Embedded Computing Design

On July 27 and 28th, the United States Congress passed a historical piece of legislation, a bill positioned to advance semiconductor manufacturing in the U.S. now just awaits President Biden to sign it into law.

A new Cloud-based technology “System-on-Cloud”, developed by the Anari AI team, introduces an optimized and efficient system from various different hardware and software architectures combined with machine learning models to revolutionize the way AI compute systems are utilized.

Renesas Electronics announced the RZ/A3UL group of microprocessors (MPU) that enables both a high-definition human-machine interface (HMI) and quick startup for applications that require high throughput and real-time capabilities.

AMD announced a strategic collaboration with ECARX, a global mobility tech company. The companies will work together on an in-vehicle computing platform for next-generation electric vehicles (EVs), expected to be in mass production for global rollout in late 2023.

Rohde & Schwarz is implementing a full range of 5G NR Release 17 features in its signal generation and analysis test solutions.

Infineon Technologies AG added HYPERRAM 3.0 to its portfolio of high-bandwidth, low-pin count memory solutions. The device features a new,16-bit extended version of the HyperBus interface that doubles throughput to 800 MBps.

Keysight Technologies, Inc announced it has collaborated with Nokia to demonstrate the first public 800GE test, validating the readiness of next-generation optics for service providers and network operators.

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced a range of expanded electronic design automation (EDA) early design verification functionalities for its Calibre platform for integrated circuit (IC) physical verification.

Renesas Electronics announced a new addition to the RX 32-bit MCU Family, the RX660 group of microcontrollers (MCUs) that supports operating voltages of up to 5V, offering superior noise tolerance for home appliances and industrial equipment exposed to high electromagnetic interference.

Microchip Technology announced the expansion of its serial-attached memory controller portfolio with the new SMC 2000 series of Compute Express Link (CXL) based Smart Memory Controllers that enable CPUs, GPUs and SoCs to utilize CXL interfaces to connect either DDR4 or DDR5 memory.

CoolSiC products from Infineon Technologies AG have been adopted by Delta Electronics, a Taiwan-based global provider of power and energy management solutions, to enable a step towards energy transition and carbon neutrality with green power.

New research from Rollbar, provider of real-time error monitoring Software as a Service, indicates that nearly a third (32%) of CTOs, developers, engineers and technical leads feel the most productive when they are creating better quality code – and not just more code.

Covision Quality, a provider of visual inspection software based on unsupervised machine learning technology, announced it has joined NVIDIA Metropolis — a partner program, application framework, and set of developer tools that bring to market a new generation of vision AI applications that make the world’s most important spaces and operations safer and more efficient.

Impulse Embedded Ltd announced the availability of the Allxon software and remote out of band management (OOB) hardware with their embedded and industrial computing solutions. Allxon is an edge device management solution that is designed to simplify and optimize business operations by bonding together the AI/IoT ecosystem. Edge Computing Devices can be managed with the Allxon remote device management software.

Imagination Technologies and the Khronos® Group are holding the Khronos and Imagination Seminar in Shanghai, a developer event highlighting the rapidly evolving software-hardware ecosystem and the opportunities for GPU technology, open-source standards, and open API interfaces across mobile gaming, automotive and cloud.  

CARIAD, the software unit of Volkswagen Group, and STMicroelectronics will shortly launch the joint development of an automotive system-on-chip (SoC), a new cooperation model for software-defined cars.

STMicroelectronics has released STM32Cube.AI version 7.2.0, the first artificial-intelligence (AI) development tool by an MCU vendor to support ultra-efficient deeply quantized neural networks. 

The STMicroelectronics VNF1048F automotive high-side switch controller combines enhanced system-protection and diagnostic features with ST’s I2-t silicon-fuse technology.

The global digital identity verification and fraud prevention company, iDenfy, introduced a new feature to its automated ID verification toolkit, Face Authentication. The newly launched service will help authenticate existing customers by eliminating account takeover threats.

Rambus Inc. announced the expansion of its DDR5 memory interface chip portfolio with the addition of the Rambus SPD (Serial Presence Detect) Hub and Temperature Sensor, complementing the Rambus Registering Clock Driver (RCD).