Sustainable Development: Connected Devices and the Role of Flexible Semiconductors

Sustainable Development: Connected Devices and the Role of Flexible Semiconductors
by Kalar Rajendiran on 02-12-2024 at 10:00 am

Global Goals for Sustainable Development

The ambitious United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from reducing food waste to enhancing global healthcare access, hinge on a connected world where every object whispers valuable data. As technology strives to address environmental challenges, healthcare needs, and promote responsible consumption, traditional… Read More


Mastering Mixed-Signal Verification with Siemens Symphony Platform

Mastering Mixed-Signal Verification with Siemens Symphony Platform
by Daniel Payne on 01-17-2024 at 10:00 am

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Digital design and verification is well understood by EDA vendors and IC designers, however mixed-signal design and verification is more challenging, because the continuous nature of analog signals requires more compute resources and specialized design skills. Siemens EDA has a unique offering in what they call SymphonyRead More


Hyperstone Webinar – There’s More to a Storage System Than Meets the Eye

Hyperstone Webinar – There’s More to a Storage System Than Meets the Eye
by Mike Gianfagna on 09-19-2023 at 10:00 am

Hyperstone Webinar There's More to a Storage System Than Meets the Eye

Founded in 1990, Hyperstone is a fabless NAND flash memory controller company enabling safe, reliable and secure storage systems. The company designs, develops and delivers high-quality, innovative semiconductor solutions to enable its customers to produce world-class products for industrial, embedded, automotive and… Read More


TSMC 2023 North America Technology Symposium Overview Part 1

TSMC 2023 North America Technology Symposium Overview Part 1
by Daniel Nenni on 04-26-2023 at 6:00 pm

Advanced Technology Roadmap

The TSMC 2023 North America Technology Symposium happened today so I wanted to start writing about it as there is a lot to cover. I will do summaries and other bloggers will do more in-depth coverage on the technology side in the coming weeks. Having worked in the fabless semiconductor ecosystem the majority of my 40 year semiconductor… Read More


10 Impactful Technologies in 2023 and Beyond

10 Impactful Technologies in 2023 and Beyond
by Ahmed Banafa on 01-25-2023 at 10:00 am

10 Impactful Technologies in 2023 and Beyond

There are many exciting technologies that are expected to shape the future, the following are some of the technologies that will impact our lives in the coming 5 years at different levels and depth:

Generative AI, also known as generative artificial intelligence, is a type of #AI that is designed to generate new content or data … Read More


How to Efficiently and Effectively Secure SoC Interfaces for Data Protection

How to Efficiently and Effectively Secure SoC Interfaces for Data Protection
by Kalar Rajendiran on 01-04-2023 at 6:00 am

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Before the advent of the digitized society and computer chips, things that needed protection were mostly hard assets such as jewelry, coins, real estate, etc. Administering security was simple and depended on strong guards who provided security through physical means. Then came the safety box services offered by financial … Read More


9 Trends of IoT in 2023

9 Trends of IoT in 2023
by Ahmed Banafa on 01-03-2023 at 6:00 am

9 Trends of IoT in 2023

The year 2023 will hit all 4 components of IoT Model:

  • Sensors,
  • Networks (Communications),
  • Analytics (Cloud)
  • Applications

With different degrees of impact.

 IoT Trend 1: Growth in Data and Devices with More Human-Device Interaction

By the end of 2019 there were around 3.6 billion devices that are actively connected to the Internet… Read More


Microchips in Humans: Consumer-Friendly App, or New Frontier in Surveillance?

Microchips in Humans: Consumer-Friendly App, or New Frontier in Surveillance?
by Ahmed Banafa on 10-11-2022 at 10:00 am

Microchips in humans

On 2021, a British/Polish firm known as Walletmor announced that it had become the first company to sell implantable payment microchips to everyday consumers. While the first microchip was implanted into a human way back in 1998, says the BBC News—so long ago it might as well be the Dark Ages in the world of computing—it is only recently… Read More


Podcast EP107: The Impact of Arteris IP and Its Partnerships on the Automotive Industry and Beyond

Podcast EP107: The Impact of Arteris IP and Its Partnerships on the Automotive Industry and Beyond
by Daniel Nenni on 09-16-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Michal Siwinski, Chief Marketing Officer for Arteris IP. Arteris provides network-on-chip interconnect semiconductor IP and deployment technology to accelerate SoC development and integration for a wide range of applications from AI to automobiles, mobile phones, IoT, cameras, SSD controllers, and servers.… Read More


5G for IoT Gets Closer

5G for IoT Gets Closer
by Bernard Murphy on 07-05-2022 at 6:00 am

5G for IoT

Very recently, 3GPP announced that 5G Release 17 was finalized. One important consequence is that 5G RedCap (reduced capacity) is now real and that means 5G becomes accessible to IoT devices. Think smart wearables (e.g. watches), industrial sensors and surveillance devices. “So what?”, you protest. “I don’t need 5G on my watch.… Read More