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Ray Dolby, the Engineer Who Revamped Sound Technology

Ray Dolby, the Engineer Who Revamped Sound Technology

Before his name became a brand and a household word, Ray Dolby was a pioneer in noise reduction technology. His innovations revolutionized the audio and entertainment industries.


News Aug 31, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Chinese Startup Biren Technology Takes on NVIDIA in GPU Market

Chinese Startup Biren Technology Takes on NVIDIA in GPU Market

At Hot Chips 34, a new player entered the high-performance GPU market.


News Aug 31, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Andes and Green Hills Collab Yields RISC-V-based SoC for Automotive Safety

Andes and Green Hills Collab Yields RISC-V-based SoC for Automotive Safety

The two companies intend to introduce advanced safety functionalities via RISC-V to target use cases in the automotive industry.


News Aug 30, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
LeapFive Eyes High-performance Realm with 1.8 GHz RISC-V SoC

LeapFive Eyes High-performance Realm with 1.8 GHz RISC-V SoC

Setting out to enter the high-end processing niche within RISC-V, startup LeapFive has unveiled a quad-core 1.8 GHz RISC-V SoC.


News Aug 30, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
MIT Discovers Why There’s an Uneven Distribution of Bandwidth

MIT Discovers Why There’s an Uneven Distribution of Bandwidth

Network congestion algorithms are supposed to fairly distribute internet bandwidth. But that's not always the case, MIT researchers say.


News Aug 29, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
RISC-V Universe Grows with New GPUs, CPUs, and Development Kits

RISC-V Universe Grows with New GPUs, CPUs, and Development Kits

More companies continue to leverage RISC-V, a free open source instruction set architecture, to push innovation in GPUs and real-time CPU devices.


News Aug 27, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Samsung Employs its V-NAND Tech for Gaming NVMe SSD

Samsung Employs its V-NAND Tech for Gaming NVMe SSD

Designed for gaming and creative applications, Samsung’s new SSD leverages its latest V-NAND technology.


News Aug 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Software Solutions Aim to Accelerate AI, Quantum, and GPU Processing

Software Solutions Aim to Accelerate AI, Quantum, and GPU Processing

With the goal of accelerating various types of advanced computing, including AI, GPU, and quantum processing, a variety of software solutions have recently been unveiled.


News Aug 26, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Intel GPU Muscles Up for Media Processing and the Visual Cloud

Intel GPU Muscles Up for Media Processing and the Visual Cloud

Optimized for media streaming, Intel’s new GPU family hopes to meet the video processing needs of data centers and the cloud.


News Aug 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
As Temperatures Skyrocket, Sensors and AI Help Fight Wildfires

As Temperatures Skyrocket, Sensors and AI Help Fight Wildfires

With wildfires causing historic levels of damage, developers are enlisting sensors and artificial intelligence (AI) to help fight, mitigate, and prevent these catastrophes.


NVIDIA Shares Details on Grace CPU and Hopper GPU at Hot Chips

NVIDIA Shares Details on Grace CPU and Hopper GPU at Hot Chips

At this year’s Hot Chips conference, NVIDIA shed more light on its newest computing flagship processors.


News Aug 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Amid Chip Shortages, Companies Bet on RISC-V

Amid Chip Shortages, Companies Bet on RISC-V

The RISC-V architecture continues to gather momentum as organizations make efforts to leverage the open-source ISA technology and innovate with new RISC-V solutions.


News Aug 24, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Hindered by Drama—Cubic Boron Arsenide Strikes to be “Best Semiconductor Ever”

Hindered by Drama—Cubic Boron Arsenide Strikes to be “Best Semiconductor Ever”

Another potential "superior" semiconductor hits the scene: cubic boron arsenide (c-BAs). However, more tests and funding are needed to see whether this semiconductor shifts from the lab to practical applications.


News Aug 23, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Nordic Semiconductor Rolls Out Its First Wi-Fi IC

Nordic Semiconductor Rolls Out Its First Wi-Fi IC

Complementing its existing wireless IoT offerings, Nordic Semiconductor has unveiled a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 companion chip.


News Aug 22, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Worldwide Come Together on “NeuRRAM” Neuromorphic Chip

Researchers Worldwide Come Together on “NeuRRAM” Neuromorphic Chip

The teams have developed the first compute-in-memory chip to tackle a range of AI applications at lower energy and higher accuracy than other platforms.


News Aug 22, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Inspired by Pavlov, Researchers Use Light to Bring Classical Conditioning to AI

Inspired by Pavlov, Researchers Use Light to Bring Classical Conditioning to AI

A team at the University of Oxford drew inspiration from Pavlov's dog to design a photonics-based neural network.


News Aug 20, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Caltech’s Wearable Sensor Detects Metabolites and Nutrients From Sweat

Caltech’s Wearable Sensor Detects Metabolites and Nutrients From Sweat

Looking beyond uncomfortable blood draws for lab results, Caltech researchers hope to unlock a new era of reusable, continuous sweat-monitoring wearables.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Digi-Key Electronics opened its new distribution center this week at its headquarters. The new facility triples the location’s shipping rate to 81,000 boxes per day of electronic parts.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
New Wind Sensor Takes Flight to Improve Drone Performance

New Wind Sensor Takes Flight to Improve Drone Performance

Researchers have developed a more efficient wind sensor to improve the take-off and landing safety of drones, balloons, and other autonomous aircraft.


News Aug 18, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

OmniVision keeps shrinking the pixel size of its complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors by introducing its latest sensor with the "world’s smallest" pixel size.


News Aug 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz