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Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Addressing the challenges of 1.6 Tb/s pathway test and PCIe 6.0 validation, Keysight is releasing two new test products at this week’s DesignCon 2022.


News Apr 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
Diamond-based Accelerators May Bring Quantum Computing to the Edge

Diamond-based Accelerators May Bring Quantum Computing to the Edge

Will 2022 finally be the year of quantum utility? Australian-German startup Quantum Brilliance believes it has the key to shrink quantum computing for mobile devices—at any temperature.


5G Backhaul May Move Data From Base Stations to a Core Network

5G Backhaul May Move Data From Base Stations to a Core Network

The future of 5G NR means moving into mmWave frequencies. What opportunities and challenges await operators in designing backhaul network services?


News Dec 13, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
PoE Standards for IoT Devices and Power Sourcing Equipment

PoE Standards for IoT Devices and Power Sourcing Equipment

In this Industry Article, we'll discuss PoE (Power over Ethernet) standards and power sourcing equipment (PSE), using office Internet of Things (IoT) devices as an example application.


Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow Makes Its Debut—and Graduates Its First Reference Design

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED HaLow Makes Its Debut—and Graduates Its First Reference Design

Wi-Fi HaLow is described as having the best combination of range, throughput, density, low-power operation, and deployment costs. Now, the certification program will bring this latest IEEE standard to market.


News Nov 05, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Colab Aims to Create a Secured Quantum Internet Using Quantum Key Distribution

Colab Aims to Create a Secured Quantum Internet Using Quantum Key Distribution

Researchers and companies alike are investing time into quantum networks/internet. However, what is this technology, how is it secured with quantum key distribution, and what are TB Group and Toshiba creating?


News Oct 18, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Intro to 5G NR

Intro to 5G NR

Learn the basics of 5G NR (New Radio), including its frequency bands, applications, and what technologies make it possible.


Microchip Faces Connectivity Issues for PAM4 with “Most Compact” Ethernet PHY

Microchip Faces Connectivity Issues for PAM4 with “Most Compact” Ethernet PHY

The demand for better connectivity has prompted the shift to 112G PAM4, though there are many challenges like signal integrity. Taking on these challenges, Microchip unveils its latest solution.


News Sep 09, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Semtech Strives for Data Center Interconnects with Latest Tri-Edge Chipsets

Semtech Strives for Data Center Interconnects with Latest Tri-Edge Chipsets

Hoping to take the "edge" off of data center workloads comes two new additions to Semtech's Tri-Edge family. What are they and how do they help data centers keep up through data center interconnects?


Messages Through the Cosmos: A Review of Data Transfer in Space

Messages Through the Cosmos: A Review of Data Transfer in Space

Space data transfer has come a long way since those early calls to Houston. Here's a forward-looking glance at space communication technology.


News Sep 01, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Learn How Integrated Solutions Can Increase the Accuracy of Resistive Current Sensing

Learn How Integrated Solutions Can Increase the Accuracy of Resistive Current Sensing

In this article, we’ll discuss why a discrete implementation cannot provide a high accuracy in resistive current sensing.


In Its First Public Acquisition, SpaceX Snatches Up Satellite Startup Swarm

In Its First Public Acquisition, SpaceX Snatches Up Satellite Startup Swarm

SpaceX is known to create almost all of its technology in-house. What inspired the tech giant to acquire Swarm's technology?


News Aug 12, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Enabling Industrial Network Design with Time-Sensitive Networking

Enabling Industrial Network Design with Time-Sensitive Networking

OT (operational technology) and IT (informational technology) may have different real-time needs, but they're merged in the TSN (time-sensitive networking) Ethernet-based standards. Learn about the theory and hardware involved in implementing TSN in industrial network design.


New IEEE Standard Takes Aim at Easing Long-Reach SerDes Automotive Design

New IEEE Standard Takes Aim at Easing Long-Reach SerDes Automotive Design

Direct physical interfaces between sensor and processor over long distances is a major challenge in automotive design. The IEEE 2977-2021 MIPI A-PHY specification might be the key to this challenge.


News Jul 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
TI’s Sitara AM2x Platform Blurs the Lines Between MCU and MPU

TI’s Sitara AM2x Platform Blurs the Lines Between MCU and MPU

Recently, All About Circuits had the chance to talk with Texas Instruments about its newest MCU development, the Sitara AM2x.


News Jul 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
From Safety to Design Simplification: IoT Design Takes Another Leap Forward

From Safety to Design Simplification: IoT Design Takes Another Leap Forward

Recently IoT has been at the forefront of everyone's mind, especially for Renesas, Silicon Labs, and Nordic Semiconductor. What IoT innovations have they come up with lately?


News Jul 09, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Marvell’s OCTEON 10: The First DPU To Use Neoverse N2 ARMv9 Architecture

Marvell’s OCTEON 10: The First DPU To Use Neoverse N2 ARMv9 Architecture

Marvell’s newest 5 nm data processing unit (DPU), the OCTEON 10, offers 3x improvement over the previous generation along with the newest ARMv9 Core.


News Jul 07, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Design Tips for Protecting High-Speed Interfaces

Design Tips for Protecting High-Speed Interfaces

In this second installment of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we explore what protecting high-speed interfaces looks like, including USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, and eSATA.


IBM Accelerates Germany as a Quantum Hub with EU’s First Quantum Computer

IBM Accelerates Germany as a Quantum Hub with EU’s First Quantum Computer

Quantum computing momentum just got faster with the EU's first quantum computer: IBM's "Quantum System One." What could this computer mean for the EU, quantum technology, and Germany?


News Jun 24, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
A “Shelf-life” for FinFETs? Samsung and TSMC Improve Node Density for RF

A “Shelf-life” for FinFETs? Samsung and TSMC Improve Node Density for RF

Single-digit node process is nothing new, but existing technology hampers RF performance due to parasitics. Samsung Foundry and TSMC seek to bring single-digit node performance to RF chips.


News Jun 17, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons