In the first of three parts, Andy hypothesizes that the K2-W Analog Computer Op Amp’s design has some unrevealed mad science in its input-stage design. 1. K2-W Op Amp schematic from Bob Pease’s ...

Analogue Computing hits the road as editor Andy Turudic uses THe Analog Thing Analog Laptop Computer to simulate an automobile suspension encountering a pothole. Some of you may have already ...

We often think of analog computing as a relic of the past, room-sized monstrosities filled with vacuum tubes doing their best to calculate Monte Carlo simulations or orbital velocities. Analog isn’t ...

Ultra-low-voltage CMOS analog circuits operate from supply rails below 0.5 V to minimise power consumption in portable and energy-harvesting systems. Achieving high open-loop gain, flat frequency ...

Where digital and analog designs are overlapping, and why it’s becoming more difficult to ensure they work as expected over their lifetimes. Pujol: We need some abstraction because we cannot ...

Industry’s leading platform for creating differentiated custom silicon delivers unmatched productivity benefits with new generative AI technology Virtuoso Studio empowers designers to push ...

In the last blog I introduced MOTIF (Modeling Operation Through the Implementation of Features) which is in the new simulator engine residing inside of VisualAnalog that is replacing ADIsimADC. As I ...

Analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) transcribe continuous signals into digital form, underpinning applications from telecommunications and biomedical imaging to instrumentation. Key ADC architectures ...

While digital computers have become entrenched in our daily lives, a new analog quantum computer offers a stark contrast in both its design and capabilities. A team of physicists from Stanford ...

With advancements in the digital world, like artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics and the Internet of Things, computers are experiencing serious challenges. Current digital processing ...