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Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

Arm Ramps Up 5G Portfolio With New CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs

With an eye on 5G at the hardware level, Arm is attracting notice from Facebook, Snapchat, Google, and Netflix.


As Suppliers Hunker Down on IoT, Multi-Protocol Chips May Spike

As Suppliers Hunker Down on IoT, Multi-Protocol Chips May Spike

Suppliers are producing more multi-protocol chips to meet the power and connectivity demands of IoT. Can we expect to see more tech like NXP's multiprotocol mesh networking MCUs in the future?


News May 08, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
New Chips Highlight the Advancements in Memory Technology for Industrial Applications

New Chips Highlight the Advancements in Memory Technology for Industrial Applications

By nature, memory devices are built to last. But when it comes to industrial applications, these parts are expected to far outlast memory devices for consumer products.


News Apr 28, 2020 by Amos Kingatua
When Does a Pandemic Overstep Privacy? A New Contact-Tracing Wristband Opens the Discussion

When Does a Pandemic Overstep Privacy? A New Contact-Tracing Wristband Opens the Discussion

A new Bluetooth wristband traces a person's contact with other wristband wearers, and if that person tests positive for COVID-19, other contacts are notified to quarantine. But does this new device cross the lines of privacy?


News Apr 04, 2020 by Robin Mitchell
Microsoft Opens the IoT Floodgates on the 32-bit MCUs of Five Semiconductors Giants

Microsoft Opens the IoT Floodgates on the 32-bit MCUs of Five Semiconductors Giants

Microsoft envisions its Azure real-time operating system—now available to ST, Renesas, NXP, Microchip, and Qualcomm—as a new animating force for billions of MCUs embedded in IoT devices.


News Apr 03, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Newly Encrypted Server Empowers Engineers to Debug Embedded Systems from Home

Newly Encrypted Server Empowers Engineers to Debug Embedded Systems from Home

Who says you have to quit debugging now that you're sequestered?


News Mar 24, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
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
“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
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
Maxim Integrated Unveils “World’s Most Secure IoT Microcontroller”

Maxim Integrated Unveils “World’s Most Secure IoT Microcontroller”

The MAX32520, based on the Arm Cortex-M4 processor, features physically unclonable function (PUF) technology to enhance security.


News Feb 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Arm Cortex-M MCUs Can Get an Instant Machine Learning and Inference Facelift with NanoEdge AI

Arm Cortex-M MCUs Can Get an Instant Machine Learning and Inference Facelift with NanoEdge AI

Cartesiam's NanoEdge AI Studio simplifies the task of integrating machine learning directly into everyday edge devices that are based on Arm Cortex-M MCUs.


News Feb 26, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
 NXP Announces Crossover MCU Family for Edge Device Voice Recognition

NXP Announces Crossover MCU Family for Edge Device Voice Recognition

The i.MX RT600 family combines ultra-low power with small size for voice-based machine learning applications.


News Feb 25, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Microchip’s New MCUs Move Software Tasks to Hardware for Faster Throughput

Microchip’s New MCUs Move Software Tasks to Hardware for Faster Throughput

Microchip’s PIC18-Q43 family is designed to eliminate software bottlenecks and allows designers to bring products to market more quickly.


News Feb 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
STMicroelectronics Joins Global Alliance Board to Establish International IoT Standards

STMicroelectronics Joins Global Alliance Board to Establish International IoT Standards

STMicroelectronics (ST) has joined the Board of Directors of the Zigbee Alliance, a major step forward towards plans to guide the adoption and evolution of the IoT-friendly wireless standard.


News Feb 05, 2020 by Luke James
Murata Debuts “World’s Smallest LoRa Module”

Murata Debuts “World’s Smallest LoRa Module”

The Type 1SJ is designed for ISM bands ranging from 868 MHz to 916 MHz, including those employed in the US, Europe, and Asia.


News Feb 04, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Upcoming embedded world 2020 Demonstrates the Latest Developments in Embedded System Technologies

Upcoming embedded world 2020 Demonstrates the Latest Developments in Embedded System Technologies

The embedded world Conference is the world’s leading meeting place for the embedded community, and it is returning again for its 18th year.


News Feb 03, 2020 by Luke James
NXP Tacks On Near-field Communication to Two New Bluetooth MCUs

NXP Tacks On Near-field Communication to Two New Bluetooth MCUs

The QN9090 and QN9030 are Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) devices that integrate Arm Cortex-M4 CPUs.


News Jan 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Fieldscale and ST Introduce Simulation Software for STM32-based Capacitive Touch Sensors

Fieldscale and ST Introduce Simulation Software for STM32-based Capacitive Touch Sensors

Fieldscale’s SENSE simulation software allows OEMs to develop touch-enabled devices with far less hardware prototyping.


News Jan 28, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Microchip Revamps Popular Ethernet Transceiver and MCU for Space

Microchip Revamps Popular Ethernet Transceiver and MCU for Space

Based on familiar COTS devices, these two radiation-hardened devices are designed to facilitate space-based Ethernet connectivity.


News Jan 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff