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This week, Arm announced that it will transfer its entire CeRAM IP portfolio to a new spin-out from the company, Cerfe…

This week, Arm announced that it will transfer its entire CeRAM IP portfolio to a new spin-out from the company, Cerfe Labs, while taking minority ownership stake in the new company.

Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for…

Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for FEC and HARQ line coding.

In this article, we discuss some key security threats to be aware of when designing for the IoT, important security…

In this article, we discuss some key security threats to be aware of when designing for the IoT, important security functions, and how protecting these designs is becoming easier with advances in security ICs. 

In this article, learn how to enable I2C by allowing the LPC55S69 MCU on the E1 board to communicate with a Bosch BME280…

In this article, learn how to enable I2C by allowing the LPC55S69 MCU on the E1 board to communicate with a Bosch BME280 environmental sensor present on the Microe Weather click module.

Glow, the open-source neural network compiler, stirred conversation during the Q&A portion of NXP's Industry Tech Days…

Glow, the open-source neural network compiler, stirred conversation during the Q&A portion of NXP's Industry Tech Days presentation. Why is this compiler so important for pushing intelligence to the edge?

Advanced driving-assistance systems have been evolving technology for the past few years. The next evolution of…

Advanced driving-assistance systems have been evolving technology for the past few years. The next evolution of processing technology—stereovision—is pushing ADAS into the future.

How can you build a fast non-volatile memory from a conventional SRAM? It turns out, you only need a back-up battery and…

How can you build a fast non-volatile memory from a conventional SRAM? It turns out, you only need a back-up battery and some control circuitry.

The OKdo E1 development board is only as wide as a coin but contains the LPC55S69 microcontroller, making it suitable for…

The OKdo E1 development board is only as wide as a coin but contains the LPC55S69 microcontroller, making it suitable for a variety of small production runs and prototypes. Here, get more familiar with the dev board and see how to use its evaluation kit.

This article explains how to use an NTC or a PTC thermistor with an ADC, along with the various process techniques to…

This article explains how to use an NTC or a PTC thermistor with an ADC, along with the various process techniques to convert ADC measured results into a usable temperature value.

Hardware attacks most commonly occur at the firmware level or during manufacturing. Now, Lattice Semiconductor is…

Hardware attacks most commonly occur at the firmware level or during manufacturing. Now, Lattice Semiconductor is releasing two products to protect hardware.

Attack vectors are migrating to easier targets, and right now, IoT firmware is fair prey. In 2020, researchers,…

Attack vectors are migrating to easier targets, and right now, IoT firmware is fair prey. In 2020, researchers, corporations, and governments are rising to the occasion.

Explore the LPC55S16, an MCU well-suited for industrial and professional applications, thanks to its fast clock speed of…

Explore the LPC55S16, an MCU well-suited for industrial and professional applications, thanks to its fast clock speed of 150 MHz, out-of-the-box support for communicating over a CAN-FD bus network, and low current consumption.

This article discusses trusted execution environments — already used in a variety of connected devices — by showing…

This article discusses trusted execution environments — already used in a variety of connected devices — by showing how using TEE and an FPGA SoC can work in vehicle in-cabin AI.

In this article, learn more about the multi-core, DSP acceleration, and co-processing features of the LPC5500 series of…

In this article, learn more about the multi-core, DSP acceleration, and co-processing features of the LPC5500 series of microcontrollers.

Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.

Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.

Learn how the Arm TrustZone extension for the LPC5500 series works and how to start utilizing the safety measures in…

Learn how the Arm TrustZone extension for the LPC5500 series works and how to start utilizing the safety measures in custom secure and non-secure applications.

How exactly do error correction codes work and how do they affect the integrity of an MCU? A new ECC-protected Arm…

How exactly do error correction codes work and how do they affect the integrity of an MCU? A new ECC-protected Arm Cortex-M4F MCU from Maxim Integrated serves as a real-world example.

With processing demands on data centers higher than ever before, designers should be aware of how hardware- (and…

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.

In a move that shows the power of the Infineon-Cypress duo, the companies introduce what they term the "world’s most…

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."