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Atmel’s maXTouch controllers becomes first to support Windows 8
Atmel’s maXTouch controllers becomes first to support Windows 8
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Atmel Corporation has announced that the Atmel maXTouch mXT1386 is the first touch controller to enable touch performance with Microsoft…
Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips
Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips
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Globalfoundries has announced a foundry technology optimized for automotive applications such as power management devices, audio amplifiers, displays and LED…
Altera demos floating-point DSP flow with FPGAs
Altera demos floating-point DSP flow with FPGAs
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Claiming an industry first, programmable logic vendor Altera Corp. said Monday (Sept. 12) it demonstrated a new floating-point digital signal…
40Gbit/s optical modulator demonstrated in silicon
40Gbit/s optical modulator demonstrated in silicon
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CEA-Leti announced today that a team of European researchers and companies has achieved a major milestone towards fabricating silicon photonics…

Gel electrolyte promises better battery
Gel electrolyte promises better battery
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Researchers at the University of Leeds in England have invented a polymer gel that they claim can be used to manufacture cheaper, flexible lithium batteries without compromising performance.The technology has…
Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips, LED drivers
Globalfoundries revamps BCD process for automotive chips, LED drivers
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Globalfoundries has announced a foundry technology optimized for automotive applications such as power management devices, audio amplifiers, displays and LED driver integrated circuits (ICs). Built on a proven process used…
austriamicrosystems ICs enables low power consumption, low solution cost for UHF RFID reader
austriamicrosystems ICs enables low power consumption, low solution cost for UHF RFID reader
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Nordic ID high performance, next generation UHF RFID Reader solutions have been released that are enabled by austriamicrosystems’ market-leading UHF RFID reader ICs. The AS3992 powers the Nordic ID UHF…
Melexis shows time-of-flight crash sensor
Melexis shows time-of-flight crash sensor
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Automotive chipmaker Melexis Microelectronic Systems NV has demonstrated a collision detection and avoidance system based on infra-red light, time-of-flight depth sensor technology licensed from SoftKinetic (Brussels, Belgium).
Austriamicrosystems ICs enables low power consumption, low solution cost for UHF RFID reader
Austriamicrosystems ICs enables low power consumption, low solution cost for UHF RFID reader
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Nordic ID high performance, next generation UHF RFID reader solutions have been released that are enabled by austriamicrosystems’ market-leading UHF RFID reader ICs. The AS3992 powers the Nordic ID UHF…
Achieving high analog-IC performance via specialized foundry processing
Achieving high analog-IC performance via specialized foundry processing
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Lou N. Hutter, Senior VP and General Manager, Dongbu HiTek examines how to achieve high analog-IC performance using specialized foundry processing technology.
Gate drive design for enhancement-mode GaN FETs
Gate drive design for enhancement-mode GaN FETs
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Steve Colino of Efficient Power Conversion together with Bob Bell and Youhao Xi of National Semiconductor examine the solution to the challenges of driving eGaN devices to enable industry leading…
Melexis utilizes time-of-flight technology for collision avoidance system
Melexis utilizes time-of-flight technology for collision avoidance system
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Chipmaker Melexis has licensed SoftKinectic's DepthSense range-sensing technology and plans to use it to implement a collision avoidance system. The versatile system will also be used for other automotive systems…
Movea launches unified motion-enabled TV platform
Movea launches unified motion-enabled TV platform
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The MoveTV is a new SmartMotion solution aimed at the PayTV market, that provides entertainment ecosystem players a single platform on which to create a complete motion-enabled end user experience.
New power architecture boosts server power efficiency by more than 10 percent in cloud computing data centers
New power architecture boosts server power efficiency by more than 10 percent in cloud computing data centers
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Integrated Device Technology, Inc., has introduced coolRAC technology, an innovative power architecture for enterprise data centers that increases energy efficiency and lowers operating cost. IDT’s technology is the most efficient…
Multicore SoC targets latest STBs for the connected home
Multicore SoC targets latest STBs for the connected home
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The chip, part of ST’s latest-generation home entertainment platform, will support a wide variety of open-source environments to provide value-added services such as state-of-the-art gaming, Over The Top (OTT) video…
EPC releases development board featuring eGaN FETs
EPC releases development board featuring eGaN FETs
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Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) has introduced the EPC9006 development board to make it easier for engineers to start designing with a 100 V enhancement-mode gallium nitride (eGaN) field effect…
Predicting thermal runaway – Part 2
Predicting thermal runaway – Part 2
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Roger Paul Stout examines power-law devices, straight-line systems, and how to predict thermal runaway.
Xilinx FPGA shows 3-D IC progress
Xilinx FPGA shows 3-D IC progress
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Xilinx will sample this fall an FPGA that packs two million logic cells thanks to use of an emerging stacked silicon interconnect. The chip shows progress in so-called 2.5-generation silicon…
Low power RF technology enables intelligent hand hygiene system to prevent hospital infections
Low power RF technology enables intelligent hand hygiene system to prevent hospital infections
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Low-power wireless chip technology from NXP Semiconductors N.V. is being used the HyGreen Hand Hygiene and Recording System, designed by HyGreen, to capture and transmit data on hand washing by…
Automotive multimedia concept embraces Android, tablet computer
Automotive multimedia concept embraces Android, tablet computer
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Ingredients such as cloud computing, tablet computer hardware and open-source operating systems today are ubiquitous in the consumer corner of the IT world. Now IT services provider Tieto is about…
A dimmable, high efficiency, high power factor, primary side regulated flyback for LED Lighting applications
A dimmable, high efficiency, high power factor, primary side regulated flyback for LED Lighting applications
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In lighting applications high overall efficiency and power factor correction (PFC) are very important features, not only at higher power levels. Apart from that a ballast design should have good…
A19 LED bulbs: What’s under the frosting?
A19 LED bulbs: What’s under the frosting?
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Standard A19 format light bulbs, found today in most lamps and luminaires, are now available in LED versions that retail between $20 and $40 per 40W- or 60W-equivalent bulb. Some…
TSMC says equipment vendors late for 14 nm
TSMC says equipment vendors late for 14 nm
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Time is running out to make critical decisions for how to make 14-nm chips expected to hit production in 2015, and capital equipment vendors are falling behind. That was the…
Novel architectures for EV power management: About distributed architectures
Novel architectures for EV power management: About distributed architectures
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Among technological challenges, the next generation of EV offers a unique opportunity to rethink its power management architecture. This paper will firstly analyze these architectural constraints from environmental, economical and…
OSPT Alliance publishes CIPURSE open security standard for Transport
OSPT Alliance publishes CIPURSE open security standard for Transport
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The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced the first public availability of the CIPURSE open security standard specification, Version 1.0, for reading and evaluation. The OSPT also has…
Multitest expands test capacities for fully assembled load boards
Multitest expands test capacities for fully assembled load boards
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Multitest, a designer and manufacturer of final test handlers, contactors and load boards used by integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and final test subcontractors worldwide, has expanded its post assembly, flying…
Compression across base station fiber optic links can save industry up to 25 billion USD
Compression across base station fiber optic links can save industry up to 25 billion USD
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Samplify Systems was granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (U.S. Patent #8,005,152) on August 23, 2011 that covers the use of compression across fiber optic…
Android app demonstrates EEPROM with added NFC for smartphones
Android app demonstrates EEPROM with added NFC for smartphones
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A new App called Dual EE, which operates on the Android operating system, has demonstrated full compatibility with ST’s M24LR64 wireless memory. The app connects an NFC-enabled smartphone to a…


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