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RISC-V Builds the Backbone of Three New Consumer Devices

RISC-V Builds the Backbone of Three New Consumer Devices

RISC-V, the open-standard ISA, has inspired a host of innovative designs in tablets, cameras, and laptops.


News Sep 03, 2024 by Jake Hertz
OmniVision Delivers Compact, High-Performance 50 Megapixel Camera Chip

OmniVision Delivers Compact, High-Performance 50 Megapixel Camera Chip

The OV50M40 sensor incorporates advanced features, including a stacked architecture, to deliver higher performance out of a smaller footprint.


News Aug 30, 2024 by Duane Benson
Qualcomm Serves Up Snapdragon Mobile Platform to Enhance AI Tasks

Qualcomm Serves Up Snapdragon Mobile Platform to Enhance AI Tasks

Whether it’s on-phone generative AI or AI-enabled feature enhancements, Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chip brings smart performance to mobile devices.


News Aug 26, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Go Big or Go Home: Efinix Targets Mass Market With New FPGA Family

Go Big or Go Home: Efinix Targets Mass Market With New FPGA Family

The Topaz FPGA line builds on the company’s Titanium FPGA portfolio with high-performance, cost-effective chips for mainstream applications.


News Aug 15, 2024 by Duane Benson
Infineon Adds 8 Bluetooth MCUs for Industrial, Consumer, and Automotive

Infineon Adds 8 Bluetooth MCUs for Industrial, Consumer, and Automotive

The new variants in Infineon's BLE 5.4 MCU family feature both SoC and module configurations.


News Aug 15, 2024 by Mike Falter
Rohm Announces the ‘Industry’s Smallest’ CMOS Op Amp

Rohm Announces the ‘Industry’s Smallest’ CMOS Op Amp

Rohm designed the new 0.88 mm x 0.58 mm rail-to-rail op amp for devices where space is at a premium, such as smartphones and IoT devices.


News Aug 08, 2024 by Duane Benson
New E-Fuses Bring Intelligence to the Fuse and Circuit Breaker Worlds

New E-Fuses Bring Intelligence to the Fuse and Circuit Breaker Worlds

These new e-fuse offerings from Toshiba, Nexperia, and STMicroelectronics serve manifold applications: laptops, vehicles, datacenters, and beyond.


News Aug 07, 2024 by Duane Benson
TI’s Smallest Display Controller Enables 4K UHD Projection Anywhere

TI’s Smallest Display Controller Enables 4K UHD Projection Anywhere

At the width of a pencil eraser, the new digital light processing chipset may enable the "smallest, fastest, and lowest-power 4K ultra-high-definition (UHD) projectors ever".


News Aug 06, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Qualcomm Brings 5G and Long Battery Life to Billions of Smartphone Users

Qualcomm Brings 5G and Long Battery Life to Billions of Smartphone Users

Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 platform brings 5G data, fast charging, and improved memory performance to low-cost phones worldwide.


News Aug 01, 2024 by Duane Benson
SiTime Introduces ‘Smallest and Lowest Power’ 32 kHz Crystal Oscillator

SiTime Introduces ‘Smallest and Lowest Power’ 32 kHz Crystal Oscillator

The new oscillator chip delivers low power consumption and ±20 ppm frequency stability to small IoT devices in a 1.2 mm x 1.1 mm QFN package


News Jul 22, 2024 by Duane Benson
ST Announces First Embedded SIM to Support New IoT Standard

ST Announces First Embedded SIM to Support New IoT Standard

STMicroelectronics designed its embedded SIM (eSIM) to comply with new GSMA eSIM protocols for IoT deployments.


News Jul 08, 2024 by Mike Falter
Lattice Combines Security of Fixed Hardware With Flexibility of an FPGA

Lattice Combines Security of Fixed Hardware With Flexibility of an FPGA

Lattice Semiconductor is bringing cryptographic agility and hardware root of trust to low-power FPGAs.


News Jul 02, 2024 by Duane Benson
Targeting 4K Video Interfaces, Small FPGA Boasts Hard-Core MIPI C-PHYs

Targeting 4K Video Interfaces, Small FPGA Boasts Hard-Core MIPI C-PHYs

"Dynamite comes in small packages": Gowin Semiconductor adopts this mentality with its new FPGA targeting embedded high-speed interfaces.


News Jul 02, 2024 by Aaron Carman
My Favorites From Sensors Converge 2024

My Favorites From Sensors Converge 2024

A short recap of some of the most interesting technologies I was able to see while walking the show floor this year.


News Jun 28, 2024 by Dale Wilson
Nuvoton’s New MCU Balances Low Power Consumption and Speed

Nuvoton’s New MCU Balances Low Power Consumption and Speed

While the MCU can run at speeds of up to 72 MHz, its processing architecture and ReRAM technology keep power consumption low.


News Jun 21, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Alphawave Reveals Multiprotocol I/O Chiplet Tapeout, Collabs with Arm, Samsung

Alphawave Reveals Multiprotocol I/O Chiplet Tapeout, Collabs with Arm, Samsung

A string of new announcements has catapulted Alphawave Semi into the industry’s spotlight.


News Jun 19, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Take Inspiration From Superman’s X-Ray Vision for Imaging Chip

Researchers Take Inspiration From Superman’s X-Ray Vision for Imaging Chip

A research team at the University of Texas at Dallas has turned to radar to reveal hidden objects—illuminating the potential of true terahertz imaging.


News Jun 17, 2024 by Aaron Carman
TI Unveils GaN Device for Motor Energy Efficiency

TI Unveils GaN Device for Motor Energy Efficiency

TI showcased what it calls the industry's first GaN IPM for compact, energy-efficient motors at PCIM 2024 in Germany.


News Jun 14, 2024 by Kevin Clemens
Nvidia, Qualcomm, and MediaTek Showcase AI Processors at Computex 2024

Nvidia, Qualcomm, and MediaTek Showcase AI Processors at Computex 2024

Targeting devices ranging from laptops to smart TVs, the newest computing processors bring dedicated AI hardware to varied applications.


News Jun 07, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Intel Makes Way for the AI PC Era With New Lunar Lake Architecture

Intel Makes Way for the AI PC Era With New Lunar Lake Architecture

Intel has adopted a new SoC design that triples the size and quadruples the performance of its AI accelerator.


News Jun 06, 2024 by Jake Hertz