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Spin-Gapless Semiconductors Show Promise in Spintronic Devices

Spin-Gapless Semiconductors Show Promise in Spintronic Devices

The relatively new semiconductor—spin-gapless semiconductors—bridges zero‐gap materials and half‐metals while having spin-polarized electrons and holes.


Wi-SUN: the New Wireless Standard Rivaling LoRaWAN and NB-IoT in Smart Cities

Wi-SUN: the New Wireless Standard Rivaling LoRaWAN and NB-IoT in Smart Cities

A new connectivity protocol shows promise for IoT designs, rivaling LoRaWAN and NB-IoT.


News Jul 07, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Researchers Marry Plasmonics and Electronics on a Single Chip for Record Data Transfer Speeds

Researchers Marry Plasmonics and Electronics on a Single Chip for Record Data Transfer Speeds

Researchers from ETH Zürich have successfully combined photonic and electronic elements onto the same chip for the first time. The implications? A brighter future for optical communication networks.


News Jul 07, 2020 by Jake Hertz
FPGA Roundup: New Contenders Hone in on Memory, Size, Power, and Even AI

FPGA Roundup: New Contenders Hone in on Memory, Size, Power, and Even AI

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


News Jul 02, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Advancing Bandwith Capacity of Wireless Data Transfer for HF Electronics

Advancing Bandwith Capacity of Wireless Data Transfer for HF Electronics

Electronic components employing indium nitride hold out the promise of being able to operate at unprecedentedly high frequencies.


News Jun 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

Xilinx recently tapped a startup for its AI accelerating software platform. In what ways might this platform add extra benefits for FPGAs in contrast to GPUs?


News Jun 25, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Microsoft Sends a Data Center to the Ocean Floor to Find a COVID-19 Vaccine

Microsoft Sends a Data Center to the Ocean Floor to Find a COVID-19 Vaccine

Why underwater? The reason is actually quite practical: cooling.


News Jun 18, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Using Machine Learning to Gauge Consumer Perspectives of the Existing EV Charging Network

Using Machine Learning to Gauge Consumer Perspectives of the Existing EV Charging Network

A new study from a research team in Georgia reports the use of machine learning techniques to provide the “best insight yet” into the attitudes of electric vehicle drivers about the existing charging network.


News Jun 17, 2020 by Luke James
Getting Started With the LPC5500 Series MCU Using NXP’s MCUXpresso IDE

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.


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

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.


News Jun 10, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Wi-Fi Is a Power Guzzler. New Multi-Protocol Modules May Change the Game of Battery-Based IoT

Wi-Fi Is a Power Guzzler. New Multi-Protocol Modules May Change the Game of Battery-Based IoT

Wi-Fi's high power consumption represents a serious challenge to battery-powered IoT products. But this may no longer be a problem with the digitally-dominant advanced radio architecture of two new modules from Innophase.


News Jun 09, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Programming Optical Circuits for Specific Applications and Reducing Production Costs

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.


News Jun 06, 2020 by Luke James
FCC Ushers In Next-Gen Network With Wi-Fi 6E Standards Update

FCC Ushers In Next-Gen Network With Wi-Fi 6E Standards Update

Wi-Fi6E is now available for public, unlicensed use. Here's how one major chipmaker has responded.


News Jun 06, 2020 by Kayla Matthews
OpenRoaming Lays the Groundwork for One Global Wi-Fi Network

OpenRoaming Lays the Groundwork for One Global Wi-Fi Network

The Wireless Broadband Alliance has issued a rallying cry for tech leaders to support a global connectivity solution.


News Jun 05, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Has the Modern Data Center Outstripped I2C and SMBus? I3C May Be the Answer

Has the Modern Data Center Outstripped I2C and SMBus? I3C May Be the Answer

An upgrade in serial communication interfaces may be in order. Renesas is stepping up to support the transition.


News Jun 05, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
What Designers Should Know About AEC-Q100

What Designers Should Know About AEC-Q100

One defective component can snowball into 1,000 defective vehicles. That's why AEC-Q100 has an iron fist on automotive standards.


News May 29, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Bel Magnetic Solutions Single Port 5GBase-T MagJack | New Product Brief

Bel Magnetic Solutions Single Port 5GBase-T MagJack | 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.


NYU and IBM Researchers Discover a New Spintronics-Based Fast Data Transfer Solution

NYU and IBM Researchers Discover a New Spintronics-Based Fast Data Transfer Solution

Working in collaboration, New York University and IBM Research have studied the use of spintronics as a means to increase the efficiency of both data transfer and storage—thus enhancing the already-fast-growing R&D into spintronics-based software solutions.


News May 27, 2020 by Sam Holland
Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

Xilinx’s New Customizable FPGA for Data Centers is “Born to Run”

With an increasing burden on networking systems, Xilinx has unveiled a new FPGA with high data processing and flexibility to meet evolving connectivity standards.


News May 26, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
ISP in a Box: Althea Reimagines Mesh Network Systems

ISP in a Box: Althea Reimagines Mesh Network Systems

It all starts with firmware that runs a routing protocol, allowing routers to pay each other for bandwidth and automate network configuration.


News May 22, 2020 by Kayla Matthews