All About Circuits

Latest Digital ICs News

Categories

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

The new MPU family hopes to address traditional challenges in the design of HMI systems.


News Aug 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

One new type of sensor and two novel automotive processing approaches might be the key to limiting traffic accidents.


News Aug 05, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics is bringing FPGA concepts to the world of photonics.


News Aug 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Digital Polar Radio Approach Shrinks Power for Wi-Fi IoT Devices

Digital Polar Radio Approach Shrinks Power for Wi-Fi IoT Devices

Designing its patented digital polar radio implementation into an SoC and a development kit, InnoPhase brings extreme low power to Wi-Fi IoT systems.


News Jul 29, 2022 by Jeff Child
As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

As CHIPS+ Act Moves Ahead, Chipmakers Follow Suit With New Fabs

With the go-ahead for the CHIPS+ Act in place, manufacturers are laying down plans for U.S. fab sites.


News Jul 27, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic license plates won't just give drivers more personalization. They can keep registration up to date via an app and even prevent vehicle theft.


News Jul 21, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
UK Startup Democratizes Quantum Computing With “As-a-Service” Model

UK Startup Democratizes Quantum Computing With “As-a-Service” Model

Based on its patented 3D computing architecture, Oxford Quantum Circuits is developing a quantum computing-as-a-service (QCaaS) solution.


News Jul 20, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

The startup’s unique approach to extended reality displays is garnering interest from investors.


News Jul 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Retbleed Hack: The Hardware Vulnerability Preying on Intel and AMD CPUs

Retbleed Hack: The Hardware Vulnerability Preying on Intel and AMD CPUs

Researchers from ETH Zürich have discovered that some of the most popular processors on the market may have a backdoor to information theft.


News Jul 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
From FinFETs to CFETs: imec’s Plan for Continued Transistor Scaling

From FinFETs to CFETs: imec’s Plan for Continued Transistor Scaling

imec researchers have uncovered new findings about the "complementary FET," an attractive device architecture for 1 nm logic technology nodes and beyond.


News Jul 16, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

At this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA rolled out a next generation version of its mixed-signal IC verification tool adding new capabilities.


News Jul 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
The Rise and Decline of Silicon Art

The Rise and Decline of Silicon Art

If we look inside an integrated circuit, we expect to see evidence of humanity’s towering scientific and technological achievements. Most of us would be surprised to find artistic expression as well.


News Jul 11, 2022 by Robert Keim
Intel Joins With EDA Allies for On-demand Hardware on a Foundry Platform

Intel Joins With EDA Allies for On-demand Hardware on a Foundry Platform

IC design calls for advanced hardware and software. With Cloud Alliance, small companies can tap into trusted design environments and on-demand compute.


News Jul 06, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
TSMC Scales Down to 2nm Node, Announces New “FINFLEX” Architecture

TSMC Scales Down to 2nm Node, Announces New “FINFLEX” Architecture

At this year's North American Technology Symposium, TSMC announced new process nodes that may innovate chip design at an architectural level.


News Jun 23, 2022 by Jake Hertz
RISC-V Shines at Embedded World With New Specs and Processors

RISC-V Shines at Embedded World With New Specs and Processors

At Embedded World 2022 today, RISC-V activity heats up as RISC-V International reveals four new spec approvals and SiFive unveils a new version of its X280 processor.


News Jun 21, 2022 by Jeff Child
AMD Ups Performance with 2nd-gen Ryzen Embedded SoC

AMD Ups Performance with 2nd-gen Ryzen Embedded SoC

Aimed at industrial IoT and vision systems, AMD’s new generation of its Ryzen Embedded R-Series SoCs, doubles core count, links to four 4K displays, and includes Windows 11 support.


News Jun 21, 2022 by Jeff Child
Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

Renesas Speeds Up Read and Write Performance for MCUs with STT-MRAM

A new memory offering from Renesas hopes to speed up memory accesses for IoT applications.


News Jun 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Another Attack on Apple’s M1—This Time, as PACMAN

Another Attack on Apple’s M1—This Time, as PACMAN

Researchers at MIT have recently discovered a new hardware vulnerability in Apple’s M1 chip.


News Jun 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NXP’s MCX MCUs Shoot for Accessible Edge AI Design

NXP’s MCX MCUs Shoot for Accessible Edge AI Design

A new family of four microcontroller units (MCUs) from NXP strives to provide something for everyone designing for edge AI.


News Jun 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Microchip Pushes First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA to Mass Production

Microchip Pushes First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA to Mass Production

Microchip continues the push for RISC-V hardware by reaching milestones with its PolarFire system-on-a-chip (SoC) field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and Mi-V ecosystem.


News Jun 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz