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Consumer

Open Source and Open Standard Synergy: the Tools for Network Innovation

Lincoln Lavoie

January 17, 2025

Today the ‘Connected Home’ is no longer a visionary pipedream, but a reality, with smart devices quickly becoming staples in our homes and making our lives simpler (hopefully). Standardization, well-defined Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), and seamless interoperability between different platforms and applications act as the key pillars to achieving ubiquitous connectivity in the home.

Industrial

Structured Data for Analysis and Transparency in Supply Chain Resilience

Dr. Adam Schafer

January 17, 2025

Semiconductor shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions served as a wake-up call for the entire industry regarding the high complexity, increasing interconnectedness, and growing vulnerability of the electronics value chain. In 2024, new opportunities and challenges have emerged for the semiconductor industry amidst economic and political turbulence.

Security

The Shine on Rust

Benjamin Monate

January 15, 2025

Although C and C++ continue to dominate embedded systems, the relatively new language, Rust, is showing promise as a language that provides much of the flexibility of older languages but with stronger guarantees of safe operation.

Storage

Optimizing Data Transfer: Exploring Interrupt and Polling Mechanisms in DMA

Daniel Bar

January 14, 2025

In the ever-evolving world of computer architecture, optimizing data transfer is crucial for maintaining system performance. Direct Memory Access (DMA) controllers provide a powerful solution, enabling high-speed data movement between peripherals and memory without constant CPU involvement. However, a critical decision arises when configuring DMA transfers: choosing the flow sequence for the transfer.

Consumer

The Logitech Mevo Core 4K camera enables seamless wireless live streaming anywhere with the help of AIROC™ CYW55573 and Murata 2EA Module solution

Mei-Ling Chiang

January 13, 2025

The Internet of Things (IoT) has grown rapidly in the last 10 years across many applications. One area with significant growth is live streaming social media applications such as Facebook (Meta), YouTube, WhatsApp, TikTok, WeChat, QQ and Instagram. This rising demand stems from content creators’ desires to deliver real-time, professional-level content anywhere without professional-level experience.

Automotive

How 10BASE-T1S Ethernet Simplifies Zonal Architectures in Automotive Applications

Andreas Pellkofer , Madhura Deyanda Poonacha

January 10, 2025

With modern cars aiming to provide home-like comfort and entertainment, the demand for electronic control units (ECUs) has grown exponentially. However, older bus technologies and electrical/electronic (E/E) architectures are struggling to keep up. This article explores how Ethernet technology transformed cars into fully connected experiences.

Storage

From Spark to Boom: 40 Years of Flash Memory

Marco Mezger

January 8, 2025

In 1984, a groundbreaking innovation was unveiled at the IEEE Integrated Electronics Devices Conference, Fujio Masuoka introduced Flash memory — a technology that revolutionized how data is stored and accessed. Four decades later, Flash memory remains central to devices and systems across diverse fields, from mobile technology to enterprise data centers and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Automotive

The Rise of Software-Defined Audio in Automotive

Jose Maria Marin

January 8, 2025

As vehicles become increasingly reliant on centralized computing systems, traditional hardware-dependent audio architectures face challenges in scalability, flexibility, and development speed. Enter software-defined audio (SDA), a groundbreaking approach that shifts audio processing and control from hardware-centric systems to software-driven solutions within system-on-chip (SoC) platforms.

AI & Machine Learning

The Impact of AI and Machine Learning on Mobile App Development

January 8, 2025

We will explore the profound impact of AI and ML on the mobile app industry and how these technologies are shaping the future of app development.

Industrial

Robots in the Factory: How 5G-Enabled AMRs can Boost Efficiency

Embedded Computing Design Staff

January 7, 2025

Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are transforming the way work is carried out, from repetitive tasks on factory floors to operations in healthcare, retail, agriculture, and beyond.

Storage

IOMMU vs. DMA: Understanding the Data Transfer Powerhouse Duo

Daniel Bar

January 7, 2025

In modern computing environments, efficient data transfer between hardware devices and system memory is crucial for optimal performance. Two key technologies utilized to facilitate this data movement are the Input-Output Memory Management Unit (IOMMU) and Direct Memory Access (DMA).

Consumer

The Logitech Mevo Core 4K camera enables seamless wireless live streaming anywhere with the help of AIROC™ CYW55573 and Murata 2EA Module solution

Mei-Ling Chiang

January 6, 2025

Storage

Mouser Product of the Week: Micron’s 9400 NVMe® Solid-State Drives (SSDs)

Embedded Computing Design Staff

January 6, 2025

Today’s connected world is undeniably data-driven with a variety of industries demanding consistent increases in speed, reliability, and scalability. The growing workloads from edge computing, artificial intelligence, and other expansive technologies push the envelope for storage solutions, insisting on higher performance and energy efficiency while reducing latency, and much more.

Industrial

WEROCK’s Rockbook X540 G3 and X550 G3 Notebooks Built for Industrial Toughness

Chad Cox

January 16, 2025

WEROCK Technologies GmbH is releasing two new rugged high-performance notebooks designed for industrial use leveraging Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake processors, Intel AI Boost, Arc Graphics, up to 16 cores, a 4.8 GHz turbo clock frequency and up to 64 GB RAM.

Processing

Pioneering Post-Quantum Security

Chad Cox

January 16, 2025

Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. CAST announces its upcoming KiviPQC-KEM IP core and seeks the involvement of early adopters for product evaluations. Integrating the Module-Lattice Key Encapsulation Mechanism (ML-KEM) specified in the NIST FIPS 203 standard, this marks CAST's first step in applying post-quantum cryptography (PQC) algorithms to secure SoC designs.