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With classes and work moving online, people are spending more time at home gobbling up bandwidth—pushing data centers…

With classes and work moving online, people are spending more time at home gobbling up bandwidth—pushing data centers to their brink.

The new evaluation board opens a discussion on the pros and cons of continuous conduction mode PFC circuits and…

The new evaluation board opens a discussion on the pros and cons of continuous conduction mode PFC circuits and bridgeless totem-pole PFC circuits. What's your take?

Nyquist’s contributions were the intellectual building blocks essential to the birth of modern information theory

Nyquist’s contributions were the intellectual building blocks essential to the birth of modern information theory

A new innovative fabrication technique for reprogrammable photonic circuits has been developed by researchers at…

A new innovative fabrication technique for reprogrammable photonic circuits has been developed by researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology.

This article continues the Image Sensor Technology series by examining details involved in the movement of…

This article continues the Image Sensor Technology series by examining details involved in the movement of light-generated electric charge within a CCD.

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

Renesas' new reference designs for Xilinx's FPGAs and SoCs solve the issues of multiphase regulators. But how might they…

Renesas' new reference designs for Xilinx's FPGAs and SoCs solve the issues of multiphase regulators. But how might they also speed up the design process for in-demand medical devices?

FPGAs pose a major drawback: they require the expertise of highly specialized (and scarce) engineers trained to work…

FPGAs pose a major drawback: they require the expertise of highly specialized (and scarce) engineers trained to work with FPGAs. Three companies have set out to change that.

A number of companies are pumping out new edge AI technology—none of which explicitly state pandemic prediction or…

A number of companies are pumping out new edge AI technology—none of which explicitly state pandemic prediction or healthcare assistance as a use case. But with the overwhelming number of COVID-19 cases, might this new technology be used to that end?

In this article, we’ll examine two important specifications of a digital oscilloscope: analog bandwidth and sampling rate.

In this article, we’ll examine two important specifications of a digital oscilloscope: analog bandwidth and sampling rate.

This article will help you to understand what CCD sensors are and how they allow us to convert an optical scene into a…

This article will help you to understand what CCD sensors are and how they allow us to convert an optical scene into a digital image.

This article, the first in a series, discusses light-sensitive electronic devices called photodiodes and compares CCD and…

This article, the first in a series, discusses light-sensitive electronic devices called photodiodes and compares CCD and CMOS sensors.

The secret sauce? Renesas' silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide (SOTB) process technology.

The secret sauce? Renesas' silicon-on-thin-buried-oxide (SOTB) process technology.

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

Information theory laid the foundation for the modern computer. Where did Shannon get his inspiration?

Information theory laid the foundation for the modern computer. Where did Shannon get his inspiration?

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

Osaka University researchers have built a new device that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in AI applications.

Osaka University researchers have built a new device that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in AI applications.

This F_EQ (or Frequent Engineering Question) covers the basics of a crucial topic: hardware description languages.

This F_EQ (or Frequent Engineering Question) covers the basics of a crucial topic: hardware description languages.

In this article, we'll look into greater details on a histogram equalization method, including use cases of the mapping…

In this article, we'll look into greater details on a histogram equalization method, including use cases of the mapping function and circuit implementation.