Intel, Micron, ADI form alliance

Intel, Micron, ADI and MITRE Engenuity have agreed to accelerate semiconductor research, development, and prototyping to build a more robust U.S. semiconductor industry.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022

ADI’s new super-precision voltage reference challenges LTZ1000

Analog Devices has created an alternative to its venerable LTZ1000 untra-precision voltage reference, with better initial accuracy and less noise, although not every parameter is improved.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022

Spectrolab’s solar cells to power NASA’s Roman Space Telescope

Spectrolab has been selected to provide approximately 4,000 XTJ Prime solar cells for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022

February chip sales up 32.4%

February chip sales of $52.5 billion were up 3.4% on January’s $50.7 billion and up 32.4% on the $39.6 billion of February 2021, reports the SIA.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022

Top-Heavy Capacity

At the end of 2021, 57% of the industry’s total monthly wafer capacity was owned by the top five companies, according to Knometa Research’s Global Wafer Capacity 2022 report.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022

32 x 8 PXI matrix switch arrays for RF testing up to 300MHz

Pickering Interfaces has introduced 32 x 8 PXI RF matrix modules that fit into two chassis slots and offer a usable bandwidth up to 300MHz.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

RF GaN amplifiers span Q, V and E-bands

Altum RF has announced three GaAs pHEMT MMIC amplifiers for Q, V, and E-bands, using Win Semiconductors’ PP10-20 GaAs technology which is intended for use up to 170GHz and, compared with its earlier PP10-10 platform, “allows for a substantial increase in gain, with the same operating voltage for power applications”, according to Altum.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Avnet Silica to sell Octavo Systems’ system-in-packages

Avnet Silica has signed a worldwide exclusive deal with Octavo Systems to handle Octavo’s Xilinx-based OSDZU3 module family.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Lockheed Martin goes open-source for satellite on-orbit docking

Aimed at satellite manufacturers, Lockheed Martin has released an open-source interface standard to support on-orbit docking.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

BrainChip and SiFive hook up for edge AI

BrainChip’s Akida is a neural networking processor architecture that brings AI to the edge.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Chinese companies losing market share – now down to 4%

Chinese IC companies have only 4% world market share – down from 5% in 2020, says IC Insights, while US companies hold 54% world market share which is down 1% on the 55% share US companies held in 2020.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Sponsored Content: Report Highlights Demand for Industry-led IoT Security Guidelines

Securing Our Connected Future is More Important Than Ever.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Vicor expands production at its Massachusetts home

Vicor has shown commitment to US manufacturing, building its new $75m power supply module manufacturing plant at its home in Andover Massachusetts, where it has been making all of its products for 40 years.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

Robotic finger tip makes human-like ‘nerve’ signals

Researches at the University of Bristol have created an artificial fingertip that produces signals that appear to mimic human touch nerve signal.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2022

SPARK Microsystems gets CDN$7.1m funding

SPARK Microsystems, the Montreal UWB specialist, has received CDN$7.1 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC).

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

JAC buys Tsinghua Unigroup

JAC Capital, a state-backed Chinese fund for investing in the semiconductor industry, has completed its takeover of Tsinghua Unigroup which owns Yangtze Memory.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

Sponsored Content: Integrated power system manages battery, load and back-up

The CBI series of DC-UPS helps power system designers meet tight power budgets by intelligently managing the available power between the load and the battery, explains John Stone, Sales Director, Relec Electronics.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

Coin-like Bluetooth beacon includes accelerometer and user reconfiguration

EM Microelectronics has introduced a low-power Bluetooth V5.0 low energy proximity beacon and accelerometer little bigger than the CR2032 coin cell that powers it.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

Green laser diode for human-visible dot projection

Osram has introduced a green laser diode as a replacement for red lasers in human-visible applications such as levelling, scanning and dot projection.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

WR112 X-band waveguide components

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a family of WR112 X-band waveguide components for satellite communications, commercial data links and deep space missions.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022

BAE’s phased-array iMOTR radar passes object tracking tests

BAE Systems says it has successfully completed prototype tests of its Multiple Object Tracking Radar (iMOTR).

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2022