IBM demonstrates Personal Area Networks (PAN), transmitting data through the human body. A prototype PAN system allows users to exchange electronic business cards by shaking hands. Says IBM: “A kiss ...

IEEE Spectrum said the team’s discovery opens the way for implantable devices, on-skin computers, brain-machine interfaces, and soft robotics. According to the article, UK-based Pragmatic ...

The first four paragraphs of an article written by XMOS Semiconductor’s VP of Marketing Richard Terrill in Chip Design magazine do an excellent job of framing the “FPGA-versus-microprocessor” pseudo ...

Triscend Corp. will be providing the ammunition and Hitachi Ltd. will be supplying the firepower as the two companies join forces to take on PLD makers, ASIC vendors and others rushing to fuse ...

(Reuters) - Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger inherited a troubled company that had lost its edge in manufacturing skills and had ceded to rivals the hugely lucrative markets for chips used in mobile phones and ...

APEX-Optimized 32-bit Configurable Processor for Altera's Megafunction Partner Program (AMPP SM) High Performance MPU for Embedded Systems Web-based Xtensa Generator will Provide MPU Features ...

A microprocessor is a complex, programmable integrated circuit (IC) on a single chip that can execute instructions. This generally includes CPUs found in computers but also refers to the ...

The Dutch electronics company Philips, a maker of Webcams and cordless phones, has invented a battery-powered, programmable drug capsule it calls the "iPill." The multivitamin-size "intelligent pill" ...