Memory costs impacting smartphone SoC space: Counterpoint

Analyst Soumen Mandal said that in 2020, memory accounted for about 8% of component costs in a flagship device such as Apple's ( AAPL) iPhone 12 Pro Max (6 GB DRAM and 128 GB NAND). By September 2025, ...
Electronic Design

Re-configurable Memory System Shrinks Cost Of SoC Designs

Building upon the first generation of its Self-Test and Repair (STAR) Memory System, the company has developed its new Re-configurable STAR Memory System, which promises to shrink the overal cost of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Securing Offload Engines For A Robust Secure SoC System

Welcome to the Securing Offload Engines blog series where we will explore different approaches to security implementations and look at system examples involving Cadence Tensilica Xtensa Processors. In ...