Intel's first chip made on its new manufacturing tech
Monday, October 13, 2025 by Trey Abbe
Intel has unveiled key details about its upcoming Panther Lake laptop processor, marking the first chip built using the company’s next-generation 18A manufacturing process. The launch is seen as a significant test of Intel’s ability to scale its new production technology and regain market share in the PC industry.
System-on-chip design and performance gai...
NPUs disrupting Nvidia AI dominance
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 by Brittany Hainzinger
The semiconductor market is projected to reach around $400 billion by 2030*, with AI semiconductors expected to constitute over 30% of this market, up from 20% today. AI has recently dominated headlines with the launch of ChatGPT, Claude, and a host of other GenAI platforms. This has prompted countless companies to examine how they can implement AI into their products, ...
Artificial Intelligence processor Telum coming soon from IBM
Monday, August 23, 2021 by Brittany Hainzinger
IBM introduced IBM Telum, their new processor that has on-chip acceleration for Artificial Intelligence inferencing.
The Telum Artificial Intelligence processor will be released in the first half of 2022
Here are the key highlights of Telum:
Lightning-Fast Fraud Detection
Telum’s on-chip acceleration for AI inferencing is capable of run...
Silicon Labs portfolio of automotive grade timing solutions is here
Monday, September 23, 2019 by Richard Harris
Silicon Labs has launched a portfolio of automotive-grade timing solutions designed to meet the demanding clocking needs of in-vehicle systems. The new AEC-Q100-qualified timing devices include Si5332 any-frequency programmable clock generators, Si5225x PCIe Gen1/2/3/4/5 clocks, Si5325x PCIe buffers, and Si5335x fanout clock buffers. These timin...
Making IoT devices more reliable gets easier thanks to Silicon Labs
Monday, April 29, 2019 by Richard Harris
Silicon Labs has introduced the next generation of it's Wireless Gecko platform, Series 2, designed to make Internet of Things (IoT) products more powerful, efficient and reliable. Building on the leading RF and multiprotocol capabilities of the Wireless Gecko portfolio, Series 2 delivers the industry’s most versatile and scalable IoT connectivity platform. Th...
Wireless Gecko SoC now supports full bluetooth 5 connectivity
Friday, June 16, 2017 by Austin Harris
Silicon Labs expands its Wireless Gecko system-on-chip (SoC) portfolio with new multiband SoCs supporting full Bluetooth 5 connectivity and more memory options. Their new EFR32xG13 SoCs offer developers greater flexibility and more capabilities for applications using a single wireless protocol or requiring more memory for multiprotocol solutions, larger customer applica...
Silicon Labs Gecko MCU Platforms Focusing on IoT Security and Energy
Tuesday, January 5, 2016 by Richard Harris
Silicon Labs has introduced two new EFM32 Gecko microcontroller (MCU) platforms that focus on security and energy management for IoT-connected devices. The new Jade Gecko and Pearl Gecko MCUs combine a hardware cryptography engine, low-energy modes, an on-chip dc-dc converter and scalable memory options. The EFM32 Jade and Pearl Gecko MCUs microcontrollers target e...
Silicon Labs Introduces Integrated Pre certified IoT Bluetooth Smart Module
Monday, August 24, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Silicon Labs has introduced a fully integrated, pre-certified Bluetooth Smart module solution to give developers a fast path to low-power wireless connectivity for the IoT. The new BGM111 module is the first in a family of advanced Blue Gecko modules from Silicon Labs delivering integration, flexibility, energy efficiency and toolchain support with an easy migratio...
Freescale Releases Smallest Single Chip Module for IoT Development
Saturday, July 4, 2015 by Richard Harris
Freescale Semiconductor introduced one of the world’s smallest single chip modules (SCM) for the Internet of Things (IoT). As the IoT requires more processing horsepower to be packed into ever smaller spaces, Freescale’s new SCM line of products can integrate hundreds of components including processors, memory, power management and RF parts, which would otherwise be dep...
Rockchip Debuts SoC Processor Technology for Low Power Wi Fi Connected IoT Smart Devices
Monday, June 8, 2015 by Richard Harris
Rockchip a Chinese based fabless semiconductor company and mobile SoC solution provider, has launched the RKi6000 offering a new ultra-low power Wi-Fi and memory technology designed to reduce the power consumption of IoT (Internet of Things) smart devices. The RKi6000’s on-chip processor and memory technology resolves the power issue related to many Wi-Fi devices. ...
Silicon Labs Releases New Line of Energy Friendly USB enabled Microcontrollers (MCUs) for IoT Instances
Friday, May 22, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Silicon Labs, a provider of microcontroller, sensing and wireless connectivity solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), has released a new line of energy-friendly USB-enabled microcontrollers (MCUs). This latest addition to Silicon Labs’ EFM32 32-bit MCU portfolio, the new Happy Gecko MCUs are designed to deliver the lowest USB power drain in the industry, enabling l...
