All About Circuits

Latest News

Categories

The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

While Gordon Moore is best known for his transistor scaling theory, he also devoted his life to other semiconductor breakthroughs—like the integrated circuit—along with philanthropic pursuits.


News Mar 24, 2023 by Tyler Charboneau
iPronics Commercializes Easily Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics Commercializes Easily Programmable Photonic Processors

The Spanish company has created programmable photonic chips for wireless signal processing, data centers, machine learning, and other advanced computing applications.


News Mar 24, 2023 by Ingrid Fadelli
New Engineering Tools Smooth Hardware Design for IoT & Quantum Ecosystems

New Engineering Tools Smooth Hardware Design for IoT & Quantum Ecosystems

Leveraging advanced AI-based software, several new EDA and engineering tool platforms are helping engineers design and validate prototypes faster and easier than ever before.


News Mar 23, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Microchip Grows Its Secure Authentication Set With Six New ICs

Microchip Grows Its Secure Authentication Set With Six New ICs

At Embedded World last week, Microchip rolled out its expanded portfolio of security solutions that provide strong authentication and encryption capabilities in electronic systems


News Mar 23, 2023 by Darshil Patel
TI’s Active EMI Filters to Slash Size of Power Supply Designs

TI’s Active EMI Filters to Slash Size of Power Supply Designs

New ICs from Texas Instruments use active filtering to mitigate the impact of switched-mode power supply EMI.


News Mar 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
NVIDIA Unveils cuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”

NVIDIA Unveils cuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”

At NVIDIA’s GTC this week, the company lifted the curtain on a software suite that may drastically improve the resolution of existing lithographic systems.


News Mar 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Nordic’s Bluetooth SoC Shines in OxiWear Ear-worn Pulse Oximeter

Nordic’s Bluetooth SoC Shines in OxiWear Ear-worn Pulse Oximeter

OxiWear’s new pulse-oximeter solution highlights the potential use cases for Nordic’s nRF52840.


News Mar 21, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Seeking to enable better on-camera AI for the security realm, Ambarella’s new edge AI SoC promises high performance per Watt, improved image quality, and sensor fusion capabilities


News Mar 21, 2023 by Jeff Child
Remembering Judith Resnik: EE and Second American Woman in Space

Remembering Judith Resnik: EE and Second American Woman in Space

First a scholar and later an astronaut, Resnik was a crew member on Discovery and lost her life in the Challenger disaster.


News Mar 20, 2023 by Robert Keim
Phosphorus-Turned-Metal Tackles Resistance Issues of 2D Semiconductors

Phosphorus-Turned-Metal Tackles Resistance Issues of 2D Semiconductors

KAUST researchers created a metal when stacking blue phosphorous, which effectively eliminated the contact issues of 2D semiconductors—a promising discovery for future transistors.


News Mar 20, 2023 by Jake Hertz
From a New Chip to Broader Ranges—The Push for Terahertz Technology Continues

From a New Chip to Broader Ranges—The Push for Terahertz Technology Continues

Since terahertz technology is being looked at as the next step toward 6G, companies like Cannon, universities such as Harvard, and agencies like NASA aim to keep this technology advancing.


News Mar 18, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

With a goal of serving the design needs of small form-factor embedded systems, Silicon Labs is rolling out families of MCUs and wireless SoCs in tiny packages.


News Mar 17, 2023 by Jeff Child
Sensirion and STMicroelectronics Join Forces To Improve Environmental Sensing

Sensirion and STMicroelectronics Join Forces To Improve Environmental Sensing

Sensirion’s Director of Product Management speaks with All About Circuits about the new partnership between Sensirion and STMicroelectronics to provide improved humidity and temperature sensing systems.


News Mar 16, 2023 by Dale Wilson
NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

At Embedded World 2023, NXP unveils a chip that integrates a microcontroller, an NFC front end, and security into a single IC.


News Mar 16, 2023 by Jeff Child
Inspired by Zebra Stripes, Researchers Solve Size Constraints of TEGs

Inspired by Zebra Stripes, Researchers Solve Size Constraints of TEGs

Gwangju Institute researchers have developed a thin, lightweight, and flexible TEG that makes use of zebra-like stripes to generate electric energy.


News Mar 15, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

At Embedded World this week, AMD has unveiled its 4th-gen EPYX Embedded processors. The chips offer energy efficiency along with some embedded-specific features.


News Mar 15, 2023 by Jeff Child
ROHM Boasts ±1% Accuracy in New Current Sense Amplifier ICs

ROHM Boasts ±1% Accuracy in New Current Sense Amplifier ICs

Built for industrial applications, the new IC from ROHM is said to offer high-accuracy current sensing while reducing PCB area.


News Mar 14, 2023 by Jake Hertz
STMicro Unveils MCUs and MPUs Featuring BLE, Improved Security, and More

STMicro Unveils MCUs and MPUs Featuring BLE, Improved Security, and More

Ahead of this week’s Embedded World event, STMicroelectronics has released new MCUs, MPUs, and security technology that provide developers new options.


News Mar 14, 2023 by Jeff Child
Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

To enable the move from combustion engines to battery power for lawn equipment, e-mobility, and similar designs, Qorvo has released one-chip battery management ICs for 20-cell battery-powered systems.


News Mar 13, 2023 by Jeff Child
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Lynn Conway, Pioneer of VLSI Design

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Lynn Conway, Pioneer of VLSI Design

For many computer scientists and EEs, Conway's textbook on VLSI design was one of the most influential books of its time. But Conway's story is far more expansive and influential than the textbook alone.


News Mar 13, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois