Embedded Systems

Last week MIT announced a CPU made from carbon nano-tube (CNT) mosfets using standard CMOS fab equipment and only the materials and processes found within commercial CMOS fabs. Electronics Weekly has delved inside to see how it works. In essence, the CNT logic is CMOS, as the researchers have found a way to create p-channel CNT mosfets and n-channel mosfets with ...

Ahead of Computex 2019 in Taiwan, Arm has announced two processors for mobile computing. The Cortex-A77 CPU and Mali-G77 GPU target mobile computing for smartphones. The Cortex-A77 increases the instructions per cycle (IPC) of the previous Cortex-A76 CPU by 20%, to improve computing performance to meet the demands of untethered AR/VR and HD gaming. The Mali-G77 is built on the ...

To secure the IoT, smart homes, medical devices and drones, Infineon’s Optiga Trust X supports a high-speed I²C communication interface up to 1MHz. Typical current consumption is 20mA, which drops to 70µA in sleep mode.  The elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) NIST P256, AES128 and SHA-256 has built-in tamper-proof non volatile memory to enhance system security. The Optiga Trust X is ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Asaf Mirvis of AY Electronics Group as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses discusses the strengths of being a supply chain management specialist, and how the group has major plans to expand into European market, with a German office in Frankfurt. Thank you to Asaf for his time. ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Chris Ard, Managing Director & Director of Business Development at TouchNetix. It’s time to eliminate that British thinking that “Engineers have dirty hands” he says, in a wide-ranging interview. He also talks of IoT development being in early stages and the difficulties of recruiting and keeping young engineers. Thank you to Chris ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Randall Restle, Vice President of Applications Engineering at Digi-Key. He shares his enthusiasm for electronics and the continuous innovation within the industry, touching on the role of German culture in the valuing of engineering as a discipline. It’s wonderful time to be an engineer, he says! Thank you to Randall for his ...

Here is our video overview of the Embedded World 2019 show in Nuremberg, capturing views and voices from down on the busy show floor. The range of products and engineering focus are very evident – engineers doing the hard work to simplify the delivery of solutions. As always, special thanks to our video specialist David Berman. Read all our Embedded ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Christian Ionescu-Catrina of Power Integrations as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses how brushless DC motors are more efficient and more compact and how Power Integrations’ BridgeSwitch won the Most Innovative Product award at the Embedded World show. It has three aims, he says: remove the heatsink, increase ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Christophe Tremlet of Maxim Integrated as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses how IoT and industry 4.0 will simply not happen without security, and hardware-based security provides the ultimate level of protection for assets. Thank you to Christophe for his time. Read all our Embedded World 2019 coverage » ...

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Brian Bedrosian of Cypress Semiconductor as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses Cypress integrating processing, wireless and cloud connectivity into a platform for development, which enables designers to concentrate on their application-specific areas. Thank you to Brian for his time. Read all our Embedded World 2019 coverage » ...