by Jayant D’Souza, product manager Tessent group at Mentor, a Siemens Business Charged with the task of improving yield, product engineers need to find the location of defects in manufactured ICs quickly and efficiently. Typically, they use failing test cycles to perform scan diagnosis, which is then analyzed to reveal the location and root cause […]
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Dual 400GbE PHY transceiver ICs host 100GbE serial electrical I/O
Marvell introduced the industry’s first dual 400GbE (Gigabit Ethernet) PHY transceiver with 100GbE serial electrical I/O capabilities, designed to drive next-generation, secured high-density optical infrastructure. Data growth continues to put unprecedented demand on data centers and cloud providers, spurring the need for innovative technologies that can provide higher throughputs with enhanced energy efficiency. Marvell’s new […]
Wireless SoCs feature ultra-low transmit/receive power dissipation
Silicon Labs announces a new family of secure, proprietary wireless system-on-chip (SoC) devices designed for power- and size-constrained IoT products powered by batteries or energy harvesting sources. Target applications include electronic shelf labels (ESL), building security, industrial automation sensors and custom modules for commercial lighting. Based on Silicon Labs’ Wireless Gecko Series 2 platform, the new EFR32FG22 (FG22) SoCs […]
Zigbee SoCs optimized for ultra-low power consumption
Silicon Labs announces a new family of secure, ultra-low-power Zigbee system-on-chip (SoC) devices designed for eco-friendly IoT products deployed in mesh networks. The EFR32MG22 (MG22) family expands Silicon Labs’ Zigbee portfolio by delivering the smallest, lowest power SoCs optimized for Zigbee Green Power applications. Based on Silicon Labs’ Wireless Gecko Series 2 platform, the MG22 SoCs are an ideal choice […]
BLE audio codec targets power-sensitive audio/voice apps
Synopsys announced the availability of the Bluetooth LE Audio LC3 Codec optimized for Synopsys’ DesignWare ARC EM DSP and HS DSP processor IP. The LC3 codec is an important feature of Bluetooth LE Audio, the soon-to-be-released next-generation audio standard defined by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) that enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to efficiently implement […]
Software framework for STM32 MCUs streamlinines UI development for appliances, home automation, controls, medical devices
STMicroelectronics has added new features to the TouchGFX software framework for STM32 microcontrollers (MCUs), streamlining creation of attention-grabbing user interfaces for domestic appliances, home automation, industrial controls, medical devices, and wearables. The latest version introduces TouchGFX Generator to make setting up a project and configuring related peripherals easier than ever. This plugin to the STM32CubeMX initialization tool generates a […]
Ultra-low power voice codec works with Raspberry Pi boards
CML Microcircuits announces the EV6550DHAT, a Raspberry Pi Hardware Attached on Top (HAT) compatible evaluation and development board that makes the features and benefits of its CMX655D ultra-low power voice codec available to hobbyists, developers and product manufacturers. The hugely popular Raspberry Pi single board computer is widely recognized by makers, enthusiasts and professional developers […]
First Bluetooth LE audio codec for power-sensitive audio and voice applications
Synopsys announced availability of the Bluetooth LE Audio LC3 Codec optimized for Synopsys’ DesignWare ARC EM DSP and HS DSP processor IP. The LC3 codec is an important feature of Bluetooth LE Audio, the soon-to-be-released next-generation audio standard defined by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) that enables system-on-chip (SoC) designers to efficiently implement high-quality […]
Newark offers Renesas’ MCUs targeting security, connectivity, low power, scalability
Newark announced the availability of the RA Family of 32-bit Arm Cortex-M based MCUs from Renesas Electronics Corporation. This major product introduction will offer design engineers the flexibility to leverage Renesas’ ready to use partner solutions and Arm ecosystem while developing their own hardware and software solutions. The RA MCUs include the advanced high-quality feature […]
Early Access Program for FPGAs enables design of power-efficient applications
The trend towards compute-intensive gateways and edge devices is driving the integration of traditional deterministic control applications with additional embedded processing capabilities needed for smart and secure connected systems. In response, Microchip Technology Inc. is opening the Early Access Program (EAP) for the PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) system-on-chip (SoC). The platform offers the world’s […]