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AI or 5G? EdgeQ Asks, “Why Not Both?” While Building a Wireless Base Station-on-a-Chip

AI or 5G? EdgeQ Asks, “Why Not Both?” While Building a Wireless Base Station-on-a-Chip

Adil Kidwai, VP and Head of Product Management at EdgeQ, discusses how they are aiming to redefine software-defined radios as they build what they believe is the world’s first base station-on-a-chip, using RISC-V to enable AI and 5G.


One Year Later, Renesas Details the Status of Its Reality AI Acquisition

One Year Later, Renesas Details the Status of Its Reality AI Acquisition

Renesas has a lot to show in the one year since it acquired the startup Reality AI.


News Jun 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Nordic Semiconductor Releases Low-cost Wi-Fi 6 IC Option

Nordic Semiconductor Releases Low-cost Wi-Fi 6 IC Option

The new Wi-Fi companion IC adds Wi-Fi 6 capabilities to an embedded system.


News Jun 20, 2023 by Jake Hertz
A Closer Look at LightSolver’s Laser-based Processing Unit (LPU)

A Closer Look at LightSolver’s Laser-based Processing Unit (LPU)

Compared to supercomputers and quantum computers, LightSolver's all-laser processing unit demonstrated exceptional potential during its initial tests.


News Jun 15, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Getting Out of the Weeds with John Deere’s Revolutionary AI Technology

Getting Out of the Weeds with John Deere’s Revolutionary AI Technology

Chris Padwick learned to code on a Commodore 64 as a farm kid in Saskatchewan. He now leads development of 300 teraflop AI/ML and computer vision solutions that are revolutionizing precision agriculture for Blue River Technology, a John Deere subsidiary.


Apple Completes Transition to All In-house Silicon With M2 Ultra SoC

Apple Completes Transition to All In-house Silicon With M2 Ultra SoC

Beneath the hood of Apple's "most powerful Mac desktops ever made" is the final iteration of the company's M2 SoC family.


News Jun 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz
NXP Releases New Processor Family to Support Linux-based Edge Devices

NXP Releases New Processor Family to Support Linux-based Edge Devices

The latest NXP edge processor has built-in support for a familiar development tool.


News Jun 08, 2023 by Aaron Carman
At Last, Apple Unveils Its AR Headset, Rebranded as ‘Spatial Computer’

At Last, Apple Unveils Its AR Headset, Rebranded as ‘Spatial Computer’

Apple’s mixed-reality headset offers a plethora of technological innovations, including a new SoC that prevents users from experiencing nausea while wearing the headset.


News Jun 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Arm Unveils TCS23 Platform With Visual Computing Cores and More

Arm Unveils TCS23 Platform With Visual Computing Cores and More

Arm's latest Total Compute Solutions includes an updated suite of CPU, GPU, system, and software IP for mobile computing.


News Jun 05, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Controlling a Potentiometer-based Servo Motor Using a M5Stack Core

Controlling a Potentiometer-based Servo Motor Using a M5Stack Core

In this project, learn how to use a potentiometer's reading on the M5Stack core to control a servo motor.


Projects Jun 04, 2023 by Don Wilcher
What is an Image Processor? Turns Out the Answer is Hazy

What is an Image Processor? Turns Out the Answer is Hazy

Real-time image processing is a resource-intensive task that often requires specialized hardware. With that in mind, let's explore processors that are designed specifically for photo and video applications.


Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).


News May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive Gives its WorldGuard Security Model to the RISC-V Community

SiFive hopes to strengthen the RISC-V community with the contribution of its WorldGuard model.


News May 30, 2023 by Jake Hertz
On-device Processing Ramps Up With New Edge AI, End-point AI, & TinyML

On-device Processing Ramps Up With New Edge AI, End-point AI, & TinyML

While there are differences between edge AI, end-point AI, and TinyML, each of these fields is progressing real-time processing in its own ways. Below is a roundup of recent news in these three areas.


News May 24, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Drone Roundup: 3 Innovations Take Smaller, Smarter Drones to the Sky

Drone Roundup: 3 Innovations Take Smaller, Smarter Drones to the Sky

Drone technology is experiencing a ground-up performance boost on all fronts thanks to the latest innovations from industry and academia.


News May 18, 2023 by Aaron Carman
With a Focus on Industry 4.0, ST Unveils Second Series of STM32 MPUs

With a Focus on Industry 4.0, ST Unveils Second Series of STM32 MPUs

The new family of MPUs offers some unique architectural features for industrial applications.


News May 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
AMD Pushes the Envelope on Gaming Graphics With New Ryzen Z1 Processors

AMD Pushes the Envelope on Gaming Graphics With New Ryzen Z1 Processors

The new processors target power efficiency and performance in portable, handheld gaming consoles.


News May 05, 2023 by Jake Hertz
TinyML Summit: Enhancing NPUs With Digital In-memory Computing

TinyML Summit: Enhancing NPUs With Digital In-memory Computing

At the TinyML Summit 2023, STMicroelectronics made a presentation on the benefits of in-memory computing, particularly for neural processing units.


News May 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Revolutionizing Autonomy: The Latest Technologies Advancing ADAS

Revolutionizing Autonomy: The Latest Technologies Advancing ADAS

There's a lot at play for advanced driver assistance systems to monitor for drowsiness or connect vehicles to the grid. Here are a few recent technologies driving forward the future of autonomous vehicles.


News Apr 28, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

Targeting Automotive, Infineon Spins Industry’s First LPDDR Flash Memory

To meet the new demands of automotive zonal architectures, Infineon marries flash memory with an LPDDR interface to enable more performance and scalability than xSPI NOR flash.


News Apr 20, 2023 by Jeff Child