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Tracking 443,000 lightning strikes across Germany
Tracking 443,000 lightning strikes across Germany
Business news |
Siemens' lightning information service detected about 443,000 lightning strikes in Germany in 2017, up 11,000 on the previous year.
60V buck controller delivers four 8A configurable DC-DC channels
60V buck controller delivers four 8A configurable DC-DC channels
New Products |
Analog Devices has launched a highly integrated power management solution for systems that require multiple low voltage outputs generated from…
CMOS image sensor cell improves colour accuracy
CMOS image sensor cell improves colour accuracy
Technology News |
During the Mobile World Congress Shanghai held last June, Samsung Electronics introduced its new ‘ISOCELL Plus’ technology, which the company…
ST says steady growth is set to continue
ST says steady growth is set to continue
Business news |
STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has reported its 2018 second quarter with double-digit percentage growth in both sales and profits and…

Qualcomm terminates NXP acquisition
Qualcomm terminates NXP acquisition
Business news |
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the termination of the acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. by Qualcomm River Holdings B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm.
Modular cooling plate can handle 5kW
Modular cooling plate can handle 5kW
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Baknor in Canada has developed a custom cold plate that allows up to 5KW of heat dissipation in a modular format.
Ossia boosts free space wireless power, adds 5.8GHz operation
Ossia boosts free space wireless power, adds 5.8GHz operation
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Ossia has boosted the performance of its 2.4 GHz free space wireless power receiver by 50% and will soon be able to work in the 5.8 GHz band for receivers smaller…
BP’s solar farm operator looks to Egypt with joint venture
BP’s solar farm operator looks to Egypt with joint venture
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London-based solar energy company Lightsource BP has set up a joint venture in Egypt.
LG Innotek files patent suit against Evergreat
LG Innotek files patent suit against Evergreat
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LG Innotek announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against U.S. based Evergreat, claiming the American firm used the Korean company's light-emitting diode (LED) chip technology in its 10…
CMOS image sensor cell design improves colour accuracy
CMOS image sensor cell design improves colour accuracy
Technology News |
During the Mobile World Congress Shanghai held last June, Samsung Electronics introduced its new ‘ISOCELL Plus’ technology, which the company claims allows CMOS image sensors to capture more light, significantly…
Turning ordinary testers into extra-ordinary instruments
Turning ordinary testers into extra-ordinary instruments
Feature articles |
The fast pace of new technology can mean that companies are pushing the boundaries with products faster than the manufacturers of test equipment can keep up. As one of the…
The braking resistors that will not break
The braking resistors that will not break
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One of the most popular works of Renaissance sculpture is Michelangelo’s David, a piece that has become synonymous with human strength and beauty. Despite its seemingly perfect proportions, a basic design flaw of the…
RF absorber kit patches up RF leaks
RF absorber kit patches up RF leaks
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RFMW is now supporting the design and sales of MAST Technologies' microwave absorbing materials. The MD10-0008-00-N Engineering Design Kit contains a variety of samples intended to be cut and utilized during…
6.0×6.0mm transmit/receive front-end module for IoT
6.0×6.0mm transmit/receive front-end module for IoT
New Products |
Skyworks' SKY66119-11 is a high performance transmit/receive front-end module (FEM) that provides range extension for Internet of Things (IoT) applications including smart metering and Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) systems. …
Qualcomm terminates NXP acquisition, buys back stock instead
Qualcomm terminates NXP acquisition, buys back stock instead
Business news |
Qualcomm Incorporated has announced the termination of the acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. by Qualcomm River Holdings B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm.
Waymo to offer Walmart shoppers robo-taxi transport
Waymo to offer Walmart shoppers robo-taxi transport
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Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous driving unit Waymo (Mountain View, CA) has announced new partnerships and test pilots, including the launch of a test pilot with retail giant Walmart (Bentonville, AR) to…
Milestone reached on the road to compact low-pressure hydrogen storage systems
Milestone reached on the road to compact low-pressure hydrogen storage systems
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Hydrogen can be a climate- and environmentally friendly energy carrier if it is produced with renewalbe energies. The problem: its storage requires containers with large volumes and high pressures or…
Finepower to distribute VisIC high power GaN switches
Finepower to distribute VisIC high power GaN switches
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Power specialist Finepower has taken on the gallium nitride (GaN) range from VisIC Technologies in Israel.
Cadence, Nvidia to apply machine learning to EDA
Cadence, Nvidia to apply machine learning to EDA
Technology News |
EDA software company Cadence Design Systems Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) has been selected as by DARPA to be part of a research project into the use of machine learning for…
AI recognizes personality through eye movements
AI recognizes personality through eye movements
Technology News |
People recognize gestures and interpret glances with lightning speed and almost automatically. Computers and robots cannot do this. That is why scientists around the world are researching how to make…
Google brings machine learning to the edge
Google brings machine learning to the edge
Technology News |
Google has announced two new products aimed at the development and deployment of intelligent connected devices at scale.
Space-Saving Ethernet switch addresses industrial environments
Space-Saving Ethernet switch addresses industrial environments
New Products |
Advantech has introduced an 8cm high EKI-2525LI Ethernet switch aimed at applications where space is a critical issue for users. With its extremely compact form factor, the 5-port switch is…
Nano-sized device emits light by efficiently ‘tunneling’ electrons
Nano-sized device emits light by efficiently ‘tunneling’ electrons
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Using solution-based chemical synthesis methods rather than conventional nanolithography techniques, researchers from the University of California San Diego have been able to assemble silver nanocrystals into tiny metal–insulator–metal junctions to…
200mm wafer demand driving growth in Asia
200mm wafer demand driving growth in Asia
Market news |
Demand for More-than-Moore ICs and technologies that are manufactured on, or are migrating up to, 200mm-diameter wafers, will cause chip makers to add 11 percent to capacity over the next…
Machine learning framework targets neuromorphic SoC
Machine learning framework targets neuromorphic SoC
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Neuromorphic computing company BrainChip has released the Akida Development Environment, a machine learning framework for the creation, training, and testing of spiking neural networks (SNNs), supporting the development of systems…
EEMBC licenses its autonomous driving benchmark suite
EEMBC licenses its autonomous driving benchmark suite
Technology News |
The Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) is now making its ADASMark autonomous driving benchmark suite available for licensing. The benchmarks provide a performance measurement and optimization tool for automotive companies…
DARPA selects Cadence for ML electronic design program
DARPA selects Cadence for ML electronic design program
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Electronic design automation company Cadence has been chosen by DARPA to use machine learning (ML) techniques to create a unified platform that will lead to a design flow for SoCs,…
Lowering the barriers to IoT application development
Lowering the barriers to IoT application development
Technology News |
There are many project aims when developing a proof-of-concept for IoT (Internet of Things) applications, not least high levels of functionality, robust reliability and ease of use. However, achieving these…


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