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ISSCC Papers from Renesas Tackle Wireless Charging and Car Gateway SoCs

ISSCC Papers from Renesas Tackle Wireless Charging and Car Gateway SoCs

In a pair of papers presented at last week’s 70th annual ISSCC event, Reneas engineers detailed IC designs for wireless power charging and nex-gen automotive gateways.


News Mar 01, 2023 by Jeff Child
We Want to Connect Job Seeking Engineers with New Opportunities

We Want to Connect Job Seeking Engineers with New Opportunities

As layoffs cause disruption in our industry, All About Circuits wants to help connect out-of-work engineers with interesting new job prospects.


News Feb 28, 2023 by Jeff Child
The Setbacks and Promises of Smart Contacts Continue to Ebb and Flow

The Setbacks and Promises of Smart Contacts Continue to Ebb and Flow

An idea that seems like science fiction, smart contact lenses face daunting technical and production challenges that call their commercial feasibility into question.


News Feb 27, 2023 by Jake Hertz
In a Series of Agreements, GlobalFoundries Buoys Chip Supply From Home

In a Series of Agreements, GlobalFoundries Buoys Chip Supply From Home

Tracking the goals of the CHIPS+ Act, GlobalFoundries is strengthening the U.S. semiconductor ecosystem with several partnerships and acquisitions.


News Feb 21, 2023 by Biljana Ognenova
Exploring the Basics of Bluetooth Low Energy: A Beginners Guide To BLE

Exploring the Basics of Bluetooth Low Energy: A Beginners Guide To BLE

Learn about the Bluetooth low energy (BLE) wireless communication protocol, namely its features, protocol stack, and how it communicates with devices.


MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek is upping the competition in the high-end smartphone market with the release of a new mobile processor.


News Feb 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
SMD LED Considerations for Lighting and Indicator Applications

SMD LED Considerations for Lighting and Indicator Applications

When developing lighting and indicator devices, surface mounted diode (SMD) LEDs offer a variety of benefits. Learn the options available—including multi-color SMD LEDs—and the advantages they provide.


Wi-SUN Alliance Certifies Silicon Labs’ Wi-SUN SoC for Smart Metering

Wi-SUN Alliance Certifies Silicon Labs’ Wi-SUN SoC for Smart Metering

Silicon Labs' Wi-SUN SoC is now available and fully certified by the Wi-SUN Alliance for smart city applications.


News Feb 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
IoT Modules and Dev Kits Enable Low-power, Edge Device Designs

IoT Modules and Dev Kits Enable Low-power, Edge Device Designs

Serving up low-power wireless connectivity, high-performance computing, and comprehensive development resources, this batch of IoT modules, SoCs, and dev boards smooth the way for IoT system designers.


News Feb 13, 2023 by Jeff Child
Fabless FPGA/eFPGA Players Ramp up Their Innovations—a Roundup

Fabless FPGA/eFPGA Players Ramp up Their Innovations—a Roundup

With products built on some of the most advanced semiconductor fab processes—like TSMC’s 7 nm node—fabless FPGA/eFPGA providers are rolling out new updated open-source tools, new devices, and new IP.


News Feb 08, 2023 by Jeff Child
To Protect Machine Learning IP, Model Watermarking Is on the Rise

To Protect Machine Learning IP, Model Watermarking Is on the Rise

Industry players are looking for discrete ways to protect intellectual property, and an attractive option is in sight: machine learning watermarking.


News Feb 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Brings Big SoC Upgrade to Samsung Galaxy S23 Series

Qualcomm Brings Big SoC Upgrade to Samsung Galaxy S23 Series

Samsung's new flagship smartphone is leaving behind in-house Exynos processors in favor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processor.


News Feb 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Remembering Karl Alex Müller, the Swiss Superconductor Pioneer

Remembering Karl Alex Müller, the Swiss Superconductor Pioneer

Swiss physicist Karl Alexander(Alex) Müller leaves his legacy as the discoverer of high-temperature superconductors, a feat that earned him a Nobel Prize in physics.


News Feb 06, 2023 by Biljana Ognenova
Infineon DC-DC LITIX boost Controller | Product Sociable

Infineon DC-DC LITIX boost Controller | Product Sociable

Infineon delivers innovative, high-performance LED driver IC solutions with best-in-class technologies that can be used in a broad range of LED lighting applications.


TE Connectivity LEMBAS LTE/GNSS USB Modem | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity LEMBAS LTE/GNSS USB Modem | 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.


Introduction to Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory

Introduction to Double Data Rate (DDR) Memory

Learn about double data rate (DDR) memory key concepts and applications surrounding this digital communication technique, where two data words are transferred during one clock cycle.


IEEE RWW Keynotes: Future of RF Looks Rocky and That’s a Good Thing

IEEE RWW Keynotes: Future of RF Looks Rocky and That’s a Good Thing

At IEEE Radio and Wireless Week (RWW), keynote speakers highlighted the trends in RF and wireless technology, and how design engineers must adapt to meet the new challenges head on.


News Feb 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
NeuralTree SoC Detects and Blocks Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders

NeuralTree SoC Detects and Blocks Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders

With NeuralTree, EPFL researchers are vaulting traditional challenges of implantable SoCs, like low channel count, system complexity, and large area.


News Feb 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
The Internet of Animals Is Here to Track, Monitor, and Conserve Species

The Internet of Animals Is Here to Track, Monitor, and Conserve Species

The Internet of Things isn't just useful for remotely locking your doors or turning off a light. Connected devices may now play a role in saving wildlife.


News Jan 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

STMicro Brings Its Free STM32 MCU Edge AI Toolset to the Cloud

The new cloud-based version includes a GitHub-based model resource, and remote access to a “board farm” to remotely benchmark edge-AI models on STM32 MCU boards.


News Jan 31, 2023 by Jeff Child