SG Wireless, a Hong Kong-based full-stack IoT solutions provider, announced the Wireless’ Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth LE modules SGW1010 and SGW1011. These new modules, powered by Nordic’s nRF52840 Bluetooth 5/Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) advanced multiprotocol System-on-Chip (SoC), are designed to provide a complete RF solution for use in a range of IoT applications including connected home, smart […]
Microprocessor
2019 LEAP Award bestowed on Renesas Electronics for leading-edge microprocessor
The votes are in. Business-to-Business publisher WTWH Media, LLC, has announced the winners of the second-year Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program (LEAP) Awards, a design engineering product competition honoring the most exciting new products in a host of technology areas: Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Materials, Analog Electronics, Connectivity, Embedded Computing, Fastener Technology, Hydraulics, Industrial Automation, Mechanical, […]
SoC design software supports ASIL B, D safety levels in automotive apps
Synopsys announced new functional safety (FS) derivatives of its popular DesignWare ARC processor IP to simplify and accelerate the development of automotive system-on-chips (SoCs). The safety-enhanced processor portfolio, which includes the Synopsys DesignWare ARC EM22FS, HS4xFS, and EV7xFS processors, covers a broad range of automotive use cases from ultra-low power control modules to artificial intelligence […]
DSP processing IP accelerates highly parallel automotive, sensor fusion, comm apps
Synopsys announced the new DesignWare ARC VPX5 DSP and VPX5FS DSP Processor IP that is based on an extended ARCv2DSP instruction set and optimized for a broad range of high-performance signal processing applications, such as RADAR/LiDAR, sensor fusion, and baseband communications processing. The new ARC VPX5 DSP processors implement a configurable, energy-efficient very long instruction word […]
Programmable baseband processors target 5G, mmWave tasks
NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced a new series of Layerscape Access processors, designed for 5G Access Edge applications. These new Layerscape Access processors target a variety of deployment scenarios compliant with O-RAN Alliance specifications, including Central Units/Distributed Units (CU/DU), Radio Units (RUs), along with Integrated Small Cells and Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) systems. NXP Layerscape Access processors […]
Vibration resistant quartz crystals handle harsh environments
Fox Electronics has introduced its vibration-resistant crystal – C3VR. The low G sensitivity crystal can improve dynamic performance of customer systems under harsh conditions. The C3VR has a maximum 0.2ppb/G acceleration sensitivity rating. It is not unusual to see an oscillator at rest, (no external vibration), outperform one under vibration by 30dB at 1G. The […]
Processor IP supports ASIL B and ASIL D safety levels to simplify safety-critical automotive SoC development
Synopsys announced new functional safety (FS) derivatives of its popular DesignWare ARC processor IP to simplify and accelerate the development of automotive system-on-chips (SoCs). The safety-enhanced processor portfolio, which includes the Synopsys DesignWare ARC EM22FS, HS4xFS, and EV7xFS processors, covers a broad range of automotive use cases from ultra-low power control modules to artificial intelligence […]
Processor speeds FPGA-based AI apps
GOWIN Semiconductor Corp announces the release of its latest solution called GoAI, providing acceleration for artificial intelligence at the edge on GOWIN FPGAs. GOWIN GoAI offers a 78x performance gain over standard microcontrollers with complete design flow support into existing AI and machine learning development tools. Adoption of artificial intelligence for edge and IoT applications […]
Processor targets computer vision, artificial intelligence apps
VeriSilicon announces VIP9000, a highly scalable and programmable processor for computer vision and artificial intelligence. The Vivante VIP family’s patented Neural Network (NN) engine and Tensor Processing Fabric technology delivers superb neural network inference performance with industry-leading power efficiency (TOPS/W) and area efficiency (mm2/W), with scalable compute capability ranging from 0.5TOPS (Tera-Operations-Per-Second) to 100s of […]
Chipset extends MIPI CSI-2 transmission to over 15 m
THine announced the high-volume availability of their new MIPI CSI-2 extension chipset, THCV241A and THCV242. This new chipset allows engineers to extend MIPI CSI-2 transmission from 1 foot to over 15 meters. These new video chips also enable designs that can receive 2 different video inputs simultaneously, as well as applications that can copy and […]
