Tomorrow the House of Lords Communications Committee will question academic experts as part of its inquiry investigating whether there is a future for public service broadcasting in the context of the rising popularity of video on demand services. In the week following Apple’s announcement that it will develop its own streaming service, the Committee will examine ...
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Imec researcher Paul Heremans (pictured), a Fellow and Director of Large Area Electronics at Imec, has received €2.5 million funding under the European Research Council’s Advanced Grant programme for a 5-year project to develop ultra-bright thin-film light sources and lasers. The technology has a wide variety of applications, such as optical interconnects, augmented reality displays ...
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Infineon Is shipping its CIPOS Micro IM231 series, a family of 600 V rated intelligent power modules (IPM). It is qualified for harsh humid environments, passing 1000 hours of high voltage, high temperature and high humidity reverse bias (HV H3TRB) stress testing. For this reason, the IPM suits power appliance motor drives particularly in circulator ...
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ABB has announced a series of IEC food-safe motors for food and beverage plants, sealed to IP69 with stainless steel cases built to withstand high pressure cleaning and clean-in-place (CIP) methods. The cases are smooth and self-draining, with no crevices where particles can collect. No motor shrouds are used, which might otherwise harbour food and allow ...
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ON Semiconductor is to buy Quantenna Communications for about $1.07 billion after accounting for Quantenna’s net cash of approximately $136 million. The acquisition enhances ON’s connectivity portfolio with the addition of Quantenna’s industry leading Wi-Fi technology and software capabilities. Following completion, the transaction is expected to be immediately accretive to ON’s non-GAAP earnings per share ...
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Hprobe, the two year-old Grenoble provider of wafer test equipment for magnetic devices, has joined with Imec to develop advanced magnetic tester equipment for the next generation of MRAM devices based on the Spin Orbit Torque (SOT) effect. Hprobe has begun to optimize the test flow for SOT-MRAM devices in order to bring the characterization and testing to ...
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In H2, Infineon will have volume availability of a Trusted Platform Module specifically for industrial applications. The OPTIGA TPM SLM 9670 protects the integrity and identity of industrial PCs, servers, industrial controllers or edge gateways. It controls access to sensitive data in key positions in a connected, automated factory as well as at the interface ...
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Bulgin’s 4000 series of environmentally sealed circular connectors are now available in a ‘smart’ variant from RS Components. They include a programmable memory for data monitoring and IoT applications. Programmability and over the air updates are via an integrated EEPROM. The connector is not designed to read data output from a sensor, only to identify issues ...
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The electric car production industry will be hit hard by a decision by the China government to cut EV subsidies by more than half. As from June the $9,830 subsidy given by central government to the buyer of an electric car will be cut to $4,100. Local government subsidies, which have been up to 50% ...
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Cosel is aiming at industrial robots and automation with a triple output 200W open-frame ac-dc power supply. Called RBC200F , its three configurable outputs are isolated, with one having a reinforced isolation to power IGBTs or similar applications. Input and outputs are digitally controlled. The master output dc-dc converter has an LLC resonant topology, when ...
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Global uncertainties and weaker demand are reducing Infineon’s expectations for 2019. A slower demand recovery than expected is now assumed, evidenced by declining vehicle sales in China causing dealer inventories to increase sharply, and increased inventories in the broader distribution channel, in particular for Power Management & Multimarket in China. Margin is now expected to ...
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A robotic design competition for the UK’s school children, based on an on-line game, has been launched by the government’s UK Robotics & Autonomous Systems Network (UK-RAS Network) and educational publishers Twinkl. The School Robot Competition invites children aged between 8 and 14 (upper KS2-KS3) to design a robot that can move across Mars and complete various ...
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Anritsu is aiming at 100G and 400G optical modules with a four-channel sampling oscilloscope option for its BERTWave MP2110A chassis, creating a multi-channel oscilloscope and bit error rate tester (BERT) in one unit. “Backbone networks and data centres increasingly use 100G Ethernet to meet anticipated traffic demand for services such as 5G and are considering ...
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New models of cars sold in Europe in 2022 will have to have speed limiting technology under a measure approved by the EC and due to be agreed by the European Parliament and member states in September. The technology uses GPS signals to detect speed limits, detect speeding cars and slow them down. All in ...
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Renesas is to release a security solution based on the Renesas RZ/G Linux Platform that will reduce the amount of time required for users to obtain certification under IEC 62443-4-2, a new international standard for security technologies used to protect industrial control systems from cyberattacks. Cyberattacks on industrial control systems for infrastructure facilities such as ...
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MangoGem has launched Version 2.5 of its ORITAMES Advanced Planning and Scheduling system. The ORITAMES APS Scheduler v2.5 incorporates autonomous Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities for improved planning and schedule optimization as well as improved modeling of sequence dependent setups, batching and time constraints, making it ideally suited to large, real-life problems taking into account the ...
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The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and Soitec are to develop and integrate a new layer transfer process within advanced wafer level multi-chip packaging techniques. Based on the combination of IME’s Fan-Out Wafer Level Packaging (FOWLP) and 2.5D Through Silicon Interposer (TSI) technologies with Soitec’s Smart Cut technology, the ...
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The USA fabless industry had a 68% world market share last year, reports IC Insights. Since 2010, the largest fabless market share increase has come from Chinese suppliers, which held a 13% share last year as compared to only 5% in 2010. In 2018, four of the top five fastest growing fabless IC companies (with ...
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Intelliconnect, the Chelmsford specialist manufacturer of RF andcryogenic connectors and cable assemblies, is expanding its RF and Microwave precision connector and adaptor range. Intelliconnect’s attenuators and adaptors are used where signal integrity and quality are important, and a high level of reliability is required. Connector interfaces available include: N, SMA, TNC, 2.9mm, 2.4mm, BMA and SSMAtypes ...
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At the same time, a cellulose/polymer sensor can measure pressure, temperature and humidity, according to Linköping University. And, before you ask, the measurements are independent of each other. The sensor is an aerogel, made by vacuum freeze-drying a mixture of cellulose nanofibres, the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS and water. Adding a polysilane to this makes the aerogel elastic. ...
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Functional safety applications such as automated driving are the target of a pair of Hall sensors from Allegro MicroSystems. They are pin-compatible upgrades for existing three-wire Hall switch and latch ICs, developed in accordance with ISO 26262:2011 with ASIL-B capability (pending assessment). APS11450 devices are unipolar switches APS12450 devices are bipolar latches Self-test features are integrated, ...
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Nexperia has extended its constant current LED driver family with eight new AEC-Q101 qualified devices that deliver up to 250mA. The 16V NCR32xx and 40V NCR42xx series are available in two package styles, the smaller SOT457 (SC-74) or higher power SOT223 (SC-73) – the latter which works up to 1.25W. Output is stabilised at 10mA ...
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Trackwise of Tewkesbury is claiming a world record – for creating what is believed to be the world’s longest multi-layer flexible printed circuit (FPC), which will span 26m (85 feet) within the wings of an unmanned aerial vehicle to distribute power and control signals. It is a solar-powered plane, and the flexi is claimed to ...
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Aaeon has build two Intel Movidius Myriad X AI processors onto a 22x80mm m.2 standard module for vision processing. Called ‘AI Core XM2280’, it is capable of up to 200frame/s (160 typical) and over 2 trillion floating point operations per second as a dedicated neural network accelerator. It is compatible with Intel’s OpenVINO tool kit ...
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Toshiba is sampling automotive JEDEC UFS Version 2.1 3D flash which operate from -40°C to +105°C, meet AEC-Q100 Grade2 and come in four capacities: 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB[5]. The UFS devices have Refresh, Thermal Control and Extended Diagnosis. The Refresh function can be used to refresh data stored in UFS, and helps to extend the data’s lifespan. ...
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Arm’s Physical Design Group and Samsung Foundry intend to offer, by the end of the year, an 18nm FDSOI physical IP foundry platform which includes an eMRAM compiler and three Arm POP IP packages for Arm Cortex-A55, Cortex-R52 and Cortex-M33 processor IP. 18FDS is lower cost with lower power and the same BEOL as 14nm FinFET. It ...
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5G will redefine how the RF front-end interacts in-between the network and the modem, asserts Yole Developpement. Key to this is SiP technology, says Yole, because it allows the implementation of an increasing number of bands with its ability to put many ICs, package assembly and test technologies in the same package. The RF SiP ...
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February billings of semiconductor manufacturing equipment were worth $1.86 billion says SMI which was 1.7% less than the $1.9 billion of January billings. The February figure was 23% lower than the February 2018 billings figure of $2.4 billion. “Global billings of North American equipment suppliers continued a decline that began in November 2018,” says SEMI’s ...
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Littelfuse has added to its 650V, AEC-Q101-qualified SiC Schottky Diodes with the LSIC2SD065DxxA Series SiC Schottky Diode is available with current ratings of 6A, 10A, or 16A in a TO‑263-2L package and the LSIC2SD065ExxCCA Series SiC Schottky Diode is available with current ratings of 12A, 16A, 20A, or 40A in a TO-247-3L package. Typical applications include: ...
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Taiyo Yuden to offer ‘lithium ion capacitors’ – devices that combine super-capacitor and lithium ion storage to create a component with twice the storage capacity of its own super-caps, a 3.8V terminal potential, and long cycle life – although the latter only if it is never discharged below 2.2V. Operation is over -25 to 85℃ (voltage ...
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DRAM ASPs are expected to keep falling into Q3, reports DRAMeXchange, as inventories accumulated by DRAM suppliers (including wafer banks) have generally reached 6 weeks. Supply bits will continue to grow thanks to contributions from the 1Ynm process. With an aim to greatly reduce inventory levels, DRAM suppliers in general will continue to adopt large ...
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Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence reckons the market will be down 10% this year. The 2018 semiconductor market finished weak with an 8.2% decline in the fourth quarter from the third, says SI. The first quarter of 2019 will be even weaker. Most major semiconductor companies are expecting up to double digit declines in 1Q 2019 ...
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Twenty tech start-ups from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa arrived in London today to take part in the first Go Global Africa programme. Go Global is an innovation scheme which supports startups to improve their business skills and capability, build links with the UK’s thriving tech sector and work with UK expertise to take their ...
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Infineon claims to have come up with the industry’s first 16-phase digital PWM multiphase controller which enables currents up to 1000A and higher for next generation CPUs, GPUs, FPGA and ASICs. As CPU current requirements increase to enable next generation AI and networking workloads, DC-DC voltage regulators (VR) need to deliver more than 500 A to ...
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At the EW BrightSparks 2019 selection panel meeting, this week, we tapped into the expertise of the industry figures taking part. Hear them discussing opportunities for employment and careers within engineering. For example, what makes a good engineer in the first place? What is the UK’s vision? How young do the students need to be ...
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RS Components has partnered with connector and sensor company, TE Connectivity, to launch TE Learning Centre, an online, interactive educational resource for connectivity and sensor technologies. The Centre is available now on DesignSpark, RS Components’ community for design engineers. There will be a series of interactive micro-courses, lasting between five and 10 minutes, with information ...
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Offices in Cambridge and Derby have been opened by Stratasys to drive the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). The new offices will house technical and business consultants and software developers from GrabCAD, Stratasys’ software start-up, a cloud-based CAD file sharing system. In Derby, strategic consultants will help UK businesses implement AM strategies for 3D printing ...
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Randall Restle, vice president, applications Engineering at Digi-Key Electronics considers how the industry continues to change and what support is required for customers today. “While it might be true that classical, board-level designers are aging, there is an explosion of people entering embedded design. This is forcing a change in how customers are supported,” Restle ...
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Better perovskite solar cells could spring from a different way to make formamidinium lead iodide (FAPbI3). – a material with a narrow band gap and high absorption coefficient. “Formamidinium lead iodide is a very good material for photovoltaic cells, but getting the correct and stable crystal structure is a challenge,” according to the University of Groningen. “The ...
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Following the signing of a global distribution agreement, Mouser announced three boards from embedded hardware and software company, krtkl. The company specialises in edge computing applications from mechatronics and automation to computer vision and remote sensing. The boards now available from the distributor are the snickerdoodle black system on module (SoM), the breakyBreaky breakout baseboard ...
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Nano-scale organic transistors can combine high current capability and high on/off current ratio, according to a team at Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, which has invented the ‘vertical electrolyte-gated’ fet. “Our aim was to develop a transistor design which combines the ability to drive high currents that is typical of classical transistors with the low-voltage operation ...
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Shipments of smartphone APs are expected to fall for the second consecutive year in 2019, says Digitimes Research, although Qualcomm and Hisilicon are still expected to see their market shares edge up slightly in 2019. As well as 5G opportunities, Qualcomm has secured additional AP orders out of the current top-five smartphone vendors, with its overall ...
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Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with embedded products supplier krtkl. Mouser now stocks three krtkl products, including its popular embedded platform, snickerdoodle. krtkl’s snickerdoodle black system-on-module (SoM) is a prototype-to-production platform for building high-integrity Internet of Things (IoT) products. Built on a Xilinx Zynq-7020 system-on-chip (SoC) and a Texas Instruments WiLink 8 wireless ...
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Cliff Electronics of Redhill has introduced a Gold Plated 75Ω BNC connector offering a 12GHz bandwidth suitable for 4K format video and other high frequency signals. The BNC to BNC FeedThrough connector is mounted in a recessed socket plate which fits the industry standard 24mm XLR panel cut-out adding this BNC connector to the very ...
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At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Asaf Mirvis of AY Electronics Group as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses discusses the strengths of being a supply chain management specialist, and how the group has major plans to expand into European market, with a German office in Frankfurt. Thank you ...
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Artificial neural networks have been used to predict how different areas in the brain respond to specific words, with greater accuracy than ever before according to neuroscientists at University of Texas at Austin. “As words come into our heads, we form ideas of what someone is saying to us, and we want to understand how ...
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Avnet has announced that it is working with blockchain payment provider, BitPay, to accept cryptocurrency payments for products and services. Customers wanting to purchase goods with Bitcoin or Bitcoin Cash, the distributor will work with BitPay to verify the funds, process the order and complete the transaction. The two companies will also have the ability ...
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Vishay is aiming at the automotive market with AEC-Q200 qualified inductors in a 2020 case only 2mm high. Called IHLP-2020BZ-5A, all the parts in the range can be used at up to +155°C, making them suitable for under bonnet/hood operation. Construction and materials are optimised for dc-dc converter use up to 2MHz. “It also provides excellent attenuation ...
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Component distributor, Gateway Electronic Components, has added a fourth website, based on power. The power website was introduced to meet growing demand in power factor correction (PFC) and associated products market. The Power Gateway joins Components, IoT and Ferrite Gateway sites, each focusing on a specific market area and offering products, e-commerce trading, supply chain ...
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sureCore, the Sheffield low-power SRAM IP specialist, says that its SureFit SRAM customization service has delivered low power high capacity SRAM subsystems implemented in advanced FinFET processes to Tier-1 players in the demanding imaging, artificial intelligence and machine learning markets. The SureFit developed memory system integrates very large memory arrays, delivering high bandwidth, low latency ...
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Samsung says it has developed a 3rd-generation 10nm class 8Gb DDR4 DRAM for servers and high-end PCs. Mass production starts in H2. of the 1z-nm 8Gb DDR4 will begin within the second half of this year to accommodate next-generation enterprise servers and high-end PCs expected to be launched in 2020. Samsung’s development of the 1z-nm DRAM ...
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Melexis, the Belgian auto IC specialist, has announced the MLX90374, the latest addition to its 3rd Generation of Triaxis Hall sensors, and the first to offer multiple outputs from a monolithic device. With dual outputs for the sensed motion, the MLX90374 can remove the need for a second position sensor in a range of applications. ...
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Optimized for best conduction and switching performance in soft-switching circuits, STGWA40IH65DF and STGWA50IH65DF 650V STPOWER IGBTs increase the energy efficiency of resonant converters in the 16kHz-60kHz switching-frequency range. Extending ST’s trench field-stop (TFS) IGBTs for soft-switching applications, which also include the HB and HB2 series for power supplies, welders, and solar converters, the new IH-series ...
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In Q2, Power Integrations will sample the InnoMuX chipset for display power supplies. The chipset’s single-stage power architecture reduces losses in display applications by increasing overall efficiency in constant-voltage and constant-current LED backlight driver stages by 50% compared to conventional solutions, achieving up to 91% efficiency. Additionally, TV and monitor designers can realize over 50% reduction ...
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The selection panel to decide the class of EW BrightSparks 2019 met at RS Components' Kings Cross HQ today.
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Toshiba has started shipping two new series of small surface mount LDO regulators for application in the power supply of mobile devices, imaging and audio-visual products. The 40 regulators in the TCR5BM series support a dropout voltage (VDO) as low as 100mV and a maximum output current of 500mA, while 40 additional devices in the ...
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Leti has developed prototypes of centimetre-size portable optical sensors for chemical detection of gas. The photo-acoustic sensors are based on mid-infrared photonic integrated circuits (MIR PICs). These silicon PICs, created by integrating optical circuits onto millimeter-size silicon chips, make extremely robust miniature systems, in which discrete components are replaced by on-chip equivalents. This makes them easier to ...
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ON Semiconductor is leveraging its image sensor modeling technology to provide real-time data to the NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation simulation platform. The open, cloud-based platform performs bit-accurate simulation for large-scale, hardware-in-the-loop testing and validation of autonomous vehicles. ON’s Image Sensor model receives both scene information and control signals from DRIVE Constellation to calculate and output a ...
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The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation (CDEI) is being set up to investigate whether algorithms used in criminal and justice systems, legal systems financial services, recruitment and local government are biased by humans. Algorithms have huge potential for preventing crime, protecting the public and improving the way services are delivered. But decisions made in ...
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Rohm has announced 10 more automotive-grade SiC MOSFETs. “The introduction of the SCT3xxxxxHR series allows Rohm to offer the industry’s largest lineup of AEC-Q101 qualified SiC mosfets,” claimed the firm. For faster electric car charging, it said, on-board chargers can be 11kW or even 22kW, with battery voltages up to 800V. To meet these needs, ...
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A solid electrolyte that only forms once its liquid precursors are in intimate contact with electrode material is mooted as a step towards all-solid lithium batteries by Cornell University. Intimate contact – inherent with liquid electrolytes – is needed to achieve high lithium ion throughput and low series resistance. “The key insight is the introduction ...
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Huawei made more patent applications to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) last year, than any other organisation. In fact Huawei holds the all-time record for patent applications to WIPO in any one year. “It’s an all-time record by anyone,” says WIPO director general Francis Gurry Huawei made 5,405 patent applications to WIPO in 2018, ...
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Q1 foundry revenue will be down 16% on Q1 2018, says TrendForce, to reach $14?6 billion. Negative forces in Q1 have been the seasonal effect, weakening demand for consumer products, high inventory levels, falling demand in the car market, the Intel CPU shortage, the slowing of China’s economic growth and the US-China trade dispute. Q1 ...
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ON Semiconductor has introduced two SiC MOSFETs aimed at EVs, solar and UPS applications. The industrial grade NTHL080N120SC1 and AEC-Q101 automotive grade NVHL080N120SC1 are complemented by SiC diodes and SiC drivers, device simulation tools, SPICE models and application information. ON’s 1200 volt (V), 80 milliohm (mΩ), SiC MOSFETs hace a low leakage current, a fast intrinsic diode with ...
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Renesas has announced a pair of encapsulated hybrid digital DC/DC PMBus power modules, the 10-amp ISL8280M and 15-amp ISL8282M. The hybrid digital power modules offer power density of 115mA/mm2 in a 12mm x 11mm package, with up to 95% peak efficiency. They are complete single-channel, synchronous step-down regulated power supplies that operate over a wide input ...
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GaN Systems has moined up with mission critical electro-mechanical specialist Aveox, To reduce the size and weight of their 3-phase AC power converters with Active Power Factor Correction (APFC). The partnership enables the development of power-dense, Aerospace-Compliant power conversion modules for a wide variety of cockpit, galley and cabin equipment that utilizes 3 Phase power. ...
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Texas Instruments has used everything except the standard inductive step-down solution to make an ac-dc power supply with 10mW no-load performance, and 15mW light load drain (150nF mains series cap). “This device achieves the best balance between high efficiency and ultra-low noise while shrinking power-supply size, it claims, with some justification – although it does ...
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The all in one solution for Antenna Matching, Component Testing and EMI Debugging.
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This year there should be 121 300mm fabs in the world with rhe opening of nine new plants of which five will be in China, says IC Insights. 300mm wafers took over as the industry’s primary wafer size in terms of total surface area used in 2008. Furthermore, the number of 300mm wafer fabrication facilities ...
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Coventry is the top-performing UK city for overall mobile performance in the second half of 2018, says RootMetrics. With one of the smallest populations out of the 16 cities tested, Coventry recorded outstanding results in the categories of overall performance, network reliability, network speed, data performance and call performance. Leicester logged impressive scores in testing, ...
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TI introduced several new isolated gate drivers that provide monitoring and protection for high-voltage systems. The devices are claimed to be the first to offer integrated sensing features for IGBTs and SiC MOSFETs to simplify designs and enable greater system reliability in applications operating up to 1.5 KVRMS. With integrated components, the devices provide fast ...
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Ricoh has launched a versatile load switch embedded in an ultra-small wafer level chip scaled package and is able to switch currents up to 6 A. The R5542 is positioned in between the battery or other supply voltage and the actual application circuit (load). The internal on-resistance is only 9 mΩ and will cause almost ...
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Cree has sold its lighting products business, which includes the LED lighting fixtures, lamps and corporate lighting solutions business for commercial, industrial and consumer applications, to IDEAL INDUSTRIES for $310 million. Cree expects to receive an initial cash payment of $225 million, subject to purchase price adjustments, and has the potential to receive a targeted ...
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) has reversed a 2009 cease-and-desist order affecting Qualcomm licensing in Japan. Following a nine-year evidentiary proceeding, the JFTC concluded that Qualcomm’s cross-licensing provisions and non-assertion covenants that were the subject of the cease-and-desist order did not violate Japanese antimonopoly law. In 2010, the Tokyo High Court had issued a ...
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Prisoners will be taught coding to prepare them for work as part of plans to help marginalised groups become skilled in tech. CODE 4000, an organisation that works with carefully vetted offenders and has led a successful trial at HMP Humber, has been given new funding by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport ...
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Netronome is sampling its Agilio CX 50GbE SmartNICs in OCP Mezzanine 2.0 form factor with line-rate advanced cryptography and 2GB onboard DDR memory. The SmartNIC reduces tail latency enabling high-performance Web 2.0 applications to be deployed in cost and energy-efficient servers. With advanced Transport Layer Security (TLS/SSL)-based cryptography support at line-rate and up to two ...
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Samsung has begun mass producing the highest-capacity mobile DRAM –the industry’s first 12GB low-power double data rate 4X (LPDDR4X) package. The 12GB capacity was achieved by combining six 16-gigabit (Gb) LPDDR4X chips based on the second-generation 10nm-class process. The memory delivers a data transfer rate of 34.1GB/psec. Samsung plans to more than triple the supply of ...
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The Power Stamp Alliance has published a specification for a power converter module intended to extend the power and current rating of its standard family of products. The Alliance (Artesyn Embedded Technologies, Bel Power Solutions, Flex, and STMicroelectronics) has created a joint specification for several types of 48Vdc-dc converter modules – dubbed ‘power stamps’ (specifications ...
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Researchers at Purdue University have surveyed research towards negative capacitance field-effect transistors (NC-FETs), and published their findings. This type of transistor has a ferroelectric layer (Hf02, for example) within the gate stack, which could allow is break the 60mV/decade sub-threshold slope limit for mosfets at room temperature. “Given the potential, there is a need for ...
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Mining waste could provide a reliable supply of rare earth elements, including neodymium and dysprosium, from a type of mining waste called phosphogypsum – a product of making phosphoric acid from phosphate rock for fertilisers – according to the Idaho National Laboratory (INL). More than a billion tons if such waste is sitting idle in the ...
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On Semiconductor will be showing enhancements to its cloud-based power development tool, branded Strata, which it announced at CES earlier this year. Search capabilities have been improved, and there is a carousel-style menu that allows compatible devices and boards to be selected, said the firm: “Engineers are able to narrow down viable component and systems ...
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Here comes Android Q, the successor to Android "Pie", version 9. Google releases Beta 1 for early adopters and a preview SDK for developers.
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Toyochem will be showcasing its Lioelm FTS series of thermally conductive adhesive sheets for bonding substrates to heatsinks, or for use as an insulating layer in power device packaging. According to the firm, it has used heat-resistant resins to get around performance trade-offs between the elastic modulus and thermal resistance that typically arise with conventional ...
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Available in a DOSA (Distributed power Open Standards Alliance) footprint, and just 3.75mm high, the Recom RPM3.3 and RPM5.0, non-isolated DC-DC converters are now available from Dengrove Electronic Components. They are designed for applications that require high power density and high efficiency and have power ratings from 3.3W to 30W. They comply with the industry standard DOSA ...
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To celebrate Pi day, Google has calculated Pi to more digits than ever before: 31,415,926,535,897 digits to be exact, which adds a touch of class. The computer was the firm’s own Cloud, “using cloud tcompiting which is the first time this has ever been done”, said Google. 25 Google Cloud virtual machines were used, running an ...
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Facebook is said to have acquired the 22 year-old Silicon Valley SoC IP company Sonics as part of its efforts to build a chip design team. Last year Facebook’s chief AI scientist Yann LeCun said that Facebook needed ICs which could analyse live video and take it down while it was still streaming if it ...
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Spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expected to decline 14% to $53 billion in 2019, but grow 27% next year to set a new record, says SEMI. Spurred by a slowdown in the memory sector, the 2019 downturn marks the end of a three-year growth run for fab equipment spending. Over the past two years, ...
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Toshiba has made its XD5 Series NVMe SSD platform available in a 2.5-inch, 7mm low-profile form factor that is optimized for low-latency and performance consistency in read-intensive workloads. Developed for both data center and cloud environments, the new 2.5-inch form factor XD5 Series is suitable for NoSQL databases, large-scale-out data mining and analysis, and streaming ...
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Teledyne e2v is claiming a first: military-qualified Arm-based processor – in this case a version of NXP’s LS1046A guaranteed for operation at -55°C to 125°C in aerospace and defence applications. LS1046A is part of NXP’s 64-bit Arm Layerscape portfolio, with a 1.8GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A72. In includes packet processing acceleration and high-speed peripherals “and is recognised ...
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Ahead of Pi Day tomorrow, Farnell has published the results of a global survey of Raspberry Pi users and found some revealing insights: One third of respondents confirmed that they are using Raspberry Pi for personal projects and more than one third of the engineers are using the Raspberry Pi for proof of concept and ...
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HiSilicon, Huawei’s chip arm, is closing in on Qualcomm’s leadership in mobile IC technology. The immediate win targeted by HiSilicon is in 5G modem design and its next target is to get an advantage in process by being first to have chips made on the EUV version of TSMC’s 7nm process. “Our 5G modem can download ...
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China will spend between $134 billion and $220 billion on 5G infrastructure between 2020 and 2025 says the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT). This is roughly equivalent to the annual capex of all the world’s telcos. Globally operators spend about $150 billion a year on capex out of their collective revenues of ...
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Imec is looking for partners to develop industrial applications for a new nanomesh material suitable for sustainable-application sectors. The nanomesh material is a three-dimensional nanometer-scale (metal) grid structure with highly regular internal dimensions. Thanks to a combination of its unique material properties and the ease of manufacturing, it holds the promise to become widely applicable in ...
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Infineon has added to its XDP LED series, the XDPL8221 for cost-effective dual-stage drivers with advanced features. This device combines a quasi-resonant PFC and a quasi-resonant flyback controller with primary side regulation together with a communication interface. A comprehensive set of configurable protection mechanisms (standard and sophisticated) ensure safe, reliable and robust LED driver for ...
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Delivering peak power to motor start or/and high capacitive loads in factory automation applications, the three-phase ENI250A series delivers a constant 250W and up to 480W peak power with an efficiency up to 94%. The power supply, by Powerbox, is housed in an IP54 case and measure 250mm x 160mm x 55mm. It includes a ...
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STMicroelectronics has introduced a water-resistant mems pressure sensor with chemical compatibility, stability, and accuracy suited to fitness trackers, vacuum cleaners, and general-purpose industrial sensing. Called LPS33W, the IPx8-rated device is protected by an internal viscous potting gel, and is claimed to withstand: “salt water, chlorine, bromine, detergents such as hand soap and shampoo, e-liquids, and ...
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Anglia has identified a need for support amongst UK SME (small to medium enterprise) electronics manufacturers. Expressing a fear that this core sector has been overlooked in favour of the ‘maker’ market, CEO Steve Rawlins (pictured) introduced the Anglia Design Partner Service: “Whilst other distributors are pouring resource into offering services that cater for the maker ...
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Lapis has introduced a series of general-purpose 16bit RISC MCUs with built-in safety features and noise tolerance, aimed at meeting IEC60730. The 16bit core is an in-house design. There are 120 parts across ML62Q13xx, ML62Q15xx and ML62Q17xx part numbers. “The group provides safety features that correspond to 13 items related to home appliances, including a self-diagnostic ...
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A robotic leg has taught itself to walk, and not to be tripped up, according to the University of Southern California. Like an animal limb, the leg is driven by tendons and, when tripped, now recovers its composure in time for the next foot-fall, a task for which it was never explicitly programmed to do. ...
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A specific type of weak ac current stimulation to the scalp has markedly improved depression symptoms in ~70% of participants in a preliminary clinical study, according to the University of North Carolina. The signals mimic the individual ‘alpha oscillations’ – waveforms which appear at 8-12Hz on an electroencephalogram (EEG). Electronics Weekly has no way of ...
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Tiny BaTiO3 islands on the surface of LiCoO2 cathodes in Li-ion batteries can dramatically increase charge rate, according to scientists at Tokyo Tech and Okayama University, and they have worked out why “While Li-ion batteries have proven to be very useful, it is not possible to charge them quickly enough with high currents without running ...
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SolidRun has teamed up with wireless module firm U-blox to create gateways and single board computers for IoT. They include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth personal area networking, Wirepas Mesh, cellular connectivity, as well as USB and a 10/100/1000 wired Ethernet. Processing comes from an NXP i.MX6 Arm Cortex-A9 processor, with either single, dual or quad-cores, working ...
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Farnell has set up a dedicated AI online resource on its website which explains AI, discusses AI applications and describes AI products. The AI Configurator is an interactive tool that allows engineers to quickly determine the most appropriate products and solutions for their AI projects. It identifies the various development boards, sensors and software that best ...
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Intel’s shortfall in CPU shipments will get worse in Q2, according to Digitimes Research, but could be resolved in Q3 when new 14nm capacity comes on-stream. Last month Intel CEO Bob Swan said that Intel would be able to meet CPU demand ‘as we exit the second quarter’. “We expect supply-demand balance to improve by ...
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Toshiba‘s KumoScale shared accelerated storage software now supports TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) transport in its 3.9 production release, available today. By leveraging TCP, the most widely-used and trusted networking protocol in today’s enterprise and cloud data centers, KumoScale software enables NVM Express over Fabrics (NVMe-oF) to be deployed over existing Ethernet networks, opening opportunities for broader ...
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Researchers from the University of Bath are developing a new tool for detecting the presence of Dengue fever early on, helping prevent people from suffering potential life-threatening complications. Dr Paulo Rocha from the University of Bath’s Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering is developing a low-cost integrative sensing tool for early detection of Dengue virus, ...
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The Linux Foundation is forming the CHIPS Alliance to deliver open source code for the design of ICs. CHIPS Alliance will foster a collaborative environment that will enable accelerated creation and deployment of more efficient and flexible chip designs for use in mobile, computing, consumer electronics, and IoT applications. Early CHIPS Alliance backers include Esperanto Technologies, Google, ...
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At the Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC) next week, TI will demonstrate a 6-100V buck converter capable of delivering 1A, with low waste – 10.5µA no-load input quiescent current (25 to 12V at 1mA) and 3µA shut-down quiescent current. Called LM5164, the constant-on-time synchronous step-down regulator has integrated high and low-side n-channel power mosfets (725mΩ buck switch, 340mΩ synchronous rectifier ...
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Ideal Power, of Barnstaple, is stocking a range of 150W* AC/DC power supplies for signage from Taiwanese manufacturer P-Duke. “Digital signage applications are continuously working at full capacity most of the time,” according to Ideal, adding that: “in digital signage applications, the power supply is often placed in an enclosed space without good ventilation or ...
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Recom is aiming at rail rolling stock with a 25 x 25mm (actually 1 x 1inch) dc-dc converter that can deliver 12W. Called RP12-AR, the modules operate at up to 90% efficiency and up to +88°C ambient at full load – so no derating, and neither forced cooling nor additional heatsinks are required when operating ...
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Later today. Nvidia is expected to announce it has bought Mellanox The Israeli networking company specialises in Ethernet and InfiniBand connectivity for servers, cloud and storage. Nvidia is said to have offered $7 billion for Mellanox, about $1 billion more than its market cap on Friday and, in the process, outbidding Xilinx and Intel. Nvidia ...
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Renesas is to suspend production at six of its fabs in Japan for a month towards the end of April, and another month in August. Additionally a further three domestic and four overseas back-end facilities will see production halted for several weeks. The suspensions have been caused by rising inventory levels following a collapse in demand ...
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China’s power semiconductor market grew 12.76% to $38 billion last year, with the discrete component market growing 14.7% to $28 billion, reports TrendForce which forecasts that the 2019 market will be worth $43 billion. The China power semi market is relatively unscathed by the US – China trade war because of robust local demand from ...
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Angel Investment Network (AIN) the UK’s largest onlineplatform connecting angel investors with startups has launched a new platform connecting female founders and investors. The new ‘Female Founders’ platform was set up to address the underrepresentation of women in the industry both as investors and founders. The investor community on 14-year-old AIN in the UK consists ...
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Regulation of the digital world has not kept pace with its role in our lives, says the House of Lords Communications Committee
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Sponsored Content: More and more devices on the power grid must function smoothly without interfering with each other.
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Fraunhofer IZM has re-spun the idea of mechanically-steered radar, and developed a PCB-based IoT radar that can be bent into shape to customise its beam. Called Flex-Radar, its antennas are built into two polyimide wings (laid flat in the photo). Instead of active beam steering – which would be too expensive for intended applications, the ...
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Intel is on track to regain its No.1 slot as the world’s largest chip maker, says IC Insights. A 24% drop in the memory market is forecast to pull the total semiconductor market down by 7%, estimates IC Insights, and could hit Samsung’s sales by 20% because 83% of Samsung’s semiconductor sales last year were ...
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Mouser is sponsoring the 17th Create the Future Design Contest, a challenge to engineers and students around the world to create the next great thing. Mouser, which has sponsored the contest for several years, is joined this year by Intel and ADI. The contest is produced by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International Company. ...
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Infineon is introducing a 1200V TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 and emitter-controlled EC7 diode. The IGBTs provide for higher power density, lower system cost, and reduced system size. Packaged in Easy housing, the power module fits the needs of industrial drives applications. Based on the micro-pattern trench technology, the TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 chip performs with much lower static losses ...
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Renesas has announced the “RX Functional Safety” offering for industrial applications that reduces the complexity of IEC 61508 SIL3 certification, an international standard for functional safety. Based on the RX family of microcontrollers (MCUs), the solution provides functional safety for industrial equipment, including functions for chip self-diagnostics, the world’s first SIL3-certified functional safety software and reference ...
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GSPK Circuits’ PCB manufacturing facility in Boroughbridge Yorkshire has been certified to the EN9100:2018 quality management. “This certification to the international aircraft, space and defence quality standard signifies GSPK Circuits ongoing commitment to meeting and exceeding industry requirements for aerospace related products for both civil and military markets,” said the firm. EN9100:2018, managed by the International ...
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At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Chris Ard, Managing Director & Director of Business Development at TouchNetix. It’s time to eliminate that British thinking that “Engineers have dirty hands” he says, in a wide-ranging interview. He also talks of IoT development being in early stages and the difficulties of recruiting and keeping young ...
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Farnell has developed an industrial IoT gateway, that includes an on-board Raspberry Pi circuit rather than connecting to a whole Raspberry Pi. Called SmartEdge Industrial IoT Gateway, it is intended to Connect things to the cloud through Avnet’s IoT Connect platform running on Microsoft Azure – Avnet owns Farnell. Connectivity options include CAN-BUS and RS-232/485 ...
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At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Randall Restle, Vice President of Applications Engineering at Digi-Key. He shares his enthusiasm for electronics and the continuous innovation within the industry, touching on the role of German culture in the valuing of engineering as a discipline. It’s wonderful time to be an engineer, he says! Thank ...
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Cadence has extended the pipeline within its ConnX DSP intellectual property family to produce its highest performance variant yet, the B20. That is not the only change to the IP, which is aimed at 5G comms and automotive applications. “With an enhanced instruction set architecture [ISA] and clock-speed increase, the ConnX B20 DSP processes parts ...
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Here is our video overview of the Embedded World 2018 show in Nuremberg, capturing views and voices from down on the busy show floor. The range of products and engineering focus are very evident – engineers doing the hard work to simplify the delivery of solutions. As always, special thanks to our video specialist David ...
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Dialog is to buy Silicon Motion Technology’s Mobile Communications product line, branded as FCI. The move follows last October’s sale of its PMIC business to Apple for $600 million with $300 million being paid early this year and the other three million over the next three years. Dialog has been looking to diversify after Apple ...
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R&D costs for ADAS and autonomous vehicles have pushed Daimler and BMW into an alliance. “We should not invent this complicated wheel twice,” says Daimler director Loa Kaellenius, “it makes sense to share some of these investments.” The move may have been prompted by Daimler’s woeful performance in recent autonomous driving statistics provided by the ...
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Harwin has founded the Harwin Academy in partnership with Havant & South Downs College to deliver high quality training to students to open up career paths for them within the STEM sector. The two-year course has been developed to ensure the content meets the needs of the engineering industry and prepares students for the workplace ...
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The DRAM market is in freefall, says DRAMeXchange. The Q1 DRAM market will be down 30%, following an 18% q-o-q fall in Q4. DRAM suppliers are holding inventory wafers representing six weeks sales, says DRAMeXchange. Intel’s low-end CPU supply shortage is expected to last until the end of 3Q19 stopping PC OEMs from initiating a ...
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Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea has launched a range of high-density, two-pole PXI switching matrices. Series 40-580 (32×8) and 40-583(64×4) matrices are supported by both of Pickering’s relay test tools (BIRST and eBIRST), delivering diagnostics for relays that are approaching end-of-life or have been damaged by over-specification hot-switching events. Featuring 256 2-pole crosspoints, these matrices use ...
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Lynx Software Technologies is aiming at processors equipped with hardware virtualisation, with a software development framework for building modular software systems that is claimed to simplify the creation, certification and maintenance. Called MOSA.ic, it’s foundation is a programmable processor partitioning system based on the the firm’s LynxSecure separation kernel hypervisor, which will no longer be a separate ...
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In July, Melexis, the Belgian auto fabless specialist, will sample a single-chip automotive grade VGA Time-of-Flight (ToF) image sensor for applications such as in-car and exterior monitoring. The MLX75027 provides VGA (640 x 480 pixel) resolution image sensing and processing in a single BGA package. The chip uses a modulated light source and optical time-of-flight ...
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MACOM and GloFo are to ramp MACOM’s Laser Photonic Integrated Circuit (L-PIC) platform using GLoFo’s current-generation silicon photonics offering, 90WG, to meet Data Center and 5G Telecom industry demands. The collaboration will leverage GloFo’s 300mm silicon manufacturing process to deliver requisite cost, scale and capacity that is expected to enable mainstream L-PIC deployment for hyperscale ...
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GaN Systems has launched the GS-065 low current (3.5A to 11A) transistor line. The product suite, developed for sub-1kW power applications, is targeted for consumer level power supply products such as AC adapters for gaming and workstation laptops, TV power, LED lighting, wireless power systems, and appliance motor drives. This new transistor line leverages GaN ...
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For EMI filtering and noise attenuation, California-based Johanson Dielectrics is offering a range of novel multi-layer ceramic devices that combines two balanced shunt capacitors with mutual inductance cancellation, and a certain amount of shielding. “When properly laid out, this monolithic broadband filter provides fantastic rejections for single-ended configurations or differential configurations,” claims the firm. The devices ...
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Android Things is basically Google's handle on the IoT, and I've been trying to keep up with the developments in the last few years.
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Toshiba is sampling an automotive DC motor driver IC with a LIN (Local Interconnect Network) slave function that can communicate with a LIN 2.0 master IC for in-vehicle networks. The TB9058FNG is suitable for many applications requiring up to 0.3A drive current using LIN BUS including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) damper control drivers. ...
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A paired microwave upconverter and downconverter, operating over a frequency range with 50 Ω-match from 24 GHz up to 44 GHz, and reducing the costs of building a single platform that can cover all 5G mm Wave frequency bands including 28 GHz and 39 GHz, has been launched by ADI. Additionally, the chipset is capable ...
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This is the tenth of a series of essays by Imec scientists on the future of electronics technology. This one is called: ‘Will technology know students better than their teacher?’ It is by Jung Yeon Park an Imec researcher into psychometrics and education statistics. In the last decade, differentiation has been the buzzword in education ...
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TI has introduced two new RF-sampling transceivers which, it claims, are the first in the industry to integrate four ADCs and four DACs in a single chip. With, according to TI, the industry’s widest frequency range, highest instantaneous bandwidth and a 75% smaller design footprint than a discrete solution, the quad-channel AFE7444 and dual-channel AFE742 ...
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VIGIL, the EV infrastructure development consortium comprising Aston University, ByteSnap Design, Grid Edge and Nortech Management, has started installing control platforms for Vehicle-to-Grid/Building (V2G/V2B) systems and distribution networks. The first installations are: Three V2G charge-posts in Aston University The VIGIL Active Network Management (ANM) equipment The V2G / Building Energy Management System (BEMS) controller OCPP EVSE ...
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January 2019 chip sales of $35.5 billion were down 5.7% on the January 2018 sales figure of $37.6 billion, says the SIA, and down 7.2% on the December total of $38.2 billion. “Global semiconductor sales got off to a slow start in 2019, as year-to-year sales decreased in January for the first time since July 2016 ...
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