ST Introduces Its First 64-Bit SoCs
The STM32MP2 devices integrate up to two Cortex A35 CPUs with a substantial number of I/Os for embedded industrial applications.
Renesas Presses MCU Performance Lead
With the expansion of the RA8 series, Renesas is integrating Arm’s highest-performing Cortex-M CPU in microcontrollers optimized for graphics display and motor control applications.
Intel Adds 3D Decaps to Meteor Lake
In the Meteor Lake CPU die, Intel has pushed the capacitance density of on-die capacitors to new heights by taking a page out of DRAM’s book of tricks.
UltraScale+ Goes Spartan
AMD pans to roll out next year new low-cost Spartan FPGAs that use 16 nm process technology and integrate hard IP and advanced security features.
Arm Adds Compute Subsystem for V3
Arm’s new Neoverse CSS N3 and CSS V3 provide a subsystem for N3 and V3 cores. For customers that won’t differentiate in that subsystem, the CSSs provide a head start.
Renesas SoC Targets Location Tracking
The DA14592 is Renesas’s smallest multicore BLE SoC, featuring a power-thrifty radio transceiver that drops power by more than 23% for send and receive compared with Renesas’s other BLE chips.
Neureality Builds DPU for AI
NeuReality, an Israeli startup, is building an offload engine for AI-application pre- and postprocessing that removes the need for a CPU in a server and works directly with an accelerator.
BrainChip Adds Temporal Networks
Edge-AI vendor BrainChip has updated its Akida event-based IP offering. Its new Akida 2 architecture, available only as IP, supports temporal networks and Transformer encoders at low power.
Intel’s Three-Pronged Recovery Plan
As Pat Gelsinger begins his fourth year as CEO, three projects to revitalize Intel’s fabs, CPUs, and AI accelerators could restore its technology lead, but they won’t reach the market until 2025.
Marvell Fills In Octeon 10
Marvell has filled out the lower end of its Octeon 10 family of data-processing units with a big jump in silicon process node.
5th-Gen Xeon Goes to 64 Cores
Intel’s fifth-generation Xeon family shows solid performance improvements over the prior generation, but not enough to beat its nemesis on core count or performance.
Renesas RZ/G3S Targets IoT Gateways
Renesas’s RZ/G3S targets IoT gateway systems, dropping camera inputs, display processing, and other graphic elements while retaining basic audio support.
