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Why Thermal Management is a Hot Topic in 5G Design

Why Thermal Management is a Hot Topic in 5G Design

As 5G barrels forward, engineers are increasingly talking about one of the major design challenges of this technology: thermal management.


News Oct 21, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar
Researchers in Japan Claim New Quantum Circuit Can Compute the Fast Fourier Transform

Researchers in Japan Claim New Quantum Circuit Can Compute the Fast Fourier Transform

Looking to build upon pre-existing quantum Fourier transform implementations, researchers in Japan have turned to the Fast Fourier Transform.


News Oct 20, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Semtech Builds Out LoRa Edge Platform for More Precise Tracking and Transport Analytics

Semtech Builds Out LoRa Edge Platform for More Precise Tracking and Transport Analytics

Semtech is turning to embedded software and a new hardware reference design to sharpen asset tracking IoT solutions.


News Oct 20, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Teaming Up with Arm, NXP Ups Its Place in the Machine Learning Industry

Teaming Up with Arm, NXP Ups Its Place in the Machine Learning Industry

This week, NXP Semiconductors announced two strategic partnerships that help solidify its place in the ML industry. We interviewed experts at NXP to get the inside scoop.


News Oct 19, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Fabricate a Biodegradable Electronic Blood Vessel

Researchers Fabricate a Biodegradable Electronic Blood Vessel

Researchers in China and Switzerland have developed electrically-conductive artificial blood vessels that could replace diseased organic vessels.


News Oct 12, 2020 by Luke James
TU Dresden Researchers Develop Flexible, Printable Organic Transistors

TU Dresden Researchers Develop Flexible, Printable Organic Transistors

For the first time, researchers have successfully developed flexible, printable, and powerful vertical organic transistors.


News Oct 10, 2020 by Luke James
A New Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi 6 Chip Integrates LNAs, PAs, and Switches

A New Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi 6 Chip Integrates LNAs, PAs, and Switches

NXP has announced that it is sampling a new family of 2x2 Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth/BLE chips for advanced industrial and IoT markets.


News Oct 09, 2020 by Luke James
Hailo Goes Head to Head With Intel and Google on AI Acceleration Modules

Hailo Goes Head to Head With Intel and Google on AI Acceleration Modules

Hailo, an Israel-based startup, has benchmarked its AI acceleration modules against its Intel and Google counterparts. What's the verdict?


Non-Volatile Memory Surges Ahead as Arm Spin-Off Develops CeRAM and FeFETs

Non-Volatile Memory Surges Ahead as Arm Spin-Off Develops CeRAM and FeFETs

This week, Arm announced that it will transfer its entire CeRAM IP portfolio to a new spin-out from the company, Cerfe Labs, while taking minority ownership stake in the new company.


News Oct 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Maxim Hopes Low-Power NN Accelerator Chip for Edge Devices Will Lead an “Embedded Revolution”

Maxim Hopes Low-Power NN Accelerator Chip for Edge Devices Will Lead an “Embedded Revolution”

This morning, Maxim Integrated released its newest product, a low-power NN accelerator chip, with the hopes of bringing AI to the edge. We interviewed Kris Ardis, executive director of Micros, Security, and Software Business Unit at Maxim Integrated, to get the details.


News Oct 07, 2020 by Jake Hertz
2020 Set to be Second-Highest Year for Semiconductor Mergers and Acquisitions

2020 Set to be Second-Highest Year for Semiconductor Mergers and Acquisitions

Two huge acquisitions in July and September have guaranteed that 2020 will, at the very least, be the second-largest year in history for semiconductor mergers and acquisitions.


News Oct 06, 2020 by Luke James
Why Comparing Low-Power MCUs Can Be So Difficult

Why Comparing Low-Power MCUs Can Be So Difficult

When vendors have different names for power modes of low-power MCUs, it can be confusing to compare options for battery-powered IoT designs.


News Oct 05, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Fabric-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Relies on Hot Pressing and Tape Casting

Fabric-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester Relies on Hot Pressing and Tape Casting

Engineers in South Korea have developed a process that could lead to the realization of embedded wearable electronics.


News Oct 03, 2020 by Luke James
New GaN Transistor Combines Si Gate Driver in Same Package

New GaN Transistor Combines Si Gate Driver in Same Package

In an attempt to create smaller and more efficient charging solutions, STMicroelectronics has combined GaN transistors in the same package as gate drivers.


News Oct 01, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Musical Internet of Things Connects Music Lovers in an Age of Distancing

Musical Internet of Things Connects Music Lovers in an Age of Distancing

At a time of physical distancing, the applications of Musical Internet of Things are ever more relevant.


Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Electronic Face Masks are a Fashionable High-Tech Trend

Engineers are finding ways to innovate face masks with electronics—whether for air filtration, an LED smile, or language translation.


News Sep 26, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
Amazon Reveals Participation of Semiconductor Companies on New Sidewalk Protocol

Amazon Reveals Participation of Semiconductor Companies on New Sidewalk Protocol

Thanks to some strategic partnerships, the Amazon Sidewalk project looks poised to launch later this year.


News Sep 23, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Claim Possibility of Data Processing Speeds in the Petahertz. How’d They Do It?

Researchers Claim Possibility of Data Processing Speeds in the Petahertz. How’d They Do It?

In what could be a world-first, researchers in Japan claim to have succeeded in moving electrons in an organic superconductor in a specific direction by irradiation of ultrashort laser pulses.


News Sep 21, 2020 by Luke James
Xilinx Hardware Accelerators Link Up With O-RAN to Push 5G Server Performance

Xilinx Hardware Accelerators Link Up With O-RAN to Push 5G Server Performance

Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for FEC and HARQ line coding.


News Sep 21, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons
3D Imaging—the Heart of Machine Vision—Forges Ahead

3D Imaging—the Heart of Machine Vision—Forges Ahead

Behind the explosion in computer vision is tremendous growth in the world of 3D imaging. What’s the state of 3D imaging today and where are we headed?


News Sep 18, 2020 by Jake Hertz