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Side-Channel Attack Threatens Safari Browser Through Apple Processors

Side-Channel Attack Threatens Safari Browser Through Apple Processors

An international team of researchers recently found that Apple’s Safari web browser is still susceptible to a Spectre attack called iLeakage.


News Nov 09, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
FPGA Advances Tackle Mounting Data Demands From E-Trading to AI Processing

FPGA Advances Tackle Mounting Data Demands From E-Trading to AI Processing

In this roundup, we discuss how AMD, Intel, and Lattice Semiconductor are pushing the boundaries of FPGAs with new offerings.


News Nov 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Apple Announces M3 Family: ‘Most Advanced Chips for a Personal Computer’

Apple Announces M3 Family: ‘Most Advanced Chips for a Personal Computer’

The race for more powerful computing silicon is heating up with three new offerings from Apple.


News Oct 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Lifts the Curtain On Its Most Powerful PC Processor

Qualcomm Lifts the Curtain On Its Most Powerful PC Processor

The latest Snapdragon processor brings on-device AI performance to desktop computers.


News Oct 30, 2023 by Aaron Carman
After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks

After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks

Despite being based on cesium atomic clocks—reportedly accurate within one second over 300 million years—the broadcast was shut down over concerns about its accuracy when received via digital streaming.


News Oct 26, 2023 by Duane Benson
Codasip’s New RISC-V Processor Family Dials In on Custom Compute

Codasip’s New RISC-V Processor Family Dials In on Custom Compute

The latest RISC-V IP makes processing power customizable for a wide span of embedded applications.


News Oct 23, 2023 by Aaron Carman
From VHDL Code to Real Hardware: Designing an 8-bit ALU

From VHDL Code to Real Hardware: Designing an 8-bit ALU

In this project we create an 8-bit arithmetic logic unit (ALU) in the VHDL language and run it on an Altera CPLD development board connected to a custom PCB with input switches and LED display.


Nvidia Targets Generative AI for Robotics with New Frameworks

Nvidia Targets Generative AI for Robotics with New Frameworks

At ROSCon 2023 this week, the release of the Metropolis and Isaac ROS 2.0 frameworks makes AI-powered robotics more practical and easier to develop.


News Oct 19, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Intel Drills Down on Performance With New Desktop Processors

Intel Drills Down on Performance With New Desktop Processors

Intel's latest desktop processor family includes six new variants, offering up to 24 cores and 32 threads and up to 6 GHz of frequency for high-performance gaming.


News Oct 18, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Your 2023 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Your 2023 Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Whether you are just starting your first year as an engineering student, working on a second or third degree, or simply want to brush up on key topics, All About Circuits has the resources you need: awesome textbooks, technical articles, calculators, and more for your EE studies.


News Oct 11, 2023 by Jeff Child
Semidynamics and Signature IP Expand Multi-Core RISC-V and CHI Options

Semidynamics and Signature IP Expand Multi-Core RISC-V and CHI Options

Two relatively new players in the CPU world, Semidynamics and Signature IP, have announced multi-core RISC-V and CHI interconnect IP for compute-intensive applications like AI/ML.


News Oct 09, 2023 by Duane Benson
DustPhotonics Claims First to Develop 800G Silicon Photonics Chip

DustPhotonics Claims First to Develop 800G Silicon Photonics Chip

Leveraging silicon photonics for the data center, designers now have a single-chip solution for 800 Gb/s transmission.


News Oct 09, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Understanding the Challenges of Image Signal Processing Calibration

Understanding the Challenges of Image Signal Processing Calibration

Calibrating your image signal processor is a complex engineering task, but it's critical for digital image quality. Learn about these nuances and about the resources available to help you tackle these challenges.


System Challenges of Generative AI Inference Acceleration

System Challenges of Generative AI Inference Acceleration

When you look under the hood of generative AI processing, the system design challenges are many. Learn how efficiency, power consumption, and memory issues all come into play.


Intel Develops Glass Substrate for Next Gen Advanced Chip Packaging Needs

Intel Develops Glass Substrate for Next Gen Advanced Chip Packaging Needs

Intel has unveiled new glass substrate technology for large chiplet based system-in-package chips. Glass substrates allow for denser packing of chiplets—an important for applications like AI and others.


News Sep 25, 2023 by Duane Benson
Navitas Technology Takes GaN to New Power Heights

Navitas Technology Takes GaN to New Power Heights

A new and improved GaN technology is moving from the cell phone charger market into higher power, high-reliability applications. EE Power spoke with Navitas’ Stephen Oliver to find out how, and we’ve got everything engineers need to know.


AMD Aims Its Adaptive SoCs at Space Systems, Motor Control, and DSP

AMD Aims Its Adaptive SoCs at Space Systems, Motor Control, and DSP

For designers needing pure performance and high efficiency, AMD’s latest adaptive SoCs provide computing power for new applications.


News Sep 21, 2023 by Aaron Carman
CPU Designer Jim Keller Rethinks RISC-V AI Processing at Tenstorrent

CPU Designer Jim Keller Rethinks RISC-V AI Processing at Tenstorrent

Hailed for his historic microprocessor designs at AMD, Apple, and Broadcom, Jim Keller is onto his next CPU endeavor at Tenstorrent.


News Sep 19, 2023 by Jake Hertz
To Accelerate Edge Design, Cadence Introduces New NPUs and SDK to AI IP

To Accelerate Edge Design, Cadence Introduces New NPUs and SDK to AI IP

The new NPUs offload from any host processor to facilitate on-device edge computing.


News Sep 18, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Building a One-Shot Multivibrator with an ESP32 Terminal Display:  A Radio Shack Classics Circuit Remix

Building a One-Shot Multivibrator with an ESP32 Terminal Display:  A Radio Shack Classics Circuit Remix

In this hands-on project, we will update a 1980s version of a one-shot (monostable multivibrator) circuit by giving it a modern, colorful output while also examining the circuit's operation.


Projects Sep 17, 2023 by Don Wilcher