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FPGAs and Firmware: An Ironclad Security Duo at Every Stage of Design and Manufacture

FPGAs and Firmware: An Ironclad Security Duo at Every Stage of Design and Manufacture

With increased data transfer comes increased hardware security. We sat down with Lattice Semiconductor to discuss a new security-focused FPGA that may be a solution to many firmware vulnerabilities.


News Dec 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Snapdragon 888: Qualcomm’s First High-End Chip with a Build-In Modem

Snapdragon 888: Qualcomm’s First High-End Chip with a Build-In Modem

Qualcomm recently unveiled Snapdragon 888, the company’s new high-end mobile platform built on the N5 process node.


News Dec 08, 2020 by Luke James
NXP Banks on Radar Sensing to Push Vehicles to Greater Levels of Autonomy

NXP Banks on Radar Sensing to Push Vehicles to Greater Levels of Autonomy

Today, NXP released a new line of radar sensing technologies for the automotive industry. We interviewed their team to learn how they hope to bring vehicles to full autonomy.


News Dec 07, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Light-Activated Hydrogen Sensor Inspired by Butterfly Wings

Light-Activated Hydrogen Sensor Inspired by Butterfly Wings

Once again, researchers have turned to natural phenomena to drive advances in electronics—this time, in hydrogen sensors.


News Dec 07, 2020 by Luke James
New Chip Modularizes Both Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser and MOSFET

New Chip Modularizes Both Vertical Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser and MOSFET

VCSEL usually requires an external MOSFET driver, which causes parasitic impedances. Now, ROHM has announced new R&D that puts VCSEL and MOSFET elements on the same chip.


News Dec 05, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Create Lab-on-a-Chip for Quick Infection Testing

Researchers Create Lab-on-a-Chip for Quick Infection Testing

As the pandemic resurges in many parts of the world, researchers have found a way to bring the speed and accuracy of infection testing to mobile devices with a lab-on-a-chip.


News Dec 04, 2020 by Luke James
Figures of Merit in Power Design: A Reliable Benchmark or an Evolving Standard?

Figures of Merit in Power Design: A Reliable Benchmark or an Evolving Standard?

Design teams, especially in the power sector, may be increasingly asked to benchmark performance with Figures of Merit. What is this standard and how might it be evolving alongside component innovation?


How Altimeters are Taking to the Sky—Satellites, Aircrafts, and Even Skydiving

How Altimeters are Taking to the Sky—Satellites, Aircrafts, and Even Skydiving

One rewarding aspect of engineering is seeing where designs end up in applications. Electronic altimeters are such devices that have found their way into a number of interesting airborne use cases.


News Dec 03, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
Developers Turn to 5nm ASICs to Meet 5G Data Center Loads

Developers Turn to 5nm ASICs to Meet 5G Data Center Loads

2020 has seen a swathe of progress on the 5nm process node led by TSMC. Here’s a quick look at recent developments involving 5nm ASICs.


News Dec 02, 2020 by Luke James
Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is.


News Dec 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz
What Makes 5G So Fast? mmWaves, MIMO, Beamforming, and More

What Makes 5G So Fast? mmWaves, MIMO, Beamforming, and More

With 5G rolling out more quickly as we approach 2021, it may be helpful to touch on the key technologies that make 5G such a speedy success.


News Dec 02, 2020 by John Koon
The New IEC 62368-1 Safety Standard Is Upon Us. Here’s What You Should Know

The New IEC 62368-1 Safety Standard Is Upon Us. Here’s What You Should Know

IEC 62368-1 will be in effect on December 20, 2020. What are the key takeaways designers should know?


News Dec 01, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau
New Test Chip Analyzing 3D Thin Film Structures Hits the Market

New Test Chip Analyzing 3D Thin Film Structures Hits the Market

Chipmetrics Oy, a Finnish company, has begun to commercialize a test chip for analyzing thin-film structures in 3D chips.


News Dec 01, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Voltage-Level Translators: Connecting a World of Increasingly Varying Voltages

Voltage-Level Translators: Connecting a World of Increasingly Varying Voltages

Voltage-level translators are essential in devices like SD/micro SD card readers, wireless access points, and 5G femtocells. How exactly do these devices work?


News Nov 30, 2020 by Nicholas St. John
The War Against Dendrites, the Plague of Li-ion Batteries, Wages On

The War Against Dendrites, the Plague of Li-ion Batteries, Wages On

Dendrites have long since plagued lithium-ion batteries with problems that not only shorten their lifespans, but in some situations can be outright dangerous. Here’s how recent research efforts have contributed to the fight against these microscopic adversaries.


News Nov 30, 2020 by Luke James
Department of Defense Backs New Secure Electron Beam Lithography Initiative

Department of Defense Backs New Secure Electron Beam Lithography Initiative

U.S. Department of Defense-backed secure fab SkyWater is set to adopt Multibeam’s Multicolumn Electron-Beam Lithography system in its 45 nm process.


News Nov 28, 2020 by Luke James
Common Protection Functions of an Intelligent Power Device (IPD)

Common Protection Functions of an Intelligent Power Device (IPD)

In safety-critical applications, like in automotive designs, reliability is key. Here are a few ways IPDs can guard against issues related to current, heat, and more.


News Nov 27, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Researchers Create Low-Power Method to Control Magnetism With Voltage

Researchers Create Low-Power Method to Control Magnetism With Voltage

New research has unveiled that it’s possible to switch states of magnetism between ON and OFF in a new class of easy-to-fabricate materials containing nitrogen.


News Nov 26, 2020 by Luke James
An Engineer’s Checklist for Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner

An Engineer’s Checklist for Preparing Thanksgiving Dinner

The perfectly engineered Thanksgiving dinner is within reach, with the help of some perfectly normal and definitely not overboard technology.


News Nov 26, 2020 by Kate Smith
How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

While Ethernet switches were once solely associated with IT applications, today they are staples in industries from military to rail communications.


News Nov 25, 2020 by Luke James