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Fully Integrated Power-Management IC from STMicroelectronics Saves Board Space, Bill of Materials, and Power Consumption

“With features including four DC/DC buck converters, a boost DC/DC converter, and six low-dropout regulators (LDOs), the STMicroelectronics STPMIC1 power-management IC (PMIC) satisfies the complex power demands of highly integrated application-processor based systems. The chip is optimized as …

Intel Introduces ‘Horse Ridge’ to Enable Commercially Viable Quantum Computers

“Intel Labs today unveiled what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip — code-named “Horse Ridge” — that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems. Horse Ridge will enable control of multiple quantum bits (qubits) and set a …

Microchip Unveils Family Details and Opens Early Access Program for RISC-V Enabled Low-Power PolarFire SoC FPGA Family

“Early access program starts for PolarFire SoC, which delivers simultaneous support of real-time applications and rich operating systems with unparalleled power efficiency The trend towards compute intensive gateways and edge devices is driving the integration of traditional deterministic control applications …

TSMC on track to start 3nm production in 2022

“TSMC has been fast advancing its manufacturing processes. It is on track to move 5nm node to commercial production in the second half of 2020, and will soon break ground for a 3nm facility where volume production will start in …

AMD Enables Ecosystem for High-Performance Mini PCs Powered by AMD Ryzen™ Embedded Processors

“AMD today announced it is enabling an open ecosystem for OEMs to create and customize high performance Mini PCs, powered by AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1000 and R1000 processors. ASRock Industrial, EEPD, OnLogic and Simply NUC, are the first OEMs to …

AWS DeepComposer Enables Developers to Get Hands-On with Generative AI

“At the kickoff for AWS re:Invent, Dr. Matt Wood, vice president of artificial intelligence (AI) at Amazon Web Services, announced AWS DeepComposer, the world’s first machine learning-enabled keyboard for developers to get hands-on with generative AI. Generative AI …

Qualcomm Introduces the World’s Most Advanced 5G Mobile Platform

“The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G Mobile Platform Delivers the Best 5G Mobile Experiences for Next Generation Flagship Devices - Devices Expected to be Commercially Available in First Quarter 2020 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, introduced the Qualcomm® Snapdragon …

STMicroelectronics Launches Affordable and Easy-to-Use STM8 Nucleo-32 Boards

“STMicroelectronics is making design starts using 8-bit STM8 microcontrollers (MCUs) faster, more affordable, and more accessible for creative minds of all types by introducing new development boards in the easy-to-use Nucleo-32 form factor . The compact boards are controlled and powered …

MediaTek and Intel Partner to Bring 5G Connectivity to the Next Generation of PCs

“MediaTek announces 5G modem optimized for key laptop segments. MediaTek today announced it is partnering with Intel to bring MediaTek’s new 5G modem to PCs. Through this partnership, Intel has been working with MediaTek on the 5G solution for …

New STM32WB Wireless Microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics Delivered in a New Affordable Value Line

“STM32WB50* Value Line wireless microcontrollers (MCUs) from STMicroelectronics are a full and pin-compatible derivative of the STM32WB55 System-on-Chip, created to serve cost-sensitive connected devices that need to support Bluetooth® 5.0, ZigBee® 3.0, or OpenThread. The devices offer a …