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Amar Bose, the Man Behind the Headphones

Amar Bose, the Man Behind the Headphones

His name became legendary in the world of consumer audio, but Bose—professor, researcher, engineer, inventor—was much more than a business-savvy audiophile.


News Jul 25, 2022 by Robert Keim
Microcontrollers Bulk Up with Added Security, TSN Support, and More

Microcontrollers Bulk Up with Added Security, TSN Support, and More

High expectations are placed on today’s microcontrollers (MCUs). To keep pace, MCU companies are beefing up peripheral mixes and security, while some are even adding time-sensitive networking (TSN).


News Jul 09, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
The Future of AI is Analog? New Framework Strikes to Scale Analog AI Chips

The Future of AI is Analog? New Framework Strikes to Scale Analog AI Chips

Revitalizing the need for analog chip design, researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) describe a framework for future analog AI chips.


News Jul 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Samsung Crashes Through 3nm Scaling Barriers With New MBCFET Architecture

Samsung Crashes Through 3nm Scaling Barriers With New MBCFET Architecture

Pushing beyond Moore's law, Samsung claims to have achieved an industry first when it comes to 3 nm process nodes with its latest architecture—the multi-bridge-channel field-effect transistor (MBCFET).


News Jul 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz
“World’s First” Organic BJT—Could Organic Transistors Take Off?

“World’s First” Organic BJT—Could Organic Transistors Take Off?

Researchers at TU Dresden have created the "world's first" efficient organic bipolar junction transistor (OBJT).


News Jun 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
The Reverberations of Alan Blumlein, the Father of Modern Stereos

The Reverberations of Alan Blumlein, the Father of Modern Stereos

Responsible for the modern stereo and an advanced World War II radar, Alan Blumlein revolutionized sound engineering.


News Jun 27, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Rohm’s Latest LDO Regulator ICs Target Nanoscale Output Capacitance

Rohm’s Latest LDO Regulator ICs Target Nanoscale Output Capacitance

Tackling capacitor challenges, Rohm's latest low-dropout (LDO) regulators aim to offer stability in power supply circuits designed with low capacitance values.


News Jun 20, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Tektronix Goes Small with 1.5-inch Thick Bench Quality Oscilloscope

Tektronix Goes Small with 1.5-inch Thick Bench Quality Oscilloscope

Bidding engineers to consider employing the same test tool on their bench top as they use in the field, Tektronix has released a 1.5-inch thick oscilloscope small enough to fit in a laptop bag.


News Jun 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
Power Component Innovations Enrich Supply Designs

Power Component Innovations Enrich Supply Designs

Power supply design is a challenging task. Feeding those needs, a handful of power component companies recently rolled out devices that aim to boost the performance and efficiency of power supplies.


Bob Pease—the “Czar of Bandgaps” and His Analog Design Legacy

Bob Pease—the “Czar of Bandgaps” and His Analog Design Legacy

The field of analog design was propelled into the future thanks to inspiring, intelligent, and sometimes quirky leaders. One pioneer leading the pack was Bob Pease.


News May 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
MEMS Microspeakers Make a Loud Statement Moving Into 2022 and Beyond

MEMS Microspeakers Make a Loud Statement Moving Into 2022 and Beyond

While balanced armature speakers have been a leading technology in true wireless earbuds, MEMS microspeakers are beginning to peak in popularity.


News May 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs

TI Touts Solid-state Relays to Enable Safer EVs

With an eye toward improving isolation technology in electric vehicles, Texas Instruments (TI) is rolling out two solid-state relay chips designed to replace traditional automotive mechanical relays.


News May 10, 2022 by Jeff Child
New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

New Audio Devices Target Next-gen Audio System Designs

Three semiconductor companies have recently announced devices aimed at next-gen audio. These ICs aim to enable engineers to improve the quality and capabilities of their audio system designs.


News May 03, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
First PCle 6 Clock Buffers and Multiplexer “Silence” the Data Center

First PCle 6 Clock Buffers and Multiplexer “Silence” the Data Center

Locking its sights on data centers and the new PCIe Gen6 standard, Renesas has created the "industry’s first PCIe Gen6 timing solution."


News Apr 22, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Bob Widlar, Silicon Valley’s Earliest Crusader for Analog IC Design

Bob Widlar, Silicon Valley’s Earliest Crusader for Analog IC Design

Bob Widlar was a rebel with a cause—an analog IC design cause.


News Apr 19, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Evolving TinyML—The First Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor Beside a Sensor

Evolving TinyML—The First Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor Beside a Sensor

Israeli Polyn’s neuromorphic IC has been successfully packaged and evaluated, taking TinyML, or tiny machine learning, technology another step to becoming more mainstream.


News Apr 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Clothing That Can Hear? MIT Researchers Create Acoustic Fabric

Clothing That Can Hear? MIT Researchers Create Acoustic Fabric

Taking inspiration from the biological auditory system, MIT researchers have created a fabric that senses sound signals and converts them to electrical signals, analogous to how a microphone works.


News Mar 25, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

A system's complexity and cost tend to be two major design considerations. Hoping to ease this stress, a new mixed-signal controller from onsemi aims to achieve high efficiency at low complexity.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

New super-junction metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) from Alpha and Omega are eyeing high efficiency, small form factor data center design.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

Embedded in a wearable system, ADI's new analog front end is designed to level up bioimpedance monitoring—a way to monitor various medical conditions and help doctors come to a more precise diagnosis.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Ikimi .O