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Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Kicking Off Women’s History Month with the “Queen of Carbon Science”

Here is an accolade to Mildred Dresselhaus, a woman who began studying carbon allotropes on a nanoscale level and prompted other female physicists to follow her steps in STEM.


News Mar 04, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
And That’s a Wrap: ISSCC 2022 Teases Out a Lot of New Tech

And That’s a Wrap: ISSCC 2022 Teases Out a Lot of New Tech

As this year's International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) wraps up this week, let's take a look at some of this years interesting announcements.


News Mar 03, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Three Trends in Computing Hardware Driving the Edge

Three Trends in Computing Hardware Driving the Edge

How will edge computing design evolve over the next few years? In an interview with All About Circuits, NXP discussed the trends they're seeing in this space.


News Mar 01, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

Researchers Exploit Fiber Manufacturing to Weave Large Smart Textile Display

In an attempt to bring e-textiles to smart homes, researchers at the University of Cambridge have fabricated a 46-inch textile display by weaving active electronics into a fiber.


News Feb 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Prying Open the NVIDIA-Arm Acquisition: The Controversies, Actions, and Results

Prying Open the NVIDIA-Arm Acquisition: The Controversies, Actions, and Results

Last week the NVIDIA-Arm deal fell through, but it left us some questions to answer. What were the controversies and issues standing in the way? What did NVIDIA hope to gain? Where does that leave Arm?


News Feb 15, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
Targeting IoT Interoperability: Matter Hopes to Provide a Secure Solution

Targeting IoT Interoperability: Matter Hopes to Provide a Secure Solution

As smart home technology continues to flourish among tech consumers, Matter, the new connectivity standard hopes to enhance interoperability in a wide range of smart homes devices and internet of things (IoT) systems.


News Feb 08, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Newlab Spotlight: Amogy Reimagines Zero-emission Transportation

Newlab Spotlight: Amogy Reimagines Zero-emission Transportation

What if the key to cleaner transportation was ammonia? Amogy is combining ammonia with fuel cell technology to create an affordable, energy-dense storage solution.


News Jan 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Women in Tech Are Moving the Needle at Brooklyn-based Tech Lab

Women in Tech Are Moving the Needle at Brooklyn-based Tech Lab

While women are certainly a minority among hardware designers, their leadership and design feats are driving innovation and expanding the talent pool of engineers.


News Jan 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

Atmosic Brings Wireless Energy Harvesting for IoT Devices Directly Onto the SoC

One major challenge of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is power. Hoping to traverse this challenge, Atmosic has created energy harvesting solutions integrated directly into the system-on-a-chip (SoC).


News Jan 25, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs Integrates AI/ML Acceleration in Low-power Wireless SoCs

Silicon Labs says that with these two new families, battery-powered edge devices won't face trade-offs with power, protocol support, ML capability, and security.


News Jan 24, 2022 by Jake Hertz
More Than a Fad? Could Zinc-based Batteries Give Li-ion a Run for Its Money?

More Than a Fad? Could Zinc-based Batteries Give Li-ion a Run for Its Money?

The search for the next best battery continues into 2022 as companies and researchers look to up-end lithium-ion (Li-ion) technology from its throne. Could zinc be the next contender?


News Jan 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Team Up Blasts LoRaWAN Into Space for Satellite IoT Connectivity

Team Up Blasts LoRaWAN Into Space for Satellite IoT Connectivity

The LoRa (long-range) wireless protocol is picking up steam as Semtech and Lacuna team up to push the Internet of Things (IoT) communication into areas previously inaccessible.


News Jan 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

Ambiq Scoops BIG Award with Sub-threshold Power-optimized Technology Platform

The Business Intelligence Group's (BIG) Innovation Awards event is kicking off awards in 2022 for innovative technology. Let's take a look at one highlight, Ambiq, with its sub-threshold microcontroller (MCU) technology.


News Jan 17, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Allegro Spins Out “Industry’s Smallest” Hall Effect Sensor IC for Sine/Cosine Output

Allegro Spins Out “Industry’s Smallest” Hall Effect Sensor IC for Sine/Cosine Output

Hall effect sensors (HESs) can be a great option for position sensing. Hoping to push this technology forward, Allego is releasing a 3D Hall effect sensor IC for sine/cosine outputs.


News Jan 13, 2022 by Jake Hertz
e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

e-peas Shows Off Surveillance System Powered by Energy Harvesting Tech

For years, e-peas has been rolling out energy-harvesting solutions: PMICs—and more recently—an MCU and antenna. The company recently showed these solutions in action in an autonomous surveillance system.


News Jan 13, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
A Snapshot of the Evolving IoT Landscape, From Connectivity to Computing

A Snapshot of the Evolving IoT Landscape, From Connectivity to Computing

Here, we'll round up recent releases from u-blox, Avnet and onsemi, and Murata that illustrate how the IoT industry relies on component-level advances.


News Jan 11, 2022 by Nicholas St. John
Intel Takes CES Stage to Announce Processors and ADAS Roadmap

Intel Takes CES Stage to Announce Processors and ADAS Roadmap

At CES this year, Intel's executives are demonstrating new chips from its mobile computing platform and hardware from one of its automotive subsidiaries, Mobileye.


News Jan 08, 2022 by Ikimi .O
IoT Connectivity Picks Up Steam with NXP’s “Industry First” Tri-radio Solution

IoT Connectivity Picks Up Steam with NXP’s “Industry First” Tri-radio Solution

An "industry first" secure tri-radio solution from NXP enables support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and 802.15.4 simultaneously, helping to ease the development and seamlessly connect IoT (Intenet of Things) devices.


News Jan 07, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Low on Power, High on Integration: MKSemi Launches New UWB SoC

Low on Power, High on Integration: MKSemi Launches New UWB SoC

Ultra-wideband technology has sharply spiked in popularity since 2019. Now, MKSemi says its new UWB SoC is the smallest and most low power in the industry.


News Jan 05, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Renesas Pushes Beyond MRAM Write Challenges Spurring Memory Technology Forward

Renesas Pushes Beyond MRAM Write Challenges Spurring Memory Technology Forward

With new improvements to magnetoresistive random-access memory (MRAM) write technology, Renesas claims to improve power consumption for Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications and push MRAM further.


News Jan 04, 2022 by Jake Hertz