Samsung losing foundry share in 2016
Samsung’s slowdown is in part due to expectations TSMC is grabbing most of the business making Apple A-series processors in…
Start-up secures funding for sub-treshold processors
Minima provides a middleware stack with its hardware that provides compatibility with dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS) regimes.
Low-pin count MCUs operate at up to 80MHz
The MCUs' analog-to-digital converter for detecting motor positions is accelerated, realising a 0.5ms conversion speed.
Qualcomm emerges big winner at Google’s event
As many as five of Qualcomm's chips are inside the Pixel phones, the Snapdragon 821, two PMICs, an audio codec…
Cirrus Logic’s smart codec takes Hi-Fi to mobile apps
The low-power CS47L90 delivers "Always On" voice activation and Hi-Fi audio playback to smartphones.
ST extends STM32F4 series, adds 125°C devices
STMicroelectronics has extended its STM32F4 MCU series with devices that offer more memory, extra features and temperature qualification to 125°C.
Spreadtrum chipsets power Burmese smartphones
The smartphone vendor MPT is the first and the largest telecom services provider in Myanmar, with 8,000 employees and a…
Apple motivates interest in fan-out packaging
2016 is a turning point for the fan-out market since Apple and TSMC changed the game, possibly creating a trend…
Deep learning doubles GPU memory efficiency
The technology reduces the volume of internal GPU memory used by over 40%.
China crash puts Tesla under fresh scrutiny
If reports are true, China’s crash fatality in January presents a problem for Tesla.