Getting a few more percentage points of efficiency from a DC/DC supply is challenging, but a two-stage converter with a dynamically optimised intermediate bus voltage offers a solution. By Alan Elbanhawy, MaxLinear Achieving efficiency in DC/DC power supply co...

By Alan Elbanhawy | 24-08-2015

What is claimed as the world’s first 32Gbytes 48-layer BiCS FLASH device with a three-dimensional (3D) stacked cell structure has been developed and launched by the Toshiba Corporation. It features triple-level cell (TLC) technology which is a type of solid-st...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2015

What is claimed as the world’s first 32Gbytes 48-layer BiCS FLASH device with a three-dimensional (3D) stacked cell structure has been developed and launched by the Toshiba Corporation. It features triple-level cell (TLC) technology which is a type of solid-st...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 18-08-2015

Alpha Micro’s Nick Pummell compares the performance and cost of Sigfox and GSM networks for carrying IoT data. As the concept of the IoT gathers momentum, embedded developers are busy architecting their designs to join together the myriad of sensors, actuators...

By Nick Pummell | 17-08-2015

The amount of data that will be swirling around planet Earth is set to explode during the final years of this decade and will reach the biblical proportion of around 44zettabytes (ZB). To put that in perspective 1zettabyte is the data equivalent of 250 billion...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 12-08-2015

The amount of data that will be swirling around planet Earth is set to explode during the final years of this decade and will reach the biblical proportion of around 44zettabytes (ZB). To put that in perspective 1zettabyte is the data equivalent of 250 billion...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 12-08-2015

In the age of constant connectivity, our mobile phones have become almost an extension of ourselves. But have you ever stopped to consider the potential health implications of keeping your phone in your trouser pocket? The question may sound peculiar, but a gr...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 10-08-2015

In the age of constant connectivity, our mobile phones have become almost an extension of ourselves. But have you ever stopped to consider the potential health implications of keeping your phone in your trouser pocket? The question may sound peculiar, but a gr...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 10-08-2015

The problems of filament instability in resistive RAM (RRAM) technology have been cracked in a joint effort by Japanese electronics conglomerate Panasonic and research centre Imec. The two organizations say this paves the way to making 28nm embedded applicatio...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 28-07-2015

The problems of filament instability in resistive RAM (RRAM) technology have been cracked in a joint effort by Japanese electronics conglomerate Panasonic and research centre Imec. The two organizations say this paves the way to making 28nm embedded applicatio...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 28-07-2015

What should a developer look for in a Linux distribution that makes it suitable for deployment in an IoT world? First, check the builder is a participant in the Yocto Project, writes Davide Ricci, Director of Open Source Platforms at Wind River. The disruptive...

By Davide Head | 23-07-2015

How can an 85-year-old Hungarian help car navigate the crowded streets of London, Shanghai or New York? It turns out that a talented gentleman's work in mathematics is becoming increasingly important in many different areas of transportation and navigation. Th...

Articles | By Nick Pummell | 23-07-2015