NXP puts on its technology days event in several cities to familiarize design engineers with trends in new technology and design practices. We got a chance to visit the event in the Detroit area where it had a heavy automotive feel. Though the main focus for the two-day Detroit event was automotive technology, there were […]
Single microLED diode provides all colors, eliminates need for RGB sub-pixels
A single microLED diode handles all colors in displays, moving away from the constraints of the RGB (red-green-blue) sub-pixel model that underpins all current commercial display technologies. Porotech’s innovation lies in its game-changing DynamicPixelTuning (DPT) technology. By using a new class of Gallium Nitride materials, DPT enables a single microLED chip to produce any visible […]
Book review: Dead Simple Python
Dead Simple Python, by Jason C. McDonald Readers may initially see the title of this book and think it entails a “for dummies” type presentation of Python. Not at all. McDonald, a software engineer, has written a +700-page treatise on Python that is aimed at people who already are familiar with some other software language […]
Cool technology at the Siemens IESF Automotive Conference 2022
The Integrate Electrical Solutions Forum came about in 2000 as a conference for the automotive engineering community. The original events were organized by Mentor Graphics and SAE. Since Mentor’s acquisition by Siemens, the event has been run by the Siemens Digital Industry Software group. The current version of IESF includes a mix of technical […]
Multi-die software speeds design-for-test tasks in 2.5D/3D-architected ICs
The Tessent Multi-die software solution helps designers dramatically speed and simplify critical design-for-test (DFT) tasks for next-generation integrated circuits (ICs) based on 2.5D and 3D architectures. As demand for smaller, more power efficient and higher performing ICs continues to challenge the global IC design community, next-generation devices increasingly feature complex 2.5D and 3D architectures that […]
Advanced semantic segmentation models deliver 2x lower latency, 3-7% higher accuracy
A new set of industry-leading semantic segmentation models, dubbed DeciSeg, are said to significantly outperform the most powerful models publicly available, such as the MobileViT released by Apple, and the DeepLab family released by Google. Deci’s models deliver more than 2x lower latency, as well as 3-7% higher accuracy. Semantic segmentation is one of the […]
Cable equalizers target 112G PAM4 400G and 800G data center applications
The new CopperEdge product portfolio is for use in next generation 400G (4x100G) and 800G (8x100G) data center interconnects using copper cable and backplane interconnects. The CopperEdge GN8112 is a quad channel 112 Gbps PAM4 linear equalizer and is the first product sampling in the portfolio. As next generation data center interconnects transition to 112 […]
Book review: The Art of Clean Code: Best practices to eliminate complexity and simplify your life
The Art of Clean Code: Best practices to eliminate complexity and simplify your life, by Christian Mayer, No Starch Press If you wanted a short primer on how to be an exceptionally productive programmer, you could do a lot worse than Christian Mayer’s 142-page book. Mayer, a computer science PhD and founder of the Finxter.com […]
Software-defined networking hardware features direct network port connections to CPU
A line of SolidWAN system-level solutions for software-defined wide area networks and network security applications is available in different form factors, with different wired and wireless networking configuration options for home office use, SMB and enterprise applications and deployment at the network’s edge. “Businesses across the world are evolving their network infrastructure to take advantage […]
The basics of dielectric resonator antennas
The mmWave equipment on connected vehicles may sport dielectric resonator antennas that look nothing like conventional antennas. Automotive designers have always put a premium on technologies that are light-weight and compact. The preference hasn’t changed for connected vehicles. As connected features increasingly rely on mmWave frequencies, designers investigate ways of shrinking the size of radio […]
