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President Trump reverses ZTE ruling via tweet
President Trump reverses ZTE ruling via tweet
Business news |
The United States Department of Commerce has been told by President Trump to find a way around the crippling ban…
TSMC sales soar 44 percent in April
TSMC sales soar 44 percent in April
Business news |
April 2018 revenue at leading foundry TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) were up 44.0 percent compared with April 2017 sending the company…
China’s Espressif ships 100 million IoT chips
China’s Espressif ships 100 million IoT chips
Business news |
Espressif Systems Pte. Ltd. (Shanghai, China), a fabless chip company that provides MCUs with dual Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity has…
Tower begins making image sensor-processors for lidar
Tower begins making image sensor-processors for lidar
Business news |
Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Migdal Haemek, Israel) has started manufacturing CMOS image sensors for Newsight Imaging Ltd. (Ness Ziona, Israel) for…

ST plans to pivot MEMS expertise into industrial uptake
ST plans to pivot MEMS expertise into industrial uptake
Technology News |
STMicroelectronics NV, ranked second global MEMS supplier behind Bosch, has said it wants to use its investment in consumer MEMS sensors to support advanced industrial applications and drive a third…
Intel Capital steers focus back towards silicon
Intel Capital steers focus back towards silicon
Business news |
In its most recent round of funding Intel Capital has brought its focus back towards silicon hardware.
Ingestible ‘bacteria on a chip’ can diagnose GI tract disorders
Ingestible ‘bacteria on a chip’ can diagnose GI tract disorders
Technology News |
Researchers at MIT (Cambridge, MA) have developed an ingestible sensor that can diagnose bleeding in the stomach or other gastrointestinal (GI) problems.
Next-gen security-on-a-chip protects smart things, IoT
Next-gen security-on-a-chip protects smart things, IoT
New Products |
STMicroelectronics has integrated the latest digital security techniques in a single chip for the protection of smart things and networks from cyberthreats.
Security-on-a-chip for smart things, IoT
Security-on-a-chip for smart things, IoT
New Products |
STMicroelectronics has integrated the latest digital security techniques in a single chip for the protection of smart things and networks from cyberthreats.
Mighty Gecko wireless mesh modules available from Mouser Electronics
Mighty Gecko wireless mesh modules available from Mouser Electronics
New Products |
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the pre-certified, multi-protocol MGM13P Mighty Gecko wireless mesh modules from Silicon Labs.
German tech firm takes control of Spectral Engines
German tech firm takes control of Spectral Engines
Business news |
Spectral Engines Oy (Oulu, Finland), a startup developer of near infrared hyperspectral sensors, has agreed to be bought by German photonics company m-u-t AG (Wedel, Germany).
EPC picks Spirit as GaN defence and aerospace distributor
EPC picks Spirit as GaN defence and aerospace distributor
Business news |
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) has appointed Spirit Electronics as a distributor for defence and aerospace designs in the US using gallium nitride (GaN) power devices.
Development tools and their contribution to democratizing technology
Development tools and their contribution to democratizing technology
Technology News |
Today’s low cost but still highly capable embedded chips provide the potential for almost anyone to build sophisticated computing power into personal projects and small-scale commercial products. However, while that…
Vienna reference design with silicon carbide switches with 98% efficiency
Vienna reference design with silicon carbide switches with 98% efficiency
Technology News |
Engineers at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed a reference design for a scalable 30kW three-phase power factor correction (PFC) converter using the Vienna topology with Microsemi's Silicon Carbide (SiC)…
LIN controller targets ambient lighting applications
LIN controller targets ambient lighting applications
New Products |
The E521.36 IC from Elmos Semiconductor enables a variable, cost-efficient and very space-saving design of RGB LED modules for connection to a LIN bus. Application examples are ambient lighting in…
ARM’s next bet for plastic process node: Neural networks
ARM’s next bet for plastic process node: Neural networks
Interviews |
As PragmatIC announced it has just commissioned the first FlexLogIC “fab-in-a-box” in its facility at Sedgefield, UK, promising the high throughput manufacturing of ultra-low cost, thin and flexible integrated circuits…
Samsung sets up embedded AI lab in Cambridge
Samsung sets up embedded AI lab in Cambridge
Technology News |
Samsing Research has appointed the founder of the Turing Institute in Cambridge to head up a new embedded Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre.
Wireless mesh modules available from Mouser Electronics
Wireless mesh modules available from Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the pre-certified, multi-protocol MGM13P Mighty Gecko wireless mesh modules from Silicon Labs.
Next-generation security-on-a-chip for smart things
Next-generation security-on-a-chip for smart things
STMicroelectronics has integrated the latest digital security techniques in a single chip for the protection of smart things and networks from cyberthreats.
Research alliance created for new approaches to automotive IT security
Research alliance created for new approaches to automotive IT security
Infineon will lead a consortium of 15 partners from industry and academia over the next three years to find new approaches to IT security in self-driving cars.
High capacitance MLCCs for medical and military applications
High capacitance MLCCs for medical and military applications
New Products |
Knowles Precision Devices (KPD) has launched a series of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for medical and military applications where a high capacitance value and reliability is required.
Phosphor down-conversion film delivers 95% color gamut from blue microLEDs
Phosphor down-conversion film delivers 95% color gamut from blue microLEDs
Technology News |
Nanochemistry innovator Light Polymers has developed phosphor down-conversion films based proprietary lyotropic liquid crystals, which can be applied to emerging Micro and Mini LEDs.
Samsung sets up UK embedded AI lab
Samsung sets up UK embedded AI lab
Technology News |
Samsing Research has appointed the founder of the Turing Institute in Cambridge to head up a new embedded Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre.
1200V SiC FETs provide drop in upgrade for MOSFETs
1200V SiC FETs provide drop in upgrade for MOSFETs
New Products |
UnitedSiC has launched a series of drop in SiC JFET cascodes to upgrade Power Factor Correction stages (PFCs), Active Frontend Rectifiers, LLC converters and Phase Shift Full Bridge converters.
ARM’s next bet for plastic chips: Neural networks
ARM’s next bet for plastic chips: Neural networks
Interviews |
As PragmatIC announced it has just commissioned the first FlexLogIC “fab-in-a-box” in its facility at Sedgefield, UK, promising the high throughput manufacturing of ultra-low cost, thin and flexible integrated circuits…
Interactive media foil integrates LEDs with haptics
Interactive media foil integrates LEDs with haptics
Technology News |
Started in January 2017 and set to run until the end of 2019 on a € 9,07M budget from European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, the InSCOPE project…
Toyota gets ready for mass production of fuel cells
Toyota gets ready for mass production of fuel cells
Business news |
From 2020 Toyota plans to expand the mass production of fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks. In the coming decade, the demand for alternatively powered vehicles is expected to increase…
Competition for silicon: Molecular switches enable novel devices
Competition for silicon: Molecular switches enable novel devices
Technology News |
A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed molecules that can switch between two structurally different states using an applied control voltage. Such nanoswitches could form…


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