This is going to be a column about DACs. And what’s that? It’s the abbreviation the Social Security Administration uses to refer to “disabled adult children.” Here is some background. Since almost the ...

Abstract: The frequency-interleaved digital-to-analog converter (FI-DAC) could enhance the bandwidth of the arbitrary waveform generator (AWG). At present, the formulation of the FI-DAC model mainly ...

Back in 2008, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Charles Harvey had an idea for a company that he thought would both help the environment and make money. He wanted to become part of a ...

Hong Kong’s Lumin has unveiled the X2, a flagship streaming DAC that ditches off-the-shelf DAC chips in favour of a discrete DAC implementation (about which Lumin hasn’t said much). It’s the company’s ...

Abstract: This brief presents a current-steering 25-GS/s 8-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) based on a 40-nm CMOS technology. The DAC employs a dual-edge sampling (DES) architecture to reduce the ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Qualcomm (QCOM.O), opens new tab on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of ...

Earlier this summer, FiiO introduced the K15, a versatile DAC and headphone amplifier designed to be the hub for your desktop hi-fi setup. It costs $549. Now, the rising force in budget hi-fi is ...

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...

Imagine this: you’re in the middle of an important project, juggling deadlines, and collaborating with a team scattered across time zones. Suddenly, your computer crashes, and hours of work vanish in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. Audio brand FiiO is back again with yet another product ...

A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) transforms digital binary data into an analog signal using weighted contributions from each bit. In this FAQ, we discuss the two most commonly known ways of DAC ...