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Roger Harrington: The Man With the Key to Unlock Maxwell’s Equations

Roger Harrington: The Man With the Key to Unlock Maxwell’s Equations

Today, we celebrate Roger F. Harrington as he turns 100 years old. His method of moments became the key for engineers in the modern world to put Maxwell's equations into action.


News Dec 24, 2025 by Lianne Frith
Lattice’s New FPGAs Expand Possibilities for Control and Connectivity

Lattice’s New FPGAs Expand Possibilities for Control and Connectivity

The latest members of the low-power, low-density FPGA product line feature instant-on with 896 to 9400 look-up tables.


News Dec 22, 2025 by Duane Benson
AWS Touts Its ‘Most Powerful and Efficient’ CPU Yet

AWS Touts Its ‘Most Powerful and Efficient’ CPU Yet

New Graviton5-based EC2 M9g instances push performance, core density, and security design to the next level.


News Dec 19, 2025 by Jake Hertz
MAX232: The Single-Supply Transceiver That Shrunk RS-232 to One Chip

MAX232: The Single-Supply Transceiver That Shrunk RS-232 to One Chip

Introduced in the late 1980s, Maxim’s MAX232 made RS-232 interfaces trivial with dual drivers, dual receivers, and their +/-10 V rails—all from a single +5 V supply.


News Dec 19, 2025 by Luke James
Tiny Connectors With Big Jobs in Automotive and Industrial Applications

Tiny Connectors With Big Jobs in Automotive and Industrial Applications

Here's the latest roundup of connectors offering better EV power delivery, industrial SPE networking, and high-current automotive electronics.


News Dec 18, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
Q.ANT’s New Photonic Processor Pushes AI and HPC Beyond Silicon’s Limits

Q.ANT’s New Photonic Processor Pushes AI and HPC Beyond Silicon’s Limits

Q.ANT has debuted NPU 2 with enhanced nonlinear optical processing, delivering major gains in efficiency and performance for next-generation AI and HPC workloads.


News Dec 18, 2025 by Joshua Tidwell
Using Synopsys Tools, Complex AI SoC Achieves Verification in 5 Weeks

Using Synopsys Tools, Complex AI SoC Achieves Verification in 5 Weeks

Rebellions employed Synopsys' VCS, ZeBu, Virtualizer, and the Verification Continuum to achieve full bring-up and live demo just five weeks after first silicon.


News Dec 17, 2025 by Duane Benson
Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Light Research, Heavy Implications: LEDs for Medicine, Displays, & Optics

Recent research has pushed LED and OLED performance into new territory, from photothermal cancer therapy to nano-OLEDs capable of directional light control.


News Dec 16, 2025 by Luke James
Renesas Reveals First Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/BLE Combo MCUs for Smart Homes

Renesas Reveals First Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi/BLE Combo MCUs for Smart Homes

RA6W1 is a dual-band Arm Cortex-M33 platform that targets low-power connected devices.


News Dec 16, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Projections to 2030: How Korea’s Chipmakers Could Re-Shape the Semi World

Projections to 2030: How Korea’s Chipmakers Could Re-Shape the Semi World

By 2030, Korean chipmakers are projected to dominate AI memory (HBM), strengthen foundry/packaging, and gain traction in the stable analog/power IC market, boosting profitability and global influence.


News Dec 15, 2025 by Gordon Feller
Keysight Introduces Handheld Analyzer for High-Precision RF Measurements

Keysight Introduces Handheld Analyzer for High-Precision RF Measurements

The new platform adds 120 MHz of gap-free IQ streaming, high-speed data transfer, and AI-assisted waveform identification.


News Dec 15, 2025 by Luke James
Littelfuse Intros Asymmetrical TVS Diode Series for 12 V Battery Protection

Littelfuse Intros Asymmetrical TVS Diode Series for 12 V Battery Protection

The new devices target anti-reverse circuits with lower negative clamping voltages and simplified front-end design.


News Dec 12, 2025 by Luke James
New MCUs Shaped by Embedded Application, Not a Single Performance Curve

New MCUs Shaped by Embedded Application, Not a Single Performance Curve

New microcontrollers from ST, Infineon, and Nuvoton highlight how the MCU market is expanding sideways rather than moving along on a general industry standard for performance.


News Dec 11, 2025 by Arjun Nijhawan
Upgraded MOSFETs Target Power Density, Safety, and Efficiency

Upgraded MOSFETs Target Power Density, Safety, and Efficiency

Rohm, Littelfuse, and Ideal Semiconductor each introduced high-performance MOSFETs.


News Dec 11, 2025 by Jake Hertz
5 Research Breakthroughs Push the Boundaries of Photonic Computing

5 Research Breakthroughs Push the Boundaries of Photonic Computing

Recent advances in photonic platforms, memory architectures, and optical switching demonstrate an evolving space for optical computing.


News Dec 10, 2025 by Luke James
Sensibel Eval Kits Support First Studio-Quality Optical MEMS Microphone

Sensibel Eval Kits Support First Studio-Quality Optical MEMS Microphone

Announced today, the Aurora and Polaris development kits enable designs for the company’s studio-grade optical MEMS microphone.


News Dec 10, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Gigadevice Introduces Dual-Voltage NOR Flash for Wearables, AI, and More

Gigadevice Introduces Dual-Voltage NOR Flash for Wearables, AI, and More

The company optimized the device's dual-voltage design for high-speed, low-power 1.2 V SoC applications.


News Dec 09, 2025 by Austin Futrell
Rohm Unwraps High-Precision Optical Sensor Leveraging VCSEL Technology

Rohm Unwraps High-Precision Optical Sensor Leveraging VCSEL Technology

The compact analog photoreflector targets high-speed object and line detection.


News Dec 08, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Three New Automotive ICs Target Noise, Precision, and Control

Three New Automotive ICs Target Noise, Precision, and Control

A new wave of automotive ICs may tackle the complex mix of precision sensing, high-speed signaling, and compact actuation inside modern EVs and ICEs.


News Dec 08, 2025 by Luke James
Nordic Semi Unveils Bluetooth LE SoC for Next Gen Healthcare Wearables

Nordic Semi Unveils Bluetooth LE SoC for Next Gen Healthcare Wearables

The new low-power BLE SoC targets medical designs such as wearable biosensors and glucose monitors.


News Dec 05, 2025 by Duane Benson