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ST joins Quintauris

David Manners — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:06:33 +0000

ST has joined Quintauris, the RISC-V facilitator, as its sixth shareholder alongside Bosch, Infineon, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP and Qualcomm. Quintauris was founded in December 2023 to advance the adoption of ...

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RISC-V cluster IP for data centre SoCs and chiplets

Steve Bush — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:00:29 +0000

SiFive has announced RISC-V core intellectual property for data centre processors. Called P870-D, it is an update of the non-data centre P870, with support added for AMBA CHI protocol. “By harnessing ...

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RP2350 available by year end, with flash-inclusive option

Steve Bush — Fri, 09 Aug 2024 10:33:29 +0000

Raspberry Pi’s RP2350, its second-generation microcontroller, will be available by the end of the year in flash-less and flash-inclusive forms, in two packages: RP2350A QFN60 no flash $0.80 RP2350B QFN80 ...

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New Raspberry Pi MCU – RP2350 – Risc-V, Arm and security

Steve Bush — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 15:00:33 +0000

Raspberry Pi has announced its second microcontroller, the RP2350, adding two RISC-V cores alongside improved Arm cores, more ram, and security. Not initially available on its own (ETA pre-year-end), it ...

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Intel’s discrete GPU for vehicle cockpits

Steve Bush — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:21:39 +0000

Intel has announced a discrete graphics processing unit, aimed at vehicles being shipped in 2025. ‘Arc Graphics for Automotive’, or A760A, has 28 of the company’s Xe GPU cores, 28 ...

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32bit dsPIC DSP-enabled MCUs from Microchip

Steve Bush — Tue, 30 Jul 2024 10:00:24 +0000

Microchip Technology has announced a 32bit 200MHz version of its dsPIC33 series of DSP-heavy MCUs. dsPIC33A, as the family will be called, is aimed at fast closed-loop control of PSUs ...

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Avnet groups embedded computing under Tria Technologies brand

Caroline Hayes — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 14:50:50 +0000

Distributor Avnet has introduced the Tria brand for its embedded computing products (computer on modules, boards and systems). It has also announced the Tria Technologies business group which will also ...

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How smart sensors can offload microcontrollers

EW Staff — Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:46:40 +0000

Nature provides the model for integrating sensors for a distributed edge AI system, say Bartosz Boryna and Zuzana Jirankova. The horseshoe crab (limulus polyphemus) is recognised by scientists as an ...

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GPNPU has multi-core cluster options for +100TOPS

Caroline Hayes — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:00:53 +0000

The third generation of general-purpose neural processing units (GPNPUs) by Quadric introduces pre-integrated clusters of two, four or eight cores to deliver up to 108 TOPS. This latest iteration has ...

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16bit MCUs for hybrid analogue-digital PSU control

Steve Bush — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 15:25:27 +0000

Rohm has released a line of 16bit microcontrollers for power supplies with hybrid analogue-digital control loops, plus an evaluation board with software as a design stepping stone. “In recent years ...

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