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BrainChip Accelerates AI at the Edge With New Low-Power Neural Processor

BrainChip Accelerates AI at the Edge With New Low-Power Neural Processor

The Akida Pico low-power acceleration co-processor may drive compact AI-enabled wearables and sensors for consumer, healthcare, and IoT applications.


News Oct 29, 2024 by Mike Falter
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
4 Highlights From the RISC-V Summit North America

4 Highlights From the RISC-V Summit North America

In this roundup, we discuss several announcements from last week's summit pushing RISC-V adoption and processing power.


News Oct 28, 2024 by Duane Benson
Unlocking New Frontiers in Space Applications with Off-the-Shelf Edge AI Processors

Unlocking New Frontiers in Space Applications with Off-the-Shelf Edge AI Processors

Learn how government space experts are re-evaluating radiation environments and identifying commercial electronics, including new edge AI co-processors, that can meet the mission requirements of future missions.


Microchip Fortifies 64-bit MPUs for ‘Post-Quantum Security’

Microchip Fortifies 64-bit MPUs for ‘Post-Quantum Security’

Microchip tapped SiFive's RISC-V CPUs for its new mission-critical processors.


News Oct 22, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Intel Unveils Processors to Usher in ‘First Enthusiast Desktop AI PCs’

Intel Unveils Processors to Usher in ‘First Enthusiast Desktop AI PCs’

The new family includes the first NPU-enabled desktop processors with a built-in GPU for powerful media support.


News Oct 21, 2024 by Duane Benson
Qualcomm Keys Into AI Performance for New Industrial Processors

Qualcomm Keys Into AI Performance for New Industrial Processors

Three new processor series may bring AI performance and reliability to the industrial sector.


News Oct 17, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Evolving Beyond Single-Processor Embedded Systems for IoT Edge Sensor Nodes

Learn how system partitioning can optimize IoT edge sensor node operation by intelligently separating the analog sensors that measure slowly varying signals from the communication networks using high-speed digital signals.


Building a Resistor Color Code Calculator and Ohmmeter Using Arduino

Building a Resistor Color Code Calculator and Ohmmeter Using Arduino

For this project, I built a handheld resistor color code calculator and ohmmeter using the ATmega328 microcontroller and a 1.8-inch color LCD display.


The 150-Year-Old Principle at the Root of Secure Silicon and Software

The 150-Year-Old Principle at the Root of Secure Silicon and Software

Learn how open source silicon can provide better security than traditional measures like obscurity, but only if employed correctly, managed well, and backed with appropriate resources.


Qualcomm Raises the Bar on Thin, Light PC Performance With New CPU

Qualcomm Raises the Bar on Thin, Light PC Performance With New CPU

The new Snapdragon X Plus 8-core is designed to uphold high-performance standards while extending battery life by multiple days on Copilot+ PCs.


News Sep 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Bluetooth Can Now Measure Distance, With Hardware Support En Route

Bluetooth Can Now Measure Distance, With Hardware Support En Route

Bluetooth SIG promises centimeter-level accuracy when measuring the distance between connected Bluetooth devices.


News Sep 09, 2024 by Duane Benson
Intel Ushers in the Age of AI PCs With New Core Ultra Processors

Intel Ushers in the Age of AI PCs With New Core Ultra Processors

Intel has revealed the details of the long-awaited Lunar Lake architecture, bringing advanced AI compute to personal computing.


News Sep 05, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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
At Hot Chips, Intel Shares Details of Its Upcoming Xeon 6 SoC

At Hot Chips, Intel Shares Details of Its Upcoming Xeon 6 SoC

Space-constrained edge processors may soon get a boost from Intel’s new SoC.


News Sep 02, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Hot Chips Heavy Hitter: IBM Tackles Generative AI With Two Processors

Hot Chips Heavy Hitter: IBM Tackles Generative AI With Two Processors

Announced this week at Hot Chips 2024, the new processors use a scalable I/O sub-system to slash energy consumption and data center footprint.


News Aug 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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
Data Center Processor From SiFive Does the AI Heavy Lifting

Data Center Processor From SiFive Does the AI Heavy Lifting

Announced today, the new RISC-V processor is SiFive's first foray into mainstream data center and infrastructure use cases.


News Aug 14, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Akeana Exits Stealth With Low- to High-End RISC-V Alternatives to Arm

Akeana Exits Stealth With Low- to High-End RISC-V Alternatives to Arm

Today, the startup announced a breadth of customizable RISC-V-based processor IP solutions backed by $100 million in funding.


News Aug 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Automakers can now choose an Intel SDV SoC and later add a discrete GPU to handle larger compute workloads.


News Aug 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz