved from a simple processor in a British lab to a cornerstone of modern computing.


News May 01, 2025 by Luke James
Creating Next-Gen Microcontroller Developer Tools and Equipping the People Who Use Them

Creating Next-Gen Microcontroller Developer Tools and Equipping the People Who Use Them

Microchip’s Rodger Richey shares insights on evolving development tools for microcontrollers, the impact of AI, and his goal to fostering hands-on learning and prepare students for real-world tech challenges.


Rediscovering Colossus, the First Large-Scale Electronic Computer

Rediscovering Colossus, the First Large-Scale Electronic Computer

Colossus was obscured for decades due to government secrecy. Now, it is finally recognized as the world’s first programmable electronic digital computer, even predating the ENIAC.


News Apr 21, 2025 by Luke James
Improving RF Power Amplifier Linearity With Digital Predistortion

Improving RF Power Amplifier Linearity With Digital Predistortion

We discuss the basics of implementing digital predistortion in RF power amplifier systems and explore two popular techniques based on look-up tables.


ST Releases MPUs Geared to Up Performance in Rugged Designs

ST Releases MPUs Geared to Up Performance in Rugged Designs

The latest variants pack processing resources and on-chip features to deliver sensing, processing, and data-handling roles throughout smart factories, cities, and homes.


News Apr 11, 2025 by Jake Hertz
3 Partnerships Look Ahead for Automotive, Photonics, and AI Innovation

3 Partnerships Look Ahead for Automotive, Photonics, and AI Innovation

These collaborations will focus on making hardware more efficient: GaN in EVs, scalable photonics, and smarter GPU use in AI systems.


News Apr 08, 2025 by Luke James
Renesas Keeps Automotive Displays Sharp With New LCD Video Processor

Renesas Keeps Automotive Displays Sharp With New LCD Video Processor

The dual-channel LCD video processor mitigates frozen video, incorrect colors, and broken or corrupt video images that could obstruct a driver’s view of the road.


News Apr 08, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
EW 2025: 3 Embedded Computers That Stuck Out for Edge AI Ingenuity

EW 2025: 3 Embedded Computers That Stuck Out for Edge AI Ingenuity

These three computing solutions rethink ways to bring edge AI to the harshest industrial applications.


News Apr 02, 2025 by Seth Price
EW ‘25 Exclusive—Nuvoton’s President Talks AI, Automotive, IoT, and Sustainability

EW ‘25 Exclusive—Nuvoton’s President Talks AI, Automotive, IoT, and Sustainability

We talked with Nuvoton President Hsin-Lung Yang in this exclusive Embedded World 2025 interview. Our topics covered AI embedded development, automotive, IoT, sustainability, and the forecast for 2025.


News Mar 24, 2025 by Jeff Child
It Was Technology Innovation Galore at Embedded World 2025

It Was Technology Innovation Galore at Embedded World 2025

Enjoy this fresh crop of technology news from the Embedded World 2025 trade show in Nuremberg, Germany.


News Mar 22, 2025 by Jeff Child
Exclusive Interview—AMD Discusses Edge AI, Embedded x86, Adaptive SoCs, and More

Exclusive Interview—AMD Discusses Edge AI, Embedded x86, Adaptive SoCs, and More

In this exclusive Embedded World 2025 interview, we talk to AMD’s Kirk Saban about edge AI, ASICs vs. FPGAs, Adaptive SoCs, embedded x86, and the outlook ahead.


News Mar 21, 2025 by Jeff Child
Edge AI Meets Next-Gen Cooling: The Breakthrough of Silicon-Based Micro-Cooling Fans

Edge AI Meets Next-Gen Cooling: The Breakthrough of Silicon-Based Micro-Cooling Fans

MEMS-based miniature-fan technology can provide improved thermal performance, increased reliability, and reduced noise for advanced processors.


Renesas Adds Reconfigurable Processor With AI Accelerator to MPU Lineup

Renesas Adds Reconfigurable Processor With AI Accelerator to MPU Lineup

Unveiled at Embedded World, the new MPU targets endpoint dual-vision systems and delivers size and power-efficient fanless operation.


News Mar 18, 2025 by Duane Benson