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Is 3D XPoint based on phase-change memory?
Is 3D XPoint based on phase-change memory?
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What would be the simplest way to explain the technology behind 3D XPoint non-volatile memory; a scaled version of phase-change…
Resistors aren’t resistors
Resistors aren’t resistors
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Resistors aren't resistors - at high frequencies, that is. Many designers don't realise that parasitic elements in real components affect…
MHL 3.0 advanced analysis and compliance test for portable products
MHL 3.0 advanced analysis and compliance test for portable products
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Tektronix has an advanced analysis and compliance test solution for the latest Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) standard. The new MHL…
IoT and smart-comms-device design: QorIQ System-on-Module, in distribution
IoT and smart-comms-device design: QorIQ System-on-Module, in distribution
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ECUcore-1021 SoM and developer boards, from distributor Arrow Electronics, provide fast start for projects using the capabilities of Freescale’s QorIQ…

Intel & Micron to move new class of non-volatile memory to production
Intel & Micron to move new class of non-volatile memory to production
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Intel and Micron have disclosed that they are to commence production on new class of non-volatile memory, calling it the first new memory category in more than 25 years. 3D…
Configurable IP supports USB Type-C and USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0 specifications
Configurable IP supports USB Type-C and USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0 specifications
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Synopsys claims the first USB IP solutions that support the USB Type-C (USB-C) connectivity specification, as well as the USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0 specifications.
Handheld thermal imagers for predictive maintenance & high-temp fault-finding
Handheld thermal imagers for predictive maintenance & high-temp fault-finding
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Keysight Technologies has added two higher temperature models to its thermal imagers portfolio. The U5856A and U5857A can perform temperature measurements up to 650 and 1200C respectively. This allows users…
ADAS deserialiser integrates four surround view camera streams
ADAS deserialiser integrates four surround view camera streams
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The MAX9286 quad deserialiser enables the design of surround-view systems for ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) with fewer components and faster design-time. One MAX9286 gigabit multimedia serial link (GMSL) deserialiser…
Article: Handling privacy and security concerns in the IoT: Protecting data
Article: Handling privacy and security concerns in the IoT: Protecting data
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This is the third part of a series of short articles; part 1, Handling Privacy and Security Concerns in the IoT: The Importance of Identity and part 2, Handling privacy…
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon’s chip production
Demand for radar systems boosts Infineon’s chip production
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Radar systems are experience rapidly growing acceptance among car buyers. While passenger cars with a radar sensor can be bought since the nineties, production figures as well as take rates…
Analog design and the age of digital correction
Analog design and the age of digital correction
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Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at Freescale Semiconductor highlights the use of digital circuits to calibrate analog ones.
All you need to know about… Digitisers – in a free handbook
All you need to know about… Digitisers – in a free handbook
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Spectrum (Grosshansdorf, Germany) has published a handbook that covers the major product features of this powerful class of instrument: intended to keep engineers and scientists up to date with the…
Linear Technology founders win lifetime achievement award
Linear Technology founders win lifetime achievement award
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In the 2015 ACE Awards – a programme of UBM Canon, proprietors of EDN and EE Times – the Lifetime Achievement Award has been presented to Linear Technology co-founders Bob…
Opinion: Of hackers and showmasters
Opinion: Of hackers and showmasters
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These days, two IT experts made headlines: They hacked themselves over the UConnect infotainment system in a Jeep Cherokee and took over the control over various functions of the vehicle,…
NXP adds security & authentication to USB Type-C offering
NXP adds security & authentication to USB Type-C offering
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NXP Semiconductors claims the “most complete” USB Type-C solution, having incorporated authentication and power delivery capabilities to further deliver secure connections.
Better before bigger: How Linear Tech was built
Better before bigger: How Linear Tech was built
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I [Steve Taranovich writes] recently visited the 2015 UBM ACE Awards Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, Linear Technology’s Bob Swanson, chairman of the board, and Bob Dobkin, CTO. These men are…
Infineon packages protection from product piracy and IP plunder
Infineon packages protection from product piracy and IP plunder
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Industrial automation, medical equipment, electronic components – plagiarism of capital equipment requires effective prevention, according to Infineon Technologies which is offering embedded security solutions, that extend to systems connected by…
ROHM Semiconductor acquires Digital Power IC specialist Powervation
ROHM Semiconductor acquires Digital Power IC specialist Powervation
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Rohm has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Powervation Ltd. (Cork, Eire and San Jose, CA), a privately held digital power IC company that develops Digital Power Management…
16/32-Mbit low-power SRAMs boost soft error immunity by 500x
16/32-Mbit low-power SRAMs boost soft error immunity by 500x
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Renesas’ Advanced Low Power SRAM increases resistance to soft errors by 500 times compared to full CMOS memory cells, while contributing to longer backup battery service life by reducing standby…
element14 unveils the “ultimate dev kit”
element14 unveils the “ultimate dev kit”
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element14 has unveiled the winner of its global DreamBoard initiative to find the ultimate development kit. The PC64, designed to be a learning tool for students, has been voted the…
FPGA demo kit hosts Altera’s MAX 10 single-chip configurable processor
FPGA demo kit hosts Altera’s MAX 10 single-chip configurable processor
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MAX 10 NEEK features a multi-touch display to simplify the evaluation and development of single-chip embedded processor designs in a non-volatile FPGA…
Tektronix installs its 70 GHz oscilloscope in Optical & THz transceiver lab
Tektronix installs its 70 GHz oscilloscope in Optical & THz transceiver lab
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Tektronix and IRCICA, a major French research laboratory, have collaborated to open an optical and wireless communications innovation laboratory at the University of Lille, France. Fully outfitted with Tektronix high-speed…
Combating compliance
Combating compliance
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Battling through the global maze of certification markings and compliance regulation is increasingly leaving many original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) without a clear idea of direction. The growing cost of achieving…
ETX Computer-on-Modules drop-in to replace obsolete x86-based designs
ETX Computer-on-Modules drop-in to replace obsolete x86-based designs
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ICOP Technology’s (Taiwan) VDX3-ETX is a DM&P Vortex86 DX3 processor-based ETX Computer-on-Module. OEMs can deploy the fully ETX 3.0-compliant dual core computer module with up to 1.0 GHz clock frequency…
Examining the corporate state machine
Examining the corporate state machine
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Ken Coffman considers corporate acitivity as if it was state machine and comes to the conclusion that you cannot have your cake and eat it…
Simplified energy profiling for power-sensitive IoT applications
Simplified energy profiling for power-sensitive IoT applications
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The latest version of Silicon Labs’ Simplicity Studio development platform includes a real-time energy profiler tool intended to make IoT system design easier, faster and more productive.
32-bit Δ-Σ ADCs offer high accuracy, low noise and high integration
32-bit Δ-Σ ADCs offer high accuracy, low noise and high integration
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Texas Instruments has introduced a pair of 32-bit delta-sigma analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs) that combine high resolution, low noise and integrated fault detection, eliminating, claims TI, many of the performance and…
Welsh compound-semi chip foundry planned
Welsh compound-semi chip foundry planned
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A chip foundry able to run a variety of compound semiconductor processes is being planned to sit alongside a compound semiconductor applied research venture being formed by Cardiff University (Wales,…


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