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STMicro Unwraps Context-Aware Sensors Built With Sustainable Materials

STMicro Unwraps Context-Aware Sensors Built With Sustainable Materials

The LSM6DSK320X and ISM6HGK256X combine low-g and high-g measurement in a 2.5 mm x 3 mm package using lead-free, BPA-free materials.


News Oct 08, 2026 by Luke James
Exclusive—Renesas Exec Talks Humanoid Robotics, Analog Solutions, and More

Exclusive—Renesas Exec Talks Humanoid Robotics, Analog Solutions, and More

In this interview article, Renesas VP Peter Jenkins discusses how the company is leveraging its automotive sensor heritage and mixed-signal ICs to power the future of edge AI and humanoid robotics.


News Oct 05, 2026 by Jeff Child
Power Integrations Unveils Capacitor Discharge ICs for Standby Power Reduction

Power Integrations Unveils Capacitor Discharge ICs for Standby Power Reduction

This 4th-generation IC family minimizes no-load consumption and simplifies safety compliance for consumer and industrial AC-DC power supplies without increasing design complexity.


News Oct 05, 2026 by Jeff Child
RLC Roundup: New Passives Push Power, Frequency, and Temp Limits

RLC Roundup: New Passives Push Power, Frequency, and Temp Limits

New passive components from TDK, Vishay, Murata, and Bourns address higher capacitance, RF power handling, automotive power circuits, and high-temperature operation.


News Sep 29, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Microchip Clock Buffers Bridge SoCs & FPGAs With Higher-Voltage Sources

Microchip Clock Buffers Bridge SoCs & FPGAs With Higher-Voltage Sources

The SY757xx family translates clock inputs from 1.2 to 3.3 V down to 1.2 V LVCMOS outputs at frequencies up to 250 MHz,


News Sep 28, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Infineon Unwraps MCUs to ‘Set New Standard’ for Real-Time Control

Infineon Unwraps MCUs to ‘Set New Standard’ for Real-Time Control

The new PSOC Control C3 product line focuses on secure, high-performance power conversion and motor control applications.


News Sep 28, 2026 by Duane Benson
Tektronix Unveils Industry’s First 8 Channel, 25 GHz Oscilloscope

Tektronix Unveils Industry’s First 8 Channel, 25 GHz Oscilloscope

The DPO718AX extends the year-old 7 Series platform with eight synchronized high-bandwidth channels in a single 8U rack-mount instrument.


News Sep 24, 2026 by Luke James
Test & Measurement Roundup: New Tools for Inspection, Compliance and AI

Test & Measurement Roundup: New Tools for Inspection, Compliance and AI

New T&M tools from Rohde & Schwarz, Tektronix, and Teradyne target packaged-goods inspection, HDMI and automotive compliance testing, and advanced AI semiconductor testing.


News Sep 21, 2026 by Luke James
Seco Launches Industrial HMI and SBC Powered by Qualcomm’s New Processor

Seco Launches Industrial HMI and SBC Powered by Qualcomm’s New Processor

The Compact Vision 5 HMI and SBC-Dragonwing-IQ-2390 give industrial OEMs two ways to deploy edge AI, real-time control, and modern connectivity on a unified Qualcomm platform.


News Sep 18, 2026 by Luke James
Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower’s Sensor Monitoring IC Saves Power on Always-On Devices

Nanopower Semiconductor’s power-saving IC manages sensors and peripherals while keeping the host MCU off, with an idle current of just 200 nA.


News Sep 17, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Onsemi Unveils Platform That Turns  Silicon Wafers Into Power Packages

Onsemi Unveils Platform That Turns Silicon Wafers Into Power Packages

By embedding heterogeneous Si, SiC, and GaN die directly into 12-inch silicon wafers with precision RDLs, Onsemi's EPP replaces wire bonds and mold compounds to deliver up to 5x power density.


News Sep 16, 2026 by Jeff Child
Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

Qualcomm Splits One IoT Quad-Core Die Across Consumer and Industrial Lines

The Q-2390 and IQ-2390 share a Cortex-A78/A55 complex, an Adreno 704 GPU, and an optional RISC-V real-time core, with the industrial part introducing the IQ2 Series.


News Sep 10, 2026 by Luke James
Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Arm Rolls AI-Native Compute Platforms for Edge, Physical, and Cloud Systems

Announced today, the company's new CSS for Mobile 2 platform, Total Design for Physical AI program, and Neoverse CSS N4 platform provide specialized architectures for agentic AI workloads across various domains.


News Sep 07, 2026 by Jeff Child
Targeting Robotics, TI Claims First Commercial CAN XL Transceiver

Targeting Robotics, TI Claims First Commercial CAN XL Transceiver

Touted as the first commercial CAN XL transceiver, the device offers 20 Mbps data rates, larger payloads, and CAN FD compatibility for industrial and robotic networks.


News Sep 04, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Paragraf Launches 12-Channel Graphene FET Platform and Real-Time Reader

Paragraf Launches 12-Channel Graphene FET Platform and Real-Time Reader

The PMF2002 multiplexes 12 customer-functionalized graphene sensing channels on one device, while the new Enterprise Reader adds direct electronic readout and real-time analysis.


News Sep 04, 2026 by Luke James
NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
Three Research Teams Take Different Routes to Control Light

Three Research Teams Take Different Routes to Control Light

Papers from École Polytechnique, Seoul National University, and Harvard tackle optical gain, on-chip buffering, and component footprint.


News Aug 20, 2026 by Luke James
 Murata, TDK, and Knowles Raise Capacitor Expectations With New Lineups

Murata, TDK, and Knowles Raise Capacitor Expectations With New Lineups

The new capacitors feature higher voltage ratings, improved thermal and vibration performance, and new safety qualifications for automotive and industrial applications.


News Aug 19, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

Silicon Labs Unwraps Its ‘Lowest Power’ BLE SoC Targeting IoT Devices

The EFR32BG2B SoC family supports Bluetooth 6 and is the lowest power Bluetooth LE chip with channel sounding from Silicon Labs.


News Aug 14, 2026 by Duane Benson