Top Stories of the Week: Mar. 9-13, 2026

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WCET analysis is essential for proving multicore real-time systems meet safety-critical deadlines under all operating conditions.
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In celebration of International Women's Day, I did a special drawing to capture the event.
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Andy’s back from the 2026 Analog Aficionados meetup, held at DesignCon this year, and pieces together some history of the event as well as launching a downloadable annual calendar...
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EtherCAT’s deterministic, on-the-fly frame processing and flexible topologies make it a strong real-time Ethernet backbone for autonomous mobile robots.

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Vertical Power: Tackling AI’s Power Demands from Beneath the Board
Infineon gives vertical power delivery a push with a new generation of multiphase power modules that can be tucked underneath server boards and AI accelerator cards.
Examining a Physical AI Chiplet Platform
Mick Posner highlights Cadence’s chiplet platform to support physical AI development.

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Stay on top of the technologies and trends in focus at APEC 2026 and hear from industry insiders on the state of the power electronics industry.
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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 Electronic Design. Check out the rest here.

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Learn more about EMI filtering in rugged, high-density systems with this step-by-step guide to component selection and system integration.
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This bioresorbable standard-size pill can be interrogated via RFID to confirm it has been taken by the patient.
What’s All This eFlea Stuff, Anyhow?
Silicon Valley’s electronics flea market, which is starting its season this coming weekend, is a fun social destination for engineers seeking bargains.
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Tensor and Arm partner to deliver AI-defined compute foundation for personal robocar.
Tensor integrates more than 400 Arm-based cores per vehicle, underpinning its AI-first approach to Level 4 autonomy.
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Using LnFP technology as an active material, OMI said it has developed a rapid ion transport cathode designed to handle charging at a 20C rate.
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TI’s latest iso-amps are specifically designed for interfacing with current-sensing resistors.
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More engineers are turning to reinforcement learning to incorporate adaptive and self-tuning control into industrial systems. It aims to strike a balance between traditional process...
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MediaTek’s Genio family expands with NPU-enhanced chips that can handle generative AI.
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UCIe 3.0 springs open the door to higher speeds, enhanced link reliability, and smarter system coordination for increasingly complex chiplet packaging needs.
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A hybrid DC-DC converter topology boosts efficiency by combining a buck regulator and a charge pump. Is it the future of intermediate bus conversion?
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Three of Electronic Design’s most colorful editors will be attending North America’s leading power conference and would love to meet you if you’re planning to attend APEC 2026...

Editor's Choice: From the Electronic Design Archives

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

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Here’s what 40 years’ experience in large companies and small (some very small) can teach you about handling PCBs during the development stage of product engineering.
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When it comes to the venerable 555 timer, Paul Rako agrees with Bob Pease—avoid using it if your application demands any kind of precision.
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By allowing robots to perceive and engage with their surroundings like humans, Spatial AI is increasingly becoming an essential tool in a wide range of industries.
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Precision frequency control and timing are essential to all modern electronics technology.
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Multimegahertz buck converters require higher-frequency operation than silicon power transistors can provide. To meet this need, gallium nitride (GaN) power transistors enable...
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With a good company, you’re buying much more than the chip. You’re also obtaining the confidence that the chip was in good hands, because it’s usually designed by experts in the...
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Learn more about the single monitoring unit (SMU) from LEM and how it could facilitate higher-accuracy, intelligent battery management in EVs.
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From spacecraft engineers to open-source rebels, these innovative women are changing the face of what engineering looks like, one bold idea at a time.
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Out-of-the-box thinking for engineers is extremely difficult when engineers themselves create the box containing problem solutions. Electronic Design’s newly designated Automotive...
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Understanding the magnetic materials inside devices like chokes and transformers can help guide engineers to make smart selections that lead to significantly higher power density...

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