MediaTek unveiled its new Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100 5G smartphone chipsets with unrivaled AI, camera, and multimedia features for powerful 5G experiences. The addition of the 6nm Dimensity 1200 and 1100 chipsets to MediaTek’s 5G portfolio gives device makers a growing suite of options to design highly capable 5G smartphones with top of the line […]
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Image sensors excel at near-infrared, ultra-low light surveillance work
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced during CES the OS02H10, a 2.9 micron, 1080p image sensor that provides a high-value option for adding the premium near-infrared (NIR) and ultra low light performance of its Nyxel and PureCel Plus technologies to mainstream surveillance cameras. This sensor also offers multiple high dynamic range (HDR) options for the best quality 1080p still and video captures of fast-moving […]
SoC development platform handles MCVP automotive work
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the development of connected vehicles. Renesas’ R-Car Starter Kit, based on Renesas’ R-Car automotive system-on-chip (SoC), is now available as a development environment for the Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform (MCVP)<https://www.microsoft.com/industry/automotive/connected-vehicles>. MCVP combines a partner ecosystem with a horizontal platform of Azure cloud, AI, and edge […]
Neural net ICs target audio and sensor processing apps
Syntiant Corp. announced the availability of its Syntiant NDP120 Neural Decision Processor (NDP), the latest generation of special-purpose chips for audio and sensor processing for always-on applications in battery-powered devices. The NDP120 applies neural processing to run multiple applications simultaneously with minimal battery power consumption, including echo-cancellation, beamforming, noise suppression, speech enhancement, speaker identification, keyword […]
4-MP, 2-u image sensors target IoT security cameras
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced in advance of CES the OS04C10, the best-in-class 2.0-micron pixel, 4 megapixel (MP) resolution image sensor for both IoT and home security cameras. When paired with the designer’s selected platform, the OS04C10 can enable a system ultra low power mode for battery-powered cameras with AI functionality. Additionally, it provides high 2688 […]
Air quality sensor platform carries waterproof rating
Renesas Electronics Corporation expanded its popular ZMOD4410 Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) sensor platform with the industry’s first software-configurable IP67-qualified waterproof option for IAQ applications operating in wet or dirty environments such as kitchens, bathrooms, and hospital rooms, where they are frequently exposed to water, oils, and dust. The firmware-configurable waterproof ZMOD4410 sensor features a unique hermetically sealed package […]
Software platform handles edge AI development, deployment, management tasks
Blaize fully unveiled the Blaize AI Studio offering, the industry’s first open and code-free software platform to span the complete edge AI operational workflow from idea to development, deployment, and management. AI Studio dramatically reduces edge AI application deployment complexity, time, and cost by breaking the barriers within existing application development and machine learning operations […]
Prototyping system holds up to 8 FPGAs
S2C announces a new class of FPGA prototyping products, the S2C Prodigy Logic Matrix family. Logic Matrix is architected from the ground up to meet today’s needs for both large design scaling and performance. Conventional FPGA prototyping systems typically host up to four FPGAs per system targeting single system deployment or limited expansion, whereas emulators […]
RISC-V for ultra-low power processing and AI on the edge
RISC-V is an exciting and rapidly-emerging technology. RISC-V is software; it is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA) based on established reduced instruction set computer (RISC) principles. So far, this FAQ series has looked at how “RISC-V is growing and offers stability, scalability, and security,” the “Growing availability of tools reducing the risk of […]
IDE offers pushbutton approach to edge AI development
Cartesiam announced the availability of NanoEdge AI Studio V2, the first integrated development environment (IDE) that simplifies the creation of machine learning, inference, and now classification libraries for direct implementation on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers (MCUs). Thousands of commercially available industrial IoT (IIoT) embedded devices are already in production with NanoEdge AI Studio V1 for anomaly detection. With […]
