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What are the different key layers of IoT architecture? part 1

May 21, 2025 By Rakesh Kumar Leave a Comment

A layered Internet of Things (IoT) architecture provides modularity, scalability, and flexibility, allowing each layer to focus on specific tasks and technologies. This FAQ series covers the five-layer IoT architecture and explains why it is a commonly used framework. This first part focuses on the first two layers. IoT Architecture provides a structured framework for […]

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Five challenges for developing next-generation ADAS and autonomous vehicles

May 14, 2025 By Dan Leih, Microchip Technology Leave a Comment

ADAS and autonomous vehicles need new datacom architectures and new attitudes. The state of California requires autonomous vehicle manufacturers to annually document and report every manual intervention by test drivers, including the cause and the vehicle’s mileage. In less than five years, these reports have demonstrated significant improvements in miles per intervention for virtually every […]

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What is the HPC memory wall and how can you climb over it?

May 7, 2025 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

The high-performance computing (HPC) memory wall generally refers to the growing disparity between processor speed and memory bandwidth. When processor performance outpaces memory access speeds, this creates a bottleneck in overall system performance, particularly in memory-intensive applications like artificial intelligence (AI). This article begins by exploring the conventional definition of the memory wall and then […]

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What is the maths of positive feedback and how it is used in electronic systems?

April 30, 2025 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

Positive feedback is primarily used to rapidly amplify a desired change or signal, often in situations where a large response is needed, like triggering a process to reach a specific threshold quickly. It must be carefully managed due to its potential for instability and runaway effects. It’s used in digital electronics to force voltages away […]

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What’s the relationship between Ohm’s Law and quantum mechanics?

April 23, 2025 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

Ohm’s Law is the classical physics explanation of the linear relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in a conductor. Quantum mechanics provides insights into the mechanisms behind this behavior, explaining why Ohm’s Law still holds true even on very small scales where quantum effects are significant. Ohm’s law is a macroscopic view of classical physical […]

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What does a watchdog timer watch?

April 16, 2025 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

Watchdog timers (WDTs) watch MCU operations to ensure reliability, especially in embedded systems, robotics, medical devices, electric grid monitoring, deep space missions, and other critical applications. They are used to detect and correct MCU and software glitches without human intervention. The WDT monitors system operation by listening to signals from the MCU. The system software […]

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What is the Coherent Hub Interface?

April 9, 2025 By Jeff Shepard Leave a Comment

The Coherent Hub Interface (CHI) is used in system-on-chip (SoC) designs to track which processor has the most recent copy of a data block, preventing other processors from using old data. CHI is used in a wide range of applications requiring high-performance cache coherence, such as mobile devices, networking equipment, automotive systems, and data centers. […]

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Securing IoT devices against quantum computing risks

April 2, 2025 By By Avishay Shraga, Sr. Director (CTO), Head of Security Technologies at Sony Semiconductor Israel Leave a Comment

The key to modern asymmetric cryptography is to create an equation that is easy to solve in one direction but difficult to reverse by an adversary in the other direction. Traditionally, this was done through modular arithmetic, where a large prime modulus and a generator were used to generate a key, although there are multiple […]

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A survey of Wi-Fi connectivity modules for IoT applications: part 4

March 21, 2025 By Rakesh Kumar Leave a Comment

This last FAQ in this series will cover Broadcom, Telit Cinterion, and Renesas’s latest innovations in Wi-Fi connectivity solutions for IoT applications. These innovations continue to focus on Wi-Fi 6 and 7 technologies, which offer improved speed combined with other features. Broadcom: BCM43740/43720/47722/6765/6726/67263 Broadcom’s BCM43740/43720/47722/6765/6726/67263 are the latest versions of the company’s Wi-Fi modules, featuring […]

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A survey of Wi-Fi connectivity modules for IoT applications: part 2

March 12, 2025 By Rakesh Kumar Leave a Comment

This second part of the multipart FAQ will focus on Wi-Fi modules from u-blox and Microchip Technology. u-blox, a Swiss company primarily known for GPS and cellular technologies, has recently expanded into Wi-Fi modules. Microchip Technology is based in the US and is known for developing low-power connectivity options for IoT applications. u-blox: MAYA-W4 Series […]

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