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Keeping Its Roots in Service: New Amazon SDK Gives Alexa Design Power to ODMs

Keeping Its Roots in Service: New Amazon SDK Gives Alexa Design Power to ODMs

As tech giants lean towards creating in-house hardware, Amazon releases a new software development kit that allows original device manufacturers (ODMs) to add Alexa services to any hardware device.


News Nov 28, 2021 by Jake Hertz
CubeSAT Project Launches Deep Learning Into Space

CubeSAT Project Launches Deep Learning Into Space

An onboard image processor from Teledyne e2v will bring deep learning capabilities to a smart nanosatellite.


NVIDIA Hits the Road with Autonomous Vehicle Hardware at GTC

NVIDIA Hits the Road with Autonomous Vehicle Hardware at GTC

At NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, the company unveiled its roadmap to bring autonomy to more vehicles—dependent on chipsets, sensors, GPUs, cameras, and more.


News Nov 16, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Flux, a Google Doc-style Collaboration Tool for Hardware Design, Changes the Face of Remote Engineering

Flux, a Google Doc-style Collaboration Tool for Hardware Design, Changes the Face of Remote Engineering

Inspired by GitHub, a new browser-based hardware development tool has recently raised $12M in funding.


News Oct 14, 2021 by Jake Hertz
World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

World’s First TinyML Vision Challenge Crowns 2021 Winners

Competitions are always an exciting way to test the limits and ingenuity of both technology and the designer. This week the winners of the first inaugural TinyML Vision Challenge were announced.


News Oct 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Intel “Reverse Engineers the Brain” With Loihi 2 Neuromorphic Chip and Lava Framework

Intel “Reverse Engineers the Brain” With Loihi 2 Neuromorphic Chip and Lava Framework

Packing one million neurons, the Loihi 2, along with an open-source software framework Lava, is pushing the limits of neuromorphic computing.


News Sep 30, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Speed Up Quantum Computing with Advances from Algorithms to Sensors

Researchers Speed Up Quantum Computing with Advances from Algorithms to Sensors

As the push for better quantum computing heats up, researchers hope to tackle the issues with developments in quantum sensors, algorithms, and quibits.


News Sep 06, 2021 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Beyond HBM: Samsung Breaks Processing-in-memory Into AI Applications

Beyond HBM: Samsung Breaks Processing-in-memory Into AI Applications

AI applications bring with them many challenges, including data processing and memory. Samsung hopes to take on these issues by combining processing-in-memory with high bandwidth memory.


From Home to the Quantum Realm: 3 Companies Push Processor Limitations

From Home to the Quantum Realm: 3 Companies Push Processor Limitations

As the need for better, faster, and safer processing continues to grow, companies like Intel, Cadence, and QuantWare are bringing their A-game to the workplace, vehicles, and quantum computing.


News Aug 28, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Achronix’s Speedster7t FPGA Launches to the Next Level Thanks to Synopsys’ IP

Achronix’s Speedster7t FPGA Launches to the Next Level Thanks to Synopsys’ IP

Designing on silicon is expensive, which is why it's important to get it right on your first pass. Achieving just that is Achronix's Speedster7t FPGA for AI applications, with Synopsys' help.


News Aug 27, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Software Startup Reimagines CPUs—Not GPUs—as Host for Advanced AI

Software Startup Reimagines CPUs—Not GPUs—as Host for Advanced AI

With its unique "SLIDE" algorithm, ThirdAI has plans to shake up the existing paradigm for AI deep learning.


News Aug 16, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Marvell’s Data Center Strategy Behind Its $1.1B Acquisition of Innovium

Marvell’s Data Center Strategy Behind Its $1.1B Acquisition of Innovium

In yet another move for cloud dominance, Marvell is merging with Innovium for its in-house Ethernet switch silicon.


News Aug 06, 2021 by Jake Hertz
The Unsung Hero: Reference Designs from 3 Companies Aim to Inspire EEs

The Unsung Hero: Reference Designs from 3 Companies Aim to Inspire EEs

Often overlooked, reference designs can be an EEs best friend. Maxim Integrated, STMicroelectronics, and Microchip aim to help design facial detecting IoT, MasterGaN devices, and for Qi 1.3.


Could Human-aware Algorithms Be the Key to Motion Planning in Robotics?

Could Human-aware Algorithms Be the Key to Motion Planning in Robotics?

Making robots more human-like could be a necessary hurdle to cross, especially concerning motion control and planning. What are places like MIT and Mitsubishi trying to accomplish with the right algorithms?


Testing the Waters: Quantum T&M Equipment Adds Rohde & Schwarz to Its Roster

Testing the Waters: Quantum T&M Equipment Adds Rohde & Schwarz to Its Roster

With quantum computing striving to become mainstream, T&M equipment will play a pivotal role. Ensuring this, Rohde & Schwarz jump into the quantum T&M playing field.


News Jul 23, 2021 by Kristijan Nelkovski
NXP and MOTER Brings Software to the Data for Real-time Data to Insurance

NXP and MOTER Brings Software to the Data for Real-time Data to Insurance

NXP and MOTER join forces to provide insurance companies with a way to get real-time data on intelligent vehicle systems, skipping the dense and costly method of sending all data to the cloud.


News Jul 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz
NVIDIA Dives Into Industrial High-performance Computing with HGX Platform

NVIDIA Dives Into Industrial High-performance Computing with HGX Platform

Since the industry is zeroing in on high-performance computing, NVIDIA throws its hat into the HPC ring with its release of a new platform: the HGX HPC platform.


News Jul 19, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Entering the Era of AI IC Design: Where Do EEs Fit In?

Entering the Era of AI IC Design: Where Do EEs Fit In?

As AI automated design becomes more and more prevalent in IC design, what are the impacts on the everyday EE?


News Jun 25, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Xilinx’s Versal AI Edge Blends the Border Between Programming and EEs

Xilinx’s Versal AI Edge Blends the Border Between Programming and EEs

Wrapping up a two-part series on the new Versal AI Edge series ACAP from Xilinx, AAC talks about the intersection of engineering disciplines and ACAP applications.


News Jun 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
AI on Demand: SambaNova Hopes to Bridge the AI Integration Gap

AI on Demand: SambaNova Hopes to Bridge the AI Integration Gap

U.S. start-up SambaNova hopes to bridge the gap that currently exists between businesses and artificial intelligence with its innovative "Dataflow-as-a-Service" platform.


News Jun 03, 2021 by Luke James