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Apple Targets AI Compute With New M6 and M5 Ultra Processors

Apple Targets AI Compute With New M6 and M5 Ultra Processors

M6 is Apple's first 2-nm chip and features a dual 16-core Neural Engine, while the M5 Ultra joins four dies to achieve 1.2 TB/s of unified memory bandwidth.


News Sep 11, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Rethinking the Stack: DDR-Free, Zephyr-First Design on SoC FPGAs

Rethinking the Stack: DDR-Free, Zephyr-First Design on SoC FPGAs

Cut complex, power-hungry DDR. A Zephyr-first design on PolarFire SoC FPGAs leverages on-chip scratchpad and low-power alternatives to boost efficiency and lower BoM costs.


Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 share a Cortex-A78/A55 complex, an Adreno 704 GPU, and an optional RISC-V real-time core, with the industrial part introducing the IQ2 Series.


News Sep 10, 2026 by Luke James
Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

The new evaluation kits aim to lower the barrier for on-device AI development with Alif’s AI/ML hardware-accelerated Ensemble and Balletto MCUs.


News Sep 09, 2026 by Jeff Child
Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Announced today, the company's new CSS for Mobile 2 platform, Total Design for Physical AI program, and Neoverse CSS N4 platform provide specialized architectures for agentic AI workloads across various domains.


News Sep 07, 2026 by Jeff Child
AMD to Bring UCIe Chiplet Connectivity to Versal RF Adaptive SoCs

AMD to Bring UCIe Chiplet Connectivity to Versal RF Adaptive SoCs

Select Versal RF Series devices will be AMD's first adaptive SoCs with native UCIe 1.1 interfaces, allowing designers to co-package third-party chiplets.


News Sep 03, 2026 by Luke James
MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

RackCommander groups MaxLinear's USB UARTs, RS-485 transceivers, GPIO expanders, and power devices for rack-level management.


News Aug 31, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Shorten Hardware Development Cycles by Parallelizing Firmware and PCB Design

Shorten Hardware Development Cycles by Parallelizing Firmware and PCB Design

Learn to decouple application logic from physical routing using a Board Support Package (BSP). This layered architecture accelerates prototyping and minimizes costly respins on custom boards.


AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.


News Aug 26, 2026 by Luke James
Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Discover how the LT1079 quad op-amp minimizes sensor loading in battery-powered designs. Active cancellation and an onboard bridge network ensure maximum precision for resistive sensors.


NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
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
Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

The rebuilt platform puts the previously closed cloud backend under an Apache 2.0 license and runs on AWS serverless services in a customer's own account.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Luke James
Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

As software-defined embedded systems evolve, dynamic storage architectures replace static partitioning to optimize flash efficiency, support long-term updates, and control rising hardware costs.


Arduino-Compatible RS-485 Linear Hall Sensor Board for Magnetic Field Sensing

Arduino-Compatible RS-485 Linear Hall Sensor Board for Magnetic Field Sensing

This project brief describes how to build and use an Arduino-compatible board that reads a linear Hall-effect sensor and reports the measurement over an RS-485 bus.


Researchers Use Photons & Phonons for Long-Distance Qubit Communication

Researchers Use Photons & Phonons for Long-Distance Qubit Communication

The team employed a quantum material and chip architecture that could be key in scaling quantum computers to one million qubits.


News Aug 18, 2026 by Dr. Steve Arar
What’s Next in Wireless Communication? An Insider’s Perspective

What’s Next in Wireless Communication? An Insider’s Perspective

Joaquin Torrecilla, Keysight’s VP of Software Transformation, joins the show to discuss the evolution of wireless tech—from early Bluetooth to LEO satellite lasers, RedCap, and AI-native 6G.


Nuvoton Teams up With Klippel To Reimagine Smart Audio Amplifiers

Nuvoton Teams up With Klippel To Reimagine Smart Audio Amplifiers

New chip weds advanced technology from Nuvoton and Klippel to create a high-performance audio solution for smart audio devices


News Aug 17, 2026 by Duane Benson
Ceva and Actions Show Off Strengths of Bluetooth HDT in New Audio Chips

Ceva and Actions Show Off Strengths of Bluetooth HDT in New Audio Chips

The ATS296X series from Actions Technology combines Ceva's High Data Throughput radio IP with Actions' own dual-RF design, targeting links of roughly 7.5 Mbps.


News Aug 17, 2026 by Luke James
Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

The EFR32BG2B SoC family supports Bluetooth 6 and is the lowest power Bluetooth LE chip with channel sounding from Silicon Labs.


News Aug 14, 2026 by Duane Benson