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Teardown: Inside a video greeting card

May 3, 2021 By Lee Teschler

video card

For around $60, you can send a greeting card that incorporates a video. When the recipient opens the card, it can automatically play a video loop that you can upload. The card charges via a USB connection which also allows you to upload the video. Specs for cards we’ve seen typically mention a 2G memory, […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, FAQ, Featured, Teardowns Tagged With: actionssemiconductor, FAQ, hynixsemiconductor, samsung

Automotive reference flow streamlines SoC design for ISO 26262 compliance

October 15, 2020 By Redding Traiger

Synopsys, Inc. and Samsung Foundry announced the release of a validated automotive reference flow to streamline SoC hardware design for in-system test, implementation, verification, timing, and physical signoff for ISO 26262 compliance. This reference flow is targeted for automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) D autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) applications. In close collaboration with […]

Filed Under: Applications, Automotive, Hardware, Reference designs, SoC, Tools Tagged With: samsung, synopsysinc

Teardown: Inside the PlayStation 4 game box

September 25, 2018 By Lee Teschler

PlayStation 4

We take a look at the venerable Sony game box with an eye toward power handling and architecture. Chances are that if you’re a gamer, you’re experiencing your video games on a Sony PlayStation 4. To date, over 75 million PlayStation 4 boxes have sold. The closest competitor is the Xbox One (36.03 million) and […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, Featured Tagged With: FAQ, infineontechnologies, macronix, marvell, onsemiconductor, renesaselectronicscorporation, samsung, siliconix, Skyworks, sony, teardown, vishay, winbond

SSDs: secure erase or sanitize?

September 10, 2018 By Scott Thornton

SSDs

When you’re done with a data storage drive, it’s nice to make sure that all of the data is scrubbed from it. A drive that’s returned, repurposed, or discarded can have personal or confidential data on it. Discarded drives have been found with everything from financial and medical data, email, and even pornography on them. […]

Filed Under: FAQ, Featured, microcontroller Tagged With: basics, FAQ, intel, micron, samsung, sandisk

Process design kit works on Samsung FD-SOI technology ICs

September 25, 2017 By Aimee Kalnoskas

LC3 Codec for ARC Processors

Synopsys, Inc. announced that the Synopsys Design Platform has been fully certified for use on Samsung Foundry’s 28FDS (FD-SOI) process technology. A Process Design Kit (PDK) and a comprehensive reference flow, compatible with Synopsys’ Lynx Design System, containing scripts, design methodologies and best practices is now available. For Samsung Foundry’s latest differentiated process offering, support […]

Filed Under: Industry News, microcontroller Tagged With: samsung, synopsys

The difference between microprocessors and application processors

August 9, 2016 By Lee Teschler

apple application processor

Sometimes terminology changes faster than the technology it applies to. That’s arguably the case for the term application processor. Specifically, an application processor is a special kind of microprocessor. The application processor moniker came out of the cellular industry. In a mobile device, it refers to a chip used for the primary processing of cellular […]

Filed Under: Embedded, Lee's blog, microcontroller Tagged With: mediatek, nvidia, qualcomm, samsung, texas instruments

Samsung Electronics starts mass production of industry’s first 8-Gigabit DDR4 based on 20 nanometer process technology

October 22, 2014 By Megan Hollis

Picture of 8-Gigabit DDR4

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in memory technology, announced that it is mass producing the industry’s most advanced 8-gigabit (Gb) DDR4 memory and 32-gigabyte (GB) module, both of which will be manufactured based on a new 20-nanometer (nm) process technology, for use in enterprise servers. With its new 8Gb DDR4, Samsung now offers […]

Filed Under: Applications, IoT Tagged With: samsung

NFC chip with embedded flash offers increased RF performance in a small package

October 8, 2014 By Megan Hollis

Picture of samsung semiconductor logo

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced its new near field communication (NFC) chip, the S3FWRN5, which features high radio frequency (RF) performance and small package size. The S3FWRN5’s RF performance doubles the range in both reader and card emulation modes, when compared to that of its predecessor, the […]

Filed Under: Applications, Consumer Electronics, IoT Tagged With: samsung

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