In this episode of the Embedded Insiders, Brandon and Rich discuss Silicon Laboratories recent divestiture of its infrastructure and automotive business units to SkyWorks Solutions. The sale includes the company’s power, isolation, broadcast, timing, and other products and IP. Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle said several years ago that the company is “all-in” on IoT, and this move appears to be him keeping his word. But was it the best move?

Renesas Electronics announced the launch and mass production of its 16-bit general-purpose RL78/G23 microcontroller (MCU).

Renesas Electronics expanded its ongoing work with Qualcomm Technologies to include 30W wireless charging capabilities for mid-range smartphones powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G Mobile Platform.

A fire at the Renesas Electronics semiconductor fabrication plant in Hitachinaka, Japan, on Monday, March 19th burned approximately 600 meters, roughly 5 percent of the building’s clean room area.

How do we transition from our historical lack of understanding about what’s going on under the hood of complex neural networks, and into an era of AI explainability around how these models operate?

 Jointly-Developed Open Camera Platform Designed to Shorten Time to Mass Production of Euro NCAP, C-NCAP, and L2+ Applications

We’re hopefully all still living longer. As a result, the active-ageing industry is on a huge upward path and assistive care technologies are evolving at a crazy pace.