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HPC/Datacenters

Preserve Data Center Power with 3 nm PCIe 6.0 Switches

Tam Do

May 19, 2026

Data centers are being constructed more rapidly as the trend of increasing data generation continues, and data must be stored and transferred. Increased use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are among the many applications boosting their reliance on data access.

Security

What Triggers Work in Firmware? Uncovering Event-Driven Execution in EDK2

Swastik Ghosh

May 18, 2026

Many people think firmware runs in a simple, step-by-step way. Drivers seem to load one after another, and the execution log shows a smooth boot process. Traditional debugging tools also suggest everything happens in order. However, this view is not always correct.

AI & Machine Learning

NI Connect 2026: The New Era of Test

Tiera Oliver

May 15, 2026

This year at the annual NI Connect event in Fort Worth, Texas, NI, now part of Emerson, celebrated its legacy with the company’s 50th anniversary and the 40th anniversary of LabVIEW, the graphical programming environment designed to help engineers accelerate test systems.

Software & OS

Tool integration provides AI with the guardrails needed for embedded code generation

Ricardo Camacho , Igor Krilenko

May 14, 2026

Embedded software development faces many challenges. Teams are under pressure to build increasingly sophisticated systems in less time. Many of them involve more complex and less predictable behaviors thanks to the inclusion of features that harness machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). But, unlike counterparts in enterprise software development, embedded systems need to meet stringent safety, security, and reliability requirements.

Debug & Test

Using Safety Application Notes to Aid Safety Designs—Part 3: Improving Functional Safety Performance

Bryan Angelo Borres

May 11, 2026

After doing a first iteration of the failure modes, effects, and diagnostics analysis (FMEDA) on a safety function’s circuit, there can only be two outcomes. The first is that the system integrity level (SIL) requirements are achieved, and the second is a failure to meet the requirements.

Open Source

Mouser Product of the Week: NXP Semiconductors’ FRDM-A-S32K312 Evaluation Board

Tiera Oliver

May 11, 2026

Embedded automotive, industrial, and IoT applications need a reliable, versatile, and robust platform that supports the development and prototyping of safety-critical systems. Developers of these applications need to design, test, and evaluate the performance of these systems before they are deployed into the real world, and a ready-made platform board can help.

IoT

From Telematics to Edge Intelligence: Reengineering Safety-Critical Embedded Systems

Ellen Warren

May 5, 2026

A Conversation with Alekh Vaidya

Software & OS

Ada Is a Memory-Safe Language. It's Also Not New. That's the Point.

Mark Hermeling

May 4, 2026

The NSA and CISA published a cybersecurity information sheet in 2022 recommending that developers move to memory-safe languages. It was updated in 2023, then again in June 2025. These reports sparked extensive global discussion about the use of memory-safe languages in critical software. Other regulations, such as the European Cyber Resilience Act, do not explicitly mention technologies like memory safety but instead focus on higher-level concepts such as 'state-of-the-art' and 'secure-by-design'.

Storage

How Synthetic DNA for Data Storage Could Help the Memory Crisis

Tiera Oliver

May 1, 2026

If you haven’t already heard, we’re in a memory crisis. More specifically, we’re in a global memory chip shortage, which began in late 2025 and is likely to persist into 2027, according to the International Data Corporation.

This shortage is caused by the exponential increase in high-performance AI models and the amount of data and subsequent data centers required to keep them running.

AI & Machine Learning

Industrial Automation is Advancing with AI, and the Opportunity is Huge

Ken Briodagh

April 30, 2026

Ever since Physical AI became the hype term of the day, it’s rubbed me a bit wrong.

As it’s commonly defined, physical AI describes the intersection of AI with the physical world and the compute process by which AI can sense, control, and act in the real world.

Security

Using Safety Application Notes to Aid Safety Designs Part 2: Plugging in the FMEDA

Bryan Angelo Borres

April 28, 2026

After doing some sanity checks to confirm whether the assumptions in deriving the component’s functional safety (FS) failure rate, failure mode distribution (FMD), and pin failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), the next step system integrators need to take is to plug the data into their system’s failure modes, effects, and diagnostics analysis (FMEDA).

Open Source

Dev Kit Weekly: STM32MP257F Dev Kit from Newark, an Avnet company

Ken Briodagh

April 22, 2026

The STM32MP257F-DK Discovery kit is designed as a complete demonstration and development platform for the STMicroelectronics STM32MP257FAK3 based on the Arm Cortex A35 and M33.

Industrial

Aetina and Anantak Transform Warehouse Operations with Autonomous VGVs

Aetina Corporation

April 15, 2026

AI expertise and powerful embedded compute enable OEMs to meet industrial sector demand

Edge AI

Variscite VAR-SMARC-MX95 Supports Edge AI, Industrial Automation, and Smart Vision Applications

Chad Cox

May 19, 2026

Variscite, an NXP Semiconductors Platinum Partner, will release the SMARC-compatible VAR-SMARC-MX95 SoM built on NXP's i.MX 95 processor offering a scalable foundation for industrial IoT and edge AI applications. The solution is powered by up to six Arm Cortex-A55 cores running up to 2.0 GHz and accompanied by dedicated Cortex-M7 and Cortex-M33 real-time co-processors for deterministic control tasks.

Debug & Test

GÖPEL electronic Launches Multibus Controller 6281 with Up to Eight 10BASE-T1S Interfaces

Chad Cox

May 19, 2026

GÖPEL electronic announced its Multibus Controller 6281 automotive Ethernet expansion for faster, parallel communication testing. Up to eight 10BASE-T1S transceivers expand the 62 Series for ECU testing via PCI Express, PXI Express, and stand-alone modes. The solution delivers the requirements and transmission standards of the automotive market.