Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced the R-Car V4H system-on-chip (SoC) for central processing in advanced driver-assistance (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) solutions. The R-Car V4H achieves deep learning performance of up to 34 TOPS (tera operations per-second), enabling high-speed image recognition and processing of surrounding objects by automotive cameras,…
MediaTek launches Dimensity 8000 5G chip series for 5G smartphones
MediaTek has launched the Dimensity 8100 and Dimensity 8000 system-on-chips (SoCs) to bring flagship level technology — connectivity, displays, gaming, as well as multimedia and imaging features — to premium 5G smartphones. Both chips borrow the advanced technology from MediaTek’s powerful flagship Dimensity 9000 platform and package it into the new Dimensity 8000 series which…
Infineon introduces new AIROC Bluetooth SoC for IoT and smart-home applications
Infineon Technologies is launching the AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE system on chip (SoC). The AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE SoC is a Bluetooth 5.3 core spec-compliant device for IoT, smart home, and industrial applications. With the right combination of low power and high performance, AIROC CYW20829 is designed to support the entire spectrum of Bluetooth Low Energy…
New, high-performing Mobileye EyeQ Ultra enables autonomous vehicles
Mobileye has introduced the EyeQ Ultra, the company’s most advanced and highest-performing system-on-chip (SoC) purpose-built for autonomous driving. As unveiled during CES 2022, the EyeQ Ultra maximizes effectiveness and efficiency at only 176 TOPS, currently making it the industry’s leanest autonomous vehicle (AV) chip. This efficiently designed SoC builds on seven generations of proven EyeQ…
Infineon expands wireless portfolio to support Matter with multi-protocol solutions
Infineon Technologies has announced the launch of the new AIROC Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 family to help companies quickly bring low-power, high-performing Matter products to market. The powerful combination of complementary Bluetooth LE and 802.15.4 protocols enhances the performance of smart home products with seamless interoperability, enabling end-to-end encrypted communication between individual devices in a Matter…
ADI launches first RadioVerse SoC for 5G radio designers
Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has announced a breakthrough RadioVerse System-on-Chip (SoC) series, providing radio-unit (RU) developers with an agile and cost-effective platform to create the most energy efficient 5G RUs in the industry. The new SoC series provides advanced RF signal processing with expanded digital functionality and RF capacity that greatly improves 5G RU performance…
Microchip offers new development tool for its Smart Embedded Vision initiative
Microchip Technology has announced the second development tool offering in its Smart Embedded Vision initiative for designers using its PolarFire RISC-V system-on-chip (SoC), field-programmable gate array (FPGA). The industry’s lowest-power SoC FPGA in its class, the PolarFire device is the only mid-range device of its kind that simultaneously supports dual 4K video processing and quad core…
Renesas and Panthronics release secure, mobile point-of-sale terminals
Panthronics AG, a fabless semiconductor company specializing in wireless technology, and Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced a new design that provides manufacturers of secure mobile point-of-sale (mPoS) contactless payment terminals with a new way to reduce the size and the bill-of-materials cost of their products without compromising performance or…
Dialog Semiconductor’s DA16200 secures PSA Certified Level 1 for Wi-Fi SoCs
Dialog Semiconductor Limited — a Renesas company and provider of battery and power management, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth low energy (BLE) and industrial edge-computing solutions — announced that its DA16200 SoC has achieved PSA Certified Level 1 status. With the broader adoption of IoT devices (such as wearables, door locks, thermostats, and smart home sensors), ensuring chip-level security…
Samsung offers comprehensive VoN solution for 5G voice call service
Samsung Electronics announced that it has developed its comprehensive Voice over New Radio (VoNR) solution for 5G voice call service, available for global mobile device manufacturers and network providers. With the comprehensive solution for VoNR, the company can offer more streamlined SoC development and 5G VoNR service deployment. VoNR technology supports voice call and data…
Microchip adds an HLS design workflow to its PolarFire FPGA portfolio
The need to combine performance with low-power consumption in edge-compute applications has driven demand for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to be used as power-efficient accelerators while providing flexibility and speeding time to market. However, a large majority of edge compute, computer vision and industrial control algorithms are developed natively in C++ by developers with little…
NXP ramps up automotive processor production with TSMC technology
NXP Semiconductors, a provider in automotive processing, teamed up with TSMC to release NXP’s S32G2 vehicle network processor and the S32R294 radar processor. These products are now in volume production on TSMC’s advanced 16 nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. This marks the migration of NXP’s S32 family of processors to increasingly advanced process nodes as…
STMicroelectronics advances tools and connected-sensor design of its WiSE Studio
STMicroelectronics’ WiSE Studio — a free-of-charge Integrated Development Environment (IDE) dedicated to the BlueNRG system-on-chip (SoC) product family — is accelerating the design of smart, connected devices that leverage the latest Bluetooth technology. Featuring a user-friendly and customizable development environment with an extensive list of ready-to-build examples, the new IDE helps both expert and inexperienced users jump-start…
Xilinx’s new Versal AI Edge ACAP series delivers AI-enabled intelligence
Xilinx, Inc., a provider in adaptive computing, has launched its Versal AI Edge series, designed to enable AI innovation from the edge to the endpoint. With four times the AI performance-per-watt versus GPUs and ten times greater compute density, compared to previous-generation adaptive SoCs, the Versal AI Edge series is currently the most scalable and…