ST and Sierra Wireless have enabled the STM32 MCU user community to leverage flexible cellular IoT connectivity and edge-to-cloud technology from Sierra Wireless. The agreement helps developers tackle the diverse challenges involved with creating and deploying IoT solutions, including device design and development, enrollment with a cellular network, and connection to cloud services, enabling a quicker time-to-market. Sierra Wireless’ connectivity delivers ...
Pursuing a growth by acquisition strategy, New Yorker Electronics, has announced the acquisition of Texas-based electronic component distributor, Omni Pro Electronics. “The purchase of Omni Pro is an integral component of our aggressive acquisition plan,” said Barry Slivka, president of New Yorker Electronics. The company is actively identifying companies that fit its acquisition model, he added. New Yorker was founded in ...
Renesas is using Arm’s Cortex-M23 core in a microcontrollers intended for IoT end-points. Called the RA2E2 Group and part of the RA Family, they are nine small MCUs that consume little: being available in the 1.87 x 1.84mm 16pin WLCSP (wafer-level chip-scale package) and operating at 81μA/MHz, dropping to 200nA in software stand-by with fast wake. Operation temperature can be as wide ...
Renesas has revealed an automotive gateway design. Based around its R-Car S4 SoCs and power management chips, it is aimed at vehicle computers, communication gateways, domain servers and application servers. “As the vehicle architectures evolve, safe connection to cloud services and secure management with in-vehicle control systems are major challenges,” said Renesas automotive general manager Takeshi Kataoka. “We have addressed ...
Toshiba has added 20 Cortex-M4 microcontrollers, to be known as the M4G group of the TXZ+ series. Made on a 40nm process, they are aimed at multi-function office printers, audio-video equipment, IoT, home appliances, building automation and factory automation. All have a the Cortex-M4 with floating-point unit running at up to 200MHz alongside 512 to 2,048kbyte of flash for code ...
Iceotope Technologies, the precision immersion cooling specialist, has announced a CPD accredited training module addressing CPUs and GPUs in data centre and edge computing environments. Specifically, the training module covers the challenge of the processors becoming ever more powerful while being required to operate in a more diverse range of locations. “In this era of dense compute and data gravity, ...
At Hot Chips, today, IBM showed its Telum Processor, designed to bring deep learning inference to enterprise workloads to help address fraud in real-time . Telum is IBM’s first processor that contains on-chip acceleration for AI inferencing while a transaction is taking place. Three years in development, this on-chip hardware acceleration is designed to help customers achieve business insights at scale across banking, ...
The first power management IC (pmic) from Nordic Semiconductor is now shipping from Farnell. The compact nPM1100 pmic and evaluation kit are designed for developers of wearable electronics, personal medical devices, smart home sensors and remote controls. The nPM1100 can be used as a generic pmic for applications using rechargeable Li-ion/Li-Po batteries. It requires only 23mm² on a pcb and does ...
MediaTek has announced 6nm processors aimed at 5G mobile phones. Dimensity 920 includes hardware-based 4K HDR video capture, supporting up to four concurrent cameras and sensors up to 108Mpixel, and the company is claiming a 9% boost in gaming performance compared to its Dimensity 900 predecessor. An octa-core Arm Cortex-A78 running at up to 2.5GHz is at the heart of its processing, ...
Earlier this year, Arm released its first new architecture in 10 years. Caroline Hayes looks at what Armv9 brings and what design support is available. The Armv9 architecture targets secure operation, with Confidential Compute Architecture and performance for AI, machine learning (ML), digital signal processing (DSP) and capabilities with an evolution of Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) technology, created with Fujitsu ...
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