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Altera Unveils a New Agilex FPGA Portfolio and Agentic AI Developer Tool

Altera Unveils a New Agilex FPGA Portfolio and Agentic AI Developer Tool

Announced today, Altera has a new FPGA portfolio along with an AI expert companion designed to accelerate development for next-generation digital and physical AI fabrics.


News About 14 hours ago by Jeff Child
ADB is Bringing Resources to Semiconductor Industry Development—Part 1

ADB is Bringing Resources to Semiconductor Industry Development—Part 1

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is advancing Asia's semiconductor sector by expanding workforce training in Thailand and offering financial de-risking tools to strengthen supply chain resilience.


News Oct 26, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Efinix Buckles Down on 64-bit RISC-V Performance for Embedded FPGA Designs

Efinix Buckles Down on 64-bit RISC-V Performance for Embedded FPGA Designs

Efinix expands its Sapphire RISC-V SoC family with a configurable 64-bit processor offering larger memory support, Linux capability and FPGA acceleration for embedded and edge AI designs.


News Oct 19, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Exclusive—Renesas Exec Talks Humanoid Robotics, Analog Solutions, and More

Exclusive—Renesas Exec Talks Humanoid Robotics, Analog Solutions, and More

In this interview article, Renesas VP Peter Jenkins discusses how the company is leveraging its automotive sensor heritage and mixed-signal ICs to power the future of edge AI and humanoid robotics.


News Oct 05, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip Clock Buffers Bridge SoCs & FPGAs With Higher-Voltage Sources

Microchip Clock Buffers Bridge SoCs & FPGAs With Higher-Voltage Sources

The SY757xx family translates clock inputs from 1.2 to 3.3 V down to 1.2 V LVCMOS outputs at frequencies up to 250 MHz,


News Sep 28, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Hardware-Based Security for FPGAs: Protecting Against Evolving Threats

Hardware-Based Security for FPGAs: Protecting Against Evolving Threats

Learn how rising security threats, quantum computing, and strict regulations demand FPGA architectures with integral hardware security and crypto agility for long-term compliance.


Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

The Titanium Edge FPGA family targets constrained edge AI with 50% lower power, compact SiP packages, high-speed MIPI I/O, and robust security/reliability features for intelligent systems.


News Jul 14, 2026 by Austin Futrell
OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

The OECD is analyzing the semiconductor industry, focusing on supply chain resilience, global value chain mapping, and the impact of rising industrial subsidies on global market competition.


News Jul 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller
AMD Unveils Adaptive SoC With 32 GB of Memory-on-Package Embedded DRAM

AMD Unveils Adaptive SoC With 32 GB of Memory-on-Package Embedded DRAM

Announced today, the new AMD Versal Premium Gen 2 MoP SoCs boost performance by integrating memory on-package. It cuts board space by 60% while gaining 288 GB/s bandwidth and 15-year lifecycle.


News Jun 30, 2026 by Jeff Child
France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Drive to Rebuild a Native Semiconductor Industry

France’s Électronique 2030 program commits €5B+ to revitalize its semiconductor industry. Learn the details of this ambitious effort, and the market challenges it’s facing.


News Jun 11, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Bricking Proof: Designing Safety-Critical RTL for eFuse Controllers

Bricking Proof: Designing Safety-Critical RTL for eFuse Controllers

An RTL glitch in an eFuse controller can permanently brick costly silicon. This article covers defense-in-depth FSM design, redundant watchdogs, and formal SVA verification.


Altera Intros Upgrade of FPGA AI Suite Enabling Determinism for Physical AI

Altera Intros Upgrade of FPGA AI Suite Enabling Determinism for Physical AI

The new version of FPGA AI Suite is designed to accelerate trained AI models into FPGAs


News May 13, 2026 by Duane Benson
Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

Europe’s Chip Ambitions: Why the EU’s Semi Strategy May Fall Short

An audit finds that the European Chips Act is "very unlikely" to hit the 20% global market target by 2030, citing fragmented funding, slow progress on FOAKs, and fierce international competition.


News May 12, 2026 by Gordon Feller
HDLs Are Software (and It’s Crazy We’re Still Arguing About It)

HDLs Are Software (and It’s Crazy We’re Still Arguing About It)

HDLs are formal descriptions of behavior, making them software by definition. Modernizing these outdated tools is key to making FPGA development more accessible and productive for all engineers.


EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

EU’s European Investment Bank Meets the Unique Needs of Semiconductors

Learn how the EU's premier lending institution is deploying billions in loans, equity, and blended finance to build a sovereign European chip ecosystem.


News Apr 07, 2026 by Gordon Feller
Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 3

Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 3

To complete this project, we add backlight control and temperature-sensing functionality to the clock we built in the previous installments.


Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 2

Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 2

We continue our design of a clock that uses analog ammeters to display time and temperature. In this installment, we examine the second of the two circuits that enable the timekeeping function.


Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 1

Build Your Own Clock With Analog Dials, Part 1

This project turns old-school analog ammeters into a working clock that can also display the ambient temperature.


ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

ElastixAI Emerges From Stealth With FPGA Approach to Gen AI Supercomputing

In this exclusive interview, the Seattle startup says its software-ML-hardware co-design—announced today—converts off-the-shelf FPGA servers into high-efficiency AI inference engines.


News Feb 25, 2026 by Luke James