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Major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics

Major step toward fully 3D-printed active electronics

By fabricating semiconductor-free logic gates, which can be used to perform computation, researchers hope to streamline the manufacture of electronics | MITActive electronics — components that can control electrical signals — usually contain semiconductor devices that receive, store, and process information. These...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Kioxia to detail emerging memory advances at IEDM 2024

Kioxia to detail emerging memory advances at IEDM 2024

Kioxia Corporation has announced that its research papers detailing advances in emerging memory technologies have been accepted for presentation at IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) 2024.Beyond its state-of-the-art 3D flash memory technology, BiCS FLASH™, Kioxia excels at research in emerging memory....

Published on: October 22, 2024

Secure, low-power MCUs deliver advanced touch functions

Secure, low-power MCUs deliver advanced touch functions

Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced the RX261 and RX260 microcontroller (MCU) groups. The new 64 MHz MCUs deliver outstanding power efficiency of only 69 μA/MHz during active operation and 1μA in standby mode.The MCUs also enable designers to easily implement water-resistant capacitive...

Published on: October 22, 2024

RISC-V 64-bit post-quantum security-enabled MPUs

RISC-V 64-bit post-quantum security-enabled MPUs

To meet the demand for reliable, embedded products for mixed-critical systems, Microchip Technology has announced the PIC64HX family of microprocessors (MPUs).Unlike traditional MPUs, the PIC64HX is purpose built to address the unique demands of intelligent edge designs. The global edge computing market...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Low power 915MHz LoraWAN Click board for IoT

Low power 915MHz LoraWAN Click board for IoT

European board maker MikroE has launched a Click board for long distance bi-directional 915MHz LoraWAN data communications in the US.The LR 11 Click board uses Ezurio’s 453-00139R LoraWAN module which integrates the Silicon Labs EFR32 SoC and the Semtech SX1262 radio. It...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Low power microcontroller for consumer designs

Low power microcontroller for consumer designs

Renesas Electronics has launched two microcontroller families with a focus on low power operation for consumer designs.The 64MHz RX261 and RX260 microcontroller (MCU) groups have a power efficiency of 69μA/MHz during active operation and 1μA in standby mode. They also enable designers...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Quantum Dice teams with secure systems startup SCI Semiconductor

Quantum Dice teams with secure systems startup SCI Semiconductor

Quantum Dice Ltd., a pioneer of quantum random number generator (QRNG) technology, has signed a cooperation agreement with SCI Semiconductor Ltd. (Cambridge, England), a developer of secure semiconductor systems.Quantum Dice is a 2020 spin-out from the University of Oxford while SCI Semiconductor...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Silicon wafer shipments to remain soft in 2024, says SEMI

Silicon wafer shipments to remain soft in 2024, says SEMI

Global shipments of silicon wafers are set to decline in 2024 before a strong rebound in 2025, according to industry organization SEMI.Global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2 percent in 2024 to 12,174 million square inches (MSI) with 10...

Published on: October 22, 2024

Codasip donates CHERI RISC-V SDK to open source

Codasip donates CHERI RISC-V SDK to open source

German processor designer Codasip has donated its newly developed RISC-V Software Development Kit (SDK) for CHERI to the community-interest organization CHERI AllianceThe Alliance is making the SDK freely available for download on GitHub to provide open access to the complete SDK with Linux...

Published on: October 22, 2024

SiFive launches Premier P550 RISC-V development board

SiFive launches Premier P550 RISC-V development board

RISC-V chip developer SiFive is shipping a development board based on its P550 core.The Premier P550 board marks a fundamental shift in the RISC-V board strategy by the company with a new partnership programme.The Premier P550 uses a quad core 1.4GHz RISC-V...

Published on: October 21, 2024