Embedded Computing Design

Ayla Networks announced it now has over 15 million connected devices throughout the globe. Beginning in 2010, Ayla offers secure and consistent cloud platform services for more than 60 global brands, service providers, and retailers. The Ayla cloud platform is protocol- and hardware-agnostic, enabling the flexibility to define unique product features, designs, and user experiences.

Active Firmware Tools released the Active-Pro Ultra, a USB 3.0 SuperSpeed debugger and logic analyzer for embedded firmware and hardware. The tool comes with two new AI features, a plain-text trace export engineers can paste directly into any AI chat, and an MCP server that lets an AI assistant operate the instrument directly.

Axiomtek is now offering the 14th/13th/12th Gen Intel Core powered UST520 in-vehicle NVR platform designed for intelligent video analytics and supporting DDR5 memory and two or four swappable SATA drives with RAID protection. The solution is a qualified Intel ESQ device for Metro AI Suite and features E-Mark and R118 COC-ready certifications.

Horw, Switzerland. Toradex launched its industrial edge AI platform, the Zinnia Gateway, designed to streamline the development, deployment, and scaling of industrial and infrastructure systems. The solution combines Toradex’s proven hardware and the production-ready Torizon OS in a ready-to-deploy platform.

Rambus introduced its Rambus PCIe 7.0 Switch IP with Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) engineered to meet industrial challenges such as escalating bandwidth, latency, and scalability requirements of AI, cloud, and high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

IBASE Technology Inc. released the compact (100mm x 72mm) Intel Atom x7000RE powered PI800 PICO-ITX motherboard designed for industrial automation, smart retail, and embedded control systems. The board supports up to 16GB DDR5 memory for reliable multitasking and data processing.

Lauta, Germany. PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme has expanded its debug, trace, and test tool UDE Universal Debug Engine to cooperate with the Stellar P3E, the latest offering from the Stellar family and ST’s first automotive MCU with an integrated AI accelerator. The Stellar P3E features a multi-core cluster of high-performance Arm Cortex-R52+ CPUs and a Neural Processing Unit (NPU).

New Eagle launched its next-generation control platform, the OpenECU NX3, developed to combine charging and supervisory control into a single ECU for simplifying electric vehicle architectures. Thanks to New Eagle’s recent acquisition of Pi Innovo, the solution leverages hardware, software, and engineering capabilities that extends its unified Raptor and OpenECU platform for new levels of system integration, scalability, and development efficiency across electric vehicle applications.

RunSafe Security released its 2026 Medical Device Cybersecurity Index reporting that 80 percent of cyberattacks affecting medical devices disrupt patient care while 24 percent of healthcare organizations report medical devices are affected by incidents.

DigiKey has added around 31,000 new products available to ship the first quarter of 2026. Breaking down the numbers, the company states that over 387,000 new products were added to the DigiKey system, along with 97 new suppliers.

electronica 2026 will host the international electronics industry from November 10 to 13, at the Munich Trade Fair Center. Around 3,500 exhibitors from around 60 countries will showcase their cutting-edge applications and solutions. This year’s exhibition is centered on AI, from Edge AI to AIoT and machine learning. Visitors will have an opportunity to see key innovations and speak to industry experts as exhibitors will showcase and discuss current and future technologies.   

Headed by Pitango Group, and with the help of $50 million in initial funding, Altair Semiconductor has successfully transitioned to an independent company after breaking away from Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation. To show solidarity and trust, Sony will remain a shareholder with confidence in Altair’s long-term vision for connectivity that is powering the Physical AI transformation.

ARBOR introduced its industrial-grade edge AI platform, ARES-1983H-AI, that is engineered for continuous operation in rugged space-constrained environments including airport baggage handling areas. It is designed for consistent, maintenance-free operation in harsh environments that contain various temperatures, dust, and vibration.

Akasa released a 10 Gigabit PCIe Network Interface Card (NIC) engineered to modernize desktops, workstations, servers, and embedded systems to multi-gigabit Ethernet connectivity. The solution leverages the Realtek RTL8127AT chipset and features a PCIe 3.0 x2 interface. It supports six auto-negotiating speed tiers from 10Gbps, 5Gbps, 2.5Gbps, 1Gbps, 100Mbps to 10Mbps, while fitting PCIe x4, x8 and x16 slots.

MIPS, collaborating with Arteris, Inc, has optioned Arteris FlexGen smart NoC IP and Magillem SoC integration automation software for scalable SoC platforms for physical AI in applications including automotive microcontroller units (MCUs), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, and embedded computing. MIPS will integrate Arteris system IP to enhance development of optimized SoCs built on MIPS RISC-V processors.

Rambus introduced a SOCAMM2 (Small Outline Compression Attached Memory Module) chipset engineered for low-power, high-performance LPDDR5X-based memory modules for AI servers. The new SKUs enhance Rambus’s offering of complete memory interface chipsets for all JEDEC-standard DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory modules.

IndySoft announced its mobile calibration app, IndySoft Scales, that is touch-optimized, voice-enabled, and offline-first. The platform handles such industry challenges as delayed data from the field, inconsistent documentation quality, manual tolerance calculations, and paper-based workflows. It is designed to provide technicians with an easier platform than a traditional laptop offers in the field.

Teradyne, Inc. has acquired TestInsight with a goal of accelerating the development of test solutions on Teradyne platforms. The acquisition enhances Teradyne’s capability of supporting customer design-in activities and accelerates time to market for AI and data centers.

Avalue Technology Inc. released its Intel Twin Lake processor powered EPC-TWL fanless embedded platform offering consistent and flexible computing for industrial automation, smart retail, edge AI, and embedded applications. The EPC-TWL supports the Intel Processor N150 and N250 (optional), as well as the Intel Core 3 N355 (optional).

HighPoint Technologies, Inc. introduced the compact (167mm in length) Rocket 1604L, the company’s first Retimer-based PCIe M.2 Add-In-Card (AIC). The 4-M.2 PCIe Gen5 x16 solution leverages Astera Labs’ Gen5 Retimer technology and is purpose-built to meet the challenges of signal integrity demands of innovative AI and high-velocity compute environments.