Semiconductor companies join forces to accelerate RISC-V

Semiconductor companies Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, and Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., have come together to jointly invest in a company. This aims at advancing adoption of RISC-V (reduced instruction set computer-five) globally by enabling hardware development.

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IoT devices driving $4.6bn for high-performance embedded security hardware, says ABI Research

High-performance embedded secure hardware has long been the prerogative of high-compute devices like PCs and smartphones. Today, as penetration into these devices flattens, fresh demand is coming from the IoT ecosystem, says ABI Research, a global technology intelligence firm.

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Weebit Nano’s ReRAM IP now available in SkyWater Technology’s S130 process

Weebit Nano Limited and SkyWater Technology confirm Weebit Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) IP has been fully qualified for industrial temperatures employing SkyWater’s 130nm CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) (S130) process, including third party processing.

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Renesas expands motor control embedded processing portfolio with over 35 new MCUs

Tokyo, Japan – Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has debuted three new MCU groups targeting motor control applications. Renesas is introducing over 35 new products, including devices from both the RX and RA families. The new MCUs add to the motor control portfolio, including multiple MCU and MPU families, analogue and

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Weebit Nano receives from SkyWater the silicon wafers manufactured with ReRAM

Weebit Nano Limited, a developer of memory technologies for the global semiconductor industry, and SkyWater Technology, the trusted technology realisation partner, announce the silicon wafers integrating Weebit’s embedded Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) module have been delivered to Weebit from SkyWater’s U.S. production fab.

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Intel chooses Check Point to enable security for new Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V platform

San Carlos, United States – Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a provider of cyber security solutions globally, has announced a new collaboration with Intel Corporation. Check Point Quantum IoT Protect will be made available within Intel’s new platform for IoT device developers – Intel Pathfinder for RISC-V.

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High-end RISC-V solutions to be developed by Renesas and SiFive

Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and SiFive, Inc., a provider in RISC-V processors and silicon solutions, announced a strategic partnership.

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Microsemi announces its entire product portfolio is unaffected by Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities

Microsemi Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, announced its products, including its field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), are not affected by the recently identified security flaws associated with the use of x86 and ARM®

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