The Eclipse Foundation announced updates to the Open VSX Registry, its vendor-neutral extension registry for tools built on the VS Code extension API. The registry is used in AI-enabled and cloud-based developer platforms, including Amazon’s Kiro, Google’s Antigravity, Cursor, IBM’s Bob, VSCodium, Windsurf and Ona (formerly Gitpod). A new pre-publication verification network will identify security risks. The framework enables the ...
Unifying embedded software files, datasheets and applications notes for Renesas’ RA family of MCUs, Renesas 365 is the company’s cloud-based environment for system development, device lifecycle management and concept validation. It is powered by Altium and, according to Renesas Electronics, is the first platform to bring silicon and systems together across an open ecosystem at scale. It allows engineering teams ...
Nordic Semiconductor has updated its Fuel Gauge software to v2.0. This is the battery health system for its nPM1300 and nPM1304 power management ICS. The release adds State-of-Health estimation, adaptive battery modelling, and long-term fleet analytics capabilities, says Nordic. Basically, extending battery management for a wider range of power-constrained IoT products. Fuel Gauge Fuel Gauge v2.0 runs on any host ...
Axivion for CUDA has been announced by Qt Group as part of Nvidia’s Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab for automated safety checking of robots and autonomous vehicles. It provides continuous GPU/CPU code analysis measured against Nvidia guidelines and industry standards and generates the documentation needed by Halos for sign-off. It also enables the early detection of problematic issues to reduce ...
Axelera AI is adding Kudelski Labs’ security IP to its Europa AI chip for secure, high-performance Edge AI processing. It will support, for example, secure activation and real-time threat detection capabilities. Specifically, it has integrated the Kudelski Secure Enclave (KSE3) into its Europa processor unit (AIPU). The system is designed to protect advanced inference workloads within demanding edge environments. Possible ...
Test System Architect is a graphical toolset developed for signal path design and deployment by signal switching and simulation specialist, Pickering Interfaces. The toolset is available free of charge and can be used to design, confiture and visualise test architectures, explained Kyle Voosen, product marketing manager at Pickering Interfaces. Voosen said that the challenge faced by many customers today is ...
Android 17 development is underway – Google has released the first beta of the next major update to its mobile and embedded operating system. Google highlights improvements to camera and media functionality, new tools for connectivity optimisation, and expanded profiles for companion devices for Android 17. Media In more detail, Google is promising to bring “professional-grade tools to media and ...
HighTec EDV-Systeme, the automotive MCU compiler specialist, has released a new version of its HighTec Rust and C/C++ Arm Development Platform. Version v10.0 broadens its device support, integrates LLVM 19 (the Low Level Virtual Machine open source compiler), and supports memory-safe Rust for hybrid development with legacy C/C++. HighTec HighTec also highlights v10.0 comes with qualification kits to help speed ...
In the latest CHIIPs podcast, Thomas Andersen, vice president for AI and machine learning at Synopsys, shatters the threat of AI for design engineering jobs as he discusses the use of AI by the EDA industry. It will be most beneficial where there is reuse, he believes, outlining how AI can be taught a design, and self-learning will allow it ...
Yesterday, Microsoft made the software for its Maia 200 chip – its second generation inference processor – available to developers. MS AI chief Scott Guthrie called the Maia 200 “the most efficient inference system Microsoft has ever deployed.” It is made on TSMC’s 3nm process. Developers, academics, AI labs and people contributing to open-source AI models can apply for a ...
