Special Report
Humanoid Touch And Voice Are Improving Rapidly
General-purpose humanoid robots need all their senses to function equally well; vision and movement are the farthest along, but others are catching up.
Batteries Charge To The Edge
Chemistry is becoming the determining factor across many markets as focus shifts to power.
Top Stories
Building AI Without Guardrails
The semiconductor ecosystem is wrestling with fragmented standards, IP exposure, and the urgent need for runtime assurance.
Next-Gen Batteries Require Impedance Data And Active Balancing
Battery management systems are growing increasingly smarter with innovations in software and hardware that enable more accurate estimation of battery state of charge and health, along with predictive diagnostics.
How Long Will CAN Stick Around As Rival Networks Speed Up?
New in-vehicle networking technology will likely take over as more AI is added, but in the near term designers face challenges integrating new with old.
Opinion
Lasers Are The Heartbeat Of The Optical AI Data Center
These III-V semiconductors are essential for super-high-bandwidth optical interconnects.
Sponsor Blogs
Synopsys’ Marc Serughetti explains why it’s no longer sufficient to simulate a physical vehicle or subsystem, in The Emergence Of Electronics Digital Twins For Software-Defined Vehicles.
Rambus’ Berardino Carnevale examines a security model where every chiplet can prove identity, boot correctly, and communicate securely without becoming the weak link, in Securing Chiplet-Based Platforms: Distributed Trust With Centralized Authority.
Siemens EDA’s Muhammad Hassan and Sudarshan Deo look at how connectivity density and power delivery complexity have made power integrity one of the most critical constraints in modern system design, in Powering AI At Scale: Why 3D-ICs Demand A New Approach To Power Integrity.
Keysight’s Jasper van Woudenberg digs into a framework that establishes concrete device-specific security requirements upfront and verifies them at the end, in How OCP S.O.L.I.D. Completes The Data Center Security Picture.
Cadence’s Reela Samuel examines balancing performance, manufacturability, cost, and thermal efficiency in ways neither traditional planar designs nor purely vertical stacks can, in 2.5D + 3D = “3.5D”!
Infineon’s Paul Wiener explains how a common metric overlooks the energy wasted by inefficient server AC/DC power conversion, in What Is Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) In Data Centers?
Synaptics’ Neeta Shenoy and Pulsenmore’s Elazar Sonnenschein show how to design of AI-guided, patient-operated home ultrasound probes that can produce a reliable medical image, in Beyond the Clinic: A Blueprint For Developing Reliable, Edge AI-Enabled Medical Devices.
Imagination’s Tyrran Ferguson looks at the evolution of game engines, the realities of mobile performance, and what GPU vendors need to deliver to support the next generation of developers, in Designing GPUs For Developers: A Conversation With Godot.
Sponsor White Papers
Enabling A Critical Phase in SoC Development
For SoC designs that include high-speed, voluminous I/O, it is essential that the prototype be exercised with large amounts of real-world I/O over extended periods.
Power And Sensing – Selection Guide 2026
The latest power and sensing innovations – solutions, applications, and product highlights in one comprehensive guide.
Securing AI at the Silicon Level: Solutions for a Smarter, Safer Future
Embedding hardware‑rooted protection into AI SoCs and chiplets to secure their data and models.
The Unavoidable CMMC Deadline
75% don’t prioritize CMMC — but 100% will need it by November 2028.
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