VCSEL market doubles in four years to $840m

By 2022, the VCSEL market has almost doubled compared to 2018, reaching $840 million, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Sep 23, 2022

Platform for developing EH PMICs

Trameto, a manufacturer of power management semiconductors for energy harvesting (EH PMICs), has introduced a proof-of-concept platform for evaluating how to generate a reliable micro-power source from ambient light and heat.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

Azure LED for ‘human-centric’ lighting

Aiming at so-called circadian lighting, Nichia has introduced an ‘azure’ coloured LED for people to wake up to.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

Marvell upgrades LiquidSecurity

Marvell has launched its LiquidSecurity 2 (LS2) hardware security module (HSM) adapter for enabling encryption, key management, authentication and other HSM services in the cloud.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

PWM controller packaged with SJ MOSFET

Optimised performance, efficiency, and reliability in high-voltage power supplies need to be combined with reduced BOM count and cost, as well as lower design efforts.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

The Elektra Awards shortlists for 2022 are revealed

Electronics Weekly is proud to reveal the Shortlists for this year’s Elektra Awards, the industry’s largest technology and business awards.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

NIST and Google combine to reduce IC production cost

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has signed a cooperative R&D agreement with Google to develop and produce chips.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

IC’s offer Wi-Sun metropolitan coverage and battery-powered Wi-Fi 6

In a flurry of announcements alongside its developer converence, Silicon Labs has revealed a chip set for metropolitan Wi-Sun radio, a low-power IC for battery-powered Wi-Fi 6 links and a hardware-software development kit for Amazon Sidewalk.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

Improved bidirectional GaN high-side switch

Innoscience has released an improved bi-directional GaN transistor that can replace back-to-back silicon mosfets in high-side switching.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

Cortex-M0+ automotive MCU with functional safety and cybersecurity

Microchip is aiming to meet ISO 26262 functional safety and new ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity standards with a family of Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontrollers with memory-built-in self-test, secure boot and support for Autosar – the latter an open software architecture that allows lower-level hardware to be changed without changing the original application code.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

12bit oscilloscopes up to 800MHz

Rigol has announced a series of four-channel 12bit oscilloscopes, available in 200 to 800MHz bandwidth version.

This article was posted on Sep 22, 2022

30, 60 and 90W DIN rail ac-dc PSUs for industry

Cosel has introduced three DIN rail mount ac-dc power supplies for industrial applications, in three power levels: 30W, 60W or 90W.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

45mm collimators for CoBs in PMMA and PC

Gaggione has produced a family of 45mm collimators for cob (chip-on-board) leds.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

250W 1/16th brick dc-dc converters are tough for vehicles and industry

TDK has introduced 250W 1/16th brick (~36 x 26 x 13mm) non-isolated dc-dc down converters for use in harsh environment.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

9kV PXI and LXI switching modules

Essex-based Pickering Interfaces has launched 9kV switching modules for test use, with PXI or LXI interfaces.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

Automotive electrolytic capacitors peak at 4Arms, 100KHz

NSPE-HC from NIC Components is a series of AEC-Q200 automotive-grade surface mount aluminium electrolytic capacitors.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

Plastic connectors for railway applications

For rail use, Smiths Interconnect has created Easy REP, a lower cycle-life variant of its REP connector series.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

Euroconsult sizes growing satellite connectivity market

Euroconsult, a consultancy specialising in the space sector, has published its ‘Satellite Connectivity and Video Market’ report, forecasting growth in capacity supply to more than 97 Terabytes per second in the next five years.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

Kioxia in mass production of dense industrial flash in Q4

Kioxia is moving its Industrial Grade flash memories into volume production in Q4.

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

EV is the biggest white elephant mankind has ever invented

At IFS 2022, Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons, delivered some pithy insights into the fundamentals of the tech industry,

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022

Chip industry in “hopeful denial” says Penn

Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons (pictured) reiterated his single digit semiconductor growth forecast for 2022 and warning of a double-digit decline for 2023 at IFS2022 in London yesterday,

This article was posted on Sep 21, 2022