US may block Infineon bid for Cypress
Infineon’s $8.7 billion bid for Cypress could be blocked by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS).
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Silicon Labs Secure Vault suite addresses emerging regulations for IoT
Silicon Labs has announced Secure Vault, a security suite designed to address increasing threats and regulatory pressures arising from IoT connected devices.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Cheap abundant materials replace electrodes in lithium battery
Low-cost cobalt-free biodegradable rechargeable lithium batteries, particularly for grid-scale storage, are the dream of a research group at York University in Toronto, which might have bought them closer to reality with an organic cathode.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020UCC12050 dc-dc power converter from TI available at Mouser
Mouser is now stocking Texas Instruments’ UCC12050 and UCC12040 isolated dc-dc converters.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Silicone-rubber combined with graphene to make flexible wearable sensors
Researchers at UCLA and the Universities of Waterloo and British Columbia have combined silicone rubber with ultra-thin lsyers of graphene to make a material for 3D-printed durable, flexible sensors for wearable devices.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Bug hits phone production
The coronavirus will hit smartphone production by 13.3% y-o-y in Q1 and by 3,5% over the full year, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020CST Global integrates InP lasers into Imec’s iSiPP
Imec and CST Global of Glasgow, the designer and manufacturer of III-V compound semiconductors for photonics products, have integrated InP distributed feedback (DFB) lasers from CST Global’s InP100 platform into Imec’s integrated silicon photonics platform (iSiPP).
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Virus won’t affect AMD Q1 revenues
AMD is sticking to its $1.8 billion revenue forecast for Q1.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Toshiba expands portfolio of single channel motor driver ICs
Toshiba Electronics has added the TB67H451FNG to its line-up of single channel brushed DC motor driver ICs.
This article was posted on Mar 16, 2020Dialog expects supply chain to be back to normal by the end of the month
The expectation parallels Foxconn’s statement on Monday that it expects a return to normal working in its China factories by the end of the month. Foxconn said its factories are currently operating at about 50% of seasonal capacity but that should ramp up over the course of the month as employees go back to work.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020RS stocking Keysight test and measurement kits for embedded and RF
RS Components has added Keysight test and measurement equipment to its portfolio.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020Is your breadboard too flat? MIT will curve it for you
Aiming to provide a quick way to test circuit function on potential products, MIT researchers are 3D printing breadboards into prototypes, including curved prototypes.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020Hailo raises $60m Series B
Hailo, the Israeli AI processor company, has raised $60 million in a Series B funding round.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 20201.2kV 3-phase SiC power bridge for automotive
Belgian hi-rel specialist Cissoid has announced a 1.2kV 450A silicon carbide three-phase mosfet power module with drive electronics, for automotive use.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020NanoAvionics to build Sen’s EarthTV satellites
Sen, a UK startup specialising in video streaming, has turned to NanoAvionics for building the first five nano-satellites of its “EarthTV” constellation.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020ST and Alps develop high-quality Class-D audio amp for cars
STMicroelectronics has tied up with Japanese audio company Alps Alpine to create an automotive class-D audio amplifier IC.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020CSconnected semiconductor cluster aims to encompass supply chain
As part of Wales Week London, compound semiconductor cluster CSconnected held an event at the IET in London, promoting its strategy to build a collaborative supply chain from chip design to end products in a single geographic region.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020Photonics interconnect IC handles 3.2Tbs
Ranovus of Ottawa, the datacentre interconnect specialist, has brought out a photonics interconnect called Odin which is based on ICs which can each handle 3.2Tbs.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020Mellanox buys Titan IC
Mellanox is to buy pattern-matching specialist Titan IC of Belfast to accelerate its search and data analytics programmes and strengthen Mellanox’s network intelligence capabilities.
This article was posted on Mar 12, 2020Dc-dc converters fit in L78 linear reg footprints for industrial apps
Wurth has added 36V input versions to its range of dc-dc converters that are pin-compatible with established 78xx linear regulators – although, at 8mm thick, they are fatter than their linear cousins.
This article was posted on Mar 11, 2020Embedded World: Embedded Vision Everywhere?! Panel discussion
Last week at Embedded World, representatives from a wide cross-section of the industry took part in the Embedded Vision Everywhere panel discussion.
This article was posted on Mar 11, 2020