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Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Digi-Key Electronics opened its new distribution center this week at its headquarters. The new facility triples the location’s shipping rate to 81,000 boxes per day of electronic parts.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
Intel Zeros in on Hardware Security with a Tunable Replica Circuit

Intel Zeros in on Hardware Security with a Tunable Replica Circuit

Intel is employing a new hardware security measure to mitigate the threat of physical fault injection attacks.


News Aug 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
In the Race for Quantum Supremacy, Researchers Claim to Pull Ahead of Google

In the Race for Quantum Supremacy, Researchers Claim to Pull Ahead of Google

New research from the Chinese Academy of Sciences may overtake Google’s 2019 claims of quantum supremacy.


News Aug 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Take Our 2022 EETech Global Engineering Survey

Take Our 2022 EETech Global Engineering Survey

Join your engineering community peers and take our EETech 2022 Global Engineering Survey. You’ll get a summary of the results once they’re released. And you’ll be entered for a chance to win an Amazon card prize!


News Aug 09, 2022 by Jeff Child
Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

The new MPU family hopes to address traditional challenges in the design of HMI systems.


News Aug 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Analyzing 2nd-Order Circuits in Laplace Space Using Python

Analyzing 2nd-Order Circuits in Laplace Space Using Python

Learn about simplifying the mathematics of circuit analysis using the Laplace transform, Python, and SymPy using a series RLC circuit as an example.


Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

One new type of sensor and two novel automotive processing approaches might be the key to limiting traffic accidents.


News Aug 05, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities

Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities

Learn about the main Boolean algebra identities or laws associated with Boolean logic or digital logic.


iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics is bringing FPGA concepts to the world of photonics.


News Aug 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Digital Polar Radio Approach Shrinks Power for Wi-Fi IoT Devices

Digital Polar Radio Approach Shrinks Power for Wi-Fi IoT Devices

Designing its patented digital polar radio implementation into an SoC and a development kit, InnoPhase brings extreme low power to Wi-Fi IoT systems.


News Jul 29, 2022 by Jeff Child
Boolean Algebra Basics—An Overview of Boolean Logic

Boolean Algebra Basics—An Overview of Boolean Logic

New to digital logic, want a refresher, or to dive deeper into Boolean algebra? This article teaches the basics of Boolean algebra and prepares you for further learning.


As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

With the go-ahead for the CHIPS+ Act in place, manufacturers are laying down plans for U.S. fab sites.


News Jul 27, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic license plates won't just give drivers more personalization. They can keep registration up to date via an app and even prevent vehicle theft.


News Jul 21, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
UK Startup Democratizes Quantum Computing With “As-a-Service” Model

UK Startup Democratizes Quantum Computing With “As-a-Service” Model

Based on its patented 3D computing architecture, Oxford Quantum Circuits is developing a quantum computing-as-a-service (QCaaS) solution.


News Jul 20, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
Ep. 50 | AWS VP of Engineering Bill Vass on AI, Quantum Computing, and the Metaverse

Ep. 50 | AWS VP of Engineering Bill Vass on AI, Quantum Computing, and the Metaverse

Bill Vass of Amazon Web Services talks AI/ML, quantum computing, servers in space, the Metaverse, and how AWS wants to help engineers “just focus on being an engineer.”


imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

The startup’s unique approach to extended reality displays is garnering interest from investors.


News Jul 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Retbleed Hack: The Hardware Vulnerability Preying on Intel and AMD CPUs

Retbleed Hack: The Hardware Vulnerability Preying on Intel and AMD CPUs

Researchers from ETH Zürich have discovered that some of the most popular processors on the market may have a backdoor to information theft.


News Jul 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
From FinFETs to CFETs: imec’s Plan for Continued Transistor Scaling

From FinFETs to CFETs: imec’s Plan for Continued Transistor Scaling

imec researchers have uncovered new findings about the "complementary FET," an attractive device architecture for 1 nm logic technology nodes and beyond.


News Jul 16, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

At this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA rolled out a next generation version of its mixed-signal IC verification tool adding new capabilities.


News Jul 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
The Rise and Decline of Silicon Art

The Rise and Decline of Silicon Art

If we look inside an integrated circuit, we expect to see evidence of humanity’s towering scientific and technological achievements. Most of us would be surprised to find artistic expression as well.


News Jul 11, 2022 by Robert Keim