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Photonics Startup Eyes Wearables With Laser Spectrophotometer Chip

Photonics Startup Eyes Wearables With Laser Spectrophotometer Chip

The company leverages micro-transfer printing (mTP) for a new high-density laser spectrophotometer chip.


News Oct 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Put Electronic “Brains” Onboard Walking Microbots

Researchers Put Electronic “Brains” Onboard Walking Microbots

While micrometer-scale robots are usually controlled externally, Cornell's prototypes include a circuit onboard the autonomous microrobots.


Matter 1.0 is Officially Here to Connect a Fragmented Smart Home

Matter 1.0 is Officially Here to Connect a Fragmented Smart Home

The long-awaited Matter 1.0 standard has finally been released by the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA).


News Oct 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) paved the way for the full-spectrum lights and lasers used in a variety of today’s devices, and we have inventor Nick Holonyak to thank.


News Oct 05, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Helium, “the People’s Network,” Rises Among Low-power IoT Protocols

Helium, “the People’s Network,” Rises Among Low-power IoT Protocols

Scalable, long-range, and blockchain-integrated, Helium is attracting attention in the world of low-power IoT protocols.


News Oct 04, 2022 by Aaron Carman
Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Researchers at Harvard claim to have developed the first ionic circuit based on a new ionic transistor technique.


News Oct 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Craft Synaptic Device to Bridge Neuromorphic Compute Hurdles

Researchers Craft Synaptic Device to Bridge Neuromorphic Compute Hurdles

Researchers at KIST have developed high-performance and highly reliable artificial synaptic devices for next-generation neuromorphic systems.


News Oct 03, 2022 by Darshil Patel
SnapEDA, the “Google for Electronic Components,” Launches Syndication Network

SnapEDA, the “Google for Electronic Components,” Launches Syndication Network

With 10 million parts in SnapEDA's library, the electronic search site has simplified the design process even more with a syndication network.


News Oct 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
RF Module Eyes IoT Networking Using Satellite Comms

RF Module Eyes IoT Networking Using Satellite Comms

Seeking to enable IoT device communication via satellites, Astrocast and CEA have teamed up on a new RF module.


News Oct 01, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Point2 Extends the Reach of 5G by 40 km in New Reference Design

Point2 Extends the Reach of 5G by 40 km in New Reference Design

The reference design features a new SoC with proprietary electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) capabilities.


News Sep 30, 2022 by Jake Hertz
How, Exactly, Did NASA Smash Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid?

How, Exactly, Did NASA Smash Its DART Spacecraft Into an Asteroid?

NASA’s $308 million spacecraft crashed into a deep space asteroid, and the scientific community couldn’t be happier with the results.


News Sep 29, 2022 by Aaron Carman
IMEC Aims to Strengthen Next-gen Optical Networks With TIA Chip

IMEC Aims to Strengthen Next-gen Optical Networks With TIA Chip

With their transimpedance amplifier (TIA) chip, IMEC researchers offer a key technology for ensuring high reliability in 100G passive optical networks (PONs).


News Sep 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Rohde & Schwarz Achieves 4.5 M Acquisition/sec Update Rate with 12-bit Oscilloscope

Rohde & Schwarz Achieves 4.5 M Acquisition/sec Update Rate with 12-bit Oscilloscope

Eliminating cost/performance trade offs, Rohde & Schwarz has unveiled an oscilloscope that does 12-bit resolution across all sample speeds and a 4.5 million waveform/sec update rate.


News Sep 28, 2022 by Jeff Child
Intel Tackles Next-gen Computing with Quantum and Neuromorphic Innovations

Intel Tackles Next-gen Computing with Quantum and Neuromorphic Innovations

At Intel Innovation 2022, Intel is announcing its "software first" approach to quantum and a new stackable, multi-board platform based on the Loihi 2.


News Sep 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs’ SoCs Grow Protocol Support—Adding Wi-SUN, Wi-Fi 6, and More

Silicon Labs’ SoCs Grow Protocol Support—Adding Wi-SUN, Wi-Fi 6, and More

The Internet of Things will have a much larger scope thanks to recently-announced products from Silicon Labs.


News Sep 27, 2022 by Aaron Carman
NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

The new partnership will give startups and research labs access to valuable R&D resources—particularly with open-source chips.


News Sep 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NVIDIA DRIVE Thor is a “Centralized Computer” for Autonomous Vehicles

NVIDIA DRIVE Thor is a “Centralized Computer” for Autonomous Vehicles

At NVIDIA's most recent GTC, the company announced a new SoC to centralize the disparate computing requirements of modern vehicles.


News Sep 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
CEVA Serves Up ASIC IP Platform for 5G O-RAN Designs

CEVA Serves Up ASIC IP Platform for 5G O-RAN Designs

Aiming to ease the challenges of 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) system designs, CEVA has unveiled a baseband IP platform for 5G RAN ASICs.


News Sep 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Slew of Touch Controllers May Improve the Safety and Feel of Displays

Slew of Touch Controllers May Improve the Safety and Feel of Displays

Some people prefer the tactile experience of buttons over current touchscreens. Chipmakers are designing new touch controllers to change that.


News Sep 24, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Industry Tech Days 2022: A Recap With Links to Every Live Session

Industry Tech Days 2022: A Recap With Links to Every Live Session

Industry Tech Days 2022 has wrapped up! Find out what you might have missed!


News Sep 23, 2022 by Jeff Child