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Chiplet Design Hopes to Rise Up as a Contender for Sidestepping Moore’s Law

Chiplet Design Hopes to Rise Up as a Contender for Sidestepping Moore’s Law

To overcome Moore's Law and die-to-die interconnection issues, the world’s top companies are turning to chiplet design for their next-generation computing hardware.


News Mar 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz
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
Processing Tech Highlight: MWC 2022 Wraps Up

Processing Tech Highlight: MWC 2022 Wraps Up

Another year at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona wraps up with a tech highlight on processors and system-on-chips (SoCs) from Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm.


News Mar 12, 2022 by vishvachi
Apple’s New M1 Ultra SoC Claims to Pack a Punch in Performance

Apple’s New M1 Ultra SoC Claims to Pack a Punch in Performance

Keeping its in-house chip momentum rolling, Apple unveils its newest member of the M1 family, the M1 Ultra. Let's dive into this new system-on-chip (SoC) and see what it brings to the table.


News Mar 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Here is an accolade to Mildred Dresselhaus, a woman who began studying carbon allotropes on a nanoscale level and prompted other female physicists to follow her steps in STEM.


News Mar 04, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
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
A Glimpse at a New Wave of Smaller PMICs: AI, Automotive, Wearables, and More

A Glimpse at a New Wave of Smaller PMICs: AI, Automotive, Wearables, and More

Power management ICs (PMICs) are continually scaling down. Here's how a few companies are packing functionality in these devices in the face of miniaturization.


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
Right to Repair Plus Recycling May Be Key to Slashing E-Waste

Right to Repair Plus Recycling May Be Key to Slashing E-Waste

In an interview with waste management expert Mark Kasper, we learned how right to repair and recycling can together make a dent in the e-waste crisis.


News Feb 22, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
Nvidia Abandons $66 Billion Acquisition of Arm

Nvidia Abandons $66 Billion Acquisition of Arm

The verdict is in! After a long wait, the NVIDIA-Arm deal falls through.


News Feb 08, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
From 5G Chipsets to Hardware Verification Platforms: SoC Design Ramps Up

From 5G Chipsets to Hardware Verification Platforms: SoC Design Ramps Up

As companies shoot to deliver higher performance devices, the system-on-a-chip (SoC) hopes to deliver. From new chipsets to SoC verification platforms, the industry aims to keep pushing SoCs to new heights.


News Feb 03, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Mobile Processors Pick Up Steam: Samsung Unveils Exynos 2200 Processor

Mobile Processors Pick Up Steam: Samsung Unveils Exynos 2200 Processor

With an outpour of processors for mobile applications coming through the floodgates, Samsung releases its latest Exynos processor.


Researchers and Companies Keep VR Momentum Rolling Into 2022

Researchers and Companies Keep VR Momentum Rolling Into 2022

Advancement in VR (virtual reality) is getting underway in 2022 with companies and researchers exploring new VR applications in robotics and human-machine interface (HMI), despite large companies like Apple facing setbacks.


News Jan 28, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Arm Puts Security Architecture to the Test With New SoC and Demonstrator Board

Arm Puts Security Architecture to the Test With New SoC and Demonstrator Board

Arm recently announced a new prototype architecture that has spun out of its Morello program, which may pave the road for next-generation data security systems.


News Jan 26, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Inside a Tech Lab: How Brooklyn’s Newlab Readies Hardware Startups for Takeoff

Inside a Tech Lab: How Brooklyn’s Newlab Readies Hardware Startups for Takeoff

Converted from the Brooklyn Navy Yard building, Brooklyn's Newlab is now a place for startups to prototype their ideas, raise funding, collaborate with other inventors, and create.


News Jan 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
What Is the Role of Electrical Engineering in Consumer Tech Trade Shows?

What Is the Role of Electrical Engineering in Consumer Tech Trade Shows?

The curtain has fallen on CES 2022, and as our eyes recover from the dazzling array of technological marvels, some electrical engineers may be wondering: What exactly is our role in this show?


News Jan 18, 2022 by Robert Keim
New Reference Designs Aim to Speed Time to Market for Mobile Chargers

New Reference Designs Aim to Speed Time to Market for Mobile Chargers

Three new reference designs on the market can help designers working with USB PD, fast chargers, and in-vehicle wireless charging.


News Jan 16, 2022 by Ikimi .O
In the Wake of CES, AMD Holds 2022 Product Livestream

In the Wake of CES, AMD Holds 2022 Product Livestream

During CES last week, AMD held its 2022 Product Premiere Live Stream. Capitalizing on this event, AMD unveiled a trove of technology, from the new Ryzen 6000 processor family to graphics cards.


e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

For years, e-peas has been rolling out energy-harvesting solutions: PMICs—and more recently—an MCU and antenna. The company recently showed these solutions in action in an autonomous surveillance system.


News Jan 13, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
Samsung’s C-Lab Incubator Champions the 2022 Startup Ecosystem

Samsung’s C-Lab Incubator Champions the 2022 Startup Ecosystem

From a Bluetooth-compatible braille device to an LED-guided smart guitar, the entrepreneurs of Samsung's C-Lab are gearing up for CES 2022.