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Building IoT Sensors Armed With AI, Wi-Fi 6, and Matter Capabilities

Building IoT Sensors Armed With AI, Wi-Fi 6, and Matter Capabilities

In this news analysis piece, Nthatisi discusses crafting sensors equipped with Wi-Fi 6, Matter, and Machine Learning using Silicon Labs' SiWx917 IoT device.


News Jan 27, 2024 by Nthatisi Hlapisi
Renesas Hits Milestone for Lowest Power-Consuming BLE SoC

Renesas Hits Milestone for Lowest Power-Consuming BLE SoC

Renesas says the new SoC effectively walks the tightrope between on-chip memory and die size.


News Jan 26, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Siemens Devises Secure Way to Share IC Thermal Models to E-Supply Chain

Siemens Devises Secure Way to Share IC Thermal Models to E-Supply Chain

IC designers can now securely share thermal models across the supply chain—without compromising critical details about chip architecture.


News Jan 25, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys Acquires Ansys for $35 Billion, Bolstering Its Simulation Prowess

Synopsys Acquires Ansys for $35 Billion, Bolstering Its Simulation Prowess

Synopsys is set to acquire simulation software firm Ansys to further advance its systems design offerings


News Jan 24, 2024 by Ingrid Fadelli
Behind the Largest Family of Automotive Multi-Channel Temperature Sensors

Behind the Largest Family of Automotive Multi-Channel Temperature Sensors

Microchip recently announced the MCP998x family of automotive-grade, multi-channel temperature sensors—the so-called largest portfolios of its kind in the industry.


News Jan 23, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
The First Speech Synthesis ICs Issue Acoustic Alerts From Silent EVs

The First Speech Synthesis ICs Issue Acoustic Alerts From Silent EVs

The first set of dedicated speech synthesis ICs addresses the limitations of microcontroller-based voice systems.


News Jan 23, 2024 by Duane Benson
Renesas Snaps Up GaN Specialist Transphorm for $339 Million

Renesas Snaps Up GaN Specialist Transphorm for $339 Million

The acquisition marks a larger trend of consolidation in the GaN industry.


News Jan 22, 2024 by Jake Hertz
New Microchip Ethernet Switches Include TSN and Range of Port Bandwidths

New Microchip Ethernet Switches Include TSN and Range of Port Bandwidths

The new Ethernet switches offer scalable bandwidths, time-sensitive networking (TSN), and two separate redundancy protocols for increased reliability.


News Jan 22, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
These 3 Hardware Startups Brought Engineering Ingenuity to the CES Stage

These 3 Hardware Startups Brought Engineering Ingenuity to the CES Stage

This year’s event was full of advances in fields ranging from EV charging to ESD prevention.


News Jan 20, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Infineon Rolls Out Magnetic Position Sensor Using TMR Technology

Infineon Rolls Out Magnetic Position Sensor Using TMR Technology

By measuring position with magnetics, the new position sensor frees up system real estate for designers.


News Jan 19, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Researchers Create World’s First Graphene Semiconductor

Researchers Create World’s First Graphene Semiconductor

Georgia Tech research could bring graphene's benefits for semiconductors in microelectronics.


News Jan 18, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Curtails IoT Standby Power With New 64-bit Microprocessors

Renesas Curtails IoT Standby Power With New 64-bit Microprocessors

Powered by Arm Cortex CPUs, the new MPUs hit key IoT pain points: standby power, peripherals, and security features.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Launched today, this new alliance promises to make high quality thin-film piezoelectric (PZT) technology more accessible to piezoelectric MEMS developers.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Duane Benson
Onsemi Designs DC SiC Power Modules to Fast Track EV Charging

Onsemi Designs DC SiC Power Modules to Fast Track EV Charging

One critical barrier to EV adoption is their notoriously long charge times. Onsemi aims to address one piece of the puzzle with new power-integrated modules.


News Jan 16, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Bosch Claims Smallest MEMS Accelerometers for Hearables and Wearables

Bosch Claims Smallest MEMS Accelerometers for Hearables and Wearables

The new MEMS devices have a 76% smaller footprint than Bosch’s current generation of acceleration sensors.


News Jan 16, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Three Energy-Harvesting Solutions Show Off IoT Power Possibilities

Three Energy-Harvesting Solutions Show Off IoT Power Possibilities

Several companies took the spotlight at CES 2024 to demo the newest wave of energy-harvesting technology.


News Jan 15, 2024 by Duane Benson
Desktop, Mobile, and Edge: Intel Expands Its Computing Portfolio

Desktop, Mobile, and Edge: Intel Expands Its Computing Portfolio

From mobile gaming to desktop productivity, Intel is broadly expanding its processor offerings for a range of computing applications.


News Jan 15, 2024 by Aaron Carman
MCUs, Modules, and Add-On Boards Lend Bluetooth Support

MCUs, Modules, and Add-On Boards Lend Bluetooth Support

Three Bluetooth offerings from STMicroelectronics, Mikroe, Atmosic, and GlobalScale aim to simplify the development of connected devices.


News Jan 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Three Companies Collab on Near-Zero-Degree Cryogenic CMOS Circuits

Three Companies Collab on Near-Zero-Degree Cryogenic CMOS Circuits

In order to tackle quantum problems, Siemens, SemiWise, and SureCore are making CMOS circuits much cooler.


News Jan 12, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz Win FCC Certification for Drone Network

Nokia and Rohde & Schwarz Win FCC Certification for Drone Network

Following successful collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz to secure FCC certification, Nokia Drone Networks has launched in North America.


News Jan 11, 2024 by Darshil Patel