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Photonics Investments—Part 3: Three Game-Changing Photonics Technologies

Photonics Investments—Part 3: Three Game-Changing Photonics Technologies

In the final part of this series, we zero in on three photonics technologies expected to be essential for demanding computing and communication systems of the future.


News Nov 21, 2025 by Gordon Feller
Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Take Our 2025 EETech Engineering Insights Survey

Join your engineering community peers and take our EETech Engineering Insights Survey 2025. You’ll get a summary of the results once they’re released. And you’ll be entered for a chance to win an Amazon card prize!


News Sep 05, 2025 by Jeff Child
SiTime Unveils Software for Data Center and Network Time Synchronization

SiTime Unveils Software for Data Center and Network Time Synchronization

Announced today, the new software works with SiTime hardware to create the most accurate and reliable data center, networking, and communications timing system.


News Jun 30, 2025 by Duane Benson
Startup Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Multi-Gigahertz Timing and Clock Devices

Startup Intros ‘Most Advanced’ Multi-Gigahertz Timing and Clock Devices

Unveiled today, the new timing chips from Mixed-Signal Devices offer 2 GHz performance and use scalable CMOS to overcome the limits of analog alternatives.


News Jun 03, 2025 by Jeff Child
Targeting AI Workloads, Broadcom Reveals ‘World’s First 102.4 Tbps Switch’

Targeting AI Workloads, Broadcom Reveals ‘World’s First 102.4 Tbps Switch’

Announced today, the high-performance switch IC enables scale-up and scale-out for AI networks and supports co-packaged optics.


News Jun 03, 2025 by Jake Hertz
Microchip and Acacia Team Up To Optimize Terabit-Scale Data Center Links

Microchip and Acacia Team Up To Optimize Terabit-Scale Data Center Links

The two have joined forces to craft a fourth generation, terabit-scale Cloud/Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and metro transport network solution based on Microchip’s PHY and Acacia’s module.


News Aug 22, 2024 by Mike Falter
Happy Holidays—It’s a People Business We’re In, and It Always Has Been

Happy Holidays—It’s a People Business We’re In, and It Always Has Been

On this Christmas day, let’s remember that this is a people business. Enjoy this round up of 2023 articles about people that performed extraordinary engineering work throughout history.


News Dec 25, 2023 by Jeff Child
How Alec Reeves Revolutionized Telecom With Pulse-Code Modulation

How Alec Reeves Revolutionized Telecom With Pulse-Code Modulation

In an effort to secure Allied communications during WWII, Alec Reeves invented pulse-code modulation—a critical technology in telecom today.


News Nov 07, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks

After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks

Despite being based on cesium atomic clocks—reportedly accurate within one second over 300 million years—the broadcast was shut down over concerns about its accuracy when received via digital streaming.


News Oct 26, 2023 by Duane Benson
SiTime Targets Data Centers and Network Gear With MEMS OXCO Family

SiTime Targets Data Centers and Network Gear With MEMS OXCO Family

Armed with specifications well suited to data center and network infrastructure needs, these new MEMS-based oven-controlled crystal oscillators (OXCOs) ensure robust precision timing.


News Sep 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz
AI Networking Chip Startup, Enfabrica, Receives $125 Million in Series B Funding

AI Networking Chip Startup, Enfabrica, Receives $125 Million in Series B Funding

With Nvidia now added to its list of strategic investors, Enfabrica has opened pre-orders on systems using its AI era fabric switch IC


News Sep 15, 2023 by Duane Benson
Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Leveraging novel photonic circuit designs, researchers hope to lower electricity consumption in data centers.


News Jun 02, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski
AMD Rolls Out 5 nm ASIC-based Accelerator for the Interactive Streaming Era

AMD Rolls Out 5 nm ASIC-based Accelerator for the Interactive Streaming Era

With next-gen interactive live video streaming in mind, AMD’s new accelerator card is powered by dual purpose-built ASIC-based VPUs.


News Apr 06, 2023 by Jeff Child
Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Ahead of MWC 2023, AMD Unveils RF SoC Duo for 4G/5G Radio Unit Designs

Targeting emerging 4G/5G radio unit markets, AMD has released two new members of its Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC digital front-end (DFE) family.


News Feb 23, 2023 by Jeff Child
IEEE RWW Keynotes: Future of RF Looks Rocky and That’s a Good Thing

IEEE RWW Keynotes: Future of RF Looks Rocky and That’s a Good Thing

At IEEE Radio and Wireless Week (RWW), keynote speakers highlighted the trends in RF and wireless technology, and how design engineers must adapt to meet the new challenges head on.


News Feb 02, 2023 by Aaron Carman
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
Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

Siemens EDA Launches Revamped Mixed-signal IC Verification Platform

At this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA rolled out a next generation version of its mixed-signal IC verification tool adding new capabilities.


News Jul 12, 2022 by Jeff Child
AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

AMD SoC Fuels Open RAN Designs for Meta’s Evenstar Effort

By leveraging AMD’s RFSoC device, radio units for Meta’s Evenstar program are well-positioned to speed the adoption of Open RAN infrastructure.


News May 11, 2022 by Jeff Child
Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Keysight Rolls Out Two New Test Solutions at DesignCon 2022

Addressing the challenges of 1.6 Tb/s pathway test and PCIe 6.0 validation, Keysight is releasing two new test products at this week’s DesignCon 2022.


News Apr 07, 2022 by Jeff Child
AI Meets Quantum Technology in New Google Spinoff, Sandbox AQ

AI Meets Quantum Technology in New Google Spinoff, Sandbox AQ

Sandbox AQ, a new spinoff from Alphabet (Google), is looking to use AI and quantum technologies to solve today's problems in cybersecurity, sensing, and communications.


News Apr 01, 2022 by Dale Wilson