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Nordic Rains IoT Products at Embedded World and MWC 2026

Nordic Rains IoT Products at Embedded World and MWC 2026

At the shows, Nordic debuted new cellular platforms, entry-level Bluetooth LE SoCs, and an edge-AI-enabled wireless chip.


News Mar 27, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Intersil ICL7106/07: The 40-Pin DIP That Built a Million Multimeters

Intersil ICL7106/07: The 40-Pin DIP That Built a Million Multimeters

Nearly five decades after Intersil released the ICL7106 and ICL7107 in 1978, the chips at the heart of the world's cheapest digital meters are still in production.


News Mar 27, 2026 by Luke James
Kristina Johnson: Engineering Change From Movie Theaters to Government

Kristina Johnson: Engineering Change From Movie Theaters to Government

To close out Women's History Month, we spotlight Kristina M. Johnson, the mind behind RealD's 3D technology—just one of her 118 patents.


News Mar 26, 2026 by Luke James
U-blox’s New GNSS Platform Reportedly Cuts Power Consumption 40%

U-blox’s New GNSS Platform Reportedly Cuts Power Consumption 40%

The new L1/L5 platform selectively engages its second frequency band only when conditions demand it, targeting wearables, fleet trackers, and drones.


News Mar 26, 2026 by Luke James
Ambient Scientific Lends AI Processor to Women’s Safety Wearable

Ambient Scientific Lends AI Processor to Women’s Safety Wearable

The MAI device from Dimension NXG runs AI models continuously on a 180-mAh battery for up to 14 days, using analog in-memory compute to keep power consumption at microwatt levels.


News Mar 25, 2026 by Luke James
Gigadevice Debuts Motor Control MCU and Low-Power NOR Flash Memory

Gigadevice Debuts Motor Control MCU and Low-Power NOR Flash Memory

Gigadevice doubled down on efficiency at Embedded World—unveiling a motor-control MCU that slashes system complexity and a low-voltage NOR flash that cuts power use by a third.


News Mar 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
4 Standout Microcontrollers From Embedded World 2026

4 Standout Microcontrollers From Embedded World 2026

These devices are redefining what an MCU can do in the age of edge AI, advanced connectivity, and software-defined vehicles.


News Mar 23, 2026 by Duane Benson
STMicro Launches UWB IC Family Aimed at Next-Gen Ranging and Sensing

STMicro Launches UWB IC Family Aimed at Next-Gen Ranging and Sensing

Announced at Embedded World, the new IEEE 802.15.4ab-compliant SoC extends wireless ranging to hundreds of meters.


News Mar 23, 2026 by Jake Hertz
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