Embedded Computing Design

Renesas Electronics Corporation's RZ/Five employs the Andes AX45MP, based on the RISC-V CPU instruction set architecture (ISA). The RZ/Five augments Renesas’ previously available Arm® CPU core-based MPUs, expanding customer options and providing more flexibility in the product development process.

Without plastics we wouldn’t have computers, televisions, smartphones, or even electronic components that are manufactured using resins of the material. And that’s just the technology sector.

The telecommunications industry’s growing open ecosystem gives CSPs more choice in their technologies and partners as they modernize to cloud-native networks. CSPs need the various technologies of this open ecosystem to work together to offer differentiated edge services and reduce costs.

Telit announced two additional modules based on the Qualcomm 9207 LTE IoT modem — the LE910C1-WWX and LE910C4-WWX — for its LTE IoT portfolio to enable single-SKU global deployments. The new LTE Cat1 and Cat4 modules complete the Telit LE910C1 and LE910C4 families.

Inova Semiconductors released their INAP566TAQ and INAP596TAQ transmitter ICs; two new members of the APIX3 SerDes product family. APIX (Automotive Pixel Link) is a multi-channel SerDes (Serializer/Deserializer) technology developed by Inova for automotive high-resolution video applications.

Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments in 2021 increased 14% while wafer revenue rose 13% compared to 2020, topping $12 billion to reach new all-time highs, the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) reported in its year-end analysis of the silicon wafer industry.

ioXt Alliance, the global standard for IoT security, announced that it is expanding its ioXt Certification Program with a new profile for Network Lighting Controls (NLC), allowing manufacturers to certify commercial lighting systems with wirelessly connected parts.

NVIDIA and SoftBank Group Corp. (SBG or SoftBank) announced the termination of the transaction whereby NVIDIA would acquire Arm Limited (“Arm”) from SBG. The parties agreed to terminate the Agreement because of significant regulatory challenges preventing the consummation of the transaction, despite good faith efforts by the parties.

SiTime Corporation's XCalibur™ active resonator product category solves supply chain constraints using programmable semiconductors to deliver a drop-in replacement for quartz crystal resonators. XCalibur provides higher performance and reliability while reducing development time by up to two months in automotive, enterprise, and industrial applications. 

Atmosic, a company specializing in energy harvesting wireless platforms for the Internet of Things (IoT), unveiled the ATM33 Series Bluetooth® 5.3 family of high-performance system-on-chips (SoCs).

AccelerComm announced the findings of a report commissioned from Real Wireless, which shows significant reductions in 5G private network infrastructure costs by utilizing AccelerComm’s 5G physical layer IP solution.

Crippling cyber attacks, blinding encryption, and new opportunities at the edge are amongst the key trends highlighted by top industry analysts in Enea's "7 Trends That Will Shape the Mobile Industry In 2022" report.

There are approximately six billion nucleotides in the human diploid genome. At such magnitudes, even a seemingly negligible error rate of 0.01% means 600,000 errors during genome sequencing. But we’ve already sequenced the human genome, so why do it again? According to healthcare officials in multiple countries, widescale human genome sequencing is the key to precision medicine.

The chip shortage that impacted the electronic supply chain in the first half of 2021 continued to impact the second half of 2021 as demand for electronic products remained high. The outlook for semiconductor sales includes several areas of growth such as above-average demand in the automotive market and continued growth in AI and IoT.

Antenova Ltd, a manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the IoT, has revealed its latest antenna Atta, part number SRFI079, for LTE and smart wireless deployments in the 410 MHz and 450 MHz bands.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that the company was first to submit 5G new radio (NR) protocol test cases to 3GPP, enabling device makers to verify enhanced network slicing and power saving features as specified in Release 16 (Rel-16).

Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced that in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies Inc., it has demonstrated data throughput speeds in the uplink (UL) of 3.5 gigabit per second (Gbps) using 5G new radio dual connectivity (NR-DC) with mmWave carrier aggregation.

Beckhoff provides real-time-capable data communication via OPC UA with the new TF6105 function in its universal automation software.

As demand for high-end 5G and LTE smartphones increases, extended battery life and strengthened protection features for batteries are becoming important. 5G phones need long-lasting batteries with high endurance to process the large amount of data for fast download and upload.

The Ultimate IoT SIM offers multi-network coverage from more than 130 network providers across Europe, which will automatically switch to the strongest signal, ensuring reliable connectivity at all times.