Analog Devices, Inc. announced a breakthrough RadioVerse System-on-Chip (SoC) series providing radio unit (RU) developers with an agile and cost-effective platform to create the most energy-efficient 5G RUs in the industry. The new SoC series provides advanced RF signal processing with expanded digital functionality and RF capacity that greatly improves 5G RU performance and energy […]
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Hard disk drives carry 18 TB
Toshiba Electronic Components Taiwan Corporation (“Toshiba”) announces the massive capacity of 18TB[1] in addition to its N300 NAS HDD line-up. High growth in data creation is driving demand for higher storage capacities, and work-from-home customers need fast access to data and the ability to archive and share data in private cloud environments. The 18TB N300 […]
Flash memory helps comply with new cybersecurity UN R155 regulation
Winbond Electronics Corporation and Karamba Security announced unprecedented automotive cybersecurity solutions with their collaborative solution. Karamba’s XGuard software has already been recognized as a name in the automotive and IoT markets, enabling customers to comply with the new UN R155 regulation, detect and prevent cyber-attacks on the device, without changing R&D and validation processes. Winbond’s […]
Low-power GNSS positioning comes to LTE-M/NB-IoT platform
Sequans Communications S.A. announced the availability of low-power GNSS positioning capability on its Monarch 2 LTE-M/NB-IoT platform. The integrated GNSS solution offers Sequans’ IoT customers accurate positioning with lower power consumption, removing the need for an external positioning chipset for an overall higher performing, lower cost tracking solution. The new technology is available on Sequans’ […]
Ultra-low-power register file memory targets AI-intense portable devices
sureCore continues developing technologies to reduce SoC power consumption thereby enabling developers to extend battery lives. Its latest innovation is MiniMiser that reduces the power consumption of register files by over 50%. Register files are small blocks of memory that typically interface directly to high-performance logic to provide fast access to data needed for calculations. […]
RISC-V development system adds support for 64-bit RISC-V CPUs
SEGGER’s new release of Embedded Studio for RISC-V adds support for 64-bit RISC-V CPUs, including RV64I, RV64E, and RV64GC with the floating-point unit. It comes integrated with SEGGER emRun C/C++ runtime and emFloat floating-point libraries, the SEGGER Linker, and the SEGGER Compiler, which together generate compact and highly efficient code. For maximum flexibility and compatibility, […]
32-bit virtual machine to be offered in SoC form
MicroEJ is expanding the availability of its application container for system-on-chip (SoC) specific chip manufacturers. Expected in 2023, MicroEJ customers who manufacture hundreds of thousands of devices based on these chips will be able to choose the accelerated hardware version of MEJ32. In today’s digital world, the demand for software application containers has become widespread, requiring two specific IP’s […]
IoT tags combine four radios with accelerometer
Link Labs announced the release of its Rechargeable SuperTag IoT device to solve a common problem with asset tracking across various industries — the need to replace batteries when they run out of power. An all-in-one indoor, outdoor, and on-the-road solution, Rechargeable SuperTag can be recharged hundreds of times and can be configured as a […]
3D NAND chips offer remote secure firmware update option, extended lifetime for industrial uses
Swissbit has extended its range of miniaturized storage solutions with the launch of its EM-30 series with an e.MMC-5.1 standard interface. The BGA device uses industrial-grade 3D-NAND and is available in capacities from 16 to 256 GB. With the new series, Swissbit has responded to the increasing demands of embedded systems for ultra-small, vibration-resistant designs […]
AM64x MCU-based SOM tracks industrial IoT, robotics, mission-critical apps
A new SOM powered by the AM64x processor family from Texas Instruments (TI) features best-in-class real-time and low-latency processing and targets industrial IoT and industrial machinery applications. The AM64x SOM is aimed at applications that require a combination of precise real-time processing and application processing, and comes equipped with two Cortex A53 cores for OS-level […]