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Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba Adds Entry-Level MCUs to Portfolio for Secure System Control

Toshiba’s M4V Group MCUs combine an Arm Cortex-M4 core, layered security, integrated memory, motor control support, and built-in peripherals for secure IoT and industrial system control.


News Sep 18, 2026 by Austin Futrell
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
Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

Alif Semiconductor Unveils $49 StartKit Platform for Edge AI Development

The new evaluation kits aim to lower the barrier for on-device AI development with Alif’s AI/ML hardware-accelerated Ensemble and Balletto MCUs.


News Sep 09, 2026 by Jeff Child
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
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
Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

The rebuilt platform puts the previously closed cloud backend under an Apache 2.0 license and runs on AWS serverless services in a customer's own account.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Luke James
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
Ambiq Rolls Out Two SoC Series Targeting Edge AI Applications

Ambiq Rolls Out Two SoC Series Targeting Edge AI Applications

The six new chips offer a wide range of connectivity and graphics options for wearables, hearables, AR devices, health monitors, industrial sensors, and beyond.


News Aug 12, 2026 by Duane Benson
Siemens Upgrades Its AI Agent to Enable Self-Verifying Agentic AI EDA Workflows

Siemens Upgrades Its AI Agent to Enable Self-Verifying Agentic AI EDA Workflows

Siemens’ updated Fuse EDA AI Agent validates its own decisions against deterministic, physics-based EDA engines.


News Aug 03, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Geehy Intros 200 V Motor Gate Driver for Compact 3-Phase Drive Systems

Geehy Intros 200 V Motor Gate Driver for Compact 3-Phase Drive Systems

A new three-phase motor gate driver integrates a bootstrap diode and robust protective mechanisms to streamline designs and reduce switching losses in compact motor applications.


News Jul 28, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip’s Latest SDK Brings Sparse Neural Networks to PolarFire FPGAs

Microchip’s Latest SDK Brings Sparse Neural Networks to PolarFire FPGAs

Sparsity-based model compression from the Neuronix AI Labs acquisition promises up to 2x faster CNN inference on low-power, SEU-immune hardware.


News Jul 24, 2026 by Luke James
Nuvoton Rolls MCU Blending 24-bit ADC and Analog Front End

Nuvoton Rolls MCU Blending 24-bit ADC and Analog Front End

The Cortex-M23 microcontroller pairs metrology-grade signal acquisition with an LCD driver and Class-D voice output in a single LQFP128 package.


News Jul 15, 2026 by Luke James
Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

Efinix Seeks to Overcome Edge AI Constraints With New FPGA Family

The Titanium Edge FPGA family targets constrained edge AI with 50% lower power, compact SiP packages, high-speed MIPI I/O, and robust security/reliability features for intelligent systems.


News Jul 14, 2026 by Austin Futrell
OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

OECD Is Putting Supply Chain, Value Chain, and Subsidies in the Spotlight

The OECD is analyzing the semiconductor industry, focusing on supply chain resilience, global value chain mapping, and the impact of rising industrial subsidies on global market competition.


News Jul 09, 2026 by Gordon Feller
U-blox Unwraps Pair of Wi-Fi 6 Modules for Cost-Sensitive Designs

U-blox Unwraps Pair of Wi-Fi 6 Modules for Cost-Sensitive Designs

U-blox has introduced the MAYA-W5 and NORA-W5 Wi-Fi 6 module families for industrial and IoT applications, designed and manufactured in Europe.


News Jul 07, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
Nvidia First to Roll Out Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI in Robotics

Nvidia First to Roll Out Full-Stack Safety System for Physical AI in Robotics

The full-stack platform pairs the IGX Thor compute module with a safety-certified software stack and an accredited inspection lab, with humanoid maker Agility as the first adopter.


News Jul 06, 2026 by Luke James
Indie Launches Edge AI SoC for Perception Systems in Autos and Robots

Indie Launches Edge AI SoC for Perception Systems in Autos and Robots

The new system-on-chip pairs a heterogeneous AI compute engine with a low-latency multi-camera image signal processor, and can ship pre-integrated with emotion3D perception software.


News Jun 29, 2026 by Luke James
EPC Debuts Ultra-Compact GaN Motor Drive Reference Design

EPC Debuts Ultra-Compact GaN Motor Drive Reference Design

The new reference design leverages EPC’s monolithic GaN module to deliver an ultra-compact, high-efficiency motor drive solution specifically optimized for humanoid robotics and drones.


News Jun 26, 2026 by Jeff Child