Neural network IP aimed at SoCs processing complex speech

Cadence has introduced DSP intellectual aimed at neural network-based complex speech recognition on the local PCB, without the need for cloud-based services to do the heavy lifting. Resources are sufficient for far-field voice recognition, where the user is metres away from the microphone. Voice-controlled digital home assistants and automotive infotainment are intended applications. Why process ...

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Bosch improves accelerometer-gyro chips for phones

Bosch Sensortec has launched a family of mems inertial measuremnt units (IMUs), aimed at phones, with Android compliance, an I3CSM interface, and support for sensor synchronisation. Called the BMI260 family, the devices combine Bosch Sensortec’s accelerometer with Bosch’s automotive gyroscope, and are claimed to be robust against temperature fluctuations and PCB stress. “Our next-generation IMUs builds upon ...

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Renesas sees weakening industrial demand

Renesas saw Q3 sales decrease 8.7% y-o-y to $1.54 billion and expects Q4 sales to be down 12.3% y-o-y at $1.6 billion. Q3 profit was $212 million. Weakening demand, mainly for industrial ICs, was the culprit. For Q4 Renesas anticipates a gross margin of 40%, down 7.9 points yo-y and  operating margin of 7.3%, down ...

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Xilinx ACAP reported to have won half Microsoft’s Azure co-processor business

Xilinx has had a big success with its new data centre co-processor ACAP, reports Bloomberg, having won half Microsoft’s co-processor requirement for its cloud services business Azure at the expense of Intel. ACAP is the brainchild of Xilinx CEO Victor Peng (pictured) and, says Peng, “accelerates  a broad range of workloads with dynamically adaptable silicon ...

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Intel reported to be looking for external foundry

Intel is said to be looking for foundry to fab  some Atom processors and chip-sets, reports Digitimes. “We are in a constraint scenario into the fourth quarter, both at low-end PC and IoT,” says Intel CEO Bob Swan, “we have taken some of our 10-nanometer equipment and tools and began to blow that back to ...

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ST strips down low-power MCUs for budget-conscious

STMicroelectronics is offering a pair of stripped-down microcontroller for budget-conscious consumer, industrial, and medical applications. STM32L412 and STM32L422 have 64 or 128kbyte flash and a 80MHz Arm Cortex-M4 core, plus the firm’s FlexPowerControl. EEMBC benchmarking includes, said STM, 273 CoreMark, 167 ULPMark-PP (Peripheral Profile) and 447 ULPMark-CP (Core Profile). Analogue peripherals including two ADCs to perform ...

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Bluetooth LE 5 transceiver gets AEC-Q100 for automotive

Toshiba has announced am automotive Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) core specification 5.0 chip for automotive applications such as including remote key-less entry, on-board diagnostics and tire pressure monitoring systems. TC35681IFTG is based around an Arm Cortex-M0 CPU, and is designed for compliance with AEC-Q100. The mixed-signal device contains both analog RF and base-band digital parts ...

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TI adds gigabit time-sensitive networking to industrial MCUs

Texas Instruments has announced a multi-protocol gigabit time-sensitive networking (TSN)-enabled processor family, claiming it to be the first anywhere. Called Sitara AM6x, the industrial-grade family has quad and dual Arm Cortex-A53 core variants aimed at industry 4.0 factory automation, motor drives and grid infrastructure. Gbit TSN, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP and PROFINET are supported by a specific ...

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Invisible car envisaged by photonic tiles

A team of European scientists have exploited photonics technology to develop digital, ceramic tiles that can change colour, pattern, or play videos with a connected smartphone or tablet, turning a bedroom wall or ceiling into a giant cinema screen. The ‘Luminous Electronic Tile’, or LUMENTILE, project mixes the simplicity of a plain ceramic tile with sophisticated ...

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