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Intel Drops Four New Processor Families at CES

Intel has released more than 50 new processors at CES 2021, aimed at markets ranging from business to gaming.

one day ago by Jake Hertz

Why a New 80 V Resistor-Equipped Transistor is Relevant for EV System Design

With the hopes of future-proofing automotive designs, Nexperia has released an 80 V "RET." How are these components useful in EV design?

2 days ago by Jake Hertz

AI Chipmaker Raises Funding With Unique “Intelligent Processing Units”

UK-based AI chipmaker Graphcore has closed a $222 million funding round, bringing the British company’s value up to $2.77 billion and in line with the likes of NVIDIA and Qualcomm.

January 09, 2021 by Luke James

Inching Toward Autonomy, New ASIC for Driver Monitoring Systems Integrates AI Processors

OmniVision claims this new ASIC for driver monitoring systems is the industry’s first to integrate a neural processor and image signal processor.

January 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz

What to Expect from an All-Digital CES 2021

With CES 2021 taking place as an all-digital show for the very first time, things are going to be a little different. Here’s a brief rundown of what to expect.

January 06, 2021 by Luke James

Xilinx Joins Confidential Computing Consortium With Hopes to Bring Security to Accelerators

The Confidential Computing Consortium is drilling down on hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments, and Xilinx is the newest member to benefit.

January 04, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Researchers Propose A New “Unhackable” Transistor

Protecting IP is a serious concern in the semiconductor industry, where threats like counterfeiting, reverse engineering, and piracy run rampant. Researchers from Purdue say they may have a solution.

December 29, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Was 2020 the Year of Edge AI Compute?

In 2020, many companies released flagship low-power devices with the goal of bringing AI to the edge. We’ll review some of the most recent ones and see how they compare.

December 28, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Factors Suppliers Consider Before Sending a Memory Device to Space

Despite the pandemic, 2020 was a monumental year for space exploration. And pivotal to each mission's success at the circuit level was radiation-hardened memory devices.

December 21, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau

Could Indium Gallium Arsenide Dethrone Silicon in the Race for Smaller Transistors?

Recent work by researchers at MIT has led to better understanding of an alloy known as indium gallium arsenide, a room-temperature semiconductor that could lead to faster, denser chips.

December 15, 2020 by Luke James

PCB Design Considerations When Using Bi-Directional Translators

In the past, we touched on the theoretical underpinnings of voltage-level translators. Now, we'll discuss some practical design tips for using these increasingly-common devices in your design.

December 11, 2020 by Nicholas St. John

2020 Chip Market Year in Review: DRAM Comes Out on Top

According to IC Insights, DRAM was the biggest IC product category for 2020 with sales of $65.2 billion, followed by NAND coming in second at $55.2 billion.

December 10, 2020 by Luke James

FPGAs and Firmware: An Ironclad Security Duo at Every Stage of Design and Manufacture

With increased data transfer comes increased hardware security. We sat down with Lattice Semiconductor to discuss a new security-focused FPGA that may be a solution to many firmware vulnerabilities.

December 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Developers Turn to 5nm ASICs to Meet 5G Data Center Loads

2020 has seen a swathe of progress on the 5nm process node led by TSMC. Here’s a quick look at recent developments involving 5nm ASICs.

December 02, 2020 by Luke James

Analog Power at the Size of Digital? Edge AI Processor Combines Best of Both Worlds

Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is.

December 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Voltage-Level Translators: Connecting a World of Increasingly Varying Voltages

Voltage-level translators are essential in devices like SD/micro SD card readers, wireless access points, and 5G femtocells. How exactly do these devices work?

November 30, 2020 by Nicholas St. John

Xilinx, TI, and Skyworks Tackle PA Efficiency Problems in 5G Small Cell Radios

As modulation scheme efficiency goes up, power amplifier efficiency goes down. Xilinx, TI, and Skyworks are bringing their expertise to the table to reconcile the trade-off.

November 18, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

Micron Takes 3D NAND to Towering New Heights— 176 Layers to Be Exact

In what the company has described as a breakthrough in flash memory, performance, and density, Micron has shipped the world’s first 176-layer 3D NAND.

November 17, 2020 by Luke James

Xilinx and Samsung Pioneer First Adaptable Computational Storage Device

With the demand for in-memory computation increasing, Xilinx and Samsung have set out to create a “one size fits all” solution.

November 13, 2020 by Jake Hertz

In the Latest Semiconductor Merger, Marvell Buys Inphi

As the industry rapidly consolidates, Marvell Technology Group Ltd announces its merger with Inphi Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal worth $10 billion.

November 05, 2020 by Luke James