CES: Smallest ToF sensor
At CES Infineon and 3D Time of Flight system specialist pmdtechnologies are presenting what they claim to be to the world’s smallest and most powerful 3D image sensor measuring 4.4 x 5.1 mm.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020More on: New Year drone display
A loyal reader of Electronics Weekly contacted us to ask how the various spectacular New year drone displays work – particularly the Singapore one.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020Nexeon sampling silicon-enhanced batteries
Nexeon – the Oxfordshire company developing silicon materials for Li-ion batteries – is sampling silicon-enhanced batteries to potential customers for evaluation.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020Pervasive Displays releases larger e-paper displays at 5.8” and 9.7”
Taiwan’s Pervasive Displays has introduced two electronic paper display modules, the E24581JS084 5.8-inch and E2969JS084 9.7-inch.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020Survey: The edge of tomorrow
XMOS is giving away a VocalFusion dev kit for Amazon AVS (XVF3510) to one lucky participant in a new survey.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020Harman presents vehicle-to-pedestrian 5G Technology at CES 2020
Samsung subsidiary Harman has unveiled an ADAS use case called vehicle-to-pedestrian, which forewarns drivers and pedestrians to potential safety conflicts through the use of its vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology.
This article was posted on Mar 4, 2020Car lighting – return of the ‘light bulb’, and other Osram LEDs at CES
Osram is offering replaceable LED lighting modules to car makers
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020Flexing circuits’ muscles
Apart from screens on mobile phones, every other electronics device is getting smaller, enabling new applications, writes Caroline Hayes.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020Minute-long blackout at Samsung semi plant could cost millions
Samsung Electronics partly halted some semiconductor production at its Hwaseong chip complex in South Korea after about a minute-long blackout on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced on Wednesday.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020Video processor supports HEVC with low power
OmniVision has brought out a video processor that supports video coding (HEVC) compression with, it claims, the lowest power consumption in the industry.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020NAND price expected to rise
NAND Flash demand is expected to be strong, while supply remains tight; both NAND Flash and wafer contract prices are expected to keep increasing, says DRAMeXchange.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020November IC sales slip 0.3% sequentially
November sales of ICs were $36.7 billion down 0.3% on October sales of $36.8 billion, reports the SIA.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020Apple and Imagination sign new licence deal
Imagination has licensed Apple to use “a wider range of Imagination’s intellectual property”.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020TSMC bags up Apple for 2020
TSMC will remain the sole foundry partner of Apple for the chips for its 2020 iPhone series, reports the Chinese-language Commercial Times.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020Resideo Joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors
Residio, the maker of Honeywell Home branded products, has joined the Zigbee Alliance’s Board of Directors.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020More on: Maxim 300kV/µs isolated SiC and GaN gate driver
Just before Christmas, Maxim introduced the MAX22701 isolated gate driver intended to drive the gates of fast-switching silicon carbide and gallium nitride transistors.
This article was posted on Mar 3, 2020EE-50; Voda-30; O2-20; 3-0: the 5G scoreboard
Meeting its deadline of having 5G in 20 cities before 2020 by the skin of its teeth, O2 switched on 5G in 13 new cities on December 31st.
This article was posted on Mar 2, 2020Automotive: The driver for change
Connected vehicle trials are driving us towards an autonomous future, suggests Bryan Marshall.
This article was posted on Mar 2, 2020Hydrogen challenges EVs
The worst thing in tech is investing in a technology just as it gets overtaken by a better one.
This article was posted on Mar 2, 20202020 visions – a look forward to the year’s technology promise
As the year draws to a close – looking forward rather than back – Electronics Weekly asked industry experts to suggest what sea‑change they expect to see in existing technology that will ratchet it up to the next level, what technologies will command headlines in future issues of the magazine and to predict where new ones may emerge that will change the way we think, work and play.
This article was posted on Mar 2, 2020Opportunities and challenges
Availability of 5G networks is expected to climb quickly throughout 2020 and beyond.
This article was posted on Mar 2, 2020