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…
Universal stylus standard gains traction
Developers believe the use of USI standard (1.0) will dramatically expand to use of stylus-dependent applications.
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.
BLE SoC manages multi-sensor arrays
The DA14681 supports Bluetooth 4.2 standard and its integrated PMU provides three independent power rails for external system components.
Software dev tool simplifies IoT design
Simplicity Studio supports 8- and 32-bit microcontrollers, multiprotocol and multiband wireless SoCs and fixed-function devices.
Chinese wearable shipments soar to 9.54M in Q2
Shipments of basic wearable devices, such as wristbands, children’s watches and smart running shoes, grew by 92.1%.
IoT shift may greatly impact embedded developers
While IoT devices are embedded systems, not all embedded systems are IoT devices. At least, not yet.