Inference 2.0: How enterprise AI is reshaping AI system architectures
Predictive, generative, and agentic AI are not successive generations. They coexist inside enterprise systems, each placing fundamentally different demands on the underlying compute infrastructure.
Predictive AI classifies, forecasts, and detects…
Dissecting third-party camera batteries, part 2: Swelling
It’s not uncommon for a midsection to become soft and distended with advancing age. That said, when it happens to a battery, it’s potentially quite problematic.
In last week’s part 1, I took apart a third-party BLX-1 battery which had…
Component and layout rules for USB-C, PD, and CMTI
Over the last two months, we mapped out how USB-C, Power Delivery (PD), vehicle-to-load (V2L), and high common-mode transit immunity (CMTI) are reshaping the landscapes of test and measurement and electric vehicles (EVs). The next challenge…
Bear on a power pole
Live wire power poles present obvious danger to wildlife, but emergency response plans for such events unfortunately seem to be inadequate.
The following screenshot image (Figure 1) shows a black bear that actually managed to climb to the top…
Why software-defined systems require a dynamic data layer
Every embedded project eventually needs to address similar challenges around how much storage should be allocated to the operating system, how much should be reserved for applications, how much capacity should be allocated for system and diagnostic…
Paper-based passives show impact of re-thinking substrate
I like to read about research innovations even if most of them don’t represent in an advance that can be commercialized or even leveraged to boost technology in general. Sometimes, the work that the team has done demonstrates innovation, discusses…
Drone bans harm customers and don’t actually close the door
Attempted prohibitions of foreign-sourced products based solely on theoretical claims, absent irrefutable supportive factual evidence, only invites domestic-supplier favoritism accusations.
Last year I went on a “bit” of a(nother) drone-buying…
BMICs enable scalable battery monitoring
Two battery monitoring ICs (BMICs) from Nuvoton, the KA49703A and KA49713A, are designed for battery backup units used in AI servers and energy storage systems. They can monitor up to 16 lithium-ion cells, while daisy-chain communication enables…
DDR5 MRDIMM chipset boosts server bandwidth
Renesas announced its third-generation DDR5 Multiplexed Rank DIMM (MRDIMM) chipset, delivering server-class speeds of up to 16,000 MT/s. The memory interface components, including the RRG5013 multiplexed registering clock driver and the RRG5103…
MCUs streamline single-motor control
Entry-level MCUs in Toshiba’s TXZ+ Series M4L Group integrate dedicated hardware and security functions for single-motor control applications. The devices feature an 80-MHz Arm Cortex-M4 core with an FPU and target home appliances, consumer…
MRDIMM enables higher DDR5 bandwidth
Innodisk’s DDR5 Multiplexed Rank DIMM (MRDIMM) uses a multiplexed registering clock driver and a multiplexed data buffer to achieve data rates up to 12,800 MT/s. By enabling simultaneous access to two ranks, the memory module increases bandwidth…
CXL controller scales server memory
Montage Technology has introduced the M88MX6852, a CXL 3.2 Memory eXpander Controller (MXC) chip for AI infrastructure and data center applications. The device has entered trial production and has been integrated into next-generation CXL products…
