Apple Watch Pulls Further Ahead of Competitors
Apple increased shipments of its Apple Watch by 54 percent last year, including shipping 9 million in the fourth quarter alone, a record for any wearable, according to market watcher Canalys.
Taiwanese IP Firm Bets on Crypto Technology
eMemory Technology, the world's seventh-largest IP vendor, expects its physically unclonable function (PUF) technology to continue the company's strong growth as security issues in the semiconductor i
Chip Market Caps Record Year With Strong December Sales
Chip sales cap 2017 with record monthly and quarterly sales, topping $400 billion in a year for the first time.
Nvidia Partners with Continental on Robocars
Nvidia and Continental have partnered to develop self-driving vehicle systems built on Nvidia platform. The partnership with Nvidia is neither the first nor an exclusive deal for Continental as it als
Can Ex-Intel Exec Succeed with Old ARM SoC?
Ampere unveiled its team and an ARM-based server SoC. Headed by Renee James, a former Intel president, it's set to go after Intel-dominated data center server market with its first product designed by
Carriers Step Away from ASICs
Three chip vendors now support the P4 programming language, the basis for open source networking software from the carrier-led Open Networking Foundation.
Apple Overtakes Samsung in Smartphone Shipments
Apple regains top position in global smartphone shipments on the popularity of new releases: iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus.
Renesas SoC to Double EyeQ5 Efficiency
Renesas Electronics is pumped up. In store for its roadmap is a yet-to-be-announced next-generation R-CAR SoC, designed for deep learning. The new SoC, sampling next year, will deliver more than 5 tri
Cypress Caps Rebound Year With Strong Q4
In his first full year at the helm, Hassane El-Khoury guides Cypress to 21 percent sales growth and says there's more growth on the way.
Apple's Sales Hit New High
2018-02-02 03:00:09Apple's Sales Hit New High
Slight dip in iPhone unit sales more than offset by higher ASPs as Apple logs another blowout quarter.
Bernecker & Rainer (B&R) ACOPOS P3 - Teardown
B&R ACOPOS P3 is a compact, efficient and precise servo drive with integrated safety functions. It is ideal for use in automotive, printing, packaging, handling and robotics, as well as any process wh
Chip Heads Gauge Silicon Roadmap
Top technologists from AMD, ARM, and Intel shared their views on the semiconductor roadmap and Moore's law in a panel at DesignCon.
February 2018 Cartoon Caption Contest: Ive Got the Power
Our second cartoon caption contest for 2018 has some captivating possibilities.“Your caption here!”Our challenge to you ...
Charges, Apple Dispute Drag on Qualcomm
Fabless chip giant reports big loss despite better than expected sales as charges related to the repatriation of money parked overseas and fines -- as well as ongoing dispute with Apple -- dragged dow
AI Expands Role in Design
2018-01-31 13:00:05AI Expands Role in Design
Researchers reported progress using a basket of machine-learning techniques across an expanding set of chip and system design issues.
European Display Tech Firms Get Funding
Two European firms developing new display technologies announced venture capital funding.
Samsung, Apple Pad Lead in Chip Buying
Electronics powerhouses top list of semiconductor buyers for the seventh straight year, adding more than $20 billion combined to the total they spent on chips in 2016.
Imagination Improves Virtualized GPU Core to Support Multiple Screens
Imagination Technologies announced a new GPU core that supports hardware virtualization specifically for the automotive environment.
Female Founder Puts EDA in the Cloud
Natasha Baker took a piece of printed circuit board design to the cloud with her startup, SnapEDA, paving a high road for female entrepreneurs.
NYU Spinoff Develops 5G Emulator
Millilabs, a startup coming from NYU Wireless, has developed a technology that emulates 5G mmWave antennas and the over-the-air channel for testing the 5G new radio at mmWave frequencies.
China Foundry Seeks Shared Model
CanSemi, a new billion-dollar fab based in Guangzhou, China, aims to attract funding from fabless vendors, a new model for China's rapidly expanding chip sector.
ST Makes it Official: Chery to Succeed Bozotti
Marc Chery, heir apparent of European chipmaker, will succeed Carlo Bozotti as president and CEO later this year.
Intel Promises More Secure Chips This Year
In announcing record fourth quarter and full year sales for 2017, Intel said is working on chips that address the security vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this month and plans to begin releasing the
China Forecast to Miss Chip Targets
China will fall far short of its targets for expanding its semiconductor industry, but the year ahead in chips looks good, a veteran analyst said.
Did Tesla Flunk 'Interpretation' Test?
A Tesla operating on Autopilot at 65 mph crashed into a stalled fire truck on the highway. We asked automotive experts to weigh in with the questions raised in their minds - especially related to Tesl
JDI's Finger Sensor: Too Little Too Late?
In search of a new market beyond smartphones, Japan Display unveiled a glass-based capacitive fingerprint sensor. Although its TFT-based fingerprint sensors have certain advantages over silicon-based
UMC Slashes Capex
2018-01-24 23:01:28UMC Slashes Capex
Anticipating that sales will be roughly flat with last year, second largest Taiwanese foundry plans to cut capex by about 25 percent to $1.1 billion.
Startup Claims AI Design Wins
Startup Gyrfalcon is moving fast with a chip for inferencing on deep neural networks, but it faces an increasingly crowded market in AI silicon.
Japan Display's Finger Sensor: Too Little Too Late?
In search of a new market beyond smartphones, Japan Display unveiled a glass-based capacitive fingerprint sensor. Although its TFT-based fingerprint sensors have certain advantages over silicon-based
EU Hits Qualcomm With $1.2 Billion Antitrust Fine
European Commission says payments made by Qualcomm to Apple under expired supply agreement prevented Apple from using basebands from Qualcomm's competitors in violation of EU rules.
UMC Expects AI to Grow to $3 Billion Business
United Microelectronics Corp. expects AI to contribute $3 billion to company revenue by 2021 as demand for edge computing and automotive devices takes off.
Micron Puts 64-Layer 3D in Enterprise SSDs
The 5200 SATA SSD leverages existing architecture with the latest lithography and boasts better Mean Time to Failure
December 2017 Cartoon Caption Contest
Here is the winner:The winning entry, by EE Times Community Member, dadeus, was Finally, after a long year of R&D, Bob's Self-Actu ...
January 2018 Cartoon Caption Contest: "Let it Snow"
Our first cartoon caption contest for 2018 has some captivating possibilities."Your caption here!"Our challenge to you is to compo ...
DARPA Takes Chip Route to 'Unhackable' Computers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded $3.6 million to the University of Michigan to develop an unhackable computer microarchitecture.
Meltdown, Spectre Repeat Hard Security Lessons
The security vulnerabilities uncovered by Meltdown and Spectre are still being patched and raising performance and classic security issues.
Intel, Micron to Shelve NAND Flash Partnership
Firms will pull the plug on long-running JV to focus on developing future 3D NAND technologies independently.
Report: LEDs Cut 570 Million Tons of CO2 in '17
The use of LEDs cut global carbon dioxide emissions by an estimated 1.5 percent this year, according to a report by IHS Markit.
UMC Files Countersuit Against Micron
United Microelectronics Corp. last Friday said that it filed a lawsuit against Micron subsidiaries in China for patent infringements that are part of a growing wrangle related to memory chips.
5 gift ideas to rescue engineers from deal deluge
If you already feel you are drowning in deals, worry not. We have done the homework for you, so you can instead turn your attention to enjoying your holidays with friends and family.
How efficient memory solutions can help designers of IoT nodes meet tight BoM cost targets
Read this article to learn about the choices of memory architecture available to designers of IoT end nodes containing a LPWAN radio.
The best accessories for your Raspberry Pi
The Pi has not only proven to be a favorite of hobbyists, makers and engineers alike, it has even caught the interest of AI researchers at Microsoft.
10 Tech Trends Transforming Manufacturing in the Next Five Years
We sat down with two iDC analysts to drill down into their biggest predictions about how manufacturing and service will evolve in the next five years in more detail.
Big Data 2018: 4 Reasons To Be Excited, 4 Reasons To Be Worried
Big data is here to stay. Here we summarize what electronics engineers will like and not like about how the the extremely large data set gets used and abused.
CES High-Tech Nirvana: 10 Techie Trends You Missed by Staying Home
I didn't make it to CES but we had eyes and ears at the show and he's brought us back a report on some of the coolest technologies and people he encountered.
FCC Chief Bails and CTA Head Makes Do
FCC chairman Ajit Pai missed his victory dance at the Consumer Electronics Show, blaming a series of death threats for cancellation of the FCC Chairman's annual appearance at the giant technology conv
Ambarella Shifts From GoPro to Robo
With revenue from once high-flying GoPro falling, the SoC vendor is increasingly turning its attention to computer vision for the automotive market.
Plessey Rolls MicroLED, Moves to Licensing Model
Company says it expects to be the first to market with a monolithic microLED based display on its GaN-on-Silicon technology by the end of this year.
Voice and AI Explosion Rocks CES
Voice, connectivity and AI took center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. These three building blocks will compose the holy trinity of consumer electronics devices that will drive the m
Robocars: What We Saw in Vegas
CES didn't give us all the answers. But here's what we spotted as hot trends in robocars. The list isn't exhaustive, but it's an effort to report the stuff happening in Vegas that probably won't stay