Hot Stuff: Ceva Upgrades UWB IP for Secure Access
Ceva demonstrated its latest ultra-wideband IP for secure access at high-density locations such as smart homes and industrial settings at the Embedded World Exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany
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Hot Stuff EW2025: STM32U3 MCU for Ultra-low Power Devices
STMicroelectronics’ “Hot Stuff’ at the Embedded World 2025 Show was the STM32U3 MCU targeted at applications requiring IoT connectivity and ultra low-power consumption.
Reimagining AI Chip Design and Verification
Given the escalating complexity of current AI (and other) chips, are we finally witnessing the emergence of “Design for Verification” as a critical engineering imperative for semiconductor companies?
NXP’s Sensing and Edge AI Play is More than Just About SDVs
Don’t look now but NXP has just given itself a leg up in the market for robotic devices and AI at the Edge by adding 1,100 critical software engineering expertise to its employee roster via its planned acquisition of TTTech Auto. Of course, there’s a software-defined vehicle play also.
Russian Kosmos 2553: Scientific Satellite or Weapon of Mass Destruction?
By Steve Taranovich
What’s at stake:
Global powers are increasing their space-based capabilities over the next decade to secure their defense and economic interests. Creating a free-for-all environment presents unacceptable risks to global stability. Has Russia triggered the rush for unfettered space-based weapons systems?
Why did Russian Aerospace Forces launch the Kosmos 2553 satellite (to a highly unusual trajectory in a lonely orbit at 1,240 miles above the Earth) on February 5, 2022? Moscow tells the world they are testing their latest onboard instruments and systems. Given the lack of transparency about such programs, however, I am skeptical.
The United States Space Command is very interested in this Soviet satellite as it orbits the Earth every two hours in a “graveyard” orbit, a.k.a. the high-radiation “Van Allen belt,” a band where disposal or junk typically orbit, outside of common operational orbits.
Kosmos 2553 shares this particular orbit with 10 “dead” satellites that have floated within the belt for many years. The rarely used, high-radiation Van Allen belt circles planet Earth and satellites here eventually fall into the stratosphere and burn up. Why would Moscow put Kosmos 2553 in such an orbit around our planet?
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Welcome to the Wonderful World of NoCs
Anyone involved in the design of large digital silicon chips is familiar with the term Network-on-Chip (NoC), but relatively few people are cognizant of the underlying concepts.
When, Where and How AI Should Be Applied
Phil Koopman dissects strengths and weaknesses of machine learning based AI
TSMC Fabs Operating Close to Capacity after Earthquake
TSMC’s disaster recovery plans helped with the quick restoration of production at its fabs after Taiwan was hit with a 7.2 magnitude earthquake.
Time for Templeton of TI to Make a Graceful Exit
By Bolaji Ojo
What’s at stake:
By staying on as board chairman at Texas Instruments after stepping aside for a new CEO, Rich Templeton will still be involved in decision making. His continued presence could prove difficult for TI in the long term.
Texas Instruments Inc.’s decision in 2018 asking Richard Templeton to reassume the titles of president and CEO scrubbed plans for his gradual separation from the analog IC and embedded processor supplier. With the appointment of a new CEO, Templeton and TI’s board should seize the opportunity to cut that cord immediately and permanently, for the sake of everyone involved.
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Intel Seeks to Lessen Cash Squeeze With Brookfield Deal
By Bolaji Ojo
What’s at stake?
Intel needs far more money than it can generate from operations or receive from governments to fund its massive fab construction program. A partnership with investor Brookfield may help ease the pains.