Unbelievable! This VSCode Plugin Doubled My Embedded Development Efficiency

Unbelievable! This VSCode Plugin Doubled My Embedded Development Efficiency

1. Introduction Hello everyone, I am Mai Ge. As an embedded development engineer, my daily work is closely related to register configuration, communication protocol debugging, and memory leak troubleshooting. I wonder if anyone else has found themselves in a similar predicament: High Repetitive Work: Sensor initialization and peripheral driver development account for 70% of my … Read more

Data Center Power Upgrades: The Indispensable Role of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Data Center Power Upgrades: The Indispensable Role of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

According to a report by Synergy Research Group, by the end of 2024, the number of data centers operated by hyperscale operators will reach 1,136, a significant increase from less than 600 in the fourth quarter of 2019, indicating that the number of global hyperscale data centers has nearly doubled in the past five years.Additionally, … Read more

Is There a Need for Humanoid Robots?

Is There a Need for Humanoid Robots?

Recently, the famous investor Zhu Xiaohu stated that he has withdrawn from humanoid robot projects in bulk. Zhu believes that humanoid robots are currently more for educational and performance purposes, and he does not see their commercial value. The current hype around humanoid robots is more a result of speculation, and their valuations are excessively … Read more

Latest Research from Wuhan University: Piracetam Shapes Wide Bandgap Perovskite Crystals for Scalable Perovskite Tandems

Latest Research from Wuhan University: Piracetam Shapes Wide Bandgap Perovskite Crystals for Scalable Perovskite Tandems

Fully perovskite tandem solar cells exhibit excellent performance and a wide range of applications. However, bridging the gap in power conversion efficiency between small-area and large-area (>1 cm2) devices remains a significant challenge, posing a substantial barrier to the commercialization of fully perovskite tandem solar cells. In light of this, on April 17, 2025, Ke … Read more

Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Power Supply Design Based on DSP

Phase-Shifted Full-Bridge Power Supply Design Based on DSP

Abstract This article mainly introduces a design method for a phase-shifted full-bridge switching power supply based on a Digital Signal Processor (DSP). The design goal is to achieve high efficiency and high stability output while addressing power loss and electromagnetic interference issues in traditional power supply designs. By introducing DSP control technology and phase-shift adjustment, … Read more

Will Honor Return to Huawei?

Will Honor Return to Huawei?

From an organizational structure perspective, the new shareholders have their own interests, and generally speaking, the biggest interest of a company is to gain profits through going public, and the new shareholders also have their own motivations, with two different organizational structures, if they are forcibly merged through some mysterious power, the outcome will not … Read more

The Circuit Board Factory Appoints a New Production Director

The Circuit Board Factory Appoints a New Production Director

[PCB Information Network] The X circuit board factory has been operating at a loss for three consecutive months. Seeing the unfavorable trend, the owner decisively replaced the production director.A PCB industry leader once said, “We must seek efficiency through management!” They hired a management expert, hoping he could turn the situation around. The new production … Read more

Employee Compensation at Weir Shares, Huahong Semiconductor, and SMIC in 2023

Employee Compensation at Weir Shares, Huahong Semiconductor, and SMIC in 2023

According to the 2023 company financial reports, we summarize the revenue and employee compensation of three major semiconductor companies. 1. Revenue Due to the overall impact on the industry, in 2023, SMIC and Huahong Semiconductor saw their revenues decline by 8.6% and 3.3%, respectively. Weir Shares experienced growth against the trend, with revenue increasing from … Read more

Performance Benchmarking of Snapdragon 8s Gen4: Efficiency and Gaming Performance Analysis

Performance Benchmarking of Snapdragon 8s Gen4: Efficiency and Gaming Performance Analysis

This time, Qualcomm’s new mid-rangeSnapdragon 8s Gen4 has significant upgrades compared toSnapdragon 8s Gen3, with a CPU design featuring 1 super core and 7 large cores, and nearly double the cache. The performance results from the database in terms of benchmarking, efficiency, and gaming are as follows:In terms of chip microarchitecture:Snapdragon 8s Gen4 is manufactured … Read more

Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Execution in PCB Factories?!

Who Should Be Blamed for Poor Execution in PCB Factories?!

1 [PCB Information Network]: XXX Circuit Board Factory is a newly established enterprise with goals and ideals, but the factory has poor execution and low efficiency. The boss thought, this cannot go on like this; let alone going public, when will we ever make a profit? So he waved his hand and ordered the entire … Read more