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From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

Companies across industries are leveraging tech from NXP, MaxLinear and Nordic Semiconductor on automotive UWB, accelerated OpenZFS storage, and low-power Bluetooth Mesh sensing.


News 10 hours ago by Joshua Tidwell
Exploring the Threshold Constraints of FM Demodulation Through Solved Examples

Exploring the Threshold Constraints of FM Demodulation Through Solved Examples

Working through examples shows how the threshold effect reshapes FM design choices. See how ignoring it can undershoot the required carrier power by over 5x for the same target SNR.


The 4N35: One LED, One Phototransistor, and a Barrier Nothing Crosses

The 4N35: One LED, One Phototransistor, and a Barrier Nothing Crosses

An LED facing a phototransistor inside a 6-pin package became the default way to pass a signal across a barrier while blocking everything else.


News 19 hours ago by Luke James
Take on the Renesas Robotics Design Challenge

Take on the Renesas Robotics Design Challenge

Create an innovative robotics design using the Renesas FPB-RA6T3 and complementary Renesas embedded, analog, and power products


giveaways Aug 01, 2026 by Renesas
Connecting Procurement, Engineering, and Lifecycle Strategy for Hardware Development in a Cloud-Native World

Connecting Procurement, Engineering, and Lifecycle Strategy for Hardware Development in a Cloud-Native World

Join Altium and Duro executives alongside two hardware company founders for a candid panel on what cloud adoption, generative AI, agile development, and the emergence of robotics actually look like in practice.


industry webinars Jul 31, 2026 by Altium
AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.


News Aug 26, 2026 by Luke James
Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Discover how the LT1079 quad op-amp minimizes sensor loading in battery-powered designs. Active cancellation and an onboard bridge network ensure maximum…


Powering AI-RAN: How Telecom Power Architectures Must Evolve for the GPU Era

Powering AI-RAN: How Telecom Power Architectures Must Evolve for the GPU Era

Accelerator-based computing brings faster load changes, higher current density, and tighter thermal constraints, requiring updates to rectifiers, DC/DC…


NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson
Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

Espressif Unwraps Open-Source Device-to-Cloud-to-Phone IoT Platform

The rebuilt platform puts the previously closed cloud backend under an Apache 2.0 license and runs on AWS serverless services in a customer's own account.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Luke James
Rohm’s New Oscillation Device Paves Path to Terahertz Commercialization

Rohm’s New Oscillation Device Paves Path to Terahertz Commercialization

Rohm’s second-generation resonant tunneling diode oscillator reaches 40 µW maximum output in the same package as gen 1.


News Aug 21, 2026 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys Rolls Out First Complete CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Connectivity

Synopsys Rolls Out First Complete CXL 4.0 IP for AI Memory Connectivity

The controller, PHY, security, and verification IP support 128 GT/s links and target rack-scale memory pools exceeding 100 TB.


News Aug 21, 2026 by Luke James
Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

Rethinking Storage Architecture for Software-Defined Embedded Systems

As software-defined embedded systems evolve, dynamic storage architectures replace static partitioning to optimize flash efficiency, support long-term updates,…