Top Stories of the Week: Mar. 30-Apr. 3, 2025

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Discover how lockstep technology is redefining the standards of reliability and safety in automotive and embedded systems and why it’s becoming the backbone of next-generation...
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The AGI CPU developed by Arm targets agentic AI hyperscaler server racks.
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Extreme operating conditions can quickly compromise cable reliability. This article outlines key considerations engineers use to protect performance and extend system life.
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Security of data centers becomes increasingly vital as cyberthreats attack one of their most critical layers: platform firmware.

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More of This Week's Articles

The Featured Articles above are just some of the content that's new this week on ElectronicDesign. Check out the rest here.

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Honor your best and brightest engineering product innovations from the past year.
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RIR’s latest SiC PiN diodes combine efficiency with ruggedness to help designers achieve higher performance without compromising reliability.
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The Stellar P3E, the first automotive microcontroller to ship with STMicro’s Neural-ART Accelerator, improves inference operations 20X to 30X.
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Dean Technology’s latest series of high-voltage diodes brings higher currents and faster recovery times to X-ray equipment and other demanding applications.
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Industry experts predict where important technologies are headed this year.
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This high-voltage MOSFET uses improved processes to deliver higher efficiency, power density, and robust performance in next-gen power applications.
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Microchip’s new family of high-voltage gate drivers offer compact solutions for a range of industrial and consumer applications.
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Sharing some advanced troubleshooting techniques that are seldom used.

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Editor's Choice: From the ElectronicDesign Archives

These articles were chosen by the editors at ElectronicDesign that complement the new articles above. They are included in our regular newsletters.

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When selecting a gate driver, designers should be fully aware of specifications that could make or break achieving the required IGBT switching performance.
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Fixing the EV resistance-heating problem may be a crucial step to making these vehicles mainstream.
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This article takes the guesswork out of selecting a PCIe switch that will meet your needs now and in the future.
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In Part 1, we explore the benefits of miniaturization and the five main challenges it introduces in PCB assembly.
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The thermal fuse and PN diode work well for overcurrent and reverse-battery connection protection, respectively, but have some unavoidable shortcomings. Alternatives based on ...
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Take a look at some of the smallest and most advanced microelectronic innovations pushing the boundaries of size, speed, and performance across AI, storage, and quantum computing...

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Editor's Weekly Picks

We hope you enjoy the articles on ElectronicDesign, but there's a lot going on and we can't cover everything. In this section, our editors highlight articles they found this week that you might be interested in as well.

Andy's Picks From Around the Web

Elon Musk's Terafab semiconductor project could cost $5 trillion, Bernstein claims — herculean effort would cost more than 70% of the total yearly US government budget. Link

BMW Rules Out Range Extenders For The Time Being. BMW isn't fully closing the door on electric cars with range-extending engines but it believes regular EVs deliver plenty of range already. Link

Scientists Just Broke the Solar Power Limit Everyone Thought Was Absolute. Link

Click here to see Andy's full list of the latest articles and news.

Between 30% and 40% of Gulf refining capacity has been damaged or destroyed by Iran’s retaliatory strikes, leaving a shortage of 11 million barrels per day on global oil markets. The destruction is now pushing consumers toward electric vehicles. Link

BAIC’s Aurora sodium-ion battery pack features prismatic cells with an energy density of over 170Wh/kg. Link

President Trump is turning to zillionaires—including Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle executive chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang—to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council. Link

More Students Use AI for Homework, and More Believe It Harms Critical Thinking. Link

Developer Decompiles the White House's New App. It sends user location data every few minutes to a third party site, etc. Link

Just when you think you've seen it all - bank borrows money to fund the ensuing retail investor robbery via AI (There's the old adage, "It's illegal for you to rob a bank but it's legal for a bank to rob you"). SoftBank has taken on a new $40 billion loan to help it cover its $30 billion commitment to invest in OpenAI. Link

The Hidden Math Behind 3D Eye Tracking. Link

There are signs the [memory] price surge is beginning to ease as OpenAI hits the brakes on its vast investment in data centres. Link

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