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EU Officially Rules USB-C as Common Charger By 2024

EU Officially Rules USB-C as Common Charger By 2024

Consumers will need to look for an icon and a label that indicates charger performance and decide on an unbundled sale before making a purchasing decision.


News Jun 09, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Apple Tests iPhones With USB-C Instead of Lightning

Apple Tests iPhones With USB-C Instead of Lightning

Apple may switch from its proprietary Lightning charger to USB-C. What are the measurable differences between these connectors?


News Jun 01, 2022 by Jake Hertz
AMD Rolls-out New Technologies at COMPUTEX 2022

AMD Rolls-out New Technologies at COMPUTEX 2022

The much anticipated COMPUTEX 2022 hybrid event kicked off last week and continues digitally with leading companies, like AMD. Let's look into AMD's COMPUTEX 2022 announcements.


News Jun 01, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
A Roundup of Three Recent Connectors Hitting the Market

A Roundup of Three Recent Connectors Hitting the Market

With a market saturated with options, engineers can find a purpose-built connector for just about any project. Here are a few standouts for Ethernet, automation, and defense.


News Apr 22, 2022 by Jake Hertz
DesignCon 2022: Automated Software Targets IEEE 802.3 Cabling

DesignCon 2022: Automated Software Targets IEEE 802.3 Cabling

To support advanced IEEE 802.3 networking standards and shrinking test times, Rohde & Schwarz debuted two new software suite options for doing automated testing cable assemblies up to IEEE 802.3ck.


News Apr 08, 2022 by Jeff Child
Setting a World Standard: David Boggs the Co-father of the Ethernet

Setting a World Standard: David Boggs the Co-father of the Ethernet

David Boggs, co-inventor of the Ethernet, helped propel the world of connectivity to the future. Learn about his life, his work with Robert Metcalfe, and how the Ethernet standard shook up the world.


News Mar 02, 2022 by Jake Hertz
The King of Plug-and-Play: How USB Took the World by Storm

The King of Plug-and-Play: How USB Took the World by Storm

Does anyone remember the time before the plug-and-play (P-n-P) method of simply “hooking up” devices with universal serial bus (USB) cables came to exist? Here comes a peek at the history of USB connectors.


News Feb 22, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
One Charger to Charge Them All: EU Proposes USB-C Becomes the Standard

One Charger to Charge Them All: EU Proposes USB-C Becomes the Standard

Hoping to curb e-waste and let consumers have one cord to charge their devices, the European Commission (EC) suggests USB-C should become standard. How could this affect e-waste, designs, and engineers?


News Oct 19, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
High-speed Contactless Connectors Aim to Solve Connector-related Failures

High-speed Contactless Connectors Aim to Solve Connector-related Failures

Aiming to make the connectors have fewer wires, a collaboration between ST and Rosenberger has resulted in a novel, high-speed, contactless connector technology.


News Oct 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Packing Power: New Family of Flyback Switcher ICs Integrates USB PD Controller

Packing Power: New Family of Flyback Switcher ICs Integrates USB PD Controller

Power Integrations' new InnoSwitch3-PD family is said to reduce the number of the required components by about 50 percent compared to conventional solutions. 


News Oct 05, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
Semtech Strives for Data Center Interconnects with Latest Tri-Edge Chipsets

Semtech Strives for Data Center Interconnects with Latest Tri-Edge Chipsets

Hoping to take the "edge" off of data center workloads comes two new additions to Semtech's Tri-Edge family. What are they and how do they help data centers keep up through data center interconnects?


Diodes Tackles Signal Integrity with Latest ReDrivers for HDMI to PCIe 4.0

Diodes Tackles Signal Integrity with Latest ReDrivers for HDMI to PCIe 4.0

Recently, Diodes Inc. has pushed out new ReDriver technologies, which aim to improve signal integrity. What are these new releases and how do ReDrivers stack up to ReTimers?


News Aug 02, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Intel Addresses the Quantum Interconnect Bottleneck with Horse Ridge Cryogenic IC

Intel Addresses the Quantum Interconnect Bottleneck with Horse Ridge Cryogenic IC

In a recent article in Nature, Intel has quantitatively proven the efficacy of their cryogenic IC Horse Ridge.


News May 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
New Infineon Flyback Converters Target Power Losses in USB Power Delivery

New Infineon Flyback Converters Target Power Losses in USB Power Delivery

This week, Infineon released a new USB-PD charger that leverages a flyback converter topology for maximal efficiency.


News May 05, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Photonics May Remedy the Interconnect Bottlenecks of Moore’s Law

Silicon Photonics May Remedy the Interconnect Bottlenecks of Moore’s Law

As interconnects become an increasingly challenging system bottleneck, some researchers—and even larger corporations like Intel—believe silicon photonics to be a light at the end of the tunnel.


News Apr 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
MIT Researchers Strike the Sweet Spot Between Fiber Optic and Copper Cabling

MIT Researchers Strike the Sweet Spot Between Fiber Optic and Copper Cabling

At just the width of a human hair, a new type of cable from MIT and Raytheon is said to be ten times faster than USB.


News Mar 03, 2021 by Jake Hertz
How Bad Cabling Cost a Spanish Engineering Team 200 Million Euros

How Bad Cabling Cost a Spanish Engineering Team 200 Million Euros

This past week, Spain’s attempted launch of its first optical imaging satellite ended in tragic failure—and the reason was frustratingly avoidable.


News Nov 20, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Open-Source NVMe Controller Tech Can Help Academics Develop Memory Devices

Open-Source NVMe Controller Tech Can Help Academics Develop Memory Devices

NVMe controller technology can be difficult and expensive for academics to get their hands on. Now, a new open-source option may help EE students prototype new storage devices.


News Sep 22, 2020 by Luke James
Molded Interconnect Devices May Be a PCB’s Partner in Design

Molded Interconnect Devices May Be a PCB’s Partner in Design

Molded interconnect devices, when conditioned with laser direct imaging, could be a helpful 3D supplement to PCB design.


News Sep 16, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
How to Enable USB-C Power Exchanges With and Without Power Delivery

How to Enable USB-C Power Exchanges With and Without Power Delivery

In this article, we'll discuss the main features required to have a USB-C power exchange with and without PD.


News Aug 22, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar