If you have been following the semiconductor chip industry, you may know that in the past year or two, “mergers and acquisitions” have become a prominent keyword in this field. For example, Intel acquired enterprise chip giant Altera for $16.7 billion, AMD acquired another enterprise chip giant Xilinx for $35 billion, and NVIDIA recently completed … Read more
In-depth study of Apple’s Darwin OS and XNU kernel architecture, tracing its evolution from Mach and BSD roots to support for macOS, iOS, and Apple Silicon. This article explores the design of the hybrid kernel, its adaptability to new hardware and security paradigms, and why XNU remains a unique foundation of resilience and scalability for … Read more
After the launch of the popular Samsung S5830 in 2011, Samsung did not achieve the same success in the mid-range market for a long time. However, in 2015, Samsung successfully reclaimed its position at the top of the smartphone market with the Samsung S6. The Samsung S6 and S6 edge not only featured stunning designs … Read more
According to reports from Electronic Enthusiasts (by Zhou Kaiyang), for any major chip manufacturer, the choice of Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) is made with great caution. The ISA not only determines the ease of chip development but also dictates the software and development ecosystem tied to it, potentially impacting market competition. However, in this crucial … Read more
Fundamentals are the Foundation of Dance 　　Throughout the process of learning dance, instructors repeatedly emphasize the importance of fundamentals. In fact, many technical movements in dance rely heavily on solid fundamentals. For dance, fundamentals are like the foundation of a building; only when the foundation is strong can the building be sturdy, and only then … Read more
According to reports from Electronic Enthusiasts (by Zhou Kaiyang), data centers, as the most focused market for CPU, GPU, and accelerator manufacturers, naturally cannot miss the involvement of the new architecture RISC-V. In previous articles, we have introduced some progress of RISC-V in data centers. Although RISC-V has not shown significant momentum in general-purpose CPUs … Read more
At the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opening on April 25, 2024, Sinch Technology and HMI development software provider Qt Group jointly released and showcased a new intelligent cockpit solution: the Outrun digital cockpit solution based on the Sinch X9SP and Qt 6.5 LTS, as well as a dashboard solution based on the Sinch E3340 and … Read more
On November 22, it was reported that the automotive “chip shortage” has persisted for nearly two years. However, with the decline in demand for consumer chips, some consumer chip manufacturers have begun to cut orders, which has released upstream wafer foundry capacity. As a result, the shortage of automotive chips has also eased. According to … Read more
There are many reasons for writing this post, the biggest reason being that the Renesas development environment is indeed a bit troublesome. Developing with Renesas MCUs can be quite challenging, and I encountered many pitfalls while exploring on my own, so I need to document this.I got in touch with Renesas because it has become … Read more
By | Dazhuang Lv Reported by AI-Drive AI-Drive notes: As a leading global semiconductor supplier, Renesas Electronics has recently shifted from a low profile to confidently attacking the autonomous driving market. This Japanese giant’s roadmap hides its major weapon, the yet-to-be-released next-generation R-CAR SoC, which is designed for deep learning and is expected to be … Read more