50MHz 8051 MCUs
Silicon Labs has built a family of 8bit microcontrollers around its 8051-based CIP-51 core, running at 50MHz.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023UK Space Agency funds research for space fuel sustainability
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has announced funding research for the refuelling an upcoming mission to remove space junk. The aim, for sustainability, is to help prolong the life of satellites and prevent adding more debris to the space environment.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Sales of systems, chips and front-end IC manufacturing equipment up, but back-end down
Sales of electronics products, ICs and front-end manufacturing equipment are moving upwards, while the market for back-end manufacturing equipment remains weak, says SEMI.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023PAVE360 on AWS
Siemens Digital Industries Software’s PAVE360-based design software for automotive digital twin is now available on AWS.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Advanced substrate market on 11% CAGR 2022-28
The advanced IC substrate market is expected to grow at an 11% CAGR from $15 billion in 2022 to nearly $34 billion in 2028, says Yole Developpement.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Infineon FY2023 revenues up 15% y-o-y
Infineon had calendar Q3 (fiscal Q4) revenue of €4.149 billion for a profit of €1.044 billion at a margin of 25.2% with free cash flow of €614 million.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Opto-isolated gate voltage generator switches mosfets and IGBTs
Littelfuse has introduced an optically isolated photovoltaic gate driver for mosfets and IGBTs.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 20231.8V 2.5Gbit/s MIPI D-PHY 1.2 repeater boosts data and clock
Diodes has released a 2.5Gbit/s MIPI D-PHY 1.2 compliant signal repeater for high pixel-count cameras.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Single-pair Ethernet can help achieve net zero CO2 emissions
The building sector needs to modernise the communications infrastructure to meet net zero CO2 emission goals, urges Meghan Kaiserman.
This article was posted on Nov 22, 2023Productronica: high-voltage SMD reed relays
Pickering Electronics will introduce a series of surface-mount >1kV reed relays at Productronica in Munich next week.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Norwegian Andøya Spaceport opens for Isar satellite launches
The Andøya Spaceport in Norway has officially opened, readying itself to be the future launch site – for small and medium sized satellites – of Isar Aerospace and its Spectrum rocket.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023WiFi6E and Bluetooth 5.3 integrated on one chip
Synaptics is sampling an integrated single-chip Wi-Fi6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Surplus inventory continues to affect component industry
Surplus components inventory has been a curse all year and will continue into Q4, says Sourcengine in its Q4 Lead Time Report.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Arm Q2 results
A letter to Arm shareholders, signed by the CEO and CFO, reports on Arm’s calendar Q3 (fiscal Q2) performance – the first quarter since it returned to the public equity market.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Solid-state ‘thermal transistor’ controls heat flow with ±2.5V
UCLA researchers have made an electrically-controlled solid-state ‘transistor’ for thermal energy, with a heat-flow on-off ratio of >13:1 when controlled with a ±2.5V base bias at room temperature.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Li-Ion battery protection devices
Nisshinbo Micro Devices of Tokyo has launched the NB7142 and NB7143 series Li-Ion battery protection ICs.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023ESA seeks space cargo competition by 2028
The ESA has signalled its intent to foster commercial competition to deliver space cargo return services, following the ESA Space Summit in Seville.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Best-ever semi material
Columbia University researchers have published a paper clsiming Re6Se8Cl2 to be the fastest and most efficient semiconductor material known to man.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Open Cosmos adds two satellites to the Open Constellation
Open Cosmos, the satellite data provider, says its latest two satellites, MANTIS and PLATERO, have successfully reached orbit following the launch of the SpaceX Transporter-9 mission at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, US.
This article was posted on Nov 20, 2023Through-hole three-phase 600V brushless motor drives
Toshiba is aiming at pumps, air conditioning and fans with through-hole versions of its latest 600V three-phase brushless dc motor drivers.
This article was posted on Nov 16, 2023Cortex-M55 MCU gets neural network accelerator for AI-at-the-edge
Infineon has announced a family microcontrollers combining an Arm Cortex-M55 core (including ‘Helium’ DSP support), an Arm Ethos-U55 machine learning processor, and an Arm Cortex-M33 core, which has in-built security, paired with Infineon’s own ‘NNLite’ neural network accelerator.
This article was posted on Nov 16, 2023