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In an Industry First, Broadcom Puts Neural Network Onto a Switch

In an Industry First, Broadcom Puts Neural Network Onto a Switch

Broadcom has released StrataXGS Trident 5 BCM78800, a family of Ethernet switch chips with an on-chip neural-network inference engine called NetGNT.


News Dec 06, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
Pickering Teams Up With Menlo Micro for MEMS-Based RF Multiplexers

Pickering Teams Up With Menlo Micro for MEMS-Based RF Multiplexers

The collaboration will deliver test systems with 300x longer operational life and 60x test system throughput, according to the companies.


News Jun 23, 2023 by Jake Hertz
TOSHIBA TPD2015FN High-Side Intelligent Power Switch | New Product Brief

TOSHIBA TPD2015FN High-Side Intelligent Power Switch | New Product Brief

The Toshiba TPD2015FN is an intelligent power switch designed for various applications such as motors, solenoids, and lamp drives. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


E-SWITCH PVK4 Anti-Vandal Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

E-SWITCH PVK4 Anti-Vandal Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Fern Yoon has always loved the big picture. This focus serves her well in her current role as Director of Automotive Systems Engineering and Marketing at Texas Instruments, as she brings together customer and company initiatives to solve big challenges.


Nisshinbo NJG1816K75-TE1 Ultra Low Current SPDT Switch | New Product Brief

Nisshinbo NJG1816K75-TE1 Ultra Low Current SPDT Switch | 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.


Littelfuse NanoT Nano-Sized Tactile Switches | New Product Brief

Littelfuse NanoT Nano-Sized Tactile Switches | 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.


Menlo Micro Supports Low–power MEMS With High-voltage Driver IC

Menlo Micro Supports Low–power MEMS With High-voltage Driver IC

Created for MEMS applications where high voltages are needed, the company’s new driver IC features an embedded charge pump.


News Jan 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
H-bridge DC Motor Control Using Complementary PWM, Shoot-through, and Dead-time

H-bridge DC Motor Control Using Complementary PWM, Shoot-through, and Dead-time

Learn about the role of non-overlapping or complementary pulse width modulation (PMW) in DC motor control using an h-bridge circuit, taking into consideration PWM shoot-through and dead-time PWM.


Panasonic EVPBV 6.5mm x 6.2mm SMD Tactile Switches | New Product Brief

Panasonic EVPBV 6.5mm x 6.2mm SMD Tactile Switches | 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.


Renesas Claims Another Debut in I3C—The First I3C Intelligent Switch

Renesas Claims Another Debut in I3C—The First I3C Intelligent Switch

Moving beyond I2C, Renesas is introducing a new I3C intelligent switch family to boost performance and speed in the data center.


News Jun 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Ep. 45 | The “Ideal Switch”? GE’s Spinoff, Menlo Micro, Looks to Disrupt the Power Industry

Ep. 45 | The “Ideal Switch”? GE’s Spinoff, Menlo Micro, Looks to Disrupt the Power Industry

Chris Keimel, CTO of Menlo Micro (a spinoff from General Electric), introduces the metal MEMS Ideal Switch®. Its ambitious goals merely include replacing the centuries-old electromechanical relay and disrupting the power and RF switching industries.


Microchip Ethernet Switches | New Product Brief

Microchip Ethernet Switches | 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.


RF Switch Ups Power Density and Integration for 5G Networks

RF Switch Ups Power Density and Integration for 5G Networks

The new RF switch device from Menlo Micro offers 25 W power handling and an integrated charge pump driver circuit.


News Apr 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
Menlo Micro’s “Ideal Switch” Gains Traction with $150 Million Funding

Menlo Micro’s “Ideal Switch” Gains Traction with $150 Million Funding

Claiming to have realized the “ideal switch,” GE spinoff Menlo Micro has secured over $225 million in funding to this point.


News Mar 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Rotary Controls For Modern Hardware Interfaces

Rotary Controls For Modern Hardware Interfaces

From mechanical latches and liquid flow restrictors to the earliest radio tuners and volume adjusters, rotary controls have been a mainstay of effective interface design. Learn more about rotary controls for modern hardware interfaces.


Schurter RTS Reflowable Thermal Switch Fuse | New Product Brief

Schurter RTS Reflowable Thermal Switch Fuse | 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.


Microsoft and EPFL Push Forward Optical Circuit Switching for Data Centers

Microsoft and EPFL Push Forward Optical Circuit Switching for Data Centers

Researchers from Microsoft and EPFL are looking to tackle existing challenges in today’s optical circuit switches using photonic chip-based soliton microcombs.


News Oct 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Pre-switching, a New Contrast to Hard-switching, Eliminates Switching Losses With AI

Pre-switching, a New Contrast to Hard-switching, Eliminates Switching Losses With AI

A novel "pre-switch" architecture may allow designers to break free from hard-switching constraints.


News Oct 10, 2021 by Ikimi .O
A New Optical Switch Proves 1,000 Times Faster Than Traditional Transistors

A New Optical Switch Proves 1,000 Times Faster Than Traditional Transistors

Optical computers have long been on the horizon. Now, IBM and Skoltech are teaming up to bring optical circuits into the mainstream.


News Oct 07, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons