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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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 […]
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 […]
BLE SoCs, modules billed as world’s smallest
The new DA14531 is being billed as the world’s smallest and most power-efficient Bluetooth 5.1 SoC and module to simplify Bluetooth product development and enable wider adoption. The chip, also known as SmartBond TINY, is currently in production. It will further extend Dialog’s position as a leader in the Bluetooth device market with the broadest […]
SoC implements 5G RAN functions
A new collaboration announced today between market leaders Altran, ArrayComm and NXP Semiconductors N.V. will enable manufacturers to accelerate development of 5G RAN and reduce time to market for rolling out 5G solutions. The new solution uses Altran’s 5G gNodeB software framework, pre-integrated with ArrayComm’s proven 5G PHY software on NXP SoC LX2160A, creating an innovative, flexible and […]
Automated security validation platform identifies vulnerabilities in firmware and SoC designs
Tortuga Logic, a cybersecurity company specializing in hardware threat detection and prevention, announced the launch of Radix-M, the industry’s first platform capable of performing security validation of firmware on complex system-on-chip (SoCs) designs. Built with funding support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Radix-M identifies and prevents unknown firmware vulnerabilities. It also automates previously manual […]
