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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
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
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
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
Supporting the AI Boom: Facing the Challenges of Hardware and Deployment

Supporting the AI Boom: Facing the Challenges of Hardware and Deployment

AI has been a hot topic recently, especially this week. With all the efforts coming out, there is a growing need for better hardware, collaborating, and easing deployment.


News Jun 11, 2021 by Rushi Patel
NXP is Revving Up ADAS Technology with 16 nm FinFET Processors

NXP is Revving Up ADAS Technology with 16 nm FinFET Processors

Recently, AAC had the chance to sit down with Matthias Feulner and Brian Carlson from NXP to hear about two new automotive processors on 16nm technology.


News Jun 02, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Arm’s Total Compute: Dive Deeper Into Its New CPU Offerings

Arm’s Total Compute: Dive Deeper Into Its New CPU Offerings

Recently, Arm released its Total Compute solutions which included three new CPU offerings. Here is a deeper look into what each one is offering.


News May 28, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Arm’s Largest Release Yet: Total Compute Brings 3 CPUs and 4 GPUs to the Table

Arm’s Largest Release Yet: Total Compute Brings 3 CPUs and 4 GPUs to the Table

Arm's new suite for its Total Compute solutions platform includes three new CPUs and four new GPUs and promises improvements in performance, security, and developer access.


News May 27, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Intel Zeros in on At-home Workers with New Processor Families

Intel Zeros in on At-home Workers with New Processor Families

Intel targets gamers, content creators, and workplace professionals with its new families of processors. What benefits do these processors bring to the table?


News May 26, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Supporting the Future: Semiconductor Manufacturers Focus on College Training Resources

Supporting the Future: Semiconductor Manufacturers Focus on College Training Resources

Though there are many advantages of semiconductor manufacturers investing in EE education through funding university programs and projects, there are also drawbacks to consider.


News May 17, 2021 by Ingrid Fadelli
Mega Chip Packs 2.6 Trillion Transistors on One Huge Piece of Silicon

Mega Chip Packs 2.6 Trillion Transistors on One Huge Piece of Silicon

Two years after releasing the "world's largest computer chip," AI computing startup Cerebras Systems is upping the transistor punch from 1.2 trillion to 2.6 trillion.


News Apr 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Photonics May Remedy the Interconnect Bottlenecks of Moore’s Law

Silicon Photonics May Remedy the Interconnect Bottlenecks of Moore’s Law

As interconnects become an increasingly challenging system bottleneck, some researchers—and even larger corporations like Intel—believe silicon photonics to be a light at the end of the tunnel.


News Apr 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
x86, Arm, and the Reach for Computing Supremacy

x86, Arm, and the Reach for Computing Supremacy

Intel has released a new processor for data center applications. How does this new x86 processor look compared to other processor advancements?


News Apr 16, 2021 by Rushi Patel
NVIDIA Makes Its Foray Into the Data Center CPU Market

NVIDIA Makes Its Foray Into the Data Center CPU Market

NVIDIA entered a new marketplace yesterday with the release of NVIDIA Grace: its first data center CPU—and a possible counterpart to Intel's CPUs.


News Apr 13, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Retrofits and Stopgaps: Intel Releases Rocket Lake-S Chips

Retrofits and Stopgaps: Intel Releases Rocket Lake-S Chips

Through retrofitting and stopgaps, Intel has launched its 11th-gen Intel Core Rocket Lake-S desktop chips engineered on the new Cypress Cove architecture.


News Mar 26, 2021 by Luke James
Embedded Security Update: Semiconductor Suppliers Fortify Subsystems

Embedded Security Update: Semiconductor Suppliers Fortify Subsystems

The threat of physical attacks on embedded designs has inspired semiconductor manufacturers to double down on hardware security in new subsystems.


A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

This year, Raspberry Pi unveiled its first-ever microcontroller. How does this device perform in professional embedded design?


News Mar 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
AMD Says Its “Highest-performing Server Processor” Is Here

AMD Says Its “Highest-performing Server Processor” Is Here

Designed to level up with burgeoning data center demands, AMD claims its new EPYC 7003 Series CPUs outperform competitors in terms of speed and security.


News Mar 16, 2021 by Jake Hertz