Hyperscalers driving server market
The worldwide server market continued to grow in Q4 with revenue increasing 5.1% and unit shipments growing 11.7% year over year, according to Gartner.
This article was posted on Mar 31, 2020Centimetre-level positioning from multi-constellation GNSS receiver
Septentrio is starting high-volume production of a multi-constellation and multi-band receiver module delivering centimetre-level positioning to technologies such as robotics, automation, smart wearables and telematics among others.
This article was posted on Mar 31, 2020Samsung to keep spending
Samsung Electronics will stick with its investment plans despite the coronavirus, and intends to take process technology leadership in the foundry business away from TSMC.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020US companies have 55% semiconductor market share
Propelled by 51% share of IDM sales and 65% share of fabless sales, U.S. companies captured 55% of the total worldwide IC market in 2019, says IC Insights.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Current constraints on consumer spending could stoke electronics demand in H2
The current constraints on consumer spending could lead to a boom in spending on electronics products later this year, suggests Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020X-Fab expands SiC capacity, adds in-house epitaxy capabilities
X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE is offering SiC foundry services at the scale of silicon, running both processes on the same manufacturing line.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Toshiba announces TLP5231 dual output IGBT/mosfet driver
Toshiba has announced an IGBT/mosfet gate driver equipped with additional built-in functionality. The TLP5231 is aimed at applications including industrial inverters, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power conditioners for solar energy and motor controls.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Google eyes 5G, foldable screens with Android 11 Developer Preview 2
Google has passed another milestone to the release of Android 11 with a Developer Preview 2, which is for application developers only.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020ST to slash production in France
ST has agreed to cut production at its French plants by up to 50% according to the French unions.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Battery powered 100MHz scope has plenty of interfaces
Saelig is stocking two- and four-channel battery-powered portable oscilloscopes from Shenzhen-based Micsig.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Harwin reaches out across Europe
The connector company, Harwin, has added New Jersey-based Powell Electronics to its network of distributors.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Relaunched Maplin focuses on enthusiasts, Raspberry Pi and Arduino
In 2018, consumer electronics retailer Maplin went into administration, shuttering 200 locations. Last year, the company quietly re-emerged with an online-only business model. EW spoke with CEO Ollie Marshall about the firm’s renewed focus on the hobbyist and enthusiast community.
This article was posted on Mar 30, 2020Coronavirus pushing up DRAM and SSD ASPs
Q2 server DRAM ASPs will rise 20% q-o-q and Q2 SSD prices will rise 10-15% q-o-q, says DRAMeXchange as a result of increased demand for cloud services used for teleworking caused by coronavirus-driven home-working.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Trace and debug for RISC-V IP
SiFive has announced hardware trace and debug for RISC-V processor IP.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Renesas RE family adopted as main controller of Casio G-Shock watch
Renesas has announced its RE family controller is the main controller of the Casio G-Shock watch GBD-H1000 with heart rate monitor and GPS functionality.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Abingdon startup has coronavirus vaccine
Four year-old startup Emergex of Abingdon plans to start testing a coronavirus vaccine within two months.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Farnell introduces Rohde and Schwarz NGP800 power supplies
Farnell has added Rohde & Schwarz’s NGP800 series of power supplies to its portfolio.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Oxford University develops rapid, simple coronavirus test.
Oxford University’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a rapid testing technology for the corona virus.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Industrial PCs get Gen 9 and Xeon E processors
Kontron has upgraded its KISS V3 family of industrial rack-mount PCs, moving to 9th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 or 2nd Gen Xeon E processors with up to eight cores on a FCLGA1151 socket with C246 chipset.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020Rutronik and Laser Components sign global distribution agreement
Rutronik has entered into a global distribution agreement with German optoelectronics firm Laser Components encompassing all of the manufacturer’s products.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020UK-RAS launches creative competitions to spur early interest in robotics
For this year’s UK Robotics Week, UK-RAS has launched two creative competitions based around drawing and story-writing. The contests are open to key stage 1 & 2 children respectively, and prizes including programmable robot kits and experiment kits are up for grabs.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2020