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Salience Labs Marries Photonics and Electronics in AI Processor

Oxford-based startup Salience Labs is rethinking multi-chip processors, combining the merits of photonics and electronics on a single chip.

2 days ago by Ikimi .O

Join AAC’s Sister Site—Control.com—at Its First Ever Control Automation Day

Held on June 21st, Control Automation Day 2022 will zero in on PLC systems and be packed with keynote addresses, educational live sessions, and exciting giveaways from your favorite manufacturers.

3 days ago by Kimber Wymore

AMD SOM Kit Propels Robotics Beyond Custom Designs

Keen to free industrial robotics from the burdens of custom design, AMD has launched a SOM-based starter kit that puts ROS 2 and predefined interface apps into play.

4 days ago by Jeff Child

Researchers Collab With Intel, Google on “Energy Processing Unit”

Data centers use 90 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year. Now, a new unit can deliver more power to servers—without sacrificing speed or efficiency.

May 13, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

Intel’s AI Processors Aim to Upheave NVIDIA’s Processing Domination

Intel's Habana Labs released two new AI processors zeroing in on data centers and hoping to make waves in the processing world.

May 11, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Rounding-up GaN-based Transistors for High-power and Frequency Applications

Targeting reliable high power and frequency electronic devices, manufacturers are looking into gallium nitride (GaN) to fabricate field-effect transistors (FETs) that have a high switching frequency.

May 07, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Are Apple’s Chips Vulnerable? Investigating a New Side Channel Attack

As chip security becomes a growing concern, researchers found a potential security vulnerability in Apple’s new M1 and A14 chips in the form of microarchitectural side channel attacks.

May 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Arm Unveils New M85 Core and Expands IoT Virtual Hardware Offerings

Six months after its Arm Total Solutions for IoT rollout, today Arm is growing the initiative with a new Cortex-M processor, expanded ecosystem tools, and new virtual hardware—all aimed at IoT.

April 26, 2022 by Jeff Child

IonQ and Hyundai Team Up for Automotive Object Recognition

Signifying a step toward practical application of quantum computing technology, IonQ and Hyundai have partnered to apply quantum machine learning (ML) for object recognition of common roadway objects.

April 19, 2022 by Jeff Child

Innovative Interconnects: The Future of Chiplet-based Processors?

Many of the world's largest chipmakers like AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA are investing in chiplets. But heterogeneous processors are not without their flaws.

April 18, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

Evolving TinyML—The First Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processor Beside a Sensor

Israeli Polyn’s neuromorphic IC has been successfully packaged and evaluated, taking TinyML, or tiny machine learning, technology another step to becoming more mainstream.

April 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz

The Evolution of the Mainframe Computer—to IBM’s Latest z16

With a history dating back to the 1940s, the mainframe computer has advanced significantly to today's mainframes, such as the IBM Z series.

April 13, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan

From Collabs to Laser Modules—Efforts to Improve AR/VR Technology Keep on Rolling In

Trying to keep the momentum building for AR/VR technology, Google targets a micro-LED company, Microsoft and Qualcomm teaming up, and ams OSRAM has a new laser module prototype.

April 09, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski

Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Addressing the challenges of 1.6 Tb/s pathway test and PCIe 6.0 validation, Keysight is releasing two new test products at this week’s DesignCon 2022.

April 07, 2022 by Jeff Child

AMD Scoops Up Pensando To Expand Data Center Processing Solutions

Hoping to keep the momentum rolling for data center processing, AMD has set its sights on acquiring Pensando for its portfolio of data center processing solutions.

April 06, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Mojo Vision Keeps an Eye on the Future With Mojo Lens Prototype

Mojo Vision unveils an advanced prototype of its Mojo Lens——an augmented reality (AR) based contact lens that's packing eye-tracking technology and a digital display all in one.

April 04, 2022 by Darshil Patel

Arduino and Foundries.io Lock Their Sights on Embedded IoT Security

As newer engineers are looking for more ways to break into the Internet of Things (IoT) space, a team-up between Arduino and Foundries.io is hoping to create an easy, secure solution: the Portenta X8.

March 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz

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.

March 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Photonic Wire Bonding Process Could Open Door to More Photonic Electronics

As photonics technology seeks its niche in the industry, one hurdle to overcome is a scalable fabrication process. One technique called photonic wire bonding (PWB) hopes to push photonics forward.

March 26, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

NVIDIA Boasts “World’s Most Advanced Chip” in Latest Tensor Core GPU

Taking aim at creating a future supercomputer, NVIDIA has created a new H100 Tensor Core graphics processing unit (GPU) leveraging its latest architecture, Hopper.

March 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz