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Update HDL Code in Space From Earth? ST and Xilinx Team Up for Rad-hard FPGAs

Update HDL Code in Space From Earth? ST and Xilinx Team Up for Rad-hard FPGAs

The race for space has created a flood of innovations in space-rated tech. Hoping to strike gold with updatable FPGAs, Xilinx and STMicroelectronics have teamed up for a rad-hard solution.


News Aug 26, 2021 by Jake Hertz
AI Accelerator Chip with 1000 RISC-V Cores Shakes Up Data Center Inference

AI Accelerator Chip with 1000 RISC-V Cores Shakes Up Data Center Inference

As the need for AI and data center processing keeps rising, a new AI accelerator has risen to the challenge. After years of development, Esperanto has announced its ET-SoC-1 ML inference chip.


News Aug 26, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Intel Strikes Back: How CEO Pat Gelsinger Plans to Revive a Microchip Goliath

Intel Strikes Back: How CEO Pat Gelsinger Plans to Revive a Microchip Goliath

Despite many challenges, like companies moving to in-house chip fabrication and delays in processing node technology, Intel hopes to forge ahead with a new CEO and roadmap.


News Aug 25, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Highlights of Intel’s 2021 Architecture Day—a Computing-centric Event

Highlights of Intel’s 2021 Architecture Day—a Computing-centric Event

At Intel's 2021 Architecture Day, CEO Pat Gelsinger called the company's new computing technology "magic." Here are a few highlights from the event.


News Aug 24, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Can 3D NAND Flash Memory Side Step the Challenges of NAND?

Can 3D NAND Flash Memory Side Step the Challenges of NAND?

Traditional NAND often faces power, performance, and cost inefficiencies. NEO Semiconductor has announced recently-patented X-NAND to bypass these limitations.


News Aug 18, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Xanadu and Imec’s Photonic Chips Take On Quantum Scaling and Fault Tolerance

Xanadu and Imec’s Photonic Chips Take On Quantum Scaling and Fault Tolerance

Scaling and fault tolerance are just two major challenges facing quantum computing. Hoping to rise to the challenge, imec and Xanadu bet on silicon nitride (SiN) photonic chips.


News Aug 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Edge Computing Pushes Forward with Help From FPGAs to Testbed Environments

Edge Computing Pushes Forward with Help From FPGAs to Testbed Environments

As more and more IoT devices become commonplace, companies like Microchip, IBM, Verizon, Stratus, and Schneider Electric are hoping to propel edge computing into the future.


News Aug 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Samsung Stuffs More Tech Into Wearables with Industry’s First 5nm Processor

Samsung Stuffs More Tech Into Wearables with Industry’s First 5nm Processor

The struggle to include more while taking up less space is a major challenge for wearables. Despite that, Samsung is pushing boundaries with the industry's first 5nm processor for wearables.


News Aug 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
From Robots to E-waste Medals: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Takes First Place

From Robots to E-waste Medals: The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Takes First Place

Support was an overarching theme to this year's Olympic games, which showcased innovative ways of showing support through recycling, robotics, and immersive experiences.


News Aug 08, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
Intel’s Roadmap Targets Through-silicon Via Issues in Foveros Technology

Intel’s Roadmap Targets Through-silicon Via Issues in Foveros Technology

Knowing the issues with Foveros technology, Intel includes improvements, from interference to power consumption, into its roadmap. How is Intel aiming to improve this technology?


News Jul 29, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Flexible Processors? Arm and PragmatIC Push Flexible Electronics Up A Level

Flexible Processors? Arm and PragmatIC Push Flexible Electronics Up A Level

Flexible electronics have been a dream for many researchers; however, could the creation of a flexible processor be the key to pushing this technology to the next level?


News Jul 27, 2021 by Jake Hertz
From Hall Sensors to Encoders: 3 Companies Target Industrial Position Monitoring

From Hall Sensors to Encoders: 3 Companies Target Industrial Position Monitoring

Position sensors have been trending, especially with the increasing need for them in industrial settings. What new products have companies come up with and how have they advanced monitoring technology?


News Jul 15, 2021 by Rushi Patel
Higher Memory, Compute, and Security: Xilinx’s Versal HBM Platform Speeds Past DDR5

Higher Memory, Compute, and Security: Xilinx’s Versal HBM Platform Speeds Past DDR5

Fast on the heels of the AI Edge series, Xilinx releases the Versal HBM Advanced Compute Acceleration Platform (ACAP), claiming 800% more memory bandwidth at 63% lower power over DDR5.


News Jul 14, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
New PMICs Leverage Maximum Power Point Tracking for Energy Harvesting

New PMICs Leverage Maximum Power Point Tracking for Energy Harvesting

Recently, energy harvesting technology has become more and more prevalent. What are the basics of it and what new PMICs are making waves?


News Jul 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Maxim’s Digital IO IC’s Shrink LiDAR Technology for SICK AG’s Safety Scanner

Maxim’s Digital IO IC’s Shrink LiDAR Technology for SICK AG’s Safety Scanner

Maxim Integrated and SICK AG have teamed up for, what they are calling, the industry’s smallest LiDAR scanner for safety.


News Jun 29, 2021 by Jake Hertz
A Week of GaN: 3 MMICs Target Ka-band, Reduced Area, and 5G Base Stations

A Week of GaN: 3 MMICs Target Ka-band, Reduced Area, and 5G Base Stations

Qorvo, Microchip, MaxLinear, and Cree Wolfspeed have gone wide, electrically wide-band that is, with newly released GaN-based RF products for 5G and satellite communications.


News Jun 28, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
A RISC-V Future? SiFive and Andes Aim to Shake Up the Processor Industry

A RISC-V Future? SiFive and Andes Aim to Shake Up the Processor Industry

RISC-V, the open-source instruction set architecture, is making inroads against industry giants, with the support of the RISC-V Foundation.


News Jun 25, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Lattice Leverages FD-SOI for New Low Power FPGAs

Lattice Leverages FD-SOI for New Low Power FPGAs

AAC sat down with Lattice Semiconductor to hear about its newest FPGA offering, which claims lower power compared to competitors. However, how does it back up this claim?


News Jun 23, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Graphene and Magnetics On the Brain: Researching Bioelectronic Brain Implants

Graphene and Magnetics On the Brain: Researching Bioelectronic Brain Implants

As the gap between electronics and biology grows smaller, more devices are being researched. Recently, a focus has been on bioelectronics, namely implants for your brain.


News Jun 19, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
3 New Image Signal Processors Target Power, Speed, and Autonomous Driving

3 New Image Signal Processors Target Power, Speed, and Autonomous Driving

The push towards autonomous driving is showing a flux of companies releasing image signal processors. What exactly is being improved?


News Jun 16, 2021 by Ikimi .O