The consolidated results reported by Authorised Distributors in the UK & Ireland for March ’18 show that Total Monthly Billings (Net Sales Invoiced less Credits) increased by 27% when compared to the previous month and increased by 6% when compared to the same month 2017. According to Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network, ...
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Embedded voice and audio semiconductor supplier, XMOS, has signed a distribution deal with Weikeng, serving China and Taiwan. The distributor specialises in consumer electronics including smart speakers, TV and TV accessories. According to XMOS, the partnership underlines the increase in demand for voice-activated control of electronic devices, and brings together the former’s far-field voice ...
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Aimed at use with sensors, the Microchip PIC16F18446 is a microcontroller that includes a 12bit ADC which can autonomously implement post-processing functions like averaging, low-pass filtering, oversampling and threshold comparison. Intended for use with sensors, to save power the ADC can run with the processing core shut-down, waking the core when required. Operation voltage is ...
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Intel is supplying its Falcon 8+ drones in a project with the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation to protect and restore the Great Wall. The drones will be able to survey the Wall’s Jiankou section, which is one of the third century BC’s structure’s most famous – and steepest – parts. The drones and ...
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Control of Arm’s operations in China has been transferred to a jv controlled by Chinese investors. The jv is called ‘Arm mini China’ and Chinese investirs own 51% of the jv’s equity. The other 49% is held by Softbank. There is talk of an IPO of Arm mini China which might help reduce Softbank s ...
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Paragraf, the graphene technology development company, a recent spin out from the University of Cambridge, has closed a £2.9 million seed round to support the development of its first major products. The round is led by Cambridge Enterprise, the commercialisation arm of the University of Cambridge, with the participation of Parkwalk Advisors, Amadeus Capital Partners, ...
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Inex Microtechnology is creating a process design kit (PDK) for its gallium nitride RF IC foundry in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The kit is aimed at Keysight’s Advanced Design System (ADS) EDA tools. “Our GaN HEMT process addresses a growing UK space and defence customer base,” said Inex CTO Matthew O’Keefe. “The technical capabilities of the Keysight ...
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