Sapient Perception has launched ECHO, a 10K UAV sensor and AI platform for wide-area autonomous surveillance. The system combines high-resolution imaging, onboard processing, and edge AI for defence, emergency response, and infrastructure security missions.
Toshiba has expanded its 74AVC level-shifter family. The new 1-bit and 2-bit dual-supply bus transceivers support low-voltage SoC interfaces, small packages, and bidirectional communication for UART, GPIO, and SPI designs.
Advantech has added Ryzen AI Embedded P100 platforms. The portfolio covers a 3.5in SBC, COM Express module, and Mini-ITX motherboard for edge AI, industrial automation, medical imaging, transport, and urban systems.
Keysight has expanded its PCIe 7.0 test portfolio with a receiver test application for 128GT/s validation in compute, AI, and data-centre ASIC development.
Microchip has launched LAN878x and LAN888x Single Pair Ethernet PHY families with MACsec security, TSN support, and ISO 26262 ASIL-B functional safety capability.
Cognex has launched the In-Sight 3900, an embedded AI machine vision system powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing platforms for high-throughput production-line inspection.
Renesas has completed its acquisition of Irida Labs, adding embedded vision AI software for camera and sensor systems across industrial, robotics, infrastructure, healthcare, and IoT applications.
NXP CoreRide is gaining expanded Vector software support for zonal software-defined vehicle platforms, strengthening embedded stacks, secure update architectures, and real-time system integration.
Rambus has introduced PCIe 7.0 Switch IP with time-division multiplexing, targeting scalable AI, cloud, and HPC systems requiring more efficient data movement across compute and storage resources.
The University of Sheffield has hosted a major Tiny Tapeout workshop, giving more than 120 students from ten UK universities hands-on ASIC design and fabrication experience.
