Würth Elektronik Launches Heat Sink Portfolio for Power Electronics and ICs
https://www.electronics-lab.com/wurth-elektronik-launches-heat-sink-portfolio-for-power-electronics-and-ics/
The new heat sinks target THT-TO packages and flat-surface ICs, with pre-coated thermal interface material variants available from stock.
Cutting-Edge IB996 Full-Size CPU Card for Demanding Industrial Systems
https://www.electronics-lab.com/cutting-edge-ib996-full-size-cpu-card-for-demanding-industrial-systems/
IBASE Technology Inc., a leading manufacturer of embedded computing solutions, introduces the IB996 Full-Size CPU Card, tailored to meet the demanding needs of industrial and embedded computing. Supporting 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9/i7/i5/i3 desktop processors, this innovative solution adheres to the PICMG 1.3 standard and features the Intel® Q670E chipset for robust […]
Implementing the 100 MHz 6502 In an FPGA
https://www.electronics-lab.com/implementing-the-100-mhz-6502-in-an-fpga/
Jürgen Mülle has posted details of re-implementing the 65C02 in an FPGA, in a pin-compatible format that enables you to upgrade old computers and games to a 100 MHz clock rate! Speaking about the project, Jürgen says: “The idea of implementing a CPU core inside an FPGA is not new, of course. In fact, the […]
Imagination’s first real-time 32-bit RISC-V Catapult CPU: IMG RTXM-2200
https://www.electronics-lab.com/imaginations-first-real-time-32-bit-risc-v-catapult-cpu-img-rtxm-2200/
In 2021, Imagination Technologies revealed that it was developing multiple processors based on Catapult’s open RISC-V architecture. IMG RTXM-2200, a 32-bit RISC-V real-time embedded CPU core, is the first addition to the Catapult family introduced by the firm. The latest news found the IMG RTXM-2200 processor is proposed to focus on real-time computing in sensors, […]
First full 32-bit plastic M0+ microcontroller
https://www.electronics-lab.com/first-full-32-bit-plastic-m0-microcontroller/
ARM has developed the first full 32bit microcontroller built on a flexible plastic material using a 0.8 μm process from PragmatIC. The PlasticARM microcontroller consists of 56,340 NMOS transistors and resistors and is built on a plastic substrate developed by UK foundry PragmatIC Semiconductor in Cambridge. The microcontroller, detailed in the journal Nature after six […]
NXP Launches The Gigahertz Microcontroller Era
https://www.electronics-lab.com/nxp-launches-gigahertz-microcontroller-era/
NXP Semiconductors has announced the industry’s first crossover MCU, i.MX RT1170 28nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) microcontroller unit (MCU), which is a power-efficient design with real-time functionality, and MCU usability at an affordable price. It clocks its primary Arm Cortex-M7 processing core at up to 1GHz while packing a secondary Cortex-M4 core running at 400MHz. Geoff […]
AJIT – First-Ever “Made in India” Microprocessor Designed By IIT Bombay
https://www.electronics-lab.com/ajit-first-ever-made-india-microprocessor-designed-iit-bombay/
In this modern era, the electronics industry is incomplete without microprocessors. From daily household appliances to space exploration – microprocessors are accompanying us everywhere and making lives way easier. But, independently designing and manufacturing a processor is an extremely complicated task and done by only a few countries like the US, Italy, France, Japan, Taiwan, […]
Overclocked Intel CPU draws 1kW
https://www.electronics-lab.com/overclocked-intel-cpu-draws-1kw/
by Thomas Scherer @ elektormagazine.com The impressively powerful i9-7980XE CPU from Intel boasts not just 18 cores and 36 threads but also an unlocked clock multiplier. The spec was clearly an open invitation to Roman Hartung who has something of a reputation when it comes to overclocking processors. In tests he was able to crank […]
Are Today’s MCUs Overdesigned? A Research Team Has The Answer
https://www.electronics-lab.com/todays-mcus-overdesigned-research-team-answer/
MCUs are called microcontrollers because they embed a CPU, memory and I/O units in one package. Apparently, today’s MCUs are full of peripherals and in most cases they are not used in the application, and from an engineering point of view this is a waste of money and energy, but on the other hand, for […]
Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip
https://www.electronics-lab.com/inside-vintage-74181-alu-chip/
Ken Shirriff writes: The 74181 ALU (arithmetic/logic unit) chip powered many of the minicomputers of the 1970s: it provided fast 4-bit arithmetic and logic functions, and could be combined to handle larger words, making it a key part of many CPUs. Inside the vintage 74181 ALU chip – [Link]