Smart TV Chipset: 4 Key Takeaways from Interconnect IP

Smart TV Chipset: 4 Key Takeaways from Interconnect IP
by Majeed Ahmad on 01-26-2016 at 4:00 pm

The ultra high-definition (UHD) or 4K TV hardware is leading to insanely powerful chipsets in the age of Netflix, and that is taking the system-on-chip (SoC) design to a whole new level of complexity. Take the case of Samsung’s new chipset for SUHD TVs that boasts more than 100 IP interfaces.

Here, apart from the usual suspects… Read More


Freescale: The End of a Long Journey – Part II

Freescale: The End of a Long Journey – Part II
by Majeed Ahmad on 01-12-2016 at 10:00 am

There is a famous story about Bill Gates’ mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, asking guests on a dinner table about the single biggest factor that contributed to their success. The answer of Bill Gates and Warren Buffet was the same: Focus.… Read More


MediaTek X20 Benchmark Leaks: A Prelude to 2016 Mobile Chipset Wars?

MediaTek X20 Benchmark Leaks: A Prelude to 2016 Mobile Chipset Wars?
by Majeed Ahmad on 01-02-2016 at 7:00 am

MediaTek is making waves, again. The company’s flagship mobile system-on-chip (SoC)—Helio X20—is up against rivals like Apple, Qualcomm and Samsung, according to leaked Geekbench scores, and is leading in some of the performance benchmarks.… Read More


How Wireless Modem IP is Aiding Roadmap to 5G Chipsets

How Wireless Modem IP is Aiding Roadmap to 5G Chipsets
by Majeed Ahmad on 12-22-2015 at 4:00 pm

The semiconductor industry is steadily charting its course toward 5G chipsets with the availability of extremely complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs that support the surge of data traffic over next-generation wireless networks. Take Blu Wireless Technology, for instance, the IP supplier from Britain that is using the Arteris… Read More


Freescale Semiconductor: The End of a Long Journey

Freescale Semiconductor: The End of a Long Journey
by Majeed Ahmad on 12-15-2015 at 7:00 am

“You don’t argue with success,” said Paul Galvin back in 1949 at the creation of a new venture that would eventually become known as Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector. He was referring to how Daniel E. Noble, one of Motorola’s top managers, had persuaded him to set up a small electronics research… Read More


mbed Evaluation Boards Showcase Focus on IoT Software, Connectivity

mbed Evaluation Boards Showcase Focus on IoT Software, Connectivity
by Majeed Ahmad on 12-02-2015 at 4:00 pm

ARM’s mbed operating system is winning attention in the highly fragmented embedded software space by promising a solid software foundation for interoperable hardware and thus scale the Internet of Things (IoT) designs by narrowing the development time.… Read More


IoT: Where are we Now and Why Most IoT Startups Fail

IoT: Where are we Now and Why Most IoT Startups Fail
by Majeed Ahmad on 11-27-2015 at 7:00 am

“Mobile has won,” proclaimed Google chairman Eric Schmidt on Bloomberg TV in December 2013. Now, what’s next? If you were at the recent ARM TechCon held in Santa Clara, California on November 10-12, 2015, it’s unmistakably the Internet of Things (IoT).

That, however, comes with a number of strings attached.… Read More


Security Coprocessor Marks a New Approach to Provisioning for IoT Edge Devices

Security Coprocessor Marks a New Approach to Provisioning for IoT Edge Devices
by Majeed Ahmad on 11-20-2015 at 12:00 pm

The advent of security coprocessor that offloads the provisioning task from the main MCU or MPU is bringing new possibilities for the Internet of Things (IoT) product developers to secure the edge device at lower cost and power points regardless of the scale.

Hardware engineers often like to say that there is now such thing as software… Read More


ARM Announces Cortex-A35, mbed OS 3.0 at ARM TechCon 2015

ARM Announces Cortex-A35, mbed OS 3.0 at ARM TechCon 2015
by Majeed Ahmad on 11-15-2015 at 12:00 pm

Mike Muller, Chief Technology Officer of ARM, has announced the availability of Cortex-A35 processor core for low- to mid-range smartphones at the opening keynote of ARM TechCon on November 10, 2015 in Santa Clara, California. According to Muller, there are going to be 2.8 billion smartphones shipped this year, and more than … Read More