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STMicroelectronics Rolls Out NFC Chip for Digital Car-key Systems

STMicroelectronics Rolls Out NFC Chip for Digital Car-key Systems

A new chip from STMicroelectronics is positioned as the first NFC Forum certified IC designed for use in automotive digital-key applications.


News Oct 10, 2022 by Aaron Carman
Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Shining an LED Light on Historical Engineer Nick Holonyak Jr.

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) paved the way for the full-spectrum lights and lasers used in a variety of today’s devices, and we have inventor Nick Holonyak to thank.


News Oct 05, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Harvard-made Ionic Circuit Computes in Water

Researchers at Harvard claim to have developed the first ionic circuit based on a new ionic transistor technique.


News Oct 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Craft Synaptic Device to Bridge Neuromorphic Compute Hurdles

Researchers Craft Synaptic Device to Bridge Neuromorphic Compute Hurdles

Researchers at KIST have developed high-performance and highly reliable artificial synaptic devices for next-generation neuromorphic systems.


News Oct 03, 2022 by Darshil Patel
SnapEDA, the “Google for Electronic Components,” Launches Syndication Network

SnapEDA, the “Google for Electronic Components,” Launches Syndication Network

With 10 million parts in SnapEDA's library, the electronic search site has simplified the design process even more with a syndication network.


News Oct 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

NIST and Google Team Up to Build Open-source IC Supply Chain

The new partnership will give startups and research labs access to valuable R&D resources—particularly with open-source chips.


News Sep 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
CEVA Serves Up ASIC IP Platform for 5G O-RAN Designs

CEVA Serves Up ASIC IP Platform for 5G O-RAN Designs

Aiming to ease the challenges of 5G Open RAN (O-RAN) system designs, CEVA has unveiled a baseband IP platform for 5G RAN ASICs.


News Sep 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Day 5: ITD 2022 Closes Out With Keynote on Supply Chains, Hot Trends, and More

Day 5: ITD 2022 Closes Out With Keynote on Supply Chains, Hot Trends, and More

It's finally Friday, which means Industry Tech Days 2022 is on its last day! Check out our final Keynote made up of an executive panel.


News Sep 23, 2022 by Kimber Wymore
ITD 2022 Day 1: Two Industry Leaders Shine a Light on the Electronics Design Industry

ITD 2022 Day 1: Two Industry Leaders Shine a Light on the Electronics Design Industry

Today is the first day of Industry Tech Days 2022! Today's programming includes a keynote from executives from Digi-Key and Molex.


News Sep 19, 2022 by Kimber Wymore
Cornell Professor Modifies Microwave to Evenly Dope Semiconductors

Cornell Professor Modifies Microwave to Evenly Dope Semiconductors

Using a modified microwave oven, a team of Cornell researchers have solved a limiting challenge in semiconductor manufacturing.


News Sep 13, 2022 by Jake Hertz
NASA Taps SiFive’s RISC-V Core for its Spaceflight Processor

NASA Taps SiFive’s RISC-V Core for its Spaceflight Processor

NASA has selected SiFive’s X280 RISC-V device as the CPU core for its upcoming High-Performance Spaceflight Computer (HPSC) project.


News Sep 09, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Intel Shows Support for RISC-V Chip Design With Intel Pathfinder

Intel Shows Support for RISC-V Chip Design With Intel Pathfinder

In yet another win for RISC-V, Intel has released a program to bolster the pre-silicon development of RISC-V devices.


News Sep 08, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Micron to Build the First New Memory Fab in the US in 20 Years

Micron to Build the First New Memory Fab in the US in 20 Years

Propelled by the CHIPS and Science Act, the new fab based in Boise, Idaho, will generate 2,000 new jobs at Micron and 17,000 new jobs in side sectors.


News Sep 07, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Arm Sues Qualcomm Over NUVIA’s Custom Cores

Arm Sues Qualcomm Over NUVIA’s Custom Cores

Arm has accused Qualcomm of breaching its licenses and wants the chipmaker to destroy its NUVIA CPU designs, plus offering up compensation.


News Sep 05, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
Startup SiMa.ai Rolls Out SoC Tuned for Edge AI

Startup SiMa.ai Rolls Out SoC Tuned for Edge AI

A new “software-first” SoC aims to enable unprecedented AI computing at the edge.


News Sep 02, 2022 by Jake Hertz
RISC-V Universe Grows with New GPUs, CPUs, and Development Kits

RISC-V Universe Grows with New GPUs, CPUs, and Development Kits

More companies continue to leverage RISC-V, a free open source instruction set architecture, to push innovation in GPUs and real-time CPU devices.


News Aug 27, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
NVIDIA Shares Details on Grace CPU and Hopper GPU at Hot Chips

NVIDIA Shares Details on Grace CPU and Hopper GPU at Hot Chips

At this year’s Hot Chips conference, NVIDIA shed more light on its newest computing flagship processors.


News Aug 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Amid Chip Shortages, Companies Bet on RISC-V

Amid Chip Shortages, Companies Bet on RISC-V

The RISC-V architecture continues to gather momentum as organizations make efforts to leverage the open-source ISA technology and innovate with new RISC-V solutions.


News Aug 24, 2022 by Lianne Frith
Hindered by Drama—Cubic Boron Arsenide Strikes to be “Best Semiconductor Ever”

Hindered by Drama—Cubic Boron Arsenide Strikes to be “Best Semiconductor Ever”

Another potential "superior" semiconductor hits the scene: cubic boron arsenide (c-BAs). However, more tests and funding are needed to see whether this semiconductor shifts from the lab to practical applications.


News Aug 23, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Three’s a Crowd—YTMC Throws Its Own 3D NAND Into the Ring

Three’s a Crowd—YTMC Throws Its Own 3D NAND Into the Ring

Summer 2022 is turning out to be a hot one for the memory industry, with not just one, not just two, but three announcements from chipmakers relating to advanced 3D NAND production.


News Aug 10, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois