Samsung supplies 49% of smartphone memory market

Samsung supplied almost half the $11.4 billion smartphone memory market in Q1 2021, says Strategy Analytics.

This article was posted on Jul 16, 2021

Gas and particle sensors come to the consumer market

Gas and particle sensors will be a $2.2 billion market in 2026, says Yole Developpement, with the gas sensor market forecast to reach $1.8 billion revenues in 2026 at a 2020-26 CAGR of 10%, and the particle sensor market expected to have a 2020-26 CAGR of 16.3% and expected to reach $407 million in 2026.

This article was posted on Jul 16, 2021

5G scorecard for Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle

RootMetrics’ 5G Scorecard reports on Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle examines “Everyday 5G” performance by the networks – a metric which includes results recorded on both 5G-only technology and 5G mixed mode – an increasingly common experience for UK consumers of switching between 5G and 4G LTE during the same data service.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Digi-Key polishes Online Returns and Order Issues Portal

Digi-Key Electronics has announced that it has launched an enhanced online returns and order issues portal for customers.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

TT Electronics launches connectivity kit with LTE Cat M1/NB-IoT

TT Electronics has launched its S-2CONNECT Creo Development Kit with LTE Cat M1 / NB-IoT to accelerate digital programmes.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Imagination adopts hybrid working

Imagination Technologies announces a hybrid working framework, for all employees, globally.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Small Cell O-RAN for business customers

Vodafone is partnering with Mavenir to create an indoor small cell solution for business customers using OpenRAN technology

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Boris asks National Security Adviser to review Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab

Boris Johnson has asked Sir Stephen Lovegrove, the UK’s National Security Adviser, to look at the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by Chinese-owned Nexperia,

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

M.2 cards for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth

U-blox has introduced a pair of M.2 format Wi-Fi and Bluetooth expansion cards that plug into NXP i.MX processor evaluation kits.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Isolated and non-isolated dc-dc buck converter

STMicroelectronics has created a 5W dc-dc buck converter IC that produces a regulated non-isolated output plus one or more transformer-coupled isolated outputs. The isolated secondary voltage is governed by the transformer turns ratio – no optocoupler is needed.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Relativity Space announces new factory headquarters

Relativity Space, the company that 3D prints an entire rocket, has announced a major expansion of its operations in Long Beach, California.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Antenova launches compact 5G antenna for M2M and IoT

Antenova, the Hatfield manufacturer of antennas and RF antenna modules for M2M and the IoT, is announcing a compact high performing antenna for the 5G bands worldwide, including LTE band 74 1420-1520MHz and 617-698MHz.

This article was posted on Jul 15, 2021

Arduino gets AI framework, from Fraunhofer

Fraunhofer IMS and Arduino have release a stand-alone C-programmed AI framework for Arduino, allowing battery-powered AI hardware to be created without needing a link to the cloud.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

Low heat 200A relay for renewable micro-power generation

Omron is aiming at power conditioning in micro power generators, inverters and UPS with a 800Vac 200A relay designed to create little heat.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

Smiths reduces cost of medical connectors

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a lower-cost variant to its Hypergrip range of medical connectors.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

MIT designs circuits based on protein-protein interactions

Synthetic biology offers a way to engineer cells to perform novel functions, such as glowing with fluorescent light when they detect a certain chemical. Usually, this is done by altering cells so they express genes that can be triggered by a certain input.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

May chip sales up 26%

May semiconductor sales were up 26.2% y-o-y at $43.6 billion which was 4.1% up on April, says the SIA.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

Astrocast expands its nanosatellite IoT network

Astrocast has expanded its IoT constellation, launching five more nanosatellites satellites on its SXRS-5 Spaceflight mission, onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

Intermetallics and airgaps for 1nm nodes and beyond

Imec has presented an experimental study of Al-based binary compounds, with focus on their resistivity behavior. For example, for stoichiometric AlCu and Al2Cu films, a resistivity as low as 9.5µΩcm was reported.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

125°C photovoltaic coupler outputs 14V for high-voltage mosfets

Toshiba has upped the output of a photovoltaic generator to drive high-voltage power mosfets in galvanically-isolated solid-state relays (SSRs).

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021

Audio-free industrial PCs side-steps chip shortage

Responding to an international shortage of audio chips, Advantech has developed non-audio version of its most popular motherboards to help mitigate supply issues.

This article was posted on Jul 14, 2021