Updated: More on: Maxim’s AI chip for battery-powered products also adds Risc-V

Earlier today, Maxim announced an AI processing chip for battery-powered devices needing convolutional neural networks (CNNs). What the company has done, is to put custom CNN processing hardware alongside a conventional 100MHz Arm Cortex-M4F core – 4F is the floating point M4 – and squeezed in the added surprise of a 60MHz 32Bit Risc-V core for ...

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element14’s Halloween project

Halloween is expected to be very different this year.  The prospect of walking from door-to-door has become for many a daunting, if not, dangerous affair. To reflect the current situation, the element14 Community’s annual Halloween project has taken a different twist. Members are asked to build a socially distant and COVID-19 safe Halloween project and ...

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How CRISPR-Cas gene editing works

This year’s Nobel Prize  for Chemistry was won by Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for their development of CRISPR-Cas9 – a method for genome editing. An animation of  how CRISPR-Cas works, approved by the two Laureates, has been created by  Visual Science and Skoltech. Here it is: Here are the Laureates’ comments on the ...

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LaSAR Alliance formed

The LaSAR Alliance (Laser Scanning for Augmented Reality) has been formed to develop and accelerate Augmented Reality (AR) smart-glass products. Founding members in the LaSAR Alliance include ST, Applied Materials, Dispelix, Mega1, and Osram, in addition to ST. The Alliance is focused on meeting the technical challenges required for all-day wearable smart glasses. The eyewear ...

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Neural net accelerated MCU

Maxim has brought out a neural network accelerated MCU which claims to move AI to the edge without performance compromises in battery-powered IoT devices. The MAX7800 is claimed to executeAI inferences at less that 1/100th the energy of software solutions dramatically improves run-time for battery-powered AI applications, while enabling complex AI use cases. These power ...

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Viavi enhances MAP-300 optical test platform

Viavi Solutions has introduced new test and measurement offerings for optical lab, production and manufacturing environments, enhancing the industry’s most complete line of photonic test modules.  As optical network data rates per wavelength are reaching limits, component and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) are challenged to push the boundaries of innovation in infrastructure design. New solutions from VIAVI ...

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Module integrates Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee and Thread protocols

Insight SIP is launching a module with Bluetooth Mesh, Zigbee and Thread protocols to enable multimode networks in Smart Lighting/Smart Building applications. The module – designated 1907-HT RF – also supports BLE direction finding. Contained in an 8x8x1 mm package with integrated antenna, the module  is based on the nRF52833 Nordic Semiconductor 2.4GHz wireless System ...

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Big bug boost for mobile content revenue

The coronavirus will boost mobile content revenue by 28% in 2020 according to Strategy Analytics latest report “Global Mobile Media Forecast: 2015-2025.” Stay-at-home guidance issued by governments as result of the COVID-19 pandemic has stimulated an increase in spending within mobile games and mobile apps, as consumers have been forced to shift their behavior from ...

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Global shutter CMOS image sensor for machine vision

ON Semiconductor has introduced a 2.3Mpixel 120frame/s global shutter image sensor for machine vision and mixed-reality displays. Called AR0234CS, te CMOS sensor captures 1080p video and single frames, and “produces crisp and clear images by minimising frame-to-frame distortion in high-speed scenes and reducing the motion artifacts”, according to the company, which also sees the device being used in AR ...

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ST’s Bluetooth LE 5.2 chip supports concurrent connections to 128 nodes.

STMicroelectronics has introduced a third generation of Bluetooth chip, describing it as “the world’s first Bluetooth LE 5.2-certified SoC to support concurrent connections up to 128 nodes”. Called BlueNRG-LP, according o the company it can consume as little as 3.4mA in receive mode, 4.3mA when transmitting, and under 500nA when quietly waiting for wake-up events. ...

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