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For the First Time, Xilinx Breaks Into the System-on-Module (SOM) Market

All About Circuits sat down with Xilinx representatives firsthand to discuss details of the company's first SOM for vision AI—a product that requires no FPGA knowledge.

April 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz

ADI’s RF Platform Hunkers Down on Phase Determinism for Defense Communication

A new reference design from ADI appeals to electronic warfare applications, aerospace radar, and advanced commercial radio.

April 16, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

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?

March 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar

DoD “RAMPs” Microelectronic Growth With Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes Program

The DoD is partnering with companies like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and most recently Synopsys to speed microelectronic innovation within the government.

March 08, 2021 by Luke James

Xilinx Doubles Down on Data Center “Composability” With Accessible SmartNIC

A composable architecture accelerates the modern data center. Xilinx's new SN1000 is said to enhance cloud processor flexibility and operate as an edge device.

February 23, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Why the Industry is Demanding FPGAs for Advanced Driver-Assistance Systems (ADAS)

Customization and flexibility are key for designing ADAS. Here's why FPGAs are becoming a go-to—as opposed to ASICs, for example.

February 03, 2021 by Jake Hertz

MIT Devises Custom Hardware Acceleration to Spur Real-Time Robotic Response

To push real-time robotic response into reality, MIT researchers have turned to their own in-house technique called "robomorphic computing."

January 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz

DARPA “Toolbox” Lowers Barriers to Semiconductor IP for Researchers

Some challenges to EE research include tight budgets and limited access to reputable silicon IP. DARPA Toolbox hopes to open access to these resources to drive microelectronic innovation forward.

January 13, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau

Integrated Laser-on-Silicon Photonics Gets a Boost from DARPA

Partially funded by DARPA, Tower Semiconductor is creating a new foundry process for integrated-laser-on-silicon photonics.

January 12, 2021 by Luke James

Xilinx Joins Confidential Computing Consortium With Hopes to Bring Security to Accelerators

The Confidential Computing Consortium is drilling down on hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments, and Xilinx is the newest member to benefit.

January 04, 2021 by Jake Hertz

FPGAs and Firmware: An Ironclad Security Duo at Every Stage of Design and Manufacture

With increased data transfer comes increased hardware security. We sat down with Lattice Semiconductor to discuss a new security-focused FPGA that may be a solution to many firmware vulnerabilities.

December 08, 2020 by Jake Hertz

In the Latest Semiconductor Merger, Marvell Buys Inphi

As the industry rapidly consolidates, Marvell Technology Group Ltd announces its merger with Inphi Corp. in a cash-and-stock deal worth $10 billion.

November 05, 2020 by Luke James

Applied Materials and BE Semiconductor Partner to Develop Chip Integration Technology

Applied Materials and BE Semiconductor Industries announce that they are to develop the "industry’s first complete and proven equipment solution for die-based hybrid bonding."

October 31, 2020 by Luke James

AMD to Purchase Xilinx for $35 Billion in Stock Deal

Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy rival Californian chipmaker Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a wave of high-profile mergers and acquisitions currently sweeping the semiconductor industry.

October 27, 2020 by Luke James

Xilinx Brings FPGA DNA to a Custom Hybrid System-on-Chip for 5G Radio Units

Xilinx solutions are surfacing for each new wave in the 5G rollout. Appearing in 2021, the new RFSoC DFE is forecasted to break all existing benchmarks.

October 27, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

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.

September 21, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

DARPA’s Recent Deal With Arm Reflects a History of Microelectronics Innovation

From a three-year partnership with Arm to sponsoring ongoing Electronics Resurgence Initiatives, here’s how the U.S. DARPA is forging onward in microelectronics.

August 27, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau

Is Stereovision the Key to Fully-Autonomous Vehicles?

Advanced driving-assistance systems have been evolving technology for the past few years. The next evolution of processing technology—stereovision—is pushing ADAS into the future.

August 24, 2020 by Adrian Gibbons

The Benefits (and Limitations) of Semiconductor-University Collaborations

Students benefit from a host of educational resources from sponsoring semiconductor companies. But can this corporate influence end up limiting EE education?

July 31, 2020 by Kayla Matthews

FPGA Roundup: New Contenders Hone in on Memory, Size, Power, and Even AI

Three newly-released FPGAs can tell us a lot about the direction of these devices in the industry.

July 02, 2020 by Dr. Steve Arar