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Wi-Fi Certified 7 Is Here. A Wave of Qualified Products Follow Suit

Wi-Fi Certified 7 Is Here. A Wave of Qualified Products Follow Suit

The Wi-Fi Alliance has officially launched the Wi-Fi Certified 7 program. Here are three new products that have already been stamped with the logo.


News Feb 01, 2024 by Duane Benson
The First Speech Synthesis ICs Issue Acoustic Alerts From Silent EVs

The First Speech Synthesis ICs Issue Acoustic Alerts From Silent EVs

The first set of dedicated speech synthesis ICs addresses the limitations of microcontroller-based voice systems.


News Jan 23, 2024 by Duane Benson
Researchers Create World’s First Graphene Semiconductor

Researchers Create World’s First Graphene Semiconductor

Georgia Tech research could bring graphene's benefits for semiconductors in microelectronics.


News Jan 18, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Curtails IoT Standby Power With New 64-bit Microprocessors

Renesas Curtails IoT Standby Power With New 64-bit Microprocessors

Powered by Arm Cortex CPUs, the new MPUs hit key IoT pain points: standby power, peripherals, and security features.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Firms Forge Alliance to Bring Piezoelectric MEMS to the Middle Market

Launched today, this new alliance promises to make high quality thin-film piezoelectric (PZT) technology more accessible to piezoelectric MEMS developers.


News Jan 17, 2024 by Duane Benson
Desktop, Mobile, and Edge: Intel Expands Its Computing Portfolio

Desktop, Mobile, and Edge: Intel Expands Its Computing Portfolio

From mobile gaming to desktop productivity, Intel is broadly expanding its processor offerings for a range of computing applications.


News Jan 15, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Andes Introduces RISC-V Out-of-Order Superscalar Multicore Processor

Andes Introduces RISC-V Out-of-Order Superscalar Multicore Processor

The new CPU features the company’s first out-of-order architecture for higher instruction throughput, better performance, and faster processing speeds.


News Jan 11, 2024 by Jake Hertz
AMD Unveils Processor and AI Adaptive SoC—Both Aimed At Automotive

AMD Unveils Processor and AI Adaptive SoC—Both Aimed At Automotive

At CES, AMD makes the case that next-generation cars could be a lot smarter by leveraging the company’s new embedded processor and adaptive SoCs.


News Jan 08, 2024 by Aaron Carman
12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

12 Major Japanese Firms Team Up for Automotive SoC Research Initiative

As automobiles get more complex, the "Advanced SoC Research for Automotive" (ASRA) initiative teams up a dozen automotive, electrical, and semiconductor companies to further develop automotive SoCs.


News Jan 05, 2024 by Duane Benson
Intel, AMD, and Google Drop In on AI Acceleration Wave

Intel, AMD, and Google Drop In on AI Acceleration Wave

From commercial to cloud-based acceleration, the latest AI hardware helps designers build bigger, better AI models.


News Jan 03, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Editor’s Choice: Our Top 10 News Articles of 2023

Looking back on the year, here’s a review of the most popular News articles on All About Circuits.


News Dec 31, 2023 by Jeff Child
Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

Can There Be Any Doubt? In Our Industry, 2023 Was ‘The Year of AI’

While the rest of the world spent 2023 playing with ChatGPT, the electronics industry put AI into everything from processors to edge IoT chips to EDA tools.


News Dec 27, 2023 by Jeff Child
Happy Holidays—It’s a People Business We’re In, and It Always Has Been

Happy Holidays—It’s a People Business We’re In, and It Always Has Been

On this Christmas day, let’s remember that this is a people business. Enjoy this round up of 2023 articles about people that performed extraordinary engineering work throughout history.


News Dec 25, 2023 by Jeff Child
Intel Announces the Company’s Largest Architectural Change in 40 Years

Intel Announces the Company’s Largest Architectural Change in 40 Years

Intel's new Core Ultra mobile processors and 5th Gen Xeon processors build in AI acceleration with specialized cores, marking the biggest architectural change since the 80286.


News Dec 19, 2023 by Duane Benson
Orbbec Leverages Nvidia Jetson in 3D Vision Camera-Computer Kit

Orbbec Leverages Nvidia Jetson in 3D Vision Camera-Computer Kit

Orbbec's new camera-computer kit for 3D vision is a lesson in AI collaboration.


News Dec 18, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Kinara Aims Its Tiny Ara-2 Processor at Big Generative Edge AI Workloads

Kinara Aims Its Tiny Ara-2 Processor at Big Generative Edge AI Workloads

Boasting a cost-effective approach, today Kinara is rolling out its new edge AI processor designed to take on the demanding workloads brought on by generative AI.


News Dec 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Exclusive: A Closer Look at IBM’s Heron and Condor Quantum Processors

Exclusive: A Closer Look at IBM’s Heron and Condor Quantum Processors

In this All About Circuits exclusive, we interviewed IBM Quantum's chief technology officer to hear more details about the company's newest quantum processors—one of which IBM calls its "most performant quantum processor in the world".


News Dec 12, 2023 by Ingrid Fadelli
Mixed-Signal IP Company Claims ‘World’s First’ 800G Ethernet DSP

Mixed-Signal IP Company Claims ‘World’s First’ 800G Ethernet DSP

800G Ethernet plagues the data center with high power consumption and heat generation. A new optical DSP from Credo Semiconductor is rising to meet these challenges.


News Dec 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Strengthening Its Silicon Foundation, AWS Releases Two New AI Processors

Strengthening Its Silicon Foundation, AWS Releases Two New AI Processors

AWS has unveiled two AI chips to train models faster, cheaper, and more efficiently than predecessors.


News Nov 30, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan
The Homebrew Computer Club and the Dawn of the Personal Computer

The Homebrew Computer Club and the Dawn of the Personal Computer

Major advances in personal computing can be traced back to a 1970s group of hobbyists and aficionados who shared knowledge, circuits, and good times in Menlo Park, California.


News Nov 28, 2023 by Robert Keim