A collaboration on a 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process for making microcontrollers (MCUs) aimed at green and autonomous vehicles applications has been agreed between pure-play foundry TSMC and Renesas Electronics. These companies have worked together on MCU...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 01-09-2016

A collaboration on a 28nm embedded flash (eFlash) process for making microcontrollers (MCUs) aimed at green and autonomous vehicles applications has been agreed between pure-play foundry TSMC and Renesas Electronics. These companies have worked together on MCU...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 01-09-2016

Californian wearable technology specialists NFCRing says it has developed the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring. The ring is based on a contactless security chip manufactured by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies. Unlike many smart rings this one...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 23-08-2016

Californian wearable technology specialists NFCRing says it has developed the world's first EMVCo compliant payment ring. The ring is based on a contactless security chip manufactured by German chipmaker Infineon Technologies. Unlike many smart rings this one...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 23-08-2016

Traditional testing often misses concurrency problems in multicore systems, but static analysis can help, explains Gramma Tech’s Marc Brown. Multicore processors are ubiquitous in embedded devices but still pose a challenge for developing safety-critical an...

By Marc Brown | 19-08-2016

Semiconductor and intellectual property company EnSilica has agreed to provide configurable ASICs specialist BaySand’s ASIC UltraShuttle-65 multi-project wafer (MPW) customers with a range of configurable intellectual property (IP) solutions. BaySand recently...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2016

Semiconductor and intellectual property company EnSilica has agreed to provide configurable ASICs specialist BaySand’s ASIC UltraShuttle-65 multi-project wafer (MPW) customers with a range of configurable intellectual property (IP) solutions. BaySand recently...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2016

A fault-tolerant and fail-safe system for train control and rail signaling has been developed by Artesyn Embedded Technologies. Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) certification has been awarded to the ControlSafe Platform (CSP) with ControlSafe Computer (CSC) and...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 16-08-2016

A fault-tolerant and fail-safe system for train control and rail signaling has been developed by Artesyn Embedded Technologies. Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) certification has been awarded to the ControlSafe Platform (CSP) with ControlSafe Computer (CSC) and...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 16-08-2016

The industry’s first end-to-end security solution for Internet of Things (IoT) devices that connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT has been developed following collaboration between Microchip and AWS. The security solution will help companies to implement th...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 11-08-2016

The industry’s first end-to-end security solution for Internet of Things (IoT) devices that connect to Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT has been developed following collaboration between Microchip and AWS. The security solution will help companies to implement th...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 11-08-2016

There are many industry experts that believe Lidar sensing will help to improve the safe operation of autonomous cars but whether it will win over the vast majority of dubious drivers remains to be seen. Currently most drivers say they don’t want to be driven...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 11-08-2016