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At Embedded World, Renesas 365 Advances to General Availability Phase

At Embedded World, Renesas 365 Advances to General Availability Phase

The Renesas 365 Development platform unifies electronics design from MCU recommendation to validation.


News Mar 20, 2026 by Duane Benson
MIT Pioneers Two-Chip Authentication to Secure Cryptographic Schemes

MIT Pioneers Two-Chip Authentication to Secure Cryptographic Schemes

MIT's CMOS technique creates paired chips with identical “fingerprints” that secure hardware authentication without storing cryptographic keys on external servers.


News Mar 19, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
The Legacy of Switzerland’s First Female Engineering Professor

The Legacy of Switzerland’s First Female Engineering Professor

To celebrate Women's History Month, we spotlight Erna Hamburger, an engineer who graduated top of her class at EPFL in 1933 and spent decades breaking institutional barriers in electrical engineering and measurement science.


News Mar 19, 2026 by Luke James
R&S and Realtek Validate First Test Setup for BLE High Data Throughput

R&S and Realtek Validate First Test Setup for BLE High Data Throughput

Rohde & Schwarz and Realtek have demonstrated a test solution for the upcoming Bluetooth LE High Data Throughput (HDT) feature that can enable verification of data rates up to 7.5 Mbps.


News Mar 18, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Siemens Adds Agentic AI to Questa One to Speed IC Design

Siemens Adds Agentic AI to Questa One to Speed IC Design

A new human-centered toolkit includes goal-driven autonomous agents within established verification environments.


News Mar 17, 2026 by Jake Hertz
NXP Launches Tiny Applications Processor Blending AI NPU and Tri-Radio

NXP Launches Tiny Applications Processor Blending AI NPU and Tri-Radio

NXP claims that this device represents the first time an applications processor has combined a dedicated AI NPU with tri-radio wireless connectivity.


News Mar 17, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Ventuno Q: The First Fruit of the Arduino-Qualcomm Acquisition Targets AI

Ventuno Q: The First Fruit of the Arduino-Qualcomm Acquisition Targets AI

Six months after acquiring Arduino, Qualcomm goes big by adding the Dragonwing IQ-8275 AI processor to Arduino's platform.


News Mar 16, 2026 by Duane Benson
AI-RAN: The Technology Pushing Mobile Networks Toward AI-Native 6G

AI-RAN: The Technology Pushing Mobile Networks Toward AI-Native 6G

AI-RAN integrates AI workloads directly into cellular network infrastructure. Industry leaders, including Nvidia, Nokia, Ericsson, Intel, Keysight, and Samsung, are now collaborating to move the concept from research toward real-world deployment.


News Mar 16, 2026 by Austin Futrell
MediaTek Expands Genio SoC Line to Target AI to IoT, Robotics, and More

MediaTek Expands Genio SoC Line to Target AI to IoT, Robotics, and More

Announced at Embedded World, the new Genio lineup spans value to flagship tiers, with on-device GenAI acceleration ranging from 6 TOPS to over 50 TOPS.


News Mar 16, 2026 by Luke James
Texas Instruments TMS1000: When Control Logic Fit on One Chip

Texas Instruments TMS1000: When Control Logic Fit on One Chip

Introduced in 1974, the TMS1000 family combined CPU, ROM, RAM, and I/O on a single die and established the commercial template for the microcontroller.


News Mar 13, 2026 by Luke James
Qualcomm Levels Up Mobile Processors, Wi-Fi 8 Portfolio, and RF Hardware

Qualcomm Levels Up Mobile Processors, Wi-Fi 8 Portfolio, and RF Hardware

Qualcomm’s AI-native Wi-Fi 8 platforms, R19-ready 5G modems, and custom Oryon CPUs set the company up for the next generation of mobile and networking infrastructure.


News Mar 12, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Memory Moves: Upgrades to HBM4, eMMC, LPDDR5X, & MRAM Across Industries

Memory Moves: Upgrades to HBM4, eMMC, LPDDR5X, & MRAM Across Industries

Memory makers big and small are innovating storage solutions to meet the mounting needs of AI, industrial factories, software-defined vehicles, and space exploration.


News Mar 11, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
NXP Drives Zonal Computing Transition With New Reference System

NXP Drives Zonal Computing Transition With New Reference System

Announced today, the new zonal reference system includes pre-validated hardware and software for automotive intelligent data handling and multi-volt power distribution.


News Mar 10, 2026 by Duane Benson
Synaptics Redefines Edge IoT with ‘First AI-Native Wi-Fi 7 Connectivity Solution for IoT’

Synaptics Redefines Edge IoT with ‘First AI-Native Wi-Fi 7 Connectivity Solution for IoT’

Announced today at Embedded World, Synaptics claims the SYN765x as the first industry's first AI Native Wi-Fi 7 solution developed specifically for the IoT. It provides Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and 802.15.4 connectivity and features a Cortex-M52 and Ethos-U55 NPU.


News Mar 10, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Intel Rolls Out Industrial Edge AI Processors and Healthcare AI Suite

Intel Rolls Out Industrial Edge AI Processors and Healthcare AI Suite

Announced today at Embedded World, the new Core Series 2 may accelerate the industrial edge and real-time applications, while the healthcare suite may help providers meet the challenges of patient care using edge AI.


News Mar 09, 2026 by Duane Benson
ST Intros Automotive Drivers for Load Protection & High-Voltage Switching

ST Intros Automotive Drivers for Load Protection & High-Voltage Switching

STMicroelectronics has introduced an automotive high-side driver for harsh electrical transients and isolated gate drivers for high-voltage switching applications in EVs and hybrid vehicles.


News Mar 06, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Pickering Unwraps Free Toolset to Streamline ATE Signal Path Workflow

Pickering Unwraps Free Toolset to Streamline ATE Signal Path Workflow

Announced today, the free cloud-based toolset replaces spreadsheets with graphical signal path design for automated test engineers.


News Mar 05, 2026 by Luke James
Infineon Unveils Isolated Gate Drivers With Opto-Emulator Input for SiC

Infineon Unveils Isolated Gate Drivers With Opto-Emulator Input for SiC

The new family of opto-emulator gate drivers provides drop-in replacements to conventional silicon, IGBT, and SiC MOSFET designs.


News Mar 04, 2026 by Charles Lee
NXP Rolls Out 10BASE-T1S PMD Transceivers for Ethernet at Edge

NXP Rolls Out 10BASE-T1S PMD Transceivers for Ethernet at Edge

The automotive- and industrial-grade devices target low-cost multidrop Ethernet with CAN-like simplicity.


News Mar 03, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Menlo Micro Announces Configurable Switch for Semiconductor Testing

Menlo Micro Announces Configurable Switch for Semiconductor Testing

The company claims the MEMS switch is in a league of its own, replacing mechanical and solid-state relays in high-speed semiconductor test equipment.


News Mar 03, 2026 by Duane Benson