Leaders in Electronics 2021 ED

What’s Best for Your Multicore Design—a Hypervisor or Multicore Framework?

Dec. 21, 2020

Multicore embedded systems generally need some overall supervisory software that provides control of boot order and inter-core communication and security. There are two main options...

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Looking Forward to 2021

Dec. 16, 2020

2020 was a year for the record books on multiple fronts, but what will 2021 deliver?

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The Continuing Adventures of Ohm

Dec. 14, 2020

Find out about Georg Ohm from his creator, Dr. Ray Ridley, and the impetus behind the series.

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TI’s New GaN FETs for Automotive and Industrial: An Insider’s Perspective

Dec. 1, 2020

Next-gen 600- and 650-V gallium-nitride FETs developed by Texas Instruments double the power density and achieve 99% efficiency.

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Heathkit: An Employee’s Look Back

Nov. 30, 2020

Lessons of a successful electronic business—an interview with Chas Gilmore, former Heath executive.

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Automotive GaN FET Features Integrated Driver

Nov. 13, 2020

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Don’t Do It: Design Your Own On-Chip Interconnect

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How PCIe 5 with CXL, CCIX, and SmartNICs Will Change Solution Acceleration

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