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Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Readies for Widespread Deployment

“Intel today launched its beta program for Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory. This program allows leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and cloud service providers (CSPs) to offer their customers early access to Intel’s revolutionary memory technology and paves the …

Extend Battery Life in Portable Devices with New Ultra-low Iq LDO

“Device prolongs battery life up to four times longer than traditional ultra-low Iq LDOs Portable electronic devices are now expected to run for months or even years on a single battery, making minimizing power consumption in these applications a top …

This 3D-printed prosthetic hand combines speed and strength with simplicity

“Prosthetic limbs have come a long way from the heavy, solid hands and legs of yesteryear, but it’s still difficult to pack a range of motion into them without complex or bulky machinery. But new research out of Cornell …

STMicroelectronics Introduces STM32L5 Ultra-Low-Power Microcontrollers for a More Secured IoT

“STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is bringing sophisticated cyber-protection to power-conscious connected devices with the new STM32L5 microcontroller (MCU) series featuring the Arm® Cortex® -M33 core. Building on the Cortex-M33, which boosts …

TSMC to Start 5nm Production in April

“TSMC taped out its first chip in a process making limited use of extreme ultraviolet lithography and will start risk production in April on a 5-nm node with full EUV. Separately, the foundry forged partnerships with four partners to support …

Create Secure Connected Applications in a Single Click with Microchip’s AVR MCU Development Board for Google Cloud

“New solution enables developers to easily deploy IoT devices to Google Cloud IoT Core’s artificial intelligence and machine learning infrastructure Creating cloud-connected applications traditionally can require significant time and resources for embedded designers to develop necessary expertise in communications …

Intel Announces World’s Best Gaming Processor: New 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K

“Intel Unveils Full Desktop Product Lineup for Gaming and Content Creation, Including New 9th Gen Intel Core and Intel Core X-series Processors Debuts 9th Gen Intel® Core™ desktop processors, including the Intel Core i9-9900K processor, the world’s best gaming …

Renesas Electronics Introduces True Bidirectional Synchronous Buck-Boost Controllers for Industrial Battery-Powered Applications

“High Efficiency ISL81601 and ISL81401 Leverage Proprietary Buck-Boost Algorithm for Reliable Bidirectional Operation and Smooth Mode Transitions Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced an innovative new family of bidirectional four-switch synchronous buck-boost …

The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies

“The attack by Chinese spies reached almost 30 U.S. companies, including Amazon and Apple, by compromising America’s technology supply chain, according to extensive interviews with government and corporate sources. In 2015, Amazon.com Inc. began quietly evaluating a …

Fujitsu Develops Platform Technology to Support High Speed Processing of Massive Data in Distributed Storage

“Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced that it has developed a technology that offers both high speed data-processing and high-capacity storage in distributed storage systems, in order to speed up the processing of ever-increasing volumes of data. Recently, customers have looked …