Pushing DDR5 beyond 6400 MT/s introduces signal degradation, clock jitter, and timing instability severe enough to require a different architecture. The industry’s fix is to move clock conditioning onto the module itself. The CUDIMM/CQDIMM (desktop) and CSODIMM (laptop) form factors embed an on-module client clock driver that conditions and redistributes the clock signal locally, rather […]
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PCIe Gen5 controller targets AI inference workloads
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation has introduced the SM2524XT, a PCIe Gen5 x4 DRAMless SSD controller designed for AI inference and KV cache-intensive workloads. Built on a 6 nm process, it uses a four-core architecture, supports NAND interface speeds up to 4,800 MT/s, delivers sequential read speeds up to 14 GB/s and random performance up to […]
Endpoint AI module combines Cortex-M55 and Ethos-U55
The NuMaker-GestureAI-M55M1 from Nuvoton Technology is an Endpoint AI development module built around the NuMicro® M55M1 series microcontroller with an Arm® Cortex®-M55 core, Arm® Ethos™-U55 NPU, 220 MHz operation, 2 MB Flash and 1.5 MB SRAM. It is designed to support gesture recognition and visual perception in smart home, industrial, security and medical devices while […]
Stepper driver board supports 34 V and 1.8 A
MIKROE has announced Stepper 29 Click, a Click board™ for bipolar stepper motor control in motion control, automation, robotics and embedded positioning systems. Based on Toshiba’s TB67S579FTG, it supports a 4.5 V to 34 V motor supply and up to 1.8 A output current, with step resolutions from full-step to 1/32 microstepping, selectable decay modes, […]
3U SBC supports 100GbE rugged embedded systems
Acromag has announced the VPX7600 3U OpenVPX SBC, a SOSA-aligned single-board computer for rugged embedded systems in defense, aerospace and scientific applications. The board uses an Intel® 11th Gen Tiger Lake-H Xeon® W-11000E Series processor with up to eight cores, up to 32GB dual-channel DDR4 ECC memory at 3200 MT/s, up to 1TB NVMe M.2 […]
Engineering deep dive-monthly forum highlights April edition
Engineering deep dive-monthly forum highlights · April edition Welcome to the April edition of Engineering Deep Dive — a curated selection of the most engaging technical threads from the Electro-Tech-Online community’s Electronic Projects Design/Ideas/Reviews category. Questions are selected based on view counts, reply depth, and educational value. Each entry below has been expanded with context, […]
Dual-core 133MHz MCU adds Ethernet for embedded designs
The ETH WIZ 3 Click from MIKROE is an Ethernet interface Click board™ based on the W55RP20 System-in-Package, which combines the W5500 Ethernet controller with a Raspberry Pi RP2040 dual-core microcontroller running at up to 133MHz. It includes a hardwired TCP/IP stack, integrated Ethernet PHY, on-chip Flash and SRAM, selectable SPI or UART communication and […]
SMARC module targets edge AI and IIoT workloads
Variscite has announced the upcoming VAR-SMARC-MX95, a SMARC-compatible SoM based on the NXP® i.MX 95 applications processor for industrial IoT and edge AI systems. The module will offer up to six Arm® Cortex®-A55 cores at up to 2.0 GHz, Cortex-M7 and Cortex-M33 real-time co-processors, an eIQ® Neutron Neural Processing Unit with 2 TOPS (8 eTOPS) […]
How are AI-assisted models changing EV battery thermal management strategies?
AI battery thermal management now relies more on models that are primarily data-driven. Physics-based thermal models are accurate under controlled conditions but cannot adapt in real time to the variable loads, charge rates, and degradation states EV batteries encounter in service. This technical FAQ discusses how AI thermal models compare to physics-based approaches and which […]
New group targets interfaces for humanoid AI systems
The Physical AI Birds of a Feather (BoF) group from MIPI Alliance is an industry working group focused on evaluating how MIPI interface specifications can support physical AI systems, with an initial emphasis on humanoid robots. The group will analyze current hardware and software architectures, develop system diagrams for key use cases and identify where […]
