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Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Researchers at Stanford built an effective, passive ultra-thin laser isolator using silicon, a well-known material for chip manufacturing.


News Dec 19, 2022 by Darshil Patel
“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

At the annual summit, leaders in the RISC-V community had much to say about RISC-V taking over the world.


News Dec 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
Solutions Disclosed at RISC-V Summit: Security, Verification, and More

Solutions Disclosed at RISC-V Summit: Security, Verification, and More

At this year’s RISC-V Summit, stakeholders rolled out solutions revolving around verification, security, and software-defined SoCs.


News Dec 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
TSMC Announces Expansion Plans for Highly-anticipated Arizona Fab

TSMC Announces Expansion Plans for Highly-anticipated Arizona Fab

TSMC will be adding a second fab to its Phoenix, Arizona, site—with plans to make both 4 nm and 3 nm process chips within the next three years.


News Dec 14, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Lattice Debuts Low-power FPGA Family in Tiny Form Factor

Lattice Debuts Low-power FPGA Family in Tiny Form Factor

In an effort to marry power efficiency with mid-range FPGA performance, the company has unveiled a new family of tiny form factor, low-power devices.


News Dec 13, 2022 by Jeff Child
Intel Reveals Plans for a Trillion-transistor Processor by 2030

Intel Reveals Plans for a Trillion-transistor Processor by 2030

At IEDM 2022, Intel tipped its ambitions to build a processor comprising one trillion transistors by 2030.


News Dec 12, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
New Foundry System Claimed to Half IC Prices and Slash Lead Times

New Foundry System Claimed to Half IC Prices and Slash Lead Times

Search for the Next's new Infrastructure Time Machines are designed to “turn Moore’s clock back by 10 years."


News Dec 05, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
STMicroelectronics IIS2ICLX 2-Axis Digital Inclinometer | Featured Product Spotlight

STMicroelectronics IIS2ICLX 2-Axis Digital Inclinometer | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


Startup Validates its MEMS Scanning Mirror Process for LiDARs

Startup Validates its MEMS Scanning Mirror Process for LiDARs

Setting out to overcome the drawbacks of today’s LiDAR mirror alternatives, Omnitron Sensors has crafted a 3D MEMS technology fit for low-cost, high-volume markets.


News Nov 30, 2022 by Jeff Child
TSMC to Make 3nm Semiconductors at Arizona Fab

TSMC to Make 3nm Semiconductors at Arizona Fab

To meet worldwide demands, the largest semiconductor manufacturers are ramping up capacity. Among them, TSMC plans to build 3nm chips at its Arizona fab.


News Nov 28, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Offset and Gain Calibration Functions in Precision ADCs: Self-calibration

Offset and Gain Calibration Functions in Precision ADCs: Self-calibration

Learn about the self-calibration or internal calibration function in an analog-to-digital converter (ADC).


MOSFET ICs Roll in Small Package Formats—a Roundup

MOSFET ICs Roll in Small Package Formats—a Roundup

Enabling use in size-constrained system designs, a crop of MOSFET ICs are available that leverage small IC package formats.


5 Online EE Resources I WOULD Have Been Thankful For

5 Online EE Resources I WOULD Have Been Thankful For

On this Thanksgiving Day, Jeff wonders what his EE college days would have been like if he’d had access to All About Circuits’ rich online resources.


News Nov 24, 2022 by Jeff Child
Our Electronica Interview with Infineon PSS Division President Adam White

Our Electronica Interview with Infineon PSS Division President Adam White

In Infineon’s booth in the vast Hall C3 at Electronica 2022, we caught up with Adam White to talk supply chain, sustainability, green energy, and more.


News Nov 23, 2022 by Jeff Child
Mushroom-based Substrates: Next Biodegradable Electronic Solution?

Mushroom-based Substrates: Next Biodegradable Electronic Solution?

Hoping to pave a path toward more sustainable electronics, could research into mushroom-based substrates from Johannes Kepler University (JKU) of Linz be the answer?


News Nov 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
IBM Ushers in Next Wave of Computing with 433-qubit Quantum Processor

IBM Ushers in Next Wave of Computing with 433-qubit Quantum Processor

With triple the qubits of IBM's last quantum processor, Osprey is charging the company's quantum roadmap ahead.


News Nov 17, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Samsung’s 8th-gen Vertical NAND (V-NAND) Enters Mass Production

Samsung’s 8th-gen Vertical NAND (V-NAND) Enters Mass Production

The new generation of V-NAND marks a major memory milestone for the industry, with Samsung claiming highest bit-density.


News Nov 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NASA’s EMIT Mission Taps FPGA Processing to Measure Surface Minerals

NASA’s EMIT Mission Taps FPGA Processing to Measure Surface Minerals

Representing a joint effort to accurately characterize the minerals present on the Earth’s surface, NASA’s JPL leverages optical and FPGA-based advances to help in modeling the Earth’s climate.


News Nov 08, 2022 by Aaron Carman
Startup Knocks Down Chiplet Hurdles with High-performance Link

Startup Knocks Down Chiplet Hurdles with High-performance Link

Eliyan is emerging from stealth mode, unveiling the successful tapeout of its high-performance UCIe-compliant die-to-die interconnect technology in 5 nm process.


News Nov 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Intel VP Aims to Deliver AI Everywhere and to Everyone

Intel VP Aims to Deliver AI Everywhere and to Everyone

Wei Li is the VP and GM for Artificial Intelligence and Analytics at Intel where, for 20 years, he has been an award-winning technologist and leader. He now directs their AI Everywhere initiative.