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The materials scramble below 10nm
The materials scramble below 10nm
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The semiconductor industry faces a scramble to make advantageous material selections as it scales transistors from 10nm, to 7nm, and…
Hybrid execution – the next step in the evolution of hardware-software co-development
Hybrid execution – the next step in the evolution of hardware-software co-development
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Software has become a crucial component as it determines significant portions of the functionality visible to us end consumers, as…
Top free DIY tools every engineer needs
Top free DIY tools every engineer needs
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PlEvery electrical engineer who does DIY projects knows that dozens of free resistor calculators are out there that can save…
Understanding efficiency: looking for the worst-case scenario
Understanding efficiency: looking for the worst-case scenario
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It’s standard practice to put the best-case scenario on data sheets, but how does that differ from the efficiency that…

Ensuring digital displays flourish in all conditions
Ensuring digital displays flourish in all conditions
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Today, wherever we go, information is at our fingertips – whether it comes from indoor equipment, outdoor kiosks, or the smartphone in our pocket. This penetration depends heavily on the…
Ultra-compact vector signal generator for fast production tests
Ultra-compact vector signal generator for fast production tests
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Rohde & Schwarz’ SGT100A is the smallest and fastest vector signal generator available with up to 6 GHz span, specially optimised for use in production test systems. Using its internal…
Integrated LCD controller technology improves vehicle safety
Integrated LCD controller technology improves vehicle safety
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Ultra-reliable and latency free, the TW8836 offers industry-leading boot time of less than 500 msec. Intersil’s latest generation LCD video processor has both analogue and digital video inputs, a built-in…
Agilent moves into hand-held thermal imaging, with high-resolution processing
Agilent moves into hand-held thermal imaging, with high-resolution processing
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Agilent Technologies has added two ranges of instruments to its portfolio of handheld tools. The U5855A TrueIR thermal imager provides clear and sharp thermal images with its Fine Resolution capability.
3D display system uses eye-tracking to orient pixels, needs no glasses
3D display system uses eye-tracking to orient pixels, needs no glasses
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Tianma NLT America (TNAM) has announced the development of a new autostereoscopic display system by NLT Technologies (NLT) that optimises parallax from an arbitrary viewpoint to reduce the influence of…
Synopsys expands scope of IP offering with design-in, customisation support
Synopsys expands scope of IP offering with design-in, customisation support
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Synopsys is adding services and support products around its semiconductor IP product line; DesignWare IP development kits and customised subsystems accelerate prototyping, software development and integration of IP into SoCs…
mCube’s low-cost 9-DoF inertial sensor for Android devices
mCube’s low-cost 9-DoF inertial sensor for Android devices
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Fabless chip company mCube Inc. (San Jose, California) has launched a 9-degrees-of-freedom inertial sensor for use within Android mobile devices, that includes a virtual gyroscope function.
Lower wireless-power-charging losses with fast-charge receivers
Lower wireless-power-charging losses with fast-charge receivers
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TI's small 5W receivers enable faster, cooler and more power efficient charging for Qi-enabled smartphones and other portable electronics.
Smartphone audio jack becomes a self-powered data port
Smartphone audio jack becomes a self-powered data port
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NXP Semiconductors’ Smartphone Quick-Jack simplifies connecting a variety of external devices to smartphones for self-powered data communications. Adapting the standard 3.5mm audio jack found on smartphones, the Solution creates a…
Silicon carbide switches drive power density in 300A module
Silicon carbide switches drive power density in 300A module
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Cree recently introduced a power module that it says breaks price-performance barriers in power conversion systems rated up to the megawatt level. The all-SiC (siliocn carbide) 300A, 1.2kV half-bridge module…
Circuit matching and analog layout
Circuit matching and analog layout
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Keith Sabine, product manager at EDA company Pulsic, considers the common-centroid method of circuit splitting, dummy elements and matching.
Display-less spectrum analyser structured for production test
Display-less spectrum analyser structured for production test
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Faster production testing is promised with the Rohde & Schwarz FPS compact signal and spectrum analyser; in anticipation of automated analysis of captured waveforms, the unit needs no conventional display…
ARM brings IP configuration and integration functions in-house with company purchase
ARM brings IP configuration and integration functions in-house with company purchase
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ARM is to Acquire Duolog Technologies (headquartered in Dublin, Ireland), to, “strengthen its IP configuration and integration capability and address increasing SoC complexity”.
Smartphone serves as instrument display via integrated web server
Smartphone serves as instrument display via integrated web server
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In response to the increasing trend to the Internet of Things and its manufacturing-specific manifestation, industry 4.0, measurement technology expert imc Messsysteme GmbH (Berlin) equips all its measurement systems and…
$2900 USB spectrum analyser get noise & dynamic performance upgrade
$2900 USB spectrum analyser get noise & dynamic performance upgrade
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Signal Hound BB60C is a USB (display-less) real-time spectrum analyser/RF recorder that follows on from the similarly named BB60A; priced at around $2,900 it has an instantaneous bandwidth (IBW) of…
16-bit, quad, IF DAC reaches 2.8 Gsamples/sec
16-bit, quad, IF DAC reaches 2.8 Gsamples/sec
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Analog Devices believes it has the fastest-available quad IF D/A converter; the AD9144 4-channel, 16-bit, 2.8-Gsample/sec D/A converter supports high data rates and ultra-wide signal bandwidth for emerging wideband and…
Analysis: Watch out for the robot car!
Analysis: Watch out for the robot car!
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In the European automotive industry Google's activities with robot cars have been watched with a certain nervousness. Now the pictures of a cuddly two-seater have gone around the world: Apparently…
How chip makers can regain control of their value chain
How chip makers can regain control of their value chain
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IDC reports that the average selling price of a smartphone decreased to £205 in 2013, down from £236 in 2012, and it is expected to drop to about £157 by…
Early-access software for forthcoming flash FPGAs from Altera
Early-access software for forthcoming flash FPGAs from Altera
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Altera’s MAX 10 family of non-volatile (flash) FPGAs will, the company believes, revolutionise non-volatile FPGA integration for high-volume industrial, automotive and communications applications…
USB 3.0 Host Controller IP, as used in industry standard Compliance Program
USB 3.0 Host Controller IP, as used in industry standard Compliance Program
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Cadence Design Systems has added production-proven host controller intellectual property (IP) for USB 3.0 to its catalogue. The Cadence USB 3.0 xHCI host controller IP was originally developed by Fresco…
Modulated RF analysis for circuit and system design
Modulated RF analysis for circuit and system design
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Agilent Technologies’ Genesys 2014 RF simulation and synthesis software offers an affordable, accurate, easy-to-use medium in which to analyse digitally modulated RF signals. This release of the Agilent EEsof EDA…
Step-down power module outputs 40A/100W from 2.9 sq. cm footprint
Step-down power module outputs 40A/100W from 2.9 sq. cm footprint
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Intersil’s ISL8240M is a dual 20A/single 40A step-down power module that can deliver up to 100W of output power in a 2.9 cm2 footprint, with greater than 90% power efficiency.
High density DC/DC ‘Bricks’ output 50% greater power
High density DC/DC ‘Bricks’ output 50% greater power
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Vicor has built its own ChiP (converter housed in package) products into a more integrated Brick format, thereby increasing the power it can achieve within a standard outline. The HD…
RF MEMS startup prepares to bring switching technology to market
RF MEMS startup prepares to bring switching technology to market
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French fabless semiconductor startup DelfMEMS, active in the field of RF components and developer of RF MEMS switching solutions, has secured €5.4million in round-C funding.


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