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Qualcomm Puts AI and 5G in the Hands of Robotics Designers

Surging 15 trillion operations per second, Qualcomm’s RB5 platform is bringing AI and deep learning workloads to the edge of robotics.

June 23, 2020 by Nicholas St. John

Intel’s AI Portfolio Shows How Designs Must Gear Up for Real-Time Processing

With processing demands on data centers higher than ever before, designers should be aware of how hardware- (and software-) based AI may have increasing prominence in their designs.

June 22, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Sizing Up Three SiC MOSFETs That Recently Hit the Market

Multiple companies have announced new SiC MOSFETs—indicating growing popularity in the device and a promising future for solar and EV applications.

June 20, 2020 by Jake Hertz

TSMC’s 5nm Process and N5P Will Hit the Road in Automotive SoCs

What does NXP see in TSMC's N5P technology? TSMC says it has the world’s highest transistor density and offers the fastest performance.

June 17, 2020 by Robin Mitchell

Nokia Taps Three Major Chip Vendors for Customized 5G Chipset

With 5G around the corner, Nokia is boosting SoC processing power and intelligence with the help of Broadcom, Marvell, and Intel.

June 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Hackers Often Target Flash Memory. New NOR Flash Devices Introduce Extra Layers of Protection

In a move that shows the power of the Infineon-Cypress duo, the companies introduce what they term the "world’s most advanced, secured NOR Flash memory."

June 16, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

A New Programmable IC Opens Doors for Customizing Motor Drive Applications

What happens when you combine both configurable logic and configurable analog with high-voltage outputs?

June 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

AI Sensor System Demonstrates New Methods of Collecting Data

A new AI-enabled sensor system for measuring staff comfort levels and workplace concentration could help employers make the most out of flexible, open-plan office spaces and “hot desking”.

June 13, 2020 by Luke James

Driver Monitoring Systems May Prevent Thousands of Distracted Driving Accidents

Distracted and drowsy driving is one of the leading causes of traffic-related deaths in the U.S. Here's an inside look at the technology that can put a stop to it.

June 12, 2020 by Nicholas St. John

Getting Started With the LPC5500 Series MCU Using NXP’s MCUXpresso IDE

This article introduces the MCUXpresso IDE, introducing important features and showing how to get started with programming the LPC65500 series MCU using a Hello World example.

June 11, 2020 by Mark Dunnett, on Behalf of NXP

MIT’s Confetti-Sized “Brain-on-a-Chip” Is Replete With Thousands of Memristors

While there's some debate on whether memristors even exist beyond the theoretical realm, MIT seems to have made a major breakthrough in artificial brain synapse technology.

June 10, 2020 by Robin Mitchell

DARPA Doubles Down on Chip-Level Cybersecurity

The Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) program aims to make scalable security more readily available to designers.

June 08, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

Programming Optical Circuits for Specific Applications and Reducing Production Costs

Researchers have developed a new way to build power efficient and programmable integrated switching units on a silicon photonics chip.

June 06, 2020 by Luke James

UK Researchers Tweak Semiconductor Properties by Manipulating Adjacent Crystals

Researchers at the University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute have shown how the properties of a material made from layers of atomically thin semiconductors can be precisely altered by rotating the position of adjacent crystals.

June 05, 2020 by Luke James