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How SpaceX’s Starlink Project Seeks to Bridge the “Digital Divide”

How SpaceX’s Starlink Project Seeks to Bridge the “Digital Divide”

Despite the essential role the internet now plays across the globe, it’s still out of reach to a huge number of people worldwide, including in the U.S. What is Starlink doing to bridge this so-called “digital divide?" 


News Apr 10, 2021 by Luke James
Shrinking the World: Marconi’s Revolution in Wireless Telegraphy

Shrinking the World: Marconi’s Revolution in Wireless Telegraphy

From the Titanic's communication system to the Pope's summer telephone, Guglielmo Marconi's revolutionary advances in wireless radiography helped to establish a more connected world.


News Apr 09, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
Optical MEMS Micromirrors Could Be a Driving Force in “Smart Glass”

Optical MEMS Micromirrors Could Be a Driving Force in “Smart Glass”

New research proposes a smart glass technology that could save energy in buildings by up to 35%.


News Apr 09, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Tech Giants Enter Their Chips in the Race for Self-driving Cars

Tech Giants Enter Their Chips in the Race for Self-driving Cars

ADAS innovation happens at the chip level. Here are the big-name players honing in on autonomous SoCs to advance the possibility of self-driving cars.


News Apr 08, 2021 by Luke James
What’s Trending in Memory Technology in 2021?

What’s Trending in Memory Technology in 2021?

While fabrication grounds to a halt and the electronics supply chain shutters, chip manufacturers and researchers are still hard at work developing better memory technology for enhanced compute potential.


News Apr 08, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Understanding the New Offshore Wind Farms Initiative

Understanding the New Offshore Wind Farms Initiative

An ambitious $3 billion plan may greatly expand American wind-farm output to 30 GW by 2030. What details of this plan might involve engineers and the renewables market at large?


News Apr 07, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
TI Claims an Industry First—a DC/DC Controller With an Integrated Active EMI Filter

TI Claims an Industry First—a DC/DC Controller With an Integrated Active EMI Filter

All About Circuits sat down with Texas Instruments to hear firsthand about the company's efforts to help engineers achieve low-EMI power designs—without compromising size or performance.


News Apr 07, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Will Google’s Soli Radar Chip Revitalize Consumer Sleep Technology?

Will Google’s Soli Radar Chip Revitalize Consumer Sleep Technology?

Consumer sleep technology is becoming a staple in biometric reading. Now, Google has released a radar chip that more easily tracks and analyzes sleep quality.


News Apr 06, 2021 by Rushi Patel
DARPA Bounties 500 Hackers After Computer Chip—And the Chip Wins

DARPA Bounties 500 Hackers After Computer Chip—And the Chip Wins

Whether the chip is truly "unhackable" is up for debate. But understanding general vulnerabilities in computer chips may shed light on the impressive nature of MORPHEUS' architecture.


News Apr 06, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
As Chips Scale Down, Leakage Current Goes Up. How Are Developers Responding?

As Chips Scale Down, Leakage Current Goes Up. How Are Developers Responding?

Leakage current is yet another hurdle as Moore's law marches on. Manufacturing techniques, design methods, and research projects are taking on the challenge.


News Apr 05, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Chip vs. PIFA: Selecting the Right Antenna for a Booming IoT Medical Industry

Chip vs. PIFA: Selecting the Right Antenna for a Booming IoT Medical Industry

Amidst a burgeoning medical device market, choosing the correct IoT antenna means balancing competing requirements, including frequency of operation, PCB space, and cost.


News Apr 05, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
New Fabs Crop Up Globally in 2021 as Chip Crisis Continues

New Fabs Crop Up Globally in 2021 as Chip Crisis Continues

GlobalFoundries, SK Hynix, and Intel have all announced plans to either break ground on new manufacturing plants or expand existing operations.


News Apr 04, 2021 by Luke James
Companies Get Creative to Beat the Heat in Computing Applications

Companies Get Creative to Beat the Heat in Computing Applications

Here's a sweep of a few thermal management techniques across the industry—specifically aimed to keep computing applications cool.


News Apr 03, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
Data Workloads Catch a Break With Samsung’s DDR5 and HKMG Process Technology

Data Workloads Catch a Break With Samsung’s DDR5 and HKMG Process Technology

With mounting data demands, Samsung has unveiled a new DDR5 module with HKMG process technology to accommodate AI, ML, and supercomputing applications.


Deconstructing Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra—and the Consumer Tech Claims Surrounding It

Deconstructing Xiaomi’s Mi 11 Ultra—and the Consumer Tech Claims Surrounding It

Xiaomi claims the Mi 11 Ultra is the "world’s best photography smartphone." With few technical specs published, how do designers approach such claims?


News Apr 02, 2021 by Jake Hertz
ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARM Vision 2021 defines the company's roadmap for the next ten years of specialized computing with the ARMv9-A.


News Apr 01, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
In the Cloud or in the Sea? Facebook and Google to Lay Transoceanic Cables to Asia Pacific

In the Cloud or in the Sea? Facebook and Google to Lay Transoceanic Cables to Asia Pacific

After years of political and national security disputes, the two companies finally feel they’ll get the approval to connect North America and the Asia Pacific region.


News Mar 31, 2021 by Jake Hertz
From Space to the Farm, RF Advancements Fuel New 5G Applications

From Space to the Farm, RF Advancements Fuel New 5G Applications

5G will undoubtedly make its mark in crowded urban centers. But how can RF technologies for this spectrum make a difference in rural and even space settings?


News Mar 31, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
“The Space Race of Our Time:” EU Follows U.S. and China’s Dash for Domestic Chips

“The Space Race of Our Time:” EU Follows U.S. and China’s Dash for Domestic Chips

The European Commission has set an ambitious target: to double last year's production of computer chips in the European Union by 2030.


News Mar 30, 2021 by Luke James
Three Women Making a Splash in Electrical Engineering

Three Women Making a Splash in Electrical Engineering

Limor Fried, Naomi Halas, and Kimberly Bryant are just three women inspiring a new generation of young women to pursue an EE education.


News Mar 30, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau