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Intel Launches Pathfinder for RISC-V to Help Hobbyists, Academics, and Industry Build RISC-V Chips
It was indeed another win for RISC-V as Intel announced a big move to support the pre-silicon development of RISC-V devices with the launch of the Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V, a unified development environment for hobbyists and industries. Though a major leap for the RISC-V movement,...
Continue ReadingHARTING 3D-MID Component Carriers
HARTING 3D-MID Component Carriers enable alternative component positioning and mounting utilizing fully automated assembly and soldering. These 3D molded interconnect devices can replace circuit boards utilizing a 3-dimensional circuit on molded plastic. This 3D shape can allow for more...
Continue ReadingSkyWater and Google will use $15m Funding to expand an open source chip design project
SkyWater Technology has announced that it will be extending its partnership with Alphabet’s Google, releasing an open source Process Design Kit., for its commercial 90nm, fully depleted silicon on insulator (FDSOI), CMOS process technology. This announcement came shortly after the US...
Continue ReadingRaspberry Pi Ramps Up The Production of RP2040, Beats the Chip Shortage
Eben Upton, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of one of the very famous and successful embedded electronic hardware manufacturers, Raspberry Pi, has published news on January 17, 2022, aiming to beat the semiconductor chip shortage by introducing a dedicated Raspberry Pi store to...
Continue Reading20 Common Electronics Components You Should have in your Electronics Lab
Setting up an electronics lab is the dream of many electronics engineers and hobbyists, but getting it done is usually a very big task to achieve. From knowing the amount of space you'd need, to know the right kind of tools to buy, and then to the right kind of devices with the right...
Continue ReadingCererbras’ All NEW Wafer Scale Engine Packs 2.6 Trillion Transistors For Deep Learning Workloads
In 2019, we saw one of the largest single computer chips manufactured by a California-based AI startup, Cerebras, that unveiled the Wafer-Scale Engine for deep learning applications. The 1.2 trillion transistors-packed Wafer-Scale Engine came with 18GB of on-chip SRAM and an...
Continue ReadingEfabless Launches chipIgnite with SkyWater to Bring Chip Creation to the Masses
Program includes a pre-designed carrier chip and automated open source design flow from Efabless SkyWater’s open source SKY130 process is the first node to be used to fabricate chips for the program Initiative removes access barriers by significantly reducing cost and the...
Continue ReadingBroadcom’s BCM4389 Chip with Wi-Fi 6E Technology and Bluetooth 5
Broadcom's BCM4389 chip is a client-side device supporting Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5 combo dedicated to mobile handset applications. The Wi-Fi 6E technology can operate on the 6 GHz band with 160MHz wide channels which is a progressive version of the Wi-Fi 6 technology. Hence, it enables...
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