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Samsung described a new neural network
accelerator for smartphones that matches blocks from rivals such as
Huawei. Toshiba detailed one for self-driving cars that pulls ahead of
competitors such as Intel’s Mobileye at the International Solid-State
Circuits Conference. A 5.5 mm2
block in the latest 8nm Exynos chip delivers 1.9 Tera-operations/second
using 8-bot precision running at up to 933 MHz, said Jinook Song, a
Samsung AI engineer.
In improving the performance of
advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles
(AVs), more powerful compute engines and high-definition sensors are
critical. Hardware matters. But to guarantee safer vehicles, many more
advancements must happen in software. Today, a plethora of automotive
startups is popping up to develop this software in such areas as AV
stacks, high-precision maps, precise positioning, over-the-air...
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Intel gave further details on its
technique for embedding spin-transfer torque (STT)-MRAM into devices
using its 22nm FinFET process, pronouncing the technology ready for
high-volume manufacturing. Embedded MRAM is considered a promising
technology for applications such as internet-of-things (IoT) devices.
First launched in 2005, the Arduino
platform is responsible for making embedded microcontroller development
accessible to all. With its simple to use yet comprehensive approach,
Arduino has eased the often difficult task of interfacing an embedded
application to the real world of hardware devices.
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See how Arm is helping to
drive the 5th wave of computing at Embedded World in Nürnberg, Germany
from 26-28 February. Arm will be leading discussion on topics
including security, machine learning and how to lower software
development costs. Get ahead of the crowds and book an Arm
booth tour. We’re in Hall 4, booth
140.
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- Selecting BMS Transformers for Isolated Communications in High Voltage Energy Storage
- Accuracy of Current Sense Measurements using Bourns CSM2F Series of Shunt Resistors in High Energy Storage Applications
- A Large Current Source with High Accuracy and Fast Settling
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- Selecting the Right Sense Resistor for Motor Control with Reinforced Isolation
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Toshiba Memory laid claim to the
highest capacity flash memory device, describing a 96-layer, 1.33Tb 3D
NAND chip in a paper at the International Solid State Circuits
Conference here Tuesday. The Toshiba device stores 4-bits-per-cell and
achieves bit density of 8.5Gb/mm2,
more than 40% better than a 512Gb TLC 3D NAND device also described at
the ISSCC Tuesday by Toshiba and its partner in NAND development and
manufacturing, Western Digital.
The AI revolution is just getting
started, and it will need a wide variety of much more powerful
semiconductors, a pioneer of the field told 3,000 chip designers in a
keynote opening the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here.
Today’s supervised neural networks are getting wide use but are limited
to processes that their human creators set in motion. “In my opinion,
the future of AI is self-supervised learning,” said Yann LeCun, who is
considered ...
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New chips coming from Qualcomm and a
startup rival show that there’s plenty of work yet to do to make 5G
networks live up to their hype. For handsets, Qualcomm announced a more
integrated 5G modem, an optimized RF front-end (RFFE) module for
millimeter-wave bands, and a handful of supporting parts. Startup
Movandi said that it is also working on a mmWave front end for handsets
and announced a device to optimize 5G links across many use cases.
Now that RISC-V has established a
beachhead as a deeply embedded controller in SoCs, it’s time to start
asking the next question: Can this open-source instruction-set
architecture (ISA) make the next big leap into being an alternative to
Arm and the x86 as a host processor?
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It’s all happening at stand 6C41 / hall 6 at
MWC19 from February 25 – 28. See live how Infineon is enabling anytime,
anywhere and anything transactions, how its sensing innovations are
providing seamless interaction between humans and smart devices, and
how it is securely networking today’s smart world.
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The U.S. semiconductor industry
applauded the signing of an executive order by President Donald Trump
which directs U.S. federal agencies to prioritize investments in
artificial intelligence R&D. Trump's initiative, announced
Monday, orders the creation of a coordinated federal strategy that aims
to enhance U.S. leadership in AI research and deployment, including
technology development, standards creation and education.
Bluetooth Angle of Arrival (AoA) and
Angle of Departure (AoD) are new technologies that establish a
standardized framework for indoor locationing. With these technologies,
the fundamental problem of locationing comes down to solving the
arrival and departure angles of radio frequency signals.
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An industrial quality core
design based on mobile Intel Coffee Lake generation coupled with a long
production life in excess of 10 years and local RD supported. This
module supports Hexa Cores and 48GB system memory resulting in
uncompromising system performance and responsiveness without
significant cost increased, ideally for Industrial Automation &
T&M.
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Over the last two decades, Wi-Fi has
transformed connectivity with more than 15 billion installed devices in
the world. Such a broad and pervasive installed base, along with its
throughput capabilities and native IP capabilities, makes Wi-Fi an
attractive protocol for IoT wireless applications. However, a key
limitation of most Wi-Fi based IoT systems is high power consumption.
When Wave Computing acquired MIPS,
“going open source” was the plan Wave’s CEO Derek Meyer had in mind.
But Meyer, a long-time MIPS veteran, couldn’t casually mention his plan
then. Wave was hardly ready with the solid infrastructure it needed to
support a legion of hardware developers interested in coming to the
MIPS open-source community.
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The KUBE series Box Pc
series scales from the palm-sized KUBE-2100 to KUBE-3100 up to the
still compact sized KUBE-5500. KUBE-2100 and 3100 are based on Intel
Atom processor N3350. Kube-5500 is powered by a Intel Core i5-7442EQ
processor. All KUBE feature heavy industrial EMC and extended
temperature.
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Non-stop growth in design size and
complexity makes it more difficult than ever for verification teams to
keep up with project demands and product goals. According to the
Synopsys 2017 Global User Survey, “Verification taking longer than
planned” is the top reason for tapeout delays, and “Simulation runtime
performance” is the top challenge for verification.
Noriko Arai, who launched the "Can a
Robot Get into a Top University?" project in 2011, compares her robot
that arrives at statistically correct answers without understanding a
thing, with Japanese kids with limited reading skills.
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Data center operators must
embrace next-generation technologies to support the response times and
bandwidth requirements of 5G and IoT. 400GE requires faster memory and
faster serial bus communications.
Get Keysight’s white paper and learn about the benefits and challenges
PCIe 5.0 brings to the data center.
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Engineers are, by nature, visual
people. We like to explain our work
with diagrams, plots, and photographs. Given that most of an EE’s work
involves circuits, many of our plots and graphs are created by
computer. Sometimes, however, you need to photograph your work to show,
say, a poor soldering job or a failed component.
Crowdfunding doesn’t always lead to
success, and even when it does, it can take a long time. Just ask David
Mandelbrot. The CEO of Indiegogo says that 2019 should be the first
year the 11-year-old company will be profitable.
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