Europe invests in Spire space data

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has awarded up to €20 million of funding to Spire Global, the US company with the world’s largest multi-purpose constellation of satellites.

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

SWIR sensor has 1.82 µm pixel pitch

Imec has prototyped a high-resolution short-wave-infrared (SWIR) image sensor with record small pixel pitch of 1.82 µm.

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

Foundry capex to account for 34% of semi industry capex in 2020

Foundry capex will account for 34% of all semi capex in 2020, says IC Insights, with 7/5nm processes driving foundry spending and total semi industry capex expected to rise 6%.

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

Socionext introduces display controller for hi-res widescreen auto displays

Socionext, the automotive SoC specialist, is sampling its new display controller SC1702 to meet the growing needs for high-resolution widescreen automotive displays.

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

1200 V GenX4™ XPT™ IGBTs

1200 V GenX4™ XPT™ IGBTs

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

LTM8051 Silent Switcher® μModule® Regulator

LTM8051 Silent Switcher® μModule® Regulator

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

KNX Arduino Shield

KNX Arduino Shield

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

Automotive Ultra-Compact 1 mm² MOSFETs

Automotive Ultra-Compact 1 mm² MOSFETs

This article was posted on Jan 7, 2021

EPC2218 Enhancement-Mode GaN Power Transistors

EPC2218 Enhancement-Mode GaN Power Transistors

This article was posted on Jan 6, 2021

Uber gives up on driverless tech

Uber is divesting its driverless car unit – the Advanced Technologies Group – to startup company Aurora which is backed by Amazon and Sequoia.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

Shortages loom, says ecsn

The UK component industry association ecsn is forecasting a minus 0.2% decline to 4% growth for the market in H1 2021 and a flat market to 6.5% growth for H2.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

2020 European VC tech investment sets record at $41bn

European VC tech investment is likely to hit $41 billion this year, says Atomico, which is sbout $500 million more than last year.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

LoRaWAN ID QR codes for automated onboarding

The LoRa Alliance has introduced its LoRaWAN Device Identification QR Codes for Automated Onboarding that simplify and accelerate LoRaWAN network management. These new QR codes carry all the required identification information to add devices to a network.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

Six colour choice for 12V 20A illuminated toggle switch

C&K’s ILT series is the first illuminated toggle switch range in the company’s portfolio.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

Solid-state relay has high dV/dt and high blocking voltage

Excel Cell Electronics (ECE) ESR5 series of solid-state relays are available with or without LED Indicators, with ac or dc control inputs, and, separately, with ac or dc-type outputs.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

Lattice increases security in Gen 2 Mach FPGA family

The second generation of Mach FPGAs from Lattice Semiconductor have heightened security features and the processing capability to implement a real time hardware root of trust (HRoT) operation for servers, computing, comms, industrial and automotive systems. Mach-NX FPGAs are based on the company’s Nexus FPGA platform.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

BrainChip shipping evaluation board

BrainChip, the Australian spiking neural network specialist, started shipping evaluation boards last month.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

Marvell launches O-RAN platform

Marvell has introduced its 5G O-RAN portfolio with a virtualized radio access network (vRAN) platform.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

50MHz precision op-amp has 6.5nV/√Hz input noise

STMicroelectronics has introduced a dual 5V op amp with 50MHz gain-bandwidth product with low input offset voltage and 6.5nV/√Hz input voltage noise.

This article was posted on Jan 5, 2021

AD7606C-18 Analog-to-Digital Data Acquisition System

AD7606C-18 Analog-to-Digital Data Acquisition System

This article was posted on Jan 4, 2021

LTC4372/LTC4373 Diode Controllers

LTC4372/LTC4373 Diode Controllers

This article was posted on Jan 4, 2021