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LeapFive Eyes High-performance Realm with 1.8 GHz RISC-V SoC

Setting out to enter the high-end processing niche within RISC-V, startup LeapFive has unveiled a quad-core 1.8 GHz RISC-V SoC.

August 30, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois

Renesas Takes a Swing at HMIs With Octal-SPI and RTOS-supported MPUs

The new MPU family hopes to address traditional challenges in the design of HMI systems.

August 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz

The Fate of the Leap Second Hangs in the Balance

Many of the largest names in tech—including Meta—are rallying against the leap second. How can just one second affect operating systems?

August 02, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois

RISC-V Shines at Embedded World With New Specs and Processors

At Embedded World 2022 today, RISC-V activity heats up as RISC-V International reveals four new spec approvals and SiFive unveils a new version of its X280 processor.

June 21, 2022 by Jeff Child

Guarding the Cloud: Google, Microchip, and Others Up Hardware Security

Here are a few companies that have recently announced new ways to protect cloud data at the silicon level.

June 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz

AMD SOM Kit Propels Robotics Beyond Custom Designs

Keen to free industrial robotics from the burdens of custom design, AMD has launched a SOM-based starter kit that puts ROS 2 and predefined interface apps into play.

May 17, 2022 by Jeff Child

Renesas’ New RA2E2 32-bit MCUs Promises More Scalable IoT Designs

Based on the ARM Cortex-M23 32-bit core, the RA2E2 microcontroller unit (MCU) group hopes to bring more scalability to the internet of things (IoT) endpoint applications.

October 15, 2021 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARM Vision 2021 defines the company's roadmap for the next ten years of specialized computing with the ARMv9-A.

April 01, 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

ADI Makes Big Swing for Industry 4.0 with First Software-Configurable Industrial I/Os

Two new I/O solutions bring remote programmability to building control and industrial automation.

May 29, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

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.

April 03, 2020 by Gary Elinoff

PRO DESIGN Extends Family of FPGA-based Prototyping Modules

The XCVU13P module incorporates 52 multi-gigabit transceivers for stable performance up to 32.75Gbps.

December 26, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Renesas Introduces Security-Focused RA Family of Arm-Based MCUs

The new devices, based on the Arm Cortex-M, bring advanced security to edge devices and IoT endpoints.

October 09, 2019 by Gary Elinoff

Renesas Releases RX65N Cloud Kit For IoT Product Development

This week, Renesas released a new IoT development kit, the RX65N Wi-Fi Connectivity Cloud Kit. What can this kit do and how can it help develop the latest IoT products?

August 20, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

Alibaba’s Semiconductor Subsidiary Will Utilize Open-Source RISC-V Core

Alibaba is set to produce the next generation of Chinese processors with the RISC-V instead of Arm architecture.

July 29, 2019 by Robin Mitchell

SpiNNaker, the Million-Core Supercomputer, Finally Switched On

After 12 years in the making, the computer designed to work like a human brain, at the University of Manchester is finally switched on. What does this computer do? How is it made? And who is Steve Furber?

November 05, 2018 by Robin Mitchell

Arm Announces Pelion IoT Platform, Combining Mbed Device Management with Data Management

Arm just announced a new "device-to-data" IoT platform, Arm Pelion, to combine Mbed's IoT device management with a new generation of Arm data management and connectivity tools.

August 02, 2018 by Kate Smith