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Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

As more women find their way into STEM-related fields, they have these women to thank for helping lay the foundation for future generations.


News Mar 30, 2023 by Kimber Wymore
Modules and Dev Kits Emerge for Building Amazon Sidewalk Devices

Modules and Dev Kits Emerge for Building Amazon Sidewalk Devices

As the company opens Sidewalk up for testing, the service from Amazon could have big implications in the IoT and smart home space.


News Mar 29, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys Debuts Full-stack AI-based EDA Tool Suite for IC Engineers

Synopsys Debuts Full-stack AI-based EDA Tool Suite for IC Engineers

At today’s Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) event, Synopsys has unveiled a full-stack suite of AI-based EDA tools.


News Mar 29, 2023 by Jeff Child
Arduino Welcomes a New Addition to the UNO Family: The UNO R4

Arduino Welcomes a New Addition to the UNO Family: The UNO R4

As modular electronics become more popular in professional electronics, a new Arduino has hit the market.


News Mar 28, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Startup Enfabrica’s Accelerated Compute Fabric Addresses AI/ML in the Cloud

Startup Enfabrica’s Accelerated Compute Fabric Addresses AI/ML in the Cloud

The networking silicon and software company emerged from stealth mode today at the inaugural MemCon, where it is introducing new Accelerated Compute Fabric (ACF) devices with the goal of addressing interface bottlenecks and scalability challenges in AI computing.


News Mar 28, 2023 by Dale Wilson
More Than Moore: Lux Semiconductors’ System-on-Foil Shrinks Circuits

More Than Moore: Lux Semiconductors’ System-on-Foil Shrinks Circuits

System-on-Foil may sustain semiconductor growth after the sun sets on Moore’s law.


News Mar 28, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Memory Giant Toshiba To Be Acquired After Years of Highs and Lows

Memory Giant Toshiba To Be Acquired After Years of Highs and Lows

The acquisition marks the end of an era for the Japanese memory giant.


News Mar 27, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Making USB Universal: New Devices Aim to Boost USB Charging Power

Making USB Universal: New Devices Aim to Boost USB Charging Power

With the release of the USB PD 3.1 EPR standard, industry leaders are rapidly announcing solutions for more efficient USB power supplies.


News Mar 27, 2023 by Aaron Carman
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