Canyon Bridge Head Charged With Insider Trading in Lattice Deal
Benjamin Chow, managing partner of private equity firm backed by China's central government, is accused of feeding non-public information about the deal to a friend who profited over $5 million from t
AT&T Previews Edge Compute Plans
AT&T discussed its plans for an edge computing architecture and implications it may have for designers of servers, devices and software.
Semiconductor Sales Hit $108 Billion in Q3
Semiconductor sales topped $100 billion for the first time in the second quarter, breaking an all time
Apple May Drop Qualcomm Chips
Apple is creating designs of next-generation iPhones and iPads that use Intel and Mediatek's baseband modem chips, cutting out longtime supplier Qualcomm amid a legal dispute, according to the Wall St
Astronics Acquires Telefonix, Upgrades ATE Systems
Avionics equipment manufacturer adds in-flight content delivery design and manufacturing. Test subsidiary automates board handling.
Nanodiamonds Found to Prevent Lithium Battery Fires
The dendrite formation that causes lithium batteries to overheat can be prevented by mixing nanodiamonds with the Li-ion electrolyte at a concentration of at least 1 percent, says a Drexel nanomateria
Winbond Bolsters Flash Security
TrustME W75F Secure Flash was created to address the need for a secure, non-volatile storage that is independent of the SoC process node and foundry capabilities
X-factors Hobble iPhone X
2017-10-31 14:00:09X-factors Hobble iPhone X
Apple has been forced into a 50-percent cut in shipments of its flagship iPhone X this holiday season, slashing volume from 40 to 20 million units. What caused this massive drop in the production flow
Drone Challenge Rides Soft Radio
DARPA will host a hackfest and drone flight challenge at Moffett Field later this month to seek new uses for software-defined radio.
Samsung's Chip Sales Hit New High
South Korean firm all but certain to pass Intel in chip sales this year as memory chip boom continues through the third quarter.
Halloween DIY: 6 Projects You Can Build Now
Raspberry Pi and other boards make Halloween DIY accessible to the electronics tinkerer. Here are six projects you can build now.
19 Views of Arm Tech Con 2017
Despite its keynotes on software and security, ARM Tech Con was packed with hardware insights from process technology to SoCs for IoT and more.
Automotive, IoT Continue to Boost Cypress
TORONTO — Cypress Semiconductor continues its road trip away from low-margin, commoditized business with a third-quarter earnings ...
STMicro Sees Growth Across the Board
Sales for IoT, smartphones, industrial and automotive lead the way as company remains on track to grow 18 percent in 2017.
NVMe Changes the Data Recovery Game
Pulling data from a damaged SSD is more of custom R and D project compared spinning disk
Qualcomm's NXP Buy May Slip to 2018
NXP's CEO, while announcing the company's Q3 financial results, reversed a long-held position in conceding that Qualcomm's acquisition of NXP Semiconductors will not happen - as promised - this year.
IoT May Need Sub-50-Cent SoCs
The Internet of Things will demand radically cheaper, lower power SoCs by 2027, but the road to get there is unclear, said technologists from ARM.
Intel Lifts Sales Forecast After Strong Q3
Biggest U.S. chipmaker on track for a record year after sales rise across all product groups.
ARM Unveils New AI Group
2017-10-26 13:00:32ARM Unveils New AI Group
ARM created a machine learning group recently that plans accelerator cores as well as enhancements for CPU and GPU cores and software.
ARM CEO Sounds Security Alarm
Simon Segars calls on tech firms to come together to address cyber security, which says threatens the potential of the Internet of Things.
Experts Weigh in on Mobileye's AV Safety Model
A technical paper published by Mobileye on a safety formula for autonomous cars has struck more than one nerve with autonomous driving observers. We have since reached out to experts in academia, aske
Bitcoin ASIC Maker Bets on AI
Bitcoin ASIC designer Bitmain of Beijing announced it is sampling its first accelerator for deep neural networks, the BM1680.
Semiconductor Equipment Market Cools Further
Billings amount North American semiconductor tool makers declined sequentially in September for a third straight month, according to the SEMI trade group.
Renovo Develops Robocar-Cloud OS
Renovo's formidable goal is to design an operating system - or abstraction layers between automated vehicles and the cloud - that developers can tap, to write a variety of
IBM Demos In-Memory Massively Parallel Computing
A coprocessor prototype from IBM Research exploits phase-change memory crystallization dynamics to perform in-memory deep learning 200x faster than any von Neumann computer.
Arm Extends Mbed to Gateways
2017-10-25 08:00:21Arm Extends Mbed to Gateways
ARM will expand ts Mbed embedded software to include a framework of modules for gateways on the Internet of Things.
Apple Talks About Sole Sourcing from TSMC
At its 30th anniversary celebration, TSMC hosted a forum of key customers including semiconductor CEOs and Apple chief operating officer Jeff Williams. Williams provided a rare glimpse into TSMC's rol
NXP to Bridge MCU & AP with 'Crossovers'
To use an MCU or not (and to opt for an apps processor instead)? This is an eternal question for embedded system designers, and one that NXP Semiconductors hopes to answer by launching a new high-end
October 2017 Cartoon Caption Contest:  "Oh, what a tangled web..."
Our tenth cartoon caption contest for 2017 has come captivating possibilities. "Your caption here!"Our challenge to you is to comp ...
How new diagnostic data and operations equip Flash memory ICs for the demands of the automotive functional safety standard
The ultra-low voltage serial NOR Flash memory can work between 1.14V to 1.60V, which covers most of the single AA battery operation voltage range. The lower Vcc can reduce the power consumption in re
Magnetic Connective Wireless Charging and Data Transfer
Magconn is an innovative magnetic connection technology that is a simple and safe low-cost alternative to induction charging and conductive wireless charging.
Mid-range FPGAs offer optimised cost, lower power, better security
PolarFire FPGAs offer higher density products with the same compelling power, security and cost advantages as Microsemi's previous families.
12 Views of Drone World Expo
2017-10-24 22:00:4912 Views of Drone World Expo
Commercial drones are ready to take off at Airbus, GE, Facebook, Google and elsewhere but air traffic control systems to manage them are still at least a year away.
Teardowns Explore Bluetooth, Cellular IoT
TechInsights explored some of the Bluetooth and cellular IoT devices that it expects will dominate the Internet of Things for some time.
Apple Watch Packs Q'comm LTE
2017-10-24 22:00:46Apple Watch Packs Q'comm LTE
The Apple Watch 3 uses a Qualcomm LTE modem, PMIC and RF transceiver, according to a teardown from TechInsights.
Taiwan Hits Qualcomm With $774 Million Fine
Qualcomm, which has also been fined by China, South Korea and is being sued by the U.S. Fair Trade Commission for anti-competitive behavior, has said it will appeal decision.
Intel, G'foundries Bring 10, 7nm to IEDM
Intel and Globalfoundries will describe their 10 and 7nm process nodes at IEDM, respectively.
IBM Watson AI XPrize Adds Wild-Card Round
A year into the competition, the $5 million, open-goal IBM Watson AI XPrize has added a wild-card round to accept projects at the leading edge of artificial-intelligence research.
Elektrobit Targets ECU Overload in Cars
While the automotive industry today faces many challenges, two stand out: How do automakers deal with the proliferation of codes, software and data? Can conventional ECUs - presumably hundreds already
Samsung Secures IoT Node-to-Cloud
Samsung announced security spanning end nodes, gateways, and cloud services for its ambitious Artik platform for the Internet of Things.
Rescue Drones Fly by Vision, Inertial Sensing
MIT and the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have developed vision-aided navigation technology for rescue or reconnaissance drones flying in environments where GPS doesn't reach.
This Garment Pattern Could Power Biosensor Nets
Georgia Tech used flexible conducting polymers and Hilbert-curve-based, paper-printed circuit patterns in a proof of concept for thermoelectric fabrics that could power biosensors.
TSMC Expects 10nm Demand to Soar
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) expects demand for its 10nm products to soar this year while its largest customer, Apple, ramps up production of the iPhone X.
Intel/Saffron AI Plan Sidesteps Deep Learning
Saffron, an Intel company, use the AI technology called Associative Memory AI, which is a different branch of artificial intelligence from Deep Learning. EE Times talks to Saffron's financial crime-fi
ARM Boosts IoT Security
2017-10-24 22:00:28ARM Boosts IoT Security
ARM announced a new framework for security in MCU-class devices used in the Internet of Things along with new firmware and core offerings to implement them.
Brexit, Britain, and Beijing
2017-10-24 22:00:22Brexit, Britain, and Beijing
What will Brexit mean for U.K.-China trade? Syrus Lohrasb of the China-Britain Business Fusion Group sees a balancing act between protecting
Apple and Samsung Headed Back to Court
Electronics heavyweights to continue dispute about smartphone patent infringement after judge orders new trial.
Intel to Battle in FPGA-as-a-Service Race
The cloud service is changing practically everyone's business. As FPGA Acceleration-as-a-Service starts to emerge, Intel has just partnered with Accelize so that they can help cloud service providers
Samsung Finds its Online Voice
Samsung made Bixby the heart of its developer event, but it faces stiff challenges competing with machine-learning and voice services from Web rivals.
Monolithic 3D Shows Promise, Challenges
Researchers said monolithic 3D chip stacks have promise but face several challenges at an event attended by CEA-Leti, Qualcomm, ARM and others.