Embedded Computing Design

San Diego, California. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. introduced its newest processor, the Qualcomm Dragonwing Q-6690. According to the company, it is the world's first enterprise mobile processor with fully integrated UHF RFID capabilities, including integrated 5G, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 6.0, and ultra-wideband.

New Taipei City, Taiwan. EverFocus Electronics introduced its newest robotic controller, the EAR-100T, powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Thor developed for the next-generation computing demands of edge AI applications such as transportation, logistics, smart agriculture, and defense.

Torrance, California. Navitas Semiconductor’s Board of Directors announced the appointment of Chris Allexandre as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2025. Gene Sheridan, a Navitas founder, will step down as President and CEO and from the Board on August 31, 2025. Allexandre will also join the Company’s Board of Directors.

Austin, Texas. Ambiq Micro, Inc. (Ambiq) has expanded its Apollo5 System-on-Chip (SoC) Family with the Apollo510B wireless SoC that incorporates a 48MHz network processor and Bluetooth Low Energy 5.4 radio for wireless connectivity in edge AI applications. It is powered by an Arm Cortex-M55 (up to 250MHz) with Helium and turboSPOT, offering up to 30x better power efficacy in AI applications and 16x performance boost over Cortex-M4 devices.

Aetina publicized the accessibility of its limited Preview Kits built on the groundbreaking NVIDIA Jetson Thor Platform for innovative robotics and edge AI applications. The kits are powered by the NVIDIA Jetson T5000TM modules combining next-generation computing, real-time control, and low-latency multi-sensor fusion developed for manufacturing, healthcare, aerospace, and more.

ASRock Industrial and Barbara are collaborating, offering a combination of ASRock Industrial’s industrial computing platform with Barbara’s secure edge AI software. The goal is to allow remote orchestration, application lifecycle management, and embedded zero-trust security to support scalable, software-defined automation at the edge.

Compulab launched its compact EdgeAI-ORN designed for industrial Edge AI environments warranting vision‑centric solutions. The platform leverages the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX and Orin Nano modules delivering up to 157 TOPS of AI performance ideal for smart traffic management, industrial visual inspection, autonomous machines, retail analytics, and UAV Surveillance.

Mountain View, California.  Kodiak Robotics, Inc. announced that it has integrated NXP’s automotive processors and in-vehicle networking interfaces into its autonomous system NXP’s S32G3 vehicle network processor, S32K3 microcontroller, VR5510 multi-channel high-voltage power management integrated circuit (PMIC), and PF53 are now incorporated in the Kodiak Actuation Control Engine (ACE).

Wincomm’s WMP-22P allows real-time, mobile EEG diagnostics in ICU and OR settings with a fanless, UL/cUL 60601-1 & IEC 60601-1-2 certified platform for remotely managing medical safety. The 21.5” IP65 rated panel PC is ideal for hospitals wanting to find a solution fitting the demand for digital surgical tools that promote precision, reduce variability, and integrate seamlessly with existing workflows.

London, United Kingdom. Visitors to Microelectronics UK will have the opportunity to see Paul “The Stig” Swift, motorsport champion, multiple Guinness World Record holder, and celebrated stunt driver. The exhibition will be held from September 24^th and 25^th, at Excel London. Swift will appear on the first day with a staged interview with Electronics Weekly’s Editor Caroline Hayes discussing his career including his time as a stunt driver for Top Gear and Fast & Furious.  

Antenova introduced the Gatun (SR42I110) ISM antenna covering bands 863-870 MHz and 902–928 MHz, including LoRa, Sigfox, and Zigbee. It belongs to Antenova’s lamiiANT family that is constructed with fiberglass material meeting general automotive temperature ratings. Compared to previous efficiency ratings of ISM antennas, the Gatun maintains 72.5 percent (ISM 863 MHz) and 78 percent (ISM 915 MHz) on PCB while measuring 26 x 7.6 x 3.1 mm.

RuggON, a subsidiary of Ubiqconn Technology, has made a couple of announcements recently about new products in AI for fleet management.

Terasic released its Atum A3 Nano development kit leveraging Altera’s largest Agilex 3 FPGA with 135K logic elements. The board features 64MB of SDRAM, an onboard USB-Blaster III with USB Type-C connection, HDMI output, Gigabit Ethernet, and MicroSD storage in an 85mm x 70mm form factor.

Austin, Texas. Silicon Labs recently publicized that part of its Series 3 platform, the SiXG301 SoC has become the world’s first PSA Certified Level 4 iSE/SE certified device. Introduced with two designations, iSE/SE for secure elements and ROT for Root of Trust, Level 4 extends resilience against laser fault injection, side-channel attacks, microprobing, and voltage manipulation.

Goodram Enterprise released a new SSD portfolio that includes enterprise-class SSDs developed for high performance, security, and continuous operation in mission-critical environments. The drives consist of innovative technologies and are available to fit specific uses.

Horw, Switzerland. Toradex is partnering with QNX to aid manufacturers in meeting the rigorous demands of the ratified ISO 10218 standard for industrial robotics safety. The new ISO 10218-1 and 10218-2 standards introduce more demanding frameworks for safety, including complete risk assessments, stricter verification of safety functions, better conventions for human-robot collaboration, and integrated cybersecurity procedures. Compliance requires achieving IEC 61508 SIL 3 rating.

Blaize Holdings, Inc. announced its Blaize AI Platform built to supply multimodal intelligence for mission-critical workloads across various markets. It is engineered to promote AI into industrial applications with seamless deployment. The platform was designed to circumvent passive data collection with proactive intelligence at scale.

OmniPreSense Corporation released information that its OPS9243-A radar sensor is now able to provide vehicle speed data directly into the Verkada Command dashboard allowing Verkada users real-time speed information along with high-quality video for a full traffic monitoring platform.

Point2 Technology and Foxconn Interconnect Technology (FIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote the standardization of next-generation Active RF Cable (ARC) and Near Pluggable e-Tube (NPE) solutions. The agreement brings an innovative class of cable interconnects to support the growing need for higher-performance interconnects within hyperscale data centers.

Teradyne, Inc. announced the Magnum 7H, an innovative memory tester developed to withstand the hefty demands of testing high bandwidth memory (HBM) devices integrated with GPUs and accelerators in next-generation generative AI servers. It offers high-parallelism, high-speed, and high-accuracy testing for HBM stacked die at scale.