Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy rival Californian chipmaker Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a wave of high-profile mergers and…
Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy rival Californian chipmaker Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a wave of high-profile mergers and acquisitions currently sweeping the semiconductor industry.
Xilinx solutions are surfacing for each new wave in the 5G rollout. Appearing in 2021, the new RFSoC DFE is forecasted to…
Xilinx solutions are surfacing for each new wave in the 5G rollout. Appearing in 2021, the new RFSoC DFE is forecasted to break all existing benchmarks.
FETs and MOSFETs don't always cut it for dynamic applications. Nexperia says it has created a new flavor of FETs designed…
FETs and MOSFETs don't always cut it for dynamic applications. Nexperia says it has created a new flavor of FETs designed to rise to the challenge.
As 5G speed and storage demands collide with the end of Moore's law, chipmakers are turning to multichip packaging to…
As 5G speed and storage demands collide with the end of Moore's law, chipmakers are turning to multichip packaging to save space and power.
As 5G barrels forward, engineers are increasingly talking about one of the major design challenges of this technology:…
As 5G barrels forward, engineers are increasingly talking about one of the major design challenges of this technology: thermal management.
As next-gen data centers amp up processing and speed, they're going to need processing units that can handle the heft of…
As next-gen data centers amp up processing and speed, they're going to need processing units that can handle the heft of AI and machine learning.
5G will operate at frequencies significantly faster than those of 4G, forcing PCB designers to rethink how their boards…
5G will operate at frequencies significantly faster than those of 4G, forcing PCB designers to rethink how their boards are designed and manufactured.
NXP Semiconductors has announced the opening of its new high-volume RF GaN fab in Chandler, Arizona, representing the…
NXP Semiconductors has announced the opening of its new high-volume RF GaN fab in Chandler, Arizona, representing the United States’ most advanced fab dedicated to 5G RF power amplifiers.
Integrated powertrain devices go back at least as far as 2004 when Intel wrote the specification for DrMOS, a…
Integrated powertrain devices go back at least as far as 2004 when Intel wrote the specification for DrMOS, a high-efficiency high-current IC for powering next-gen processors.
Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for…
Hardware acceleration is said to create a new 5G throughput reality with 42x encoding and 24x decoding improvements for FEC and HARQ line coding.
With IoT on the rise, engineers are increasingly faced with options of transformer topologies in Power-over-Ethernet…
With IoT on the rise, engineers are increasingly faced with options of transformer topologies in Power-over-Ethernet (PoE)-based designs.
Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and SK Telecom have recently announced their partnership to develop an NFV platform…
Samsung, Hewlett Packard, Intel, and SK Telecom have recently announced their partnership to develop an NFV platform aimed at democratizing 5G.
Texas researchers realize the strengths of both solid-state and liquid-state batteries in the first room-temperature…
Texas researchers realize the strengths of both solid-state and liquid-state batteries in the first room-temperature liquid-metal battery.
The SuperFin is an enhanced FinFET combined with a super MIM capacitor and an interconnect metal stack. What doors will…
The SuperFin is an enhanced FinFET combined with a super MIM capacitor and an interconnect metal stack. What doors will this 10nm transistor open?
The new chip leverages photonic topological insulators to operate in the terahertz band—not in the 5G range, but in the…
The new chip leverages photonic topological insulators to operate in the terahertz band—not in the 5G range, but in the 6G range.
The two RF powerhouses have teamed up to create a flexible radio platform that addresses 5G network design challenges.
The two RF powerhouses have teamed up to create a flexible radio platform that addresses 5G network design challenges.
Pliops has announced its storage processor, which they claim increases flash performance by 10 times and improves cost…
Pliops has announced its storage processor, which they claim increases flash performance by 10 times and improves cost and performance by 90%.
New research has unveiled new phase-change materials, touted as having ultra-low losses and little power consumption. How…
New research has unveiled new phase-change materials, touted as having ultra-low losses and little power consumption. How might this finding affect telecommunications?
The usable RF spectrum is a finite resource, and, with enough simultaneous users, congestion can become a serious…
The usable RF spectrum is a finite resource, and, with enough simultaneous users, congestion can become a serious impediment to reliable communication.