Silicon Labs has expanded its timing portfolio to meet the high-performance clocking requirements of 56G PAM-4 SerDes and emerging 112G serial applications. With this portfolio expansion, Silicon Labs is the only timing supplier to offer a comprehensive selection of clock generators, jitter attenuating clocks, voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) and XOs for 100/200/400/600G designs that satisfy sub-100 […]
MCUs incorporate chip-level security, arm TrustZone technology
With the booming growth of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints, security is sometimes an afterthought for many designers, increasing the risk of exposing intellectual property (IP) and sensitive information. To address the growing need for security, the new SAM L10 and SAM L11 MCU families are now available from Microchip Technology Inc. The new MCU […]
FPGA cores target deep learning, neural network processing tasks
Flex Logix Technologies, Inc., a supplier of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture and software, announced today a new member of the EFLXÒ4K eFPGA Core Family: the EFLX4K Artificial Intelligence (AI) eFPGA core. This new core has been specifically designed to enhance the performance of deep learning by 10X and enable more neural network processing per […]
Evaluation and development platform targets wrist-worn heart-rate and activity monitor apps
Designers can extract vital signs and raw data for their wearable designs with the MAX-HEALTH-BAND, as well as monitor clinical-grade electrocardiograph (ECG) and heart rate with the MAX-ECG-MONITOR from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. The MAX-HEALTH-BAND evaluation and development platform, a wrist-worn heart-rate and activity monitor, features the MAX86140 optimized optical pulse-oximeter/heart-rate sensor, the MAX20303 wearable power-management solution, and Maxim’s motion-compensated algorithms. The MAX-ECG-MONITOR evaluation […]
SoC cores handle AI acceleration and DSP tasks
Today General Processor Technologies, China’s licensor of customizable processor IP cores, announced two innovative new additions to its IP portfolio: the ‘GPT’ AI accelerator and the VLVm1 Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for digital and image processing. With the new cores, designers can reduce chip cost, area, and power consumption in SoCs targeting applications across autonomous vehicles and […]
Low-power MCU cores incorporate fast interrupt control
SiFive, a provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP, today announced the availability of its E2 Core IP Series, configurable low-area, low-power microcontroller (MCU) cores designed for use in embedded devices. The E2 Series extends SiFive’s product line with two new standard cores, the E21, which provides mainstream performance for MCUs, sensor fusion, minion cores and […]
Image recognition SoC integrates four 2-GHz cores
Optimum Semiconductor Technologies, Inc. announced the GP8300 image recognition SoC. The GP8300 dramatically reduces chip cost, area, and power consumption for image recognition and object detection in a broad range of products such as self-driving cars, autonomous vehicles, smart cameras and other IoT edge devices. Created in 28nm technology, the GP8300 includes four 2GHz ‘Unity’ CPU […]
Dual-core digital signal controller
System developers designing high-end embedded control applications can benefit from a new Digital Signal Controller (DSC) with two dsPIC DSC cores in a single chip, now available from Microchip Technology Inc. The dsPIC33CH has one core that is designed to function as a master while the other is designed as a slave. The slave core is useful for […]
Standard provides industry-accepted framework to enable performance and security while accelerating innovation and market growth in IoT, 5G and AI
The OpenFog Consortium’s OpenFog Reference Architecture for fog computing has been adopted as an official standard by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA). The new standard, known as IEEE 1934, relies on the reference architecture as a universal technical framework that enables the data-intensive requirements of the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. “We now have […]
Low-power Wi-SUN-compatible sensor nodes draw just 1 mA when sensing
Eta Compute Inc., a company focused on delivering next-generation autonomous intelligence to mobile and edge devices, and ROHM Semiconductor announced their collaboration to develop unprecedented low power Wireless Smart Ubiquitous Network (Wi-SUN) compatible sensor nodes. The nodes will combine ROHM’s sensor technology and Eta Compute’s low power MCUs to deliver one of the highest performing, lowest power […]
