Micros

Super Micro Computer has announced a revolutionary technology that simplifies large scale GPU deployments and is a future proof design that supports yet to be announced technologies. The Universal GPU server provides the ultimate flexibility in a resource-saving server.

Following on from Sam Holland’s definition of an embedded system, Electronic Specifier offers examples of the four subcategories of embedded systems.

Rather like the ‘Internet of Things’, the term ‘embedded’, at least in the context of engineering, is used so regularly that its meaning may be taken for granted. But what is really meant by the term?

Broadcom celebrate shipping one billion Wi-Fi 6 and 6E chips, Vijay Nagarajan provides insight.

Total microprocessor sales in 2021 maintained strength, growing 14% to a record-high $102.9 billion after climbing 16% in 2020, when COVID lockdowns drove up demand for personal computers and large-screen smartphones because of the increased reliance on the Internet.

Renesas has expanded its 32-bit RA Family of microcontrollers (MCUs) with a new Group based on the latest Arm Cortex-M33 core.

Renesas and AVL have announced their collaboration to deliver customer support for the development of electronic control units (ECUs) that comply with the ISO 26262 international standard for automotive functional safety.

Nexperia has announced the world's smallest Secure Digital (SD) card level translator IC - NXS0506UP. Housed in a 16-bump wafer-level chip-scale package the SD 3.0-compliant bi-directional dual voltage level translator has a footprint measuring 1.45mm x 1.45mm x 0.45mm, 0.35mm pitch, 40% smaller than previous 20 bump devices.

At the heart of all of the technology that powers our world is one element: silicon. It has shaped the course of human evolution, forming integrated circuits and computer processors. But the dawn of a new era of advances in microelectronics may be on the horizon. It is no secret that silicon’s limitations are beginning to rear their heads in R&D labs, leaving many wondering what will replace it. Industrial Journalist Emily Newton discus...

Navitas Semiconductor has released its first annual sustainability report. The Sustainability Report 2021 highlights how the company’s GaN technology supports global carbon ‘net-zero’ ambitions by reducing Navitas customers’ CO2 footprints and accelerating the evolution from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources and electricity-based applications.