Chips&Media has signed a next-generation AV2 video IP licensing agreement with a major North American Big Tech company, marking an important step in the commercialization of the next wave of video compression technology. The deal includes Chips&Media’s AV2 decoder IP along with multi-standard codec support for H.264/AVC,… Read More
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Ceva Targets PC Gaming Audio Market With RealSpace Elevate for Windows
Ceva has launched RealSpace™ Elevate for Windows, a Microsoft-certified spatial audio software solution aimed at PC gaming headsets and PC OEMs. The product is delivered as a licensable Windows Audio Processing Object, or APO, giving device makers a production-ready way to add branded, customizable spatial audio to gaming… Read More
8051: The Core That’s Still Probably in Your House or Car
When a small team at Intel began work on its second-generation 8-bit microcontroller in the summer of 1978, they took lessons from their first effort, the 8048, hoping to create something more flexible and enduring. Approaching five decades later, their creation, the 8051, is still going strong, although the current offerings… Read More
COMPUTEX 2026: S2C and Andes Technology Showcase Hardcore “EDA+IP” Synergy for the AI Era
COMPUTEX 2026 officially concluded under the theme “AI Together,” bringing the global semiconductor and computing ecosystem together to showcase the latest advances in artificial intelligence, HPC, and intelligent systems. While AI accelerators and advanced computing platforms dominated the exhibition floor, one collaboration… Read More
Semidynamics Brings Its Full Inference Stack to ISC HPC 2026 — And Why It Matters
AI inference is quickly becoming the real battleground for next-generation computing. Training still gets the headlines, but inference is where AI becomes a business, a service, and an infrastructure problem. Every chatbot response, agentic workflow, code assistant, scientific model, and enterprise copilot depends on … Read More
Chips&Media Signs Next-Gen ‘AV2’ Video IP Licensing Deal with North American Big Tech, Strengthening Global Standards Leadership
Chips&Media, a leading provider of video intellectual property (IP) solutions, has announced a strategic licensing agreement with a major North American technology company for its next-generation AV2 video codec IP. The agreement marks a significant milestone for the company as demand accelerates for advanced video… Read More
AION Silicon: Architecting Smarter SoCs with RISC-V: Balancing Performance, Flexibility, and Risk
As semiconductor complexity accelerates across AI, automotive, and edge computing markets, SoC architecture has become a critical determinant of commercial success. Modern silicon programs must simultaneously achieve aggressive performance-per-watt targets, support evolving workloads, and maintain manageable development… Read More
Podcast EP351: A Detailed Overview of the Emerging Standards for 400G with Kent Lusted
Daniel is joined by Kent Lusted, a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys and an integral part of the company’s Ethernet IP design team. He has been an active contributor and member of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY standards development leadership team for more than 15 years. Prior to Synopsys, Kent worked at Intel for 30+ years, focused… Read More
RISC-V and AI: The Architecture Shift Is Now
The semiconductor industry has experienced several defining transitions over the last three decades. We moved from single-core to multicore processors, from ASIC-centric designs to IP-based SoCs, and from monolithic integration to heterogeneous architectures. Today, another transition is underway, one that may ultimately… Read More
MIPI Alliance Accelerates Automotive AI Connectivity with A-PHY Compliance Program
The automotive semiconductor industry is undergoing a major architectural transition as vehicles evolve into centralized, software-defined computing platforms capable of supporting advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving, and AI-enabled cockpit applications. This shift is driving demand for… Read More


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