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Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor of FPGAs.


News Mar 04, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
How Covid-19 Could Cripple the Semiconductor Industry as Electronics Manufacturers Reduce Output

How Covid-19 Could Cripple the Semiconductor Industry as Electronics Manufacturers Reduce Output

Although the semiconductor industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus pandemic thus far, the market is unlikely to come out unscathed.


News Mar 04, 2020 by Luke James
Image Arithmetic in DSP: Image Averaging and Image Subtraction

Image Arithmetic in DSP: Image Averaging and Image Subtraction

Learn how to employ arithmetic operations on images as a way to enhance image quality, detect changes, and reduce noise.


Maxim Integrated to Invest in Dublin Design Center and Assign Team of Mixed-Signal and Analog Engineers

Maxim Integrated to Invest in Dublin Design Center and Assign Team of Mixed-Signal and Analog Engineers

Maxim Integrated is accelerating innovation in Europe with a $25 million investment for a new design center in Dublin, Ireland.


News Mar 02, 2020 by Luke James
ON Semiconductor Introduces Adaptive Charging Controller for USB PD 3.0

ON Semiconductor Introduces Adaptive Charging Controller for USB PD 3.0

The FAN6390MPX incorporates an autonomous USB PD state machine to comply with the USB PD 3.0 specification.


News Mar 02, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
UK-Based XMOS Introduces AI Processor Designed Specifically for AIoT Applications

UK-Based XMOS Introduces AI Processor Designed Specifically for AIoT Applications

XMOS, a company that made headlines for developing the highest performing voice interface for under a dollar, unveils xcore.ai – the fast, flexible, and economical processor designed specifically for the AIoT market.


News Mar 01, 2020 by Luke James
Dialog Semiconductor Expands into IIoT Market Through Adesto Technologies Acquisition

Dialog Semiconductor Expands into IIoT Market Through Adesto Technologies Acquisition

Dialog Semiconductor and Adesto Technologies have announced that they have signed an agreement for Dialog to acquire all of Adesto’s outstanding shares.


News Feb 29, 2020 by Luke James
IC Breakthroughs: Energy Harvesting, Quantum Computing, and a 96-Core Processor in Six Chiplets

IC Breakthroughs: Energy Harvesting, Quantum Computing, and a 96-Core Processor in Six Chiplets

Research institute CEA-Leti is developing techniques to increase the power of semiconductors—with energy-harvesting ICs, a quantum IC that combines quantum dot with digital-analog circuits, and an "active interposer."


News Feb 29, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Maxim Integrated Unveils “World’s Most Secure IoT Microcontroller”

Maxim Integrated Unveils “World’s Most Secure IoT Microcontroller”

The MAX32520, based on the Arm Cortex-M4 processor, features physically unclonable function (PUF) technology to enhance security.


News Feb 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Analog Devices Inc. Quad-Channel Software Configurable I/O | New Product Brief

Analog Devices Inc. Quad-Channel Software Configurable I/O | 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.


Arm Cortex-M MCUs Can Get an Instant Machine Learning and Inference Facelift with NanoEdge AI

Arm Cortex-M MCUs Can Get an Instant Machine Learning and Inference Facelift with NanoEdge AI

Cartesiam's NanoEdge AI Studio simplifies the task of integrating machine learning directly into everyday edge devices that are based on Arm Cortex-M MCUs.


News Feb 26, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
New Wireless Charging IC from ST Designed to Amp Up Power Transfer

New Wireless Charging IC from ST Designed to Amp Up Power Transfer

The STWLC68 integrates a high-power receiver and transmitter with a 32-bit Arm Cortex microcontroller core.


News Feb 26, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
Dialog Semiconductor’s IO-Link ICs Bring Connectivity to IIoT Sensors and Actuators

Dialog Semiconductor’s IO-Link ICs Bring Connectivity to IIoT Sensors and Actuators

Dialog Semiconductor's latest IO-Link IC integrates advanced circuit protection and low power dissipation into a 3 mm x 3 mm package.


News Feb 26, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
 NXP Announces Crossover MCU Family for Edge Device Voice Recognition

NXP Announces Crossover MCU Family for Edge Device Voice Recognition

The i.MX RT600 family combines ultra-low power with small size for voice-based machine learning applications.


News Feb 25, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Five Highlights of Intel’s New 5G Portfolio

Five Highlights of Intel’s New 5G Portfolio

Intel recently announced its latest portfolio of hardware and software to bring the company to the forefront of the 5G technology race.


News Feb 25, 2020 by Lisa Boneta.
Nordic Semiconductor’s RF System-on-Chip Supports Standard and Proprietary Protocols

Nordic Semiconductor’s RF System-on-Chip Supports Standard and Proprietary Protocols

This article briefly reviews some important principles of power-supply design before discussing the features of the nRF5340.


News Feb 22, 2020 by Robert Keim
Researchers Get Ahead of Hardware Backdoors—By Creating Their Own

Researchers Get Ahead of Hardware Backdoors—By Creating Their Own

This article assesses how researchers have taken a preventative approach to security by creating their own hardware backdoors.


News Feb 21, 2020 by Hannah DeTavis
Microchip’s New MCUs Move Software Tasks to Hardware for Faster Throughput

Microchip’s New MCUs Move Software Tasks to Hardware for Faster Throughput

Microchip’s PIC18-Q43 family is designed to eliminate software bottlenecks and allows designers to bring products to market more quickly.


News Feb 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Microchip CryptoAuth Trust Platform Kit | New Product Brief

Microchip CryptoAuth Trust Platform 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.


ST Bases New MCUs on Arm TrustZone Technology

ST Bases New MCUs on Arm TrustZone Technology

STMicroelectronics is placing security as a high priority for their new series MCUs based on Arm Cortex-M33.


News Feb 14, 2020 by Gary Elinoff