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Startup to show next generation gesture recognition wrist-band for VR AR at CES 2018
Startup to show next generation gesture recognition wrist-band for VR AR at CES 2018
Technology News |
BioInteractive Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based startup, has developed TENZR, which claims to be the only accurate, hands-free, camera-free, wrist-worn gesture…
Cressall’s resistors and portable load banks now in distribution
Cressall’s resistors and portable load banks now in distribution
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Cressall’s range of resistors and portable load bank units are available from RS Components for industrial applications.
Intersil to be absorbed into Renesas in January
Intersil to be absorbed into Renesas in January
Business news |
Intersil is to be fully absorbed into Renesas Electronics following the takeover last February.
Hardly any competition for Chirp’s ultrasonic ToF sensor chips
Hardly any competition for Chirp’s ultrasonic ToF sensor chips
Technology News |
Earlier this year, Californian startup Chirp Microsystems was promoting an ultrasonic sensing development platform for wearables, to detect objects and…

Wide input voltage regulator has low quiescent current
Wide input voltage regulator has low quiescent current
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Diodes has launched a positive voltage regulator that offers ultra-low quiescent current and high accuracy over a wide input voltage spanning 3.3V to 40V.
SigFox lost ground to LoRa in 2017, says IHS Markit
SigFox lost ground to LoRa in 2017, says IHS Markit
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Public low power wide area (LPWA) radio connectivity is set to grow with a compound annual growth rate of 206 percent over the period 2014 to 2021, according to market…
The emergence of PIN-on-Mobile
The emergence of PIN-on-Mobile
Feature articles |
Taking a smartphone and turning it into a payment acceptance device with a simple app download is the utopian dream many companies are chasing today and it could bring huge…
Holographic beamforming startup is backed by Bill Gates
Holographic beamforming startup is backed by Bill Gates
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Pivotal Commware Inc. (Bellevue, Washington), has secured $17 million in a Series A round of investment to bring Holographic beamforming (HBF) to market. HBF is a communications technique that is…
Tools and techniques for the implementation of variation-aware custom IC designs
Tools and techniques for the implementation of variation-aware custom IC designs
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The emergence of high-speed simulators such as Spectre APS has reduced simulation time, thus allowing designers to spend more effort to explore allocating design margins based on process variation.
Prototyping tool provides simple IoT access
Prototyping tool provides simple IoT access
Nordic Semiconductors’ Nordic Thingy:52 makes it easy to develop applications without worrying about hardware and firmware.
Low-power eFlash block for harsh environments
Low-power eFlash block for harsh environments
X-FAB launched two low-power IP solutions for NVM – an embedded Flash IP block and an NVRAM compiler.
Radiation-tolerant solutions based on COTS devices for NewSpace applications
Radiation-tolerant solutions based on COTS devices for NewSpace applications
Microchip has launched a new MCU that offers both radiation tolerance and low cost. The AtmegaS64M1 has been designed for critical aerospace applications and the NewSpace market - the privately…
AMS launches temperature sensor with NFC front-end
AMS launches temperature sensor with NFC front-end
New Products |
The AS39513 acquires and stores time-stamped temperature measurements while operating from a thin printed battery, making it suitable for smart labels used in cold-chain monitoring.
X-FAB targets IoT with low-power 180nm embedded Flash
X-FAB targets IoT with low-power 180nm embedded Flash
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Based on its highly reliable automotive-grade 180 nanometer platform, X-FAB claims it is able to offer the industry’s lowest power Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) IP solutions for use in harsh environments.
Single-chip Balun for sub-1-GHz radio
Single-chip Balun for sub-1-GHz radio
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The BALF-SPI2-01D3 from STMicroelectronics integrates all the impedance-matching and filtering components needed to connect an antenna to the company's S2-LP 868-927 MHz low-power radio transceiver.
Airborne Wireless Network teams with GE Aviation to drive hybrid radio and free optics comms
Airborne Wireless Network teams with GE Aviation to drive hybrid radio and free optics comms
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Airborne Wireless Network has entered into a support agreement with GE Aviation with the aim of significantly accelerating the development of its proprietary hybrid radio and free-optics communications system to…
Low-power translator for standard logic shift register market
Low-power translator for standard logic shift register market
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Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, has launched a low power voltage translator for the standard logic shift register market.
5G networks key to global fibre and cable growth
5G networks key to global fibre and cable growth
Market news |
The recent 3rd World Optical Fibre and Cable Conference in Wuhan, China, organised by market research firm CRU, saw over 700 attendees gathered to discuss opportunities and challenges in the…
Tools and techniques for variation-aware design of custom IC designs
Tools and techniques for variation-aware design of custom IC designs
Feature articles |
This article focuses on an important topic for custom IC designers: variation-aware design (VAD). The emergence of high-speed simulators such as Spectre APS has reduced simulation time, thus allowing designers to…
Verizon opens 5G incubator
Verizon opens 5G incubator
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To drive its pre-commercial 5G technology, Verizon has opened a 5G-enabled Open Innovation lab in New York's Silicon Alley to work with startups and academics to unlock new use cases…
Signal quality analyzer offers high-speed interface measurement functions
Signal quality analyzer offers high-speed interface measurement functions
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Anritsu Corporation has released the Variable ISI MU195020A-040/041 option for upgrading the Emphasis function of the Pulse Pattern Generator for the MP1900A series Signal Quality Analyzer, along with the USB…
Bill Gates backs startup to bring holographic beamforming
Bill Gates backs startup to bring holographic beamforming
Business news |
Holographic beamforming (HBF), a communications technique that is claimed to be superior to MIMO and digital beamforming, is being brought to market by Pivotal Commware Inc. (Bellevue, Washington), a company…
Top ten Chinese chip companies ranked
Top ten Chinese chip companies ranked
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China's IC design industry revenue will reach RMB200.6 billion (about $30.33 billion) in 2017, an annual growth of 22 percent, according to market research firm TrendForce (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
Complete quantum computer chip design uses standard CMOS technology
Complete quantum computer chip design uses standard CMOS technology
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Researchers at the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia) have shown how a quantum computer can be manufactured using mostly standard silicon technology.
Quantum computer with 46 qubits simulated
Quantum computer with 46 qubits simulated
Technology News |
Scientists at the Jülich Supercomputing Center (Germany) have set a new world record in collaboration with researchers from universities in Wuhan (China) and Groningen (The Netherlands). They succeeded for the…
Chirp launches ultrasonic ToF sensors
Chirp launches ultrasonic ToF sensors
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Chirp Microsystems Inc. (Berkeley, Calif.) has launched its first products the CH-101 and CH-201 ultrasonic time-of-flight distance measuring sensors.
BrainChip founder to focus on ‘Akida’ chip
BrainChip founder to focus on ‘Akida’ chip
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Peter van der Made, the founder and CTO of BrainChip Holdings Ltd., is set to resign his position on the board of directors of the company, to focus exclusively on…
IoT device security initiative looks to blockchain technology
IoT device security initiative looks to blockchain technology
Market news |
Open source working group Trusted IoT Alliance and blockchain application platform Qtum have announced a joint initiative designed to strengthen connected device security using blockchain technology.


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