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A New Arm-Based Carrier Board Nods to a Shift Toward Off-the-Shelf Hardware

A New Arm-Based Carrier Board Nods to a Shift Toward Off-the-Shelf Hardware

Arm processors are dominated by proprietary design. But a new adaptable 3.5-inch carrier board highlights the virtues of commercial-off-the-shelf systems.


News Mar 19, 2020 by Sophia Valente
Ways to Control the Velocity of Servo Motors: ICs, MCUs, and Even Arduino

Ways to Control the Velocity of Servo Motors: ICs, MCUs, and Even Arduino

What methods of servo control can make life easier for designers?


News Mar 18, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Can You Teach a Chip to Smell?

Can You Teach a Chip to Smell?

Researchers at Intel and Cornell University are bringing the "science of smell" down to the silicon level.


News Mar 17, 2020 by Lisa Boneta.
Heat Matters in Electronic Design. A Temperature Sensor From ADI Emphasizes Why

Heat Matters in Electronic Design. A Temperature Sensor From ADI Emphasizes Why

Components like Analog Devices' new digital temperature sensor can springboard us into a discussion on thermal issues—whether they appear in power-supply, sensor, or motor-drive circuits.


News Mar 15, 2020 by Robert Keim
Osaka University Develops an FPGA Computing Device for Maximal Optimization of AI Tasks

Osaka University Develops an FPGA Computing Device for Maximal Optimization of AI Tasks

Osaka University researchers have built a new device that can be customized by the user for maximum efficiency in AI applications.


News Mar 13, 2020 by Luke James
Silicon Labs Puts Down $308 Million in Cash to Chart a Roadmap for Wi-Fi 6

Silicon Labs Puts Down $308 Million in Cash to Chart a Roadmap for Wi-Fi 6

Silicon Labs is taking over Redpine Signals' connectivity business. What does the San Jose-based startup bring to the table?


News Mar 13, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
China Will Account For Two-Thirds of the Global EV Battery Value Chain by 2030

China Will Account For Two-Thirds of the Global EV Battery Value Chain by 2030

A major priority in the global battery value chain is to eliminate linearity and promote circularity.


News Mar 12, 2020 by Biljana Ognenova
Silicon Carbide Is Changing the Game of Solar Energy

Silicon Carbide Is Changing the Game of Solar Energy

There's plenty of buzz about SiC for electric vehicles. How is the wide-bandgap semiconductor pushing innovations in solar power, though?


News Mar 11, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
“Any Core, Any Cloud” : Microchip Releases a Host of Dev Tools for Fast IoT Prototyping

“Any Core, Any Cloud” : Microchip Releases a Host of Dev Tools for Fast IoT Prototyping

Complex IoT environments can slow down the prototyping process. Microchip wants to pick up the pace with cloud-agnostic solutions.


News Mar 11, 2020 by Hannah DeTavis
Infineon Acquires Cypress Semiconductor Following a Security Review of the $10 Billion Deal

Infineon Acquires Cypress Semiconductor Following a Security Review of the $10 Billion Deal

There were strong concerns regarding whether the merger between Infineon and Cypress Semiconductor would actually go through after an announcement that the transaction would be subjected to a U.S. national security review.


News Mar 10, 2020 by Hana Othman
How “ChipDNA” Levels Up Authenticator ICs

How “ChipDNA” Levels Up Authenticator ICs

Maxim Integrated has cracked to more secure authentification—without a digital key stored in the IC’s memory.


News Mar 07, 2020 by Robert Keim
A Brief Guide to Bluetooth Low Energy IPs on the Market

A Brief Guide to Bluetooth Low Energy IPs on the Market

Keep this guide in your back pocket for the next time you're designing a device that requires BLE connectivity.


News Mar 05, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
What Distinguishes an MCU from a DSP? ST’s Microcontroller Straddles the Line

What Distinguishes an MCU from a DSP? ST’s Microcontroller Straddles the Line

What does a chip have to do these days to qualify for the “digital signal processor” category?


News Mar 05, 2020 by Robert Keim
Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

Data Centers Are Overloaded. The Inventor of FPGAs Is Swooping In With a “Comprehensive” SmartNIC

The FPGA-based SmartNIC arena—including giants like Microsoft and Intel—just got more interesting. Enter the inventor of FPGAs.


News Mar 04, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
How Covid-19 Could Cripple the Semiconductor Industry as Electronics Manufacturers Reduce Output

How Covid-19 Could Cripple the Semiconductor Industry as Electronics Manufacturers Reduce Output

Although the semiconductor industry appears to have escaped the direct impact of the coronavirus pandemic thus far, the market is unlikely to come out unscathed.


News Mar 04, 2020 by Luke James
Maxim Integrated to Invest in Dublin Design Center and Assign Team of Mixed-Signal and Analog Engineers

Maxim Integrated to Invest in Dublin Design Center and Assign Team of Mixed-Signal and Analog Engineers

Maxim Integrated is accelerating innovation in Europe with a $25 million investment for a new design center in Dublin, Ireland.


News Mar 02, 2020 by Luke James
ON Semiconductor Introduces Adaptive Charging Controller for USB PD 3.0

ON Semiconductor Introduces Adaptive Charging Controller for USB PD 3.0

The FAN6390MPX incorporates an autonomous USB PD state machine to comply with the USB PD 3.0 specification.


News Mar 02, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
UK-Based XMOS Introduces AI Processor Designed Specifically for AIoT Applications

UK-Based XMOS Introduces AI Processor Designed Specifically for AIoT Applications

XMOS, a company that made headlines for developing the highest performing voice interface for under a dollar, unveils xcore.ai – the fast, flexible, and economical processor designed specifically for the AIoT market.


News Mar 01, 2020 by Luke James
Dialog Semiconductor Expands into IIoT Market Through Adesto Technologies Acquisition

Dialog Semiconductor Expands into IIoT Market Through Adesto Technologies Acquisition

Dialog Semiconductor and Adesto Technologies have announced that they have signed an agreement for Dialog to acquire all of Adesto’s outstanding shares.


News Feb 29, 2020 by Luke James
IC Breakthroughs: Energy Harvesting, Quantum Computing, and a 96-Core Processor in Six Chiplets

IC Breakthroughs: Energy Harvesting, Quantum Computing, and a 96-Core Processor in Six Chiplets

Research institute CEA-Leti is developing techniques to increase the power of semiconductors—with energy-harvesting ICs, a quantum IC that combines quantum dot with digital-analog circuits, and an "active interposer."


News Feb 29, 2020 by Robin Mitchell