One of the latest incarnations of the Echo Dot boasts premium sound and an ability to pair up with Fire TV devices for a home theater audio experience. Construction-wise, there are usually a few changes from one generation of Echo devices to the next, and sometimes between early and later models of the same generation. […]
Inference engine hits 1,000 TOPS with sub-10 msec processing delay, 25-W power consumption
The Recogni Scorpio is billed as the world’s first 1,000 TOPS (Peta-Op) class inference solution for autonomous mobility. The vision-inference chip enables superhuman object detection accuracy up to – 300 m in real-time under various road and environment conditions, and the ability to process multiple streams of ultra-high resolution and very high frame rate cameras. […]
FMCW LiDAR system offers polarization information
The Eyeonic Vision System is billed as the industry’s most compact and powerful coherent vision system on the market. The new system features the highest resolution, highest precision and longest range while remaining the only FMCW LiDAR solution to offer polarization information. The Eyeonic Vision System integrates the company’s unique photonics technology into the industry’s […]
Front-end modules handle next-generation Wi-Fi 6/6E-enabled devices
The industry’s highest efficiency portfolio of Wi-Fi front-end modules (FEMs) addresses the power, performance and thermal requirements of Wi-Fi 6/6E-enabled devices in next-generation enterprise and Internet of Things (IoT) products. Leveraging Skyworks’ lab-to-fab design process and the advanced signal processing capabilities in Broadcom’s family of Wi-Fi 6/6E solutions, the Skyworks ICE TM (Incredible Current & […]
5G LPWA ALT1350 Chipset boasts ultra-low power consumption
The ALT1350 is the world’s first cellular LTE-M/NB-IoT solution to enable additional LPWA communication protocols, as well as satellite connectivity (NTN), in a single chipset, opening the door to further innovation in the connected world. The ALT1350 by Sony is the most advanced cellular IoT solution on the market, with an architecture that resolves IoT […]
Autonomous technology and the compute environment
Purpose-built compute technology that has sensory input to accurate perception processing provides a path forward, addressing concerns around latency, jitter, and power consumption. Contributed by Recogni Although it may not be the first technology that comes to mind when thinking about autonomous vehicles (AVs), compute plays a critical role. To understand the role of compute, […]
MCU-compensated XOs feature high stability, low power consumption
The QT2020 Series of microcomputer compensated crystal oscillators provide exceptional temperature stability (up to ±20ppb at -40 to +85°C) while consuming a maximum of 90 mW. The QT2020 small form-factor package weighs just 50 gm, compared to comparable oven-controlled (OCXO) units weighing 100 gm or more. This significant improvement in size, weight, and power (SWaP) […]
Analog MCU front-ends enable the software-defined factory
A new NXP analog front-end (N-AFE) family for high-precision data acquisition and condition monitoring are designed as software-configurable universal analog input devices. The new N-AFE family helps enable the software-defined factory, making it easier for operators to configure a smart factory and adjust settings based on shifting market needs. Even as factories have become smarter […]
Advanced DRAM improves bit density by 35%
The world’s most advanced DRAM double data rate 5X (LPDDR5X) mobile memory delivers top speed grades of 8.5 gigabits (Gb) per second. The 1β node also delivers significant gains across performance, bit density, capacity and power efficiency that will have sweeping market benefits. Beyond mobile, 1β delivers the low-latency, low-power, high-performance DRAM that is essential […]
Teardown: Why the Kinect V2 doesn’t show “ghosts” that aren’t there
Do you believe in ghosts? And do you believe video gaming equipment can find ghosts lurking in your house? That’s the premise of some YouTube videos that use the Xbox Kinect gaming system to display what they have claimed are ghostly apparitions. That premise has been thoroughly debunked by several YouTubers, perhaps most notably Ken […]
