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How Close Are We to Quantum Commercialization?

How Close Are We to Quantum Commercialization?

While quantum hardware is making significant strides to market, the path to quantum commercialization still has numerous obstacles ahead.


News Nov 02, 2022 by Jake Hertz
With its New RISC-V Processors, SiFive Bets on Compute Density

With its New RISC-V Processors, SiFive Bets on Compute Density

Aiming to usurp Arm processors in size-constrained, compute hungry designs like wearables, SiFive has expanded its RISC-V “Performance” line of processors.


News Nov 01, 2022 by Jeff Child
Computing Startup NeoLogic Prolongs Moore’s Law With “Quasi-CMOS”

Computing Startup NeoLogic Prolongs Moore’s Law With “Quasi-CMOS”

Working around deadends to Moore's law, NeoLogic uses single-transistor logic to significantly decrease transistor count in new VLSI designs.


News Oct 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Mixed-safety Systems Using Multicore SoCs With Hypervisors and Multicore Frameworks

Mixed-safety Systems Using Multicore SoCs With Hypervisors and Multicore Frameworks

Learn about how heterogeneous multicore systems-on-chip (SoCs), hypervisors, and multicore frameworks can be useful in mixed-safety systems.


AMD Low-Power Guru Addresses the Looming Electronics Power Challenge

AMD Low-Power Guru Addresses the Looming Electronics Power Challenge

The explosive growth in electronics systems and compute-intensive workloads is pointing toward a significant, and potentially unsustainable, increase in energy use. Samuel Naffziger, AMD Senior Vice President, and Corporate Fellow, has been the lead innovator behind many of AMD’s low-power features and is leading the next generation of developments to address these energy challenges.


Google Announces New Open-source OS for RISC-V Chips

Google Announces New Open-source OS for RISC-V Chips

Using a new Rust-based operating system, Google aims to secure ambient machine learning on embedded hardware.


News Oct 20, 2022 by Darshil Patel
IBM Touts SoC as Solution for Faster Deep Learning Training

IBM Touts SoC as Solution for Faster Deep Learning Training

With its new SoC, IBM hopes to pave the way for AI training and performance that can one day be 1,000 times faster than modern solutions.


News Oct 20, 2022 by Jake Hertz
MediaTek SoC Eyes Performance and Camera Improvements for 5G Phones

MediaTek SoC Eyes Performance and Camera Improvements for 5G Phones

MediaTek’s new compute-intensive SoC is aimed at powering the next generation of mid-range Android 5G smartphones.


News Oct 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Trap Light and Sound on a Chip, Adding to Photonic Toolbox

Researchers Trap Light and Sound on a Chip, Adding to Photonic Toolbox

Researchers have developed a new technique to trap light and sound in waveguides to manipulate light in large-scale circuits.


News Oct 18, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Intel and Google Collaborate on Computing ASIC for Data Centers

Intel and Google Collaborate on Computing ASIC for Data Centers

A collaboration between the two tech giants has resulted in improved data center compute hardware.


News Oct 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Your Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

Your Back-to-School Guide to All About Circuits’ Educational Resources

For students back in college for their Fall semester—and anyone who needs a refresher—here’s the lowdown on our top-notch textbooks, technical articles, and calculators for EE studies.


News Oct 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
Researchers Develop Transistor-free Compute-in-Memory Architecture

Researchers Develop Transistor-free Compute-in-Memory Architecture

Using new materials, UPenn researchers recently demonstrated how analog compute-in-memory circuits can provide a programmable solution for AI computing.


News Oct 11, 2022 by Aaron Carman
Alibaba RISC-V SoC Revealed as Processor for First RISC-V Laptop

Alibaba RISC-V SoC Revealed as Processor for First RISC-V Laptop

Alibaba's RISC-V SoC will power the ROMA development laptop, the industry’s first RISC-V offering.


News Oct 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Researchers at Harvard claim to have developed the first ionic circuit based on a new ionic transistor technique.


News Oct 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

The new partnership will give startups and research labs access to valuable R&D resources—particularly with open-source chips.


News Sep 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NVIDIA DRIVE Thor is a “Centralized Computer” for Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA DRIVE Thor is a “Centralized Computer” for Autonomous Vehicles

At NVIDIA's most recent GTC, the company announced a new SoC to centralize the disparate computing requirements of modern vehicles.


News Sep 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Electronics RZ/V2L High Precision Entry-Level AI MPUs | New Product Brief

Renesas Electronics RZ/V2L High Precision Entry-Level AI MPUs | New Product Brief

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


NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT1160 Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors i.MX RT1160 Evaluation Kit | New Product Brief

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


SiFive Seeks to Fuel Next-Gen Designs with Automotive RISC-V Cores

SiFive Seeks to Fuel Next-Gen Designs with Automotive RISC-V Cores

With its new portfolio of automotive RISC-V processor cores, SiFive aims to solve challenges in the design of evolving digital cars.


News Sep 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Apple Event Highlights: iPhone 14 Lineup and Apple Watches Galore

Apple Event Highlights: iPhone 14 Lineup and Apple Watches Galore

In its latest live event, Apple announced the new iPhone14 lineup and Apple Watch Ultra, along with updates to other Apple Watches.


News Sep 12, 2022 by Darshil Patel