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Intel Eyes Tower Semiconductor for $5.4B to Strengthen Manufacturing Capacity

Intel Eyes Tower Semiconductor for $5.4B to Strengthen Manufacturing Capacity

Having felt the pressure facing the semiconductor supply chain, Intel is seeking to expand its manufacturing capacity by acquiring Tower Semiconductor.


News Feb 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
A Funding Burst Shoots to Scale Electrolyzer Tech for Wider Hydrogen Adoption

A Funding Burst Shoots to Scale Electrolyzer Tech for Wider Hydrogen Adoption

The shift towards greener tech continues with companies looking towards hydrogen technology. Capitalizing on its electrolyzer technology, Verdagy gets funding to boost hydrogen fuel cell development.


News Feb 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Prying Open the NVIDIA-Arm Acquisition: The Controversies, Actions, and Results

Prying Open the NVIDIA-Arm Acquisition: The Controversies, Actions, and Results

Last week the NVIDIA-Arm deal fell through, but it left us some questions to answer. What were the controversies and issues standing in the way? What did NVIDIA hope to gain? Where does that leave Arm?


News Feb 15, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
Aspinity Takes on TinyML, Claiming the Industry’s First Fully Analog ML Chip

Aspinity Takes on TinyML, Claiming the Industry’s First Fully Analog ML Chip

What happens when you apply the merits of analog compute to ML? According to Aspinity, a chip that reduces system power by up to 95%.


News Feb 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
SpaceX Loses 40 Satellites to Radiation: Spotlight on Rad-hard IC Design

SpaceX Loses 40 Satellites to Radiation: Spotlight on Rad-hard IC Design

Space, the "final frontier," has been a growing area of interest, especially for electronic devices. Companies like Microchip, BAE Systems, Intel, CAES, and Lattice Semiconductor take aim for better space-rated IC design.


News Feb 14, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Microchip Targets Data Centers With RAID-on-chip in PCIe Storage Controller

Microchip Targets Data Centers With RAID-on-chip in PCIe Storage Controller

As data centers continue to be overworked, a new smart storage platform from Microchip claims to offer 3x performance over the competition. However, what technology is this solution packing?


News Feb 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Meta’s Supercomputer Zeros in on Training AI Models for Areas Like Computer Vision

Meta’s Supercomputer Zeros in on Training AI Models for Areas Like Computer Vision

Packing thousands of NVIDIA GPUS, Meta researchers unveil AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) supercomputer that could train large AI models needed for new AI-based applications.


News Feb 12, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Looking Forward to 2022: Wrapping Up 2021’s Semiconductor Industry Trends

Looking Forward to 2022: Wrapping Up 2021’s Semiconductor Industry Trends

With 2021 wrapped up, let's look back at the trends we saw happening in the semiconductor industry and then look at how 2022 is kicking off.


News Feb 11, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Stanford Researchers Develop Material That Could Rival Silicon in the Solar Market

Stanford Researchers Develop Material That Could Rival Silicon in the Solar Market

While the new material is significantly more lightweight and flexible than silicon, it boasts the same efficiency when used in solar panels.


News Feb 11, 2022 by vishvachi
EU Officially Puts Forward Its Own Chips Act

EU Officially Puts Forward Its Own Chips Act

The EU is following the U.S. in enacting its own chips act to stimulate the global semiconductor industry.


News Feb 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Intel Pledges Support for RISC-V and “Openness in Technology”

Intel Pledges Support for RISC-V and “Openness in Technology”

A major player has joined the effort to build out the world’s largest and most successful open-source ISA.


News Feb 09, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Nvidia Abandons $66 Billion Acquisition of Arm

Nvidia Abandons $66 Billion Acquisition of Arm

The verdict is in! After a long wait, the NVIDIA-Arm deal falls through.


News Feb 08, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
Targeting IoT Interoperability: Matter Hopes to Provide a Secure Solution

Targeting IoT Interoperability: Matter Hopes to Provide a Secure Solution

As smart home technology continues to flourish among tech consumers, Matter, the new connectivity standard hopes to enhance interoperability in a wide range of smart homes devices and internet of things (IoT) systems.


News Feb 08, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Harvard Researchers Claim “Most Compact Terahertz Laser Ever Designed”

Harvard Researchers Claim “Most Compact Terahertz Laser Ever Designed”

In a recent announcement, Harvard researchers unveiled a compact tunable terahertz laser to be used in imaging, security, and wireless communications.


News Feb 07, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Revitalizing Charge Pump Techniques: NIST Improves Transistor Defect Detection

Revitalizing Charge Pump Techniques: NIST Improves Transistor Defect Detection

Researchers from the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) have brought an old charge pumping technique back to life to ensure transistor quality, revitalizing it as "Frequency Modulated Charge Pumping."


News Feb 07, 2022 by Jake Hertz
The Head and the Heart: UC San Diego Engineers Devise Neural and Cardiac Sensors

The Head and the Heart: UC San Diego Engineers Devise Neural and Cardiac Sensors

UC San Diego's electrical engineering department has announced a number of feats, from neural sensor grids to PMIC innovations.


News Feb 05, 2022 by Ikimi .O
2022 Revs Up ADAS With Radar, EEL Lasers, and Distance Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles

2022 Revs Up ADAS With Radar, EEL Lasers, and Distance Sensors for Autonomous Vehicles

To keep pushing advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) technology to new levels and areas of the vehicle, companies are now betting on radar sensors and distance sensors to provide safety for autonomous vehicles.


News Feb 04, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Use Your EV as a Battery? Team-up Takes Aim at Bi-directional EV Charging

Use Your EV as a Battery? Team-up Takes Aim at Bi-directional EV Charging

As electric vehicles (EVs) carve out their place in the world, a team-up between Emporia Energy and BREK Electronics is betting on bi-directional charging. How does it work and what circuit-level challenges are there?


News Feb 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz
From 5G Chipsets to Hardware Verification Platforms: SoC Design Ramps Up

From 5G Chipsets to Hardware Verification Platforms: SoC Design Ramps Up

As companies shoot to deliver higher performance devices, the system-on-a-chip (SoC) hopes to deliver. From new chipsets to SoC verification platforms, the industry aims to keep pushing SoCs to new heights.


News Feb 03, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
ams OSRAM’s VCSEL Laser Technology Takes Aim to Bring 3D Vision to Robots

ams OSRAM’s VCSEL Laser Technology Takes Aim to Bring 3D Vision to Robots

As the world strives to bring vision to different areas, from drones to vehicles, ams OSRAM and Luxonis have teamed up to developed robotic vision systems with vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology.


News Feb 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz