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Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Tradeshows Help Make This a People Business—A Look Back at Four 2024 Events

Merry Christmas! Never forget that our business is a people business. Enjoy this review of four of the trade shows All About Circuits attended this year, and the great people we met.


News Dec 25, 2024 by Jeff Child
IBM Demonstrates First ‘Multi-Processor’ for Quantum Processing

IBM Demonstrates First ‘Multi-Processor’ for Quantum Processing

IBM divided and parsed the quantum solution into two connected quantum processing units, demonstrating greater processing capability than either individual unit.


News Dec 20, 2024 by Duane Benson
Harnessing the Power of a Software-Based Image Signal Processing Approach

Harnessing the Power of a Software-Based Image Signal Processing Approach

There are numerous advantages to leveraging a software-based image signal processor (ISP) approach. Learn the advantages and the solutions available to implement this technology.


Broadcom Reaches New Processing Heights With Stacked Die and Face-to-Face Chiplets

Broadcom Reaches New Processing Heights With Stacked Die and Face-to-Face Chiplets

The new configuration increases computing core area within the same overall processor package dimensions.


News Dec 09, 2024 by Duane Benson
Marvell Meets AI Data Center Needs With 3 nm PAM4 DSP

Marvell Meets AI Data Center Needs With 3 nm PAM4 DSP

Marvell leveraged advanced process nodes for its new DSP to address the traditional shortcomings of PAM4.


News Dec 05, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Diverse Lockstep Technology in MCUs for Enhanced ADAS Safety and Security

Diverse Lockstep Technology in MCUs for Enhanced ADAS Safety and Security

Diverse lockstep technology uses two unique architecture cores executing different instructions to complete the same overall task for improved autonomous vehicle reliability.


STMicro Programmable SoC PLC Improves Smart Grid Communication

STMicro Programmable SoC PLC Improves Smart Grid Communication

STMicroelectronics’ ST85MM programmable powerline communication supports modern field-proven meters and communication standards


News Nov 16, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Apple Features M4 Pro and M4 Max Processors in New Macbooks and iMacs

Apple Features M4 Pro and M4 Max Processors in New Macbooks and iMacs

Apple calls its newest M4 additions "the most advanced family of chips ever built for a personal computer."


News Nov 11, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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