Year: 2017

SiFive Freedom E310 processor

Get the latest news on developments in the wider community and topics including wireless, embedded and open source silicon.

CRU: RISC-V, OpenRISC, LoRaWAN, and More

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has received a proposal for a cross-vendor standard designed to offer a solid and secure mechanism for updating the firmware of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the field. Written by Arm engineers Brendan Moran, Milosch Meriac, and Hannes Tschofenig, the draft – titled… Read More
Linux on OpenRISC

OpenRISC, RISC-V Merges Accepted into the Linux Kernel

Support for free and open source silicon in the Linux kernel took a jump this week with the merging of contributions for OpenRISC symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) and the first upstream RISC-V port. Support for symmetric multiprocessing on the OpenRISC platform comes courtesy of developer Stafford Horne, based on patches… Read More
Analog Bits Products

Analog Bits Joins SiFive’s DesignShare Platform

Open silicon specialist SiFive has announced another win for its DesignShare platform with Analog Bits, provider of low-power mixed signal intellectual property, adding its precision clocking macros into the mix. Designed to make it simpler for start-ups to build custom silicon by bringing together as much of the IP required… Read More
'Tux' the Penguin

Linux Kernel 4.14 Released with Six-Year Support

Linus Torvalds officially released Linux 4.14 this weekend, a six-year long-term support (LTS) version of the kernel with a wide range of improvements. “No surprises this week,” says Linus of the release, “although it is probably worth pointing out how the 0day robot has been getting even better,” referring… Read More

Hands-on with the LoRa Explorer

Pocketable LoRaWAN development platform from SODAQ and Microchip combines Arduino ease with all the features needed to start developing fully untethered applications right away. A little while Microchip were kind enough to send us a SODAQ Explorer board and the other night I finally got round to running up… Read More
Broadcom Radio Module

Broadcom Offers £98.8 Billion to Acquire Qualcomm

Broadcom has issued an offer to buy rival chip maker Qualcomm in a deal valued at nearly £100 billion – to include NXP Semiconductor, should Qualcomm’s own acquisition go through – further shrinking the embedded and communications chip markets. Following ongoing legal battles with Apple, Qualcomm’s largest customer, and reports… Read More
LoRaWAN Display

LoRa Alliance Releases LoRaWAN 1.1 Standard

The LoRa Alliance, responsible for the LoRaWAN long-range low-power wireless network standard, has announced the release of a new revision which brings with it support for global roaming. Announced during the All Members meeting in China, the LoRaWAN 1.1 standard brings support for global handover roaming, Class B, and security… Read More
Padlock

IETF Draft Proposes IoT Firmware Update Standard

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has received a proposal for a cross-vendor standard designed to offer a solid and secure mechanism for updating the firmware of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in the field. Written by Arm engineers Brendan Moran, Milosch Meriac, and Hannes Tschofenig, the draft – titled… Read More
MicroSemi Mi-V Board

CRU: RISC-V Growth, FPGAs, Radio, and More

Microsemi has announced it is to help push RISC-V adoption through Mi-V, a new ecosystem which gives those developing on the open architecture full tier-one vendor support from the top down. “As a leader in RISC-V, we are pleased Microsemi is the first tier one vendor to build out a… Read More