3mm x 3mm chip communicates with satellites
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Socionext have developed a novel transceiver for enabling seamless communication between earth ground platforms and satellites in the low, middle, and geostationary earth orbits.
This article was posted on Aug 11, 2020One in the sensing eye for Nasa’s Mars Perseverance Rover
With the successful launch of Nasa’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral, Teledyne Imaging is highlighting that its CCDs are integrated into remote sensing instruments on board the exploratory system.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020NAND and DRAM to be biggest IC markets
NAND Flash and DRAM will remain the largest IC markets in 2020 accounting for a third of total IC sales this year, says IC Insights.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Samsung Q2 profits up 26%; semi capex budget $12.4 billion
Samsung Electronics has reported a Q2 operating profit of $6.86 billion up 26% sequentially and 23% y-o-y.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Blow-out Q2 for Apple, Amazon and Facebook
Apple had calendar Q2 sales of $59.69 billion up 11% y-o-y for a profit of $11.25 billion which was up 18% y-o-y..
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Comment: Supporting the next generation of engineers through the Covid-19 pandemic
Nick Hill, CEO at the engineering and design consultancy Plextek, laments the currently disadvantaged position of students affected by the Covid-19 pandemic due to exam cancellations, and shines a light at the end of the tunnel by reintroducing internships.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020EUV looking to 225wph
At last month’s Imec Technology Conference, ASML’s CEO Martin van den Brink revealed that the company has a route to get EUV to 225 wph while the productivity of immersion lithography has doubled over the last nine years.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020NAND price fall
NAND suppliers are continuing to cut production after a Q2 decline in spot prices which has led to a Q3 decline in contract pricing, says DRAMeXchange.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Nvidia in pole position to buy Arm
Talks between Softbank and Nvidia about selling a stake in Arm are reported by the Nikkei to be at an advanced stage.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Socionext unveils cecTalker
Socionext today announced its ʻcecTalkerʼ (pronounced ʻC-E-C-Talkerʼ), an HDMI module equipped with Socionextʼs HDMI controller IC.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020SGT transistor promises denser circuits
Researchers from Surrey and Cambridge universities and the National Research Institute in Rome have demonstrated the use of a pioneering circuit design that uses an the source-gated transistor (SGT), to create compact circuit blocks.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2020Huawei outships everyone in smartphones
Huawei shipped more smartphones worldwide than any other vendor for the first time in Q2 2020, says Canalys.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020China chips lag government targets
China’s 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) will include a 40% expansion in foundry capacity and a move to 7nm processing, says Digitimes Research.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 20201.8V chopper stabilised dual precision op-amp from Diodes
Diodes has announced its first precision op-amp, the chopper-stabilised dual AS2333, which has rail-to-rail inputs and outputs and operates over 1.8V to 5.5V (or ±0.9V to ±2.75V) and -40°C to +125°C.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020element14 Coronavirus Design Challenge winners announced
element14 has announced the winning designs of its “Fighting Germs” Design Challenge, where participants helped to fight COVID-19 by creating projects that protect vulnerable populations and help people cope with the crisis.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020DCMS £30m to marry 5G and industrial ingenuity
£30m of public and private funding aims to combine industrial ingenuity with 5G technology
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020100µF 63V conductive polymer electrolytic capacitor in 10 x 12.5mm SMD case
Panasonic is to add a smaller case size to ZS-Series of SMD conductive polymer hybrid electrolytic capacitors.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020750W medical power supply
Delta Electronics has added a 750W power supply to its MEB Series of medical enclosed power supplies – adding to existing 500W and 1,200W types.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020Six pack IGBT for EV traction inverters
Infineon has introduced an IGBT power module tailored to the needs of electric vehicle traction inverters in the 80 kW to 100 kW power class: the HybridPACK DC6i.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020Memory-in-pixel technology reduces LCD power consumption
All the pixels include an SRAM resulting in a power consumption for static image down to 5µW.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020Glasgow, Milan and Delft turn time into vision
A new way of imaging – harnessing AI to turn time into visions of 3D space – has been found by researchers at Glasgow University, the Polytechnic University of Milan and Delft University of Technology.
This article was posted on Aug 7, 2020