51.9% Q1 dip for China phones
Q1 sales of smartphones in the China market fell 51.9% sequentially and 38.9% y-o-y, reports Digitimes Research.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Memory looking solid
April server DRAM contract prices rose 18% m-o-m, says DRAMeXchange.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Talks to merge O2 and Virgin Media
O2 and Virgin Media may be combined in a £24 billion deal. The parent companies of the two network operators – Telefonica and Liberty Global – have confirmed they are negotiating a merger.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Functional safety AVR MCUs, with a touch controller
Microchip is aiming at automotive and industrial control applications with human interaction, with a series of MCUs that combine functional safety and a touch controller – branding them AVR ‘DA’.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Inmarsat and Cobham launch network for remote workers
Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM have launched a Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) push-to-talk (PTT) product to connect remote workers using vehicles across the globe.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020PMICs for wireless MCUs work from single alkaline cells upwards
Silicon Labs has introduced a line of multi-rail power chips (PMICs) for its EFR32 and EFM32 wireless MCU families.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Xilinx forms university clusters for adaptive computing
XACCs provide infrastructure and funding to support novel research in adaptive compute acceleration for high performance computing (HPC).
This article was posted on May 28, 2020Q1 silicon shipment up 2.7% q-o-q
Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 2.7% sequentially in Q1 2020, says SEMI.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020ST boosts support for safety-critical STM32 and STM8 applications
STMicroelectronics has released functional-safety support packages to simplify the development of safety-critical products using STM32 and STM8 microcontrollers.
This article was posted on May 28, 2020$10bn cloudburst accelerates digital transformation
Cloud services providers got a $10 billion Q1 windfall courtesy of the Coronavirus, reports Canalys.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020NXP, Infineon, Renesas, TI, ST stay top five for auto ICs
NXP, Infineon, Renesas, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics maintained their positions in the top five of Strategy Analytics’ annual assessment of the automotive semiconductor industry vendor market share rankings.
This article was posted on May 26, 20202.4 exaflop computer fighting coronavirus
A computer capable of 2.4 exaflops – 12x more than the 200 petaflops IBM Summit which holds the traditional computing speed title – has been created by linking almost a million PCs.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020The process race
With advanced logic processes now the exclusive province of Intel, Samsung and TSMC, it’s interesting to see how the three kings stack up.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020Intel to buy Moovit
Intel is in the process of buying Moovit for $1 billion, reports Reuters.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020Tesla applies to become UK electricity generator
Tesla has applied to Ofgem for a licence to generate electricity in the UK.
This article was posted on May 26, 20202020 semi market to grow 2.5%
Semiconductor market revenues are forecast to total $439.3 billion in 2020, up 2.5% from $428.5 billion in 2019, says Omdia (the new name for analysts IHS and Informa)
This article was posted on May 26, 2020High-Q RF and microwave capacitors
Exxelia’s CH series of surface-mount ceramic capacitors are designed with high Q-factor and stable operation for rf applications in medical MRI scanners, scientific, industrial and cellular base stations
This article was posted on May 26, 2020Single-board computer for secure IoT end-points
OKdo, one of the RS Component family of companies, has introduced its first own-branded single board computer – aimed at those developing secure IoT endpoints.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020Cheap UK open-source 3D printed medical microscope uses Raspberry Pi camera and processing
The University of Bath has designed an open-source medical-grade microscope that can be made for as little as £15 in its most basic form
This article was posted on May 26, 2020High voltage automotive-grade aluminium capacitors for electric vehicles and industry
Vishay Intertechnology has introduced two series of automotive grade, surface-mount aluminium electrolytic capacitors that combine working at up to 450V and up to +125°C with a useful life up to 6,000 hours, aiming them at automotive and industrial applications.
This article was posted on May 26, 2020650V CoolMOS for auto market
Infineon has added to its CoolMOS family to support the electro-mobility market.
This article was posted on May 25, 2020