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1 week ago | allaboutcircuits.com | Duane Benson

Rohm has debuted the industry’s first MCUs that can use solely on-chip AI to predict equipment anomalies in industrial edge-AI applications. These chips, the ML63Q253x-NNNxx/ML63Q255x-NNNxx (datasheet linked), are the first that can perform both AI learning and AI inference in the MCU without contacting an external AI server. The devices target predictive maintenance for industrial control and monitoring needs.

1 week ago | allaboutcircuits.com | Luke James

In a milestone for space infrastructure, Astrobotic and WiBotic have announced the successful flight qualification of the world’s first wireless charging system designed for lunar surface operations. After a four-month testing campaign that included thermal vacuum exposure, lunar dust trials, vibration, and EMI evaluations, the wireless system has been declared ready for deployment, signaling a shift in how lunar surface assets may soon receive power.

2 weeks ago | allaboutcircuits.com | Luke James

Teams from the University of Michigan, MIT, UW–Madison, and PolyU have recently demonstrated how novel process tweaks, not just new materials, can yield significant gains in device performance and scalability. These manufacturing techniques can advance applications spanning piezoelectric sensing, infrared imaging, and solar energy.

2 weeks ago | allaboutcircuits.com | Duane Benson

Arm's processor architecture appears in more than 94% of automobiles. Now, the company is solidly positioning itself in the AI automobile market with the Arm Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS) platform for AI-supported vehicle design. Arm Zena is an Armv9-based pre-integrated and pre-validated, standardized AI silicon platform. Vehicles based on the Arm Zena will use AI to create a customized, safe, and efficient driving experience—all with minimal intervention from the occupants.

2 weeks ago | allaboutcircuits.com | Luke James

William Bradford Shockley was a pioneering physicist whose innovations helped ignite the electronics revolution. A Nobel Prize laureate and co-inventor of the transistor, Shockley's technical genius was rivaled only by the controversy that consumed his later years. William Shockley.