Cadence Tensilica IP Powers Analog Devices’ Next-Generation DSP Architecture

Cadence today announced that its Tensilica IP Group and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) worked together to develop the latest generation of SHARC® automotive audio processors, further strengthening ADI’s industry-leading position in premium in-vehicle audio solutions. The joint effort brings Cadence’s highly optimized Tensilica DSP architecture into the next-generation ADSP product family from ADI, enabling richer audio experiences, enhanced voice interactions, and greater system intelligence for future automotive platforms.

For decades, ADI has been a leader in automotive audio processing, with its ADSP family powering many of the world's most advanced infotainment and premium audio systems. These processors enable a broad range of applications, including:

• Automated Driving alerts and Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems (AVAS)
• Road Noise and Engine Order Cancellation (RNC and EOC)
• Personal Sound Zones (PSZ) and immersive 3D audio rendering
• Voice processing, AI assistance, and hands-free communication

“As the complexity of automotive audio, acoustic and voice applications continues to grow, it became clear that we needed a DSP architecture capable of delivering significantly higher performance and on-chip AI capability while maintaining the deterministic real-time behavior our customers depend on,” said Andrew Lanfear, head of Automotive Audio & Networking, ADI. “Given their leadership in DSP IP, working with Cadence was the natural choice for ADI. The ability to create custom instructions using Tensilica Instruction Extension (TIE) technology allows us to accelerate proprietary audio and voice algorithms while providing dedicated DSP resources for real-time voice offload and next-generation automotive workloads.”

“ADI’s selection of Cadence’s Tensilica DSP technology for the next generation of ADSP processors underscores its focus on high-performance automotive audio and AI,” said Amol Borkar, group director, product management, Tensilica DSPs, Cadence. “The advanced architecture in the SHARC-FX core is optimized for on-chip AI/ML and signal-processing workloads, enabling applications such as music genre identification, music source separation (MSS), and real-time vocal removal to run efficiently on the DSP, while the host CPU remains dedicated to vehicle-domain and operating system functions.”

“DSP Concepts has been a long-time trusted partner of both Cadence Tensilica DSPs and ADI, enabling rich audio applications on both platforms,” said Chin Beckmann, CEO of DSP Concepts. “Through the integration of their technologies in our Audio Weaver (AWE) framework, we were able to witness and validate the winning, best-in-class results of this amazing collaboration between these industry pioneers.”

Building on the success of the ADSP-SC59x/2159x family, ADI is introducing the new ADSP-SC84x/2184x platform, featuring a next-generation architecture and a transition from 28nm to 16nm process technology, delivering significantly improved energy efficiency, higher operating frequencies, and increased integration for modern software-defined vehicles (SDV). Other benefits include an LPDDR4 memory interface, increased on-chip L2 memory, enhanced cybersecurity via a dedicated hardware security module (HSM), and two optional connectivity cores offering enhanced communication and mainline Linux support.

One of the ADSP-SC84x family’s key innovations is the introduction of the new SHARC-FX processor core, designed and built through a joint engagement with Cadence. The SHARC-FX features a custom DSP architecture, built on the same technology platform that delivers best-in-class Tensilica DSPs for audio, vision, and radar segments. As a result, the SHARC-FX delivers a substantial performance uplift, supporting a broader range of data types, enhanced VLIW SIMD architecture, efficient cache operations, and an expanded instruction set optimized for modern signal processing and AI workloads. Together, these improvements, coupled with the higher operating frequency of the SHARC-FX processor core, provide 5X higher performance compared to the previous generation SHARC+ processor used in the ADSP-SC59x family. This paves the way for an array of next-generation applications in the vehicle, including seat-specific in-cabin audio experiences, AI-enhanced noise cancellation, intelligent voice assistants, and generative AI audio.

As automotive audio and voice-enabled systems continue to evolve, many workloads are now transitioning from traditional signal-processing algorithms to AI-driven approaches that deliver higher accuracy, greater adaptability, and more personalized user experiences. The SHARC-FX core’s expanded instruction set enables it to efficiently implement these emerging AI models alongside conventional DSP workloads, providing the computational performance required for real-time neural-network-based audio inference at the edge. By supporting optimized NN kernel routines for popular AI/ML frameworks such as Google’s LiteRT™, the latest AI models can be easily offloaded to the SHARC-FX core for a high performance and energy-efficient implementation compared to running them on the host CPU.

Furthermore, ADI provides a rich toolset and ecosystem consisting of Cadence’s compiler and tools as well as ADI’s EZ-KIT® evaluation system, CrossCore® Embedded Studio, SigmaStudio+TM, and other industry-leading frameworks, including DSP Concepts’ Audio Weaver.

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Gainward Leverages NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture in New RTX 5060 Ti Ghost 8GB Lineup

Gainward has expanded its next-generation graphics portfolio with the launch of the GeForce RTX™ 5060 Ti Ghost 8GB and Ghost 8GB OC, bringing NVIDIA’s advanced Blackwell silicon to mainstream desktop systems. Built to handle the latest graphics workloads, the cards feature 5th-generation Tensor Cores, 4th-generation Ray Tracing Cores, and 8GB of high-speed 28 Gbps GDDR7 memory across a 128-bit bus. Designed to maximize rasterization and AI-powered frame generation within an efficient 180W power envelope, the RTX 5060 Ti Ghost series offers power users a future-ready graphics pipeline built for high-framerate gameplay and creative productivity.

Targeted Performance for the Majority of Gamers

Data from Steam’s Hardware Survey continues to highlight that 1920×1080 remains the dominant resolution, used by over 50% of PC gamers globally. While higher resolutions draw headlines, Full HD high-refresh-rate gaming continues to be the sweet spot for competitive players and daily gamers alike.

For users transitioning from legacy GTX or early RTX architectures, the Gainward RTX 5060 Ti Ghost series provides an extraordinary generational leap:

• NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture: Delivers massive efficiency gains alongside ultra-fast GDDR7 memory operating across a 128-bit bus.
• Next-Gen AI & Ray Tracing: Powered by 5th-Gen Tensor Cores and 4th-Gen RT Cores, enabling full support for DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation and Neural Rendering.
• Ultra-Low Latency: Integrated NVIDIA Reflex technology ensures minimal input delay for high-stakes competitive gaming.

Superior Engineering in a Compact Dual-Slot Footprint

Upgrading your graphics card shouldn't require a larger PC case or a new power supply. The Gainward Ghost series is meticulously designed for high compatibility:

• Compact Form Factor: Measuring 262.1mm × 126.3mm with a clean 2-slot profile, it fits effortlessly into standard mid-tower and small-form-factor builds.
• Standard Power Requirements: Operates efficiently via a single 8-pin connector (recommended 600W ATX 3.X PSU), eliminating the need for complex adapter cables.
• Factory Overclocked Power: The Ghost 8GB operates at a 2572MHz boost clock, while the Ghost 8GB OC variant pushes performance further to 2632MHz out of the box.

Gainward Ghost Cooling: Stealthy, Efficient, Reliable

To maintain peak clock speeds without compromising acoustic comfort, Gainward has implemented an upgraded thermal dynamic solution built into the Ghost series:

• Precision Thermal Module: Features a high-conductivity copper base paired with composite heat pipes for rapid heat transfer directly away from the GPU die and GDDR7 VRAM.
• Reinforced Fan Blades: Optimized airflow design maximizes static pressure across the heatsink fins while minimizing turbulence.
• Zero RPM Silent Technology: For everyday web browsing, office tasks, or light multimedia workloads, the fans shut off completely for 0dB silent operation.

Future-Ready Connectivity & Smart Platform Design

The Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Ghost features modern display outputs for high-refresh displays and multi-monitor setups, including 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b supporting UHBR speeds.

While 8GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory offers maximum throughput for mainstream 1080p workloads, the Ghost series optimizes every megabyte through architectural efficiency and DLSS image reconstruction, delivering smooth frame rates across the latest AAA and esports titles.

Why Gainward Ghost is the Smart Upgrade Choice

For millions of gamers running GTX 10-series, GTX 16-series, or RTX 20/30-series GPUs, upgrading to the Gainward GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Ghost delivers everything needed to modernize a gaming PC: top-tier thermal management, quiet operation, factory-tuned reliability, and full access to NVIDIA's latest Blackwell features, all without requiring a complete system rebuild.

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Kingston Champions High-Performance Storage for World Tourism Day

In celebration of World Tourism Day, memory and storage hardware leader Kingston Technology has spotlighted its comprehensive range of portable and internal storage solutions engineered to support modern visual storytellers. As travel creators document diverse landscapes and vibrant cultures using immersive media formats—spanning high-bitrate 8K video, RAW aerial photography, and multi-camera mobile feeds—the demands placed on storage go far beyond simple data capacity. Designed to streamline field workflows away from conventional studio desks, Kingston’s hardware portfolio ensures photographers, filmmakers, and travel vloggers can offload, edit, and safeguard their multi-gigabyte travel stories seamlessly on location.

For Creators Working with Large-Format Content

High-resolution content can place considerable pressure on a creator’s system, particularly when multiple video streams, large RAW libraries or complex editing projects are involved. High-performance internal storage can help reduce delays during file transfers, editing and rendering.

Kingston FURY Renegade G5 PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD (up to 8TB): Designed for high-performance computing and intensive workloads, the drive offers read speeds of up to 14,800MB/s and write speeds of up to 14,000MB/s, along with more than 2 million IOPS. With capacities extending up to 8TB, it provides substantial room for large creative libraries and demanding 8K workflows.

Kingston KC3000 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD: Built for users handling data-intensive workloads, the KC3000 delivers read and write speeds of up to 7,000MB/s. Its compact M.2 design and low-profile graphene aluminium heat spreader make it suitable for systems used for video editing, rendering, animation and other demanding creative applications.

Taking the Backup Workflow Beyond the Studio

Travel creators frequently work in situations where portability matters just as much as performance. A day of shooting can generate hundreds of gigabytes of content, making quick on-location backups an essential part of protecting valuable footage.

Kingston XS2000 External SSD: Combining a compact form factor with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 performance, the XS2000 delivers speeds of up to 2,000MB/s. It comes with a protective rubber sleeve and an IP55 rating, making it particularly suited to creators working across varied environments. The drive also supports direct Apple ProRes recording on compatible devices.

Kingston XS1000 External SSD: Small enough to travel easily in a pocket or camera bag, the XS1000 offers speeds of up to 1,050MB/s. Its broad compatibility across PCs, tablets and smartphones makes it a practical option for quick backups, transferring footage and expanding storage while travelling.

Kingston Dual Portable SSD: Designed for creators who regularly move between different devices, the Dual Portable SSD incorporates both USB Type-A and USB Type-C connectors. With USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance of up to 1,050MB/s, it enables convenient file movement across compatible laptops, desktops and mobile devices without relying on additional adapters.

Making Room for the Journey

For today’s travel creators, the creative process does not stop when the shutter closes or the recording ends. Footage needs to be secured, transferred, reviewed, edited and ultimately preserved.

As cameras and mobile devices continue to capture richer and larger files, dependable storage is becoming an increasingly important part of that process. Whether documenting a remote landscape, producing a travel film on the road or building a long-term visual archive, Kingston’s portfolio enables creators to spend less time managing files and more time shaping the stories behind them.

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A10 Networks Launches A10 AI Gateway, an Intelligent Control Plane for Unified Management of All AI Operations

A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today announced that A10 AI Gateway, an intelligent control plane for centrally managing AI use across organizations, is scheduled to become available in the fourth quarter of 2026.

A10 AI Gateway provides unified routing, cost management and governance across the AI agents, applications and large language models (LLMs) used by organizations. It enables centralized visibility into AI usage, cost optimization, access control and enhanced security, helping organizations use AI more efficiently and securely.

Background
As AI adoption rapidly expands across organizations, enterprises are accelerating efforts to embed AI agents and generative AI capabilities into business applications. At the same time, as the use of multiple AI providers and AI models grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand which models are being used, how much they cost, and whether appropriate governance and security are in place.

AI requests also vary widely, from simple processing tasks to workloads that require advanced reasoning. Organizations therefore need a management platform that can optimize AI performance, reduce latency, streamline security operations and control AI-related costs.

To address these challenges, A10 AI Gateway consolidates AI usage across the organization into a single management platform, providing an environment in which enterprises can operate AI efficiently and securely.

Overview
A10 AI Gateway is an intelligent control plane that provides unified routing, cost management and governance across the AI agents, applications and large language models (LLMs) used by an organization.

It selects the appropriate AI model based on the content of each request and applicable usage policies, while centralizing visibility into AI usage and costs. This helps optimize performance, manage costs, strengthen security and implement governance, while giving developers and users access to the right AI models for their needs.

Key Features
Identity-based AI Access
Synchronizes with existing local directory systems to apply access and routing policies by user or group. For example, organizations can configure different AI models and usage policies for engineering and finance teams.

Smart Routing
Moving beyond static routing policies and simple request metering, A10 AI Gateway evaluates the complexity and type of each request. It automatically routes simple tasks to more cost-efficient models and tasks requiring advanced reasoning to more capable models.

Centralized Traffic and Cost Management
As a central control plane, A10 AI Gateway provides real-time, per-request cost tracking in dollars; per-model and per-team token budget management with hard limits and soft-limit alerts; and usage controls (TPM/RPM) by key or team. This centralizes visibility into AI usage and costs while supporting effective governance.

Integration with A10's AI Security Portfolio
A10 AI Gateway complements A10's existing AI security portfolio, including TrojAI, A10 AI Firewall and ThreatX. It supports security across the full AI lifecycle, from pre-deployment testing and runtime protection to controls at the network and API layers.

Flexible Deployment Within the Customer Environment
A10 AI Gateway is available as standalone software or with integrated hardware and can run entirely within the customer's own environment, including on-premises, private cloud and air-gapped environments. This enables organizations to maintain control over their models, data and policies while preserving data sovereignty - an advantage that cloud-hosted and edge-bound gateways cannot match.

Availability
A10 AI Gateway is scheduled to become available in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Executive Comment
Dhrupad Trivedi, president and CEO of A10 Networks, said:
“Enterprises are being asked to move fast on AI and stay in control at the same time. AI use is spreading faster than teams can discover, govern, or secure it, driving up cost and leaving no single place to set the rules. The A10 AI Gateway gives organizations one intelligent control plane to see how AI is being used, to govern who can access which models, and match every request to the right model at the right cost. Our integrated portfolio gives customers a complete, sovereign way to put AI to work at scale. That is how enterprises adopt AI with confidence instead of trading speed for control,”

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Sony Electronics Introduces Its First Fisheye Zoom G Lens

Sony Electronics introduces the FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G, the company’s first fisheye zoom G Lens™ for full-frame Alpha™ E-mount cameras.

The 8 mm to 14 mm zoom focal range covers circular fisheye at 8 mm through diagonal fisheye at 14 mm. Built for landscapes, architecture, sports, and video production, the lens pairs a compact, lightweight body with G Lens resolution, fast and precise autofocus, and refined operability for stills and movies. In a dual-lens configuration with the VENICE Extension System Mini[i] it also supports spatial content production.

The FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G brings new creative fisheye perspectives to Sony’s E-mount lineup for photographers, cinematographers, and content creators.

Available from late September, the FE 8-14mm F3.5 Fisheye G is priced at RM6,399. Order during the early bird period from 9 September 2026 and receive a free GP-VPT3 Wireless Shooting Grip with Remote Commander (worth RM499), plus an RM200 PWP rebate with any full-frame camera purchase. Offer is valid for a limited time only.

The 8 mm to 14 mm range delivers a broad set of fisheye perspectives in one compact lens. At 8 mm it shoots circular fisheye with a 180-degree angle of view projected as a circular image on a full-frame sensor. At 14 mm it shoots diagonal fisheye across the full frame with a 180-degree diagonal angle of view. You can match the angle of view and composition to the subject and creative intent, across landscapes, architecture, sports, and video production.

An optical design with ED (Extra-low Dispersion) glass and aspherical elements suppresses chromatic and other aberrations across the image area, holding high resolution throughout the zoom range. A minimum focusing distance of 0.15 m and maximum magnification of 0.22x at the telephoto end enable dramatic close-up fisheye perspectives for stills and movies.

The lens measures approximately 63.1 mm in maximum diameter and 82.8 mm in length and weighs approximately 314 g, giving it mobility for handheld, gimbal, and rig-based shooting. An inner zoom mechanism minimizes shifts in the centre of gravity while zooming. Using two sets of the VENICE Extension System Mini and this lens, side by side, positions the optical axes approximately 64 mm apart, close to the average interpupillary distance of human eyes supporting spatial content production, including VR, with a natural sense of depth and distance.

The lens delivers fast, precise autofocus and Linear Response MF while suppressing focus breathing and operating quietly for movie production. Controls include a focus mode switch, zoom lock switch, and an aperture ring with switchable click stops. A dust- and moisture-resistant design[ii] and a fluorine coating on the front element support use in outdoor environments.

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