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Altera Introduces New FPGA Line at Its Innovators Day Conference

Altera Introduces New FPGA Line at Its Innovators Day Conference

The Agilex 3 line includes small form-factor FPGAs with AI and an integrated MCU.


News Sep 24, 2024 by Duane Benson
Infineon Makes First 300mm Power GaN Wafer With Existing Manufacturing Tools

Infineon Makes First 300mm Power GaN Wafer With Existing Manufacturing Tools

The 300-mm gallium nitride (GaN) wafer production will bend the cost curve for power-dense, wide-bandgap devices, bringing them closer to cost parity with silicon.


News Sep 17, 2024 by Mike Falter
Qualcomm Raises the Bar on Thin, Light PC Performance With New CPU

Qualcomm Raises the Bar on Thin, Light PC Performance With New CPU

The new Snapdragon X Plus 8-core is designed to uphold high-performance standards while extending battery life by multiple days on Copilot+ PCs.


News Sep 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Bluetooth Can Now Measure Distance, With Hardware Support En Route

Bluetooth Can Now Measure Distance, With Hardware Support En Route

Bluetooth SIG promises centimeter-level accuracy when measuring the distance between connected Bluetooth devices.


News Sep 09, 2024 by Duane Benson
Intel Ushers in the Age of AI PCs With New Core Ultra Processors

Intel Ushers in the Age of AI PCs With New Core Ultra Processors

Intel has revealed the details of the long-awaited Lunar Lake architecture, bringing advanced AI compute to personal computing.


News Sep 05, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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
At Hot Chips, Intel Shares Details of Its Upcoming Xeon 6 SoC

At Hot Chips, Intel Shares Details of Its Upcoming Xeon 6 SoC

Space-constrained edge processors may soon get a boost from Intel’s new SoC.


News Sep 02, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Hot Chips Heavy Hitter: IBM Tackles Generative AI With Two Processors

Hot Chips Heavy Hitter: IBM Tackles Generative AI With Two Processors

Announced this week at Hot Chips 2024, the new processors use a scalable I/O sub-system to slash energy consumption and data center footprint.


News Aug 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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
Japan’s NTT-Docomo Uses Quantum Computing to Optimize Cell Networks

Japan’s NTT-Docomo Uses Quantum Computing to Optimize Cell Networks

Japan’s leading telecommunications company has partnered with quantum computing company D-Wave to use D-Wave’s equipment for network operational improvement.


News Aug 26, 2024 by Duane Benson
Data Center Processor From SiFive Does the AI Heavy Lifting

Data Center Processor From SiFive Does the AI Heavy Lifting

Announced today, the new RISC-V processor is SiFive's first foray into mainstream data center and infrastructure use cases.


News Aug 14, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Akeana Exits Stealth With Low- to High-End RISC-V Alternatives to Arm

Akeana Exits Stealth With Low- to High-End RISC-V Alternatives to Arm

Today, the startup announced a breadth of customizable RISC-V-based processor IP solutions backed by $100 million in funding.


News Aug 13, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Intel Makes Its Debut Into Automotive Discrete GPUs

Automakers can now choose an Intel SDV SoC and later add a discrete GPU to handle larger compute workloads.


News Aug 12, 2024 by Jake Hertz
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
Microchip Gives Its Latest dsPIC a 200 MHz, High-Speed Upgrade

Microchip Gives Its Latest dsPIC a 200 MHz, High-Speed Upgrade

The new line operates at 200 MHz—the highest dsPIC clock speed to date—and adds a double-precision floating point unit and enhanced DSP engine.


News Jul 30, 2024 by Duane Benson
Teledyne e2v Upgrades Processors and DDR4 for Space

Teledyne e2v Upgrades Processors and DDR4 for Space

Teledyne e2v’s chips target space-based applications with significantly improved performance, protection against radiation, and spatial efficiency.


News Jul 22, 2024 by Aaron Carman
UCLA Team Creates Optical Computing Method for Processing and Encryption

UCLA Team Creates Optical Computing Method for Processing and Encryption

Using multiple layers of diffracting materials, the researchers can physically maneuver light to perform permutations and enhance security.


News Jul 17, 2024 by Aaron Carman
InspireSemi Announces Tapeout of Thunderbird Accelerated Computing Chip

InspireSemi Announces Tapeout of Thunderbird Accelerated Computing Chip

InspireSemi’s new compute chip couples the parallel processing of GPUs with the versatility of CPUs.


News Jul 09, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Microchip Now Offers Full Microprocessor Spectrum, From 8- to 64-bit MPUs

Microchip Now Offers Full Microprocessor Spectrum, From 8- to 64-bit MPUs

With the ability to shift computing resources as needed, Microchip’s new 64-bit, RISC-V processors bring needed flexibility to embedded edge devices.


News Jul 09, 2024 by Aaron Carman