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Making USB Universal: New Devices Aim to Boost USB Charging Power

Making USB Universal: New Devices Aim to Boost USB Charging Power

With the release of the USB PD 3.1 EPR standard, industry leaders are rapidly announcing solutions for more efficient USB power supplies.


News Mar 27, 2023 by Aaron Carman
The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

While Gordon Moore is best known for his transistor scaling theory, he also devoted his life to other semiconductor breakthroughs—like the integrated circuit—along with philanthropic pursuits.


News Mar 24, 2023 by Tyler Charboneau
Microchip Grows Its Secure Authentication Set With Six New ICs

Microchip Grows Its Secure Authentication Set With Six New ICs

At Embedded World last week, Microchip rolled out its expanded portfolio of security solutions that provide strong authentication and encryption capabilities in electronic systems


News Mar 23, 2023 by Darshil Patel
Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Seeking to enable better on-camera AI for the security realm, Ambarella’s new edge AI SoC promises high performance per Watt, improved image quality, and sensor fusion capabilities


News Mar 21, 2023 by Jeff Child
NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

At Embedded World 2023, NXP unveils a chip that integrates a microcontroller, an NFC front end, and security into a single IC.


News Mar 16, 2023 by Jeff Child
Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

Touting Energy Efficiency, AMD Announces 4th-gen EPYC Embedded Processors

At Embedded World this week, AMD has unveiled its 4th-gen EPYX Embedded processors. The chips offer energy efficiency along with some embedded-specific features.


News Mar 15, 2023 by Jeff Child
Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

Qorvo Debuts Single-chip Management ICs for 20-cell Battery Systems

To enable the move from combustion engines to battery power for lawn equipment, e-mobility, and similar designs, Qorvo has released one-chip battery management ICs for 20-cell battery-powered systems.


News Mar 13, 2023 by Jeff Child
IoT Solutions Focus on Cloud Development, NB-IoT, and Matter—a Roundup

IoT Solutions Focus on Cloud Development, NB-IoT, and Matter—a Roundup

Offering a variety of rich features for IoT system developers, the latest crop of IoT products offer cloud development, NB-IoT/GNSS support, Matter interoperability, and more.


News Mar 11, 2023 by Shraddha Tupe
From Higher Resolution to Zero Motion Artifacts—Image Sensors Keep Evolving

From Higher Resolution to Zero Motion Artifacts—Image Sensors Keep Evolving

Leveraging CMOS and advanced pixel-binning technologies, the industry is offering image sensors that target use cases in ADAS, smartphone cameras, surveillance systems, and more


News Mar 09, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Hailo Spins Vision SoC Crafted for AI Analytics-capable Smart Cameras

Hailo Spins Vision SoC Crafted for AI Analytics-capable Smart Cameras

With its Hailo-15 chip, the company hopes to bring advanced AI analytics and processing into intelligent camera designs.


News Mar 08, 2023 by Jeff Child
STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

With its new sensor IC, STMicroelectronics hopes to enable a new class of hearables for applications like true wireless stereo (TWS).


News Mar 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog has announced a new SAR ADC that is both process agnostic and customizable.


News Mar 03, 2023 by Jake Hertz
MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT Presents Mobile Receiver Chip to Block Interfering Signals

MIT’s receiver architecture offers effective harmonic cancellation all in the RF domain.


News Mar 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
ISSCC Papers from Renesas Tackle Wireless Charging and Car Gateway SoCs

ISSCC Papers from Renesas Tackle Wireless Charging and Car Gateway SoCs

In a pair of papers presented at last week’s 70th annual ISSCC event, Reneas engineers detailed IC designs for wireless power charging and nex-gen automotive gateways.


News Mar 01, 2023 by Jeff Child
We Want to Connect Job Seeking Engineers with New Opportunities

We Want to Connect Job Seeking Engineers with New Opportunities

As layoffs cause disruption in our industry, All About Circuits wants to help connect out-of-work engineers with interesting new job prospects.


News Feb 28, 2023 by Jeff Child
PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

Offering compact packaging, BLE functions, and more, today’s power management integrated circuits (PMICs) are meeting the technology needs of a variety of system designs.


News Feb 25, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Qualcomm and SES-imagotag Team to Leverage New Bluetooth ESL Standard

Qualcomm and SES-imagotag Team to Leverage New Bluetooth ESL Standard

Industry leaders have their sights set on standardizing smart store labels using the latest Bluetooth SIG standard.


News Feb 20, 2023 by Aaron Carman
MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek Ventures Further to High-end Chip Market With Dimensity 7200

MediaTek is upping the competition in the high-end smartphone market with the release of a new mobile processor.


News Feb 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Intel Lifts the Curtain on ‘Sapphire Rapids’ Workstation Processors

Intel Lifts the Curtain on ‘Sapphire Rapids’ Workstation Processors

For years, Intel has been steadily upping the core count for its desktop processors. Now, the company is following suit with its high-end workstation processors.


News Feb 16, 2023 by Hannah DeTavis
Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

Putting its proprietary MEMS technology and clever ASIC design to work, Infineon marries high audio quality and low lower in a tiny microphone device.


News Feb 13, 2023 by Jeff Child