Electronic Products’ five-story 2023 year-end selection covered IoT processors, 5G millimeter-wave power devices, automotive functional safety and the wider embedded-systems landscape. EE Times published Gina Roos’s recap on December 29, 2023, highlighting stories from its sister publication. The list is an editorial selection, not a ranked measure of readership or market popularity.
What were Electronic Products’ top five stories from 2023?
The recap presents five distinct engineering themes. Two focus directly on IoT hardware; the others examine power technology for 5G mmWave, safety in automotive processors, and a broad embedded-systems event.
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Selecting Wireless SoCs for IoT Designs
Choosing a wireless system-on-chip (SoC) means weighing integration against design constraints. Power consumption, performance, software support and cost all matter, as do the needs of the finished device. The title’s central point is that wireless integration can bring benefits, but choosing a part still requires evaluating trade-offs for the specific IoT design.
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Will GaN Tech Solve 5G mmWave Challenges?
Gallium nitride (GaN) power devices are presented as a promising option for 5G millimeter-wave systems, where efficiency and frequency demands are demanding. The recap’s qualification is important: technological improvements and lower costs are still needed. It frames GaN as a potential contributor, not a complete or already-settled answer to mmWave challenges.
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Enabling functional safety in automotive processors
As automotive systems adopt new technologies, processor development must address functional safety as well as computing performance. A design team evaluating automotive processors therefore needs to consider the safety architecture and applicable compliance needs alongside processing capability and integration.
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Embedded World 2023: MPUs, MCUs, SoCs and RISC-V
This story captured the breadth of the 21st annual Embedded World showcase, where hundreds of suppliers presented embedded-system technologies. Its platform landscape included microprocessor units (MPUs), microcontroller units (MCUs), SoCs and the increasingly visible RISC-V architecture. The item is a snapshot of a broad supplier event, rather than a comparison of a single product category.
Rank #2
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Top Processors for IoT Designs
IoT processors need to keep pace with requirements for advanced features, higher performance and better software tools. Selecting one involves balancing compute capability, feature set, software ecosystem, power use and product longevity. Those criteria overlap with wireless SoC selection, but this story focuses on the processor platform and its ability to support the product over time.
How the five topics differ
| Story theme | Application | Dominant design consideration | Technology maturity in the recap | Evaluation hardware |
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| Wireless SoC selection | IoT | Integration, power, performance, software support and cost | Not stated in the EE Times recap | Wireless SoC development kit; specific hardware is not stated in the recap |
| GaN for 5G mmWave | Telecommunications | Efficiency, frequency capability, technological improvement and cost | Further technology and cost improvements are needed, according to the recap | Specific evaluation hardware is not stated in the recap |
| Automotive processor safety | Automotive | Functional-safety architecture and compliance alongside performance | Not stated in the EE Times recap | Specific evaluation hardware is not stated in the recap |
| Embedded World platforms | Embedded systems generally | Comparing a broad set of platform types and suppliers | RISC-V is described as gaining visibility alongside MPUs, MCUs and SoCs | Specific evaluation hardware is not stated in the recap |
| IoT processor selection | IoT | Compute, features, software tools, power and product longevity | Not stated in the EE Times recap | IoT development board; specific hardware is not stated in the recap |
What ties the IoT stories together?
The wireless SoC and processor stories both concern selecting hardware for IoT products, but they emphasize different parts of the decision. A wireless SoC brings connectivity and processing choices into the same component-selection discussion, so integration and radio-related design constraints matter. A processor-focused evaluation puts more emphasis on computing features, software tools, power and the platform’s useful life.
Rank #3
For an early prototype, an IoT development board or wireless SoC development kit can provide physical hardware to evaluate. The right kit depends on the intended product and the component under consideration; the year-end recap does not identify specific boards or recommend a particular supplier.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.What the year-end list does—and does not—say
The recap identifies these five stories as memorable picks from Electronic Products’ 2023 coverage. It does not provide readership figures, traffic rankings, market-size statistics or evidence that the list is ordered by popularity. Treat “top five” as the publication’s editorial selection, not a quantitative ranking of the year’s most-read articles.
Source: EE Times, “Electronic Products’ Top 5 Stories From 2023,” by Gina Roos, December 29, 2023.
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