Adding multiple processing cores on the same chip has become the de facto design choice as we continue extracting increasing performance per watt from our chips. Chips powering smartphones and laptops comprise four to eight cores. Those powering servers comprise tens of cores. And those in supercomputers have hundreds of cores. As transistor sizes decrease, the number of cores on-chip that can fit in the same area continues to increase, providing more processing capability each generation. But to use this capability, the interconnect fabric connecting the cores is of paramount importance to enable sharing or distributing data. It must provide low latency (for high-quality user experience), high throughput (to maintain a rate of output), and low power (so the chip doesn't overheat). Ideally, each core should have a dedicated connection to a core with which it's intended to communicate. However, having dedicated point-to-point wires between all cores wouldn't be feasible due to area, power, and wire layout constraints. Instead, for scalability, cores are connected by a shared network-on-chip (NoC). Continue Reading
Analog Devices recently launched the ADF5356, which is a 13.6-GHz next-generation wideband synthesizer with integrated voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO). The ADF5356 is well suite for a variety of applications, including wireless infrastructure, microwave point-to-point links, electronic test and measurement, and satellite ... Continue reading →...»
CUI recently added four low-power, open-frame AC-DC power supply series to its VOF product family. The VOF-6B, VOF-10B, VOF-15B, and VOF-20B series are 6-, 10-, 15-, and 20-W power additions to CUI's general-purpose AC-DC power supply portfolio that currently ranges ... Continue reading →...»
STMicroelectronics recently announced a collaboration with Hilscher that combines the STM32 ecosystem with the multi-protocol flexibility of Hilscher's netX control ICs. As a result, you can use the I-NUCLEO-NETX expansion board with any STM32 Nucleo-64 or STM32 Nucleo-144 development board. The ... Continue reading →...»
Jean Noel Lefebvre is an electronics engineer with a strong interest in how people interact with the electronic systems. A true outside-the-box thinker, started his company, Ootsidebox, right in the middle of the YouFactory fab lab in Lyon, France. He ... Continue reading →...»
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