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UCLA Creates First Stable, Fully Solid-State Thermal Transistor

UCLA Creates First Stable, Fully Solid-State Thermal Transistor

The transistor prototype opens doors for more efficient thermal management in integrated circuits—and even presents interesting opportunities in human metabolic research.


News Nov 21, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Microsoft Ventures Into Custom Silicon With New AI Accelerator and CPU

Microsoft Ventures Into Custom Silicon With New AI Accelerator and CPU

Microsoft is making its debut into in-house silicon with two new custom chips, claimed to improve AI performance in its data centers.


News Nov 20, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Nvidia Pulls Ahead in GPU Performance Race With New Processor

Nvidia Pulls Ahead in GPU Performance Race With New Processor

Nvidia says the H200 Tensor Core GPU, which doubles the performance of its predecessor, is now the world’s most powerful GPU.


News Nov 20, 2023 by Duane Benson
Microchip Responds to New Automotive Safety Standards With Security IC

Microchip Responds to New Automotive Safety Standards With Security IC

The new security IC better supports large key sizes while maintaining backward compatibility for smaller keys.


News Nov 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs Releases ‘Most Performant’ 8-bit MCUs to the Market

Silicon Labs Releases ‘Most Performant’ 8-bit MCUs to the Market

Built for designers needing a balance between price and performance, the BB5x family offers more features in a familiar development environment.


News Nov 16, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Humane Lifts the Curtain on Ai Pin: The OpenAI-Powered Wearable

Humane Lifts the Curtain on Ai Pin: The OpenAI-Powered Wearable

After years of development and promotion, Humane has finally revealed Ai Pin, a wearable AI assistant with a "less is more" approach.


News Nov 15, 2023 by Duane Benson
Ams Osram Releases Low-Noise AFE Sensor for Vital Sign Monitoring

Ams Osram Releases Low-Noise AFE Sensor for Vital Sign Monitoring

The new analog front end integrates a number of major vital sign monitors into a single device for wearable designs.


News Nov 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
T&M Companies Release New Oscilloscopes for Dense Computing Designs

T&M Companies Release New Oscilloscopes for Dense Computing Designs

Three oscilloscopes from Keysight, Quantifi Photonics, and Rigol promise improvements to electronic testing and measurement.


News Nov 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
MEMS Silicon Speaker Boasts Breakthrough at Over 140 dB Low-Frequency SPL

MEMS Silicon Speaker Boasts Breakthrough at Over 140 dB Low-Frequency SPL

Employing an ultrasound technique, xMEMS Labs has created a powerful MEMS speaker with a broad frequency range for next-gen applications.


News Nov 14, 2023 by Aaron Carman
32-bit MCUs Handle Heavy ML Workloads on Battery-Operated IoT Devices

32-bit MCUs Handle Heavy ML Workloads on Battery-Operated IoT Devices

Alif claims its new Ensemble line of microcontrollers efficiently processes heavy machine learning workloads on battery-powered devices.


News Nov 13, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
Researchers Rethink Computer Vision With All-Analog Photoelectronic Chip

Researchers Rethink Computer Vision With All-Analog Photoelectronic Chip

An all-analog photoelectric chip promises to be three orders of magnitude faster and six orders of magnitude more energy efficient than existing processors.


News Nov 13, 2023 by Duane Benson
RISC-V Rollouts Abound at This Week’s North America RISC-V Summit

RISC-V Rollouts Abound at This Week’s North America RISC-V Summit

Reporting a “banner year” for adoption, these RISC-V developments show the versatility of the ISA.


News Nov 10, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Renesas Shares Processor Roadmap for Its Next-Gen Automotive SoCs and MCUs

Renesas Shares Processor Roadmap for Its Next-Gen Automotive SoCs and MCUs

Renesas’ R-Car Generation 5 brings new SoCs and MCUs to the automotive domain.


News Nov 09, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Side-Channel Attack Threatens Safari Browser Through Apple Processors

Side-Channel Attack Threatens Safari Browser Through Apple Processors

An international team of researchers recently found that Apple’s Safari web browser is still susceptible to a Spectre attack called iLeakage.


News Nov 09, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
Infineon Pushes Machine Learning to the Edge With New MCU Family

Infineon Pushes Machine Learning to the Edge With New MCU Family

Infineon’s newest MCUs speed up neural network processing to keep up with smarter edge devices.


News Nov 08, 2023 by Aaron Carman
How Alec Reeves Revolutionized Telecom With Pulse-Code Modulation

How Alec Reeves Revolutionized Telecom With Pulse-Code Modulation

In an effort to secure Allied communications during WWII, Alec Reeves invented pulse-code modulation—a critical technology in telecom today.


News Nov 07, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Pulsiv Unveils Its Own Nomogram, a Graphical Tool for DCM Flyback Designs

Pulsiv Unveils Its Own Nomogram, a Graphical Tool for DCM Flyback Designs

With this new tool, engineers can quickly and accurately identify primary side inductance and minimum duty cycle—without complex equation-based methods.


News Nov 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz
NXP Aims New Motor Control MCU at Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP Aims New Motor Control MCU at Software-Defined Vehicles

NXP’s S32M2 IC enables software reuse across a variety of small vehicle motors, such as fans, pumps, sunroof openers, trunk openers, and more.


News Nov 07, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Picocom Announces New PHY SoC to Deploy 5G Cellular Networks

Picocom Announces New PHY SoC to Deploy 5G Cellular Networks

Picocom claims it has developed the first system-on-chip for 5G small-cell Open RAN radio units.


News Nov 06, 2023 by Darshil Patel
FPGA Advances Tackle Mounting Data Demands From E-Trading to AI Processing

FPGA Advances Tackle Mounting Data Demands From E-Trading to AI Processing

In this roundup, we discuss how AMD, Intel, and Lattice Semiconductor are pushing the boundaries of FPGAs with new offerings.


News Nov 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz