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Globalfoundries to build FDSOI fab in China
Globalfoundries to build FDSOI fab in China
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Globalfoundries Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has said it will invest in increasing its manufacturing capacity both at existing wafer fabs…
US army fires sensor bullets, MEMS missiles
US army fires sensor bullets, MEMS missiles
Technology News |
The US army is adopting MEMS and sensors to improve intelligence gathering and munitions operation, including sensors as bullets and…
More on PUF-security through software only, from Intrinsic ID
More on PUF-security through software only, from Intrinsic ID
Technology News |
Last week, we posted news from security and key-management technology provider Intrinsic ID that the company can now provide its…
AEC-Q100 qualified, 40V PoL regulators
AEC-Q100 qualified, 40V PoL regulators
New Products |
Exar's AEC-Q100 qualified family of 40V switching regulators is intended for automotive applications such as infotainment head units and Advanced…

Ford invests massively in AI startup
Ford invests massively in AI startup
Business news |
Over the next five years, carmaker Ford Motor Company will invest $1 billion into Argo AI, a startup company launched by former Google and Uber engineers. The start-up is focusing…
Server-grade COM Express module has up to 64GB of memory
Server-grade COM Express module has up to 64GB of memory
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Advantech's Type 7 COM Express Basic Module, the SOM-5992 is claimed to be the world’s first COM Express powered by a server-grade processor with up to 16-core scalability and up…
Light-responsive LEDs could re-invent displays
Light-responsive LEDs could re-invent displays
Technology News |
An international team of researchers from the US and South Korea reported a novel type of nanoLEDs with unprecedented brightness levels (in excess of 80,000 cd/m2) and capable of operating…
Research shows way to the high power electronic DC circuit breaker
Research shows way to the high power electronic DC circuit breaker
Technology News |
It has long been proposed that high-voltage DC transmission and distribution could offer significant efficiency gains over today's use of AC. A major barrier to the adoption of such a…
Researchers call for ‘healthcheck’ metrics to protect the smart grid
Researchers call for ‘healthcheck’ metrics to protect the smart grid
Technology News |
Researchers at Michigan Technical University (MTU) in the US are calling for standard metrics to measure the health of smart grid power networks in a bid to improve cybersecurity.
Nissan, Witricity team up on wireless EV charging
Nissan, Witricity team up on wireless EV charging
Business news |
Charging without clumsy cables is electrifying the industry: After cooperation contracts at the level of chips (STMicroelectronics) and subsystems (Delphi), wireless charging company Witricity has announced a collaboration at the…
Rohde & Schwarz showcases IoT cybersecurity at RSA 2017
Rohde & Schwarz showcases IoT cybersecurity at RSA 2017
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At the RSA Conference 2017 in San Francisco, Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity is showing its embedded protocol and application classification solutions – promoting a shift from a traditional, reactive blacklisting…
LTE Cat 1 embedded modems enable easy IoT connectivity
LTE Cat 1 embedded modems enable easy IoT connectivity
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Mouser Electronics, Inc., is now stocking the Digi® XBee Cellular LTE Cat 1 embedded modems, one of the industry’s smallest embedded cellular modems.
IoT stimulates demand for industrial semiconductors
IoT stimulates demand for industrial semiconductors
Market news |
The industrial chip market, traditionally a small and slow-growing portion of total semiconductor sales, will be boosted by adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT), according to market analysis firm…
Researchers look at aluminum to replace lithium in batteries
Researchers look at aluminum to replace lithium in batteries
Technology News |
Researchers in Germany searching for an alternative to lithium for energy storage systems have identified aluminium ion as a promising alternative.
WiFi module for bus and train
WiFi module for bus and train
New Products |
To meet the rising demand for wireless connectivity to passengers’ smartphones and other electronic devices, communications devices manufacturer NetModule AG (Niederwangen, Switzerland) has developed an out-of-the-box PWLAN (Public wireless local…
New long-lasting flow battery could run for a decade or more
New long-lasting flow battery could run for a decade or more
Technology News |
Researchers at Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) have developed a low-cost flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water that could run for a decade or…
LED cooler platform targets outdoor lighting
LED cooler platform targets outdoor lighting
New Products |
MechaTronix' 2x2MX platform can take 4 high power LEDs (typical 10W), 4 groups of mid power LEDs, or 4 COBs to generate from 4000 up to 6000 lumen from a…
High-res micro-LED arrays show promise for augmented reality, head-up displays
High-res micro-LED arrays show promise for augmented reality, head-up displays
Technology News |
Researchers from Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, have developed a self-aligning μLED fabrication process that supports the creation of high-resolution arrays of μLED at 10-micron pitch (roughly equating…
Researchers tackle aluminum to replace lithium in batteries
Researchers tackle aluminum to replace lithium in batteries
Technology News |
Renewable energies and electromobility stimulate the global demand of energy storage systems. Since however the availability of lithium for the prevailing lithium ion batteries is limited and the material is…
Free, open smart home platform eases IoT setups
Free, open smart home platform eases IoT setups
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Canonical, openHAB Foundation, and Azul Systems have joined forces to launch snap packaging openHAB 2.0, a free open smart home platform that acts as a control hub for home IoT…
Wolfspeed takeover by Infineon hit by US objections
Wolfspeed takeover by Infineon hit by US objections
Business news |
The planned acquisition of power devices manufacturer Wolfspeed (Durham, NC) by Infineon (Neubiberg, Germany) is in danger of being called off. According to a press release from Wolfspeed parent company…
Quad M.2 WWAN module carrier
Quad M.2 WWAN module carrier
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EKF's SPX-PHASE peripheral slot card for CompactPCI Serial systems serves as a quad carrier for M.2 3042 style WWAN modules (such as 3G or 4G LTE modems) and also forthcoming…
Wafer-level micro-LED matrix delivers high brightness at 2540dpi
Wafer-level micro-LED matrix delivers high brightness at 2540dpi
Technology News |
Researchers from Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, have developed a self-aligning μLED fabrication process that supports the creation of high-resolution arrays of μLED at 10-micron pitch (roughly equating…
CMOS linear image sensor is aimed at sorting machines
CMOS linear image sensor is aimed at sorting machines
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Hamamatsu Photonics S13488 CMOS linear image sensor features electronic shutter and gain switching functionalities, as well as high sensitivity in the red, green and blue wavelength ranges of visible light.
Emulator cuts embedded software development time for Renesas MCUs
Emulator cuts embedded software development time for Renesas MCUs
New Products |
Renesas Electronics' E2 Emulator is a new-generation on-chip debugging emulator, part of the development environment for the latest devices in the Renesas RH850, RX, and RL78 Families of microcontrollers (MCUs),…
MIL-PRF-39006/33 tantalum capacitor range boosted to 680 μF
MIL-PRF-39006/33 tantalum capacitor range boosted to 680 μF
New Products |
Vishay Intertechnology has expanded its tantalum-cased, hermetically sealed wet tantalum capacitors with M39006/33 (Style CLR93) qualification to offer capacitance from 15 μF to 680 μF over a wide voltage range from…
Flow battery could run for a decade
Flow battery could run for a decade
Technology News |
Researchers at Harvard have developed a low cost flow battery that stores energy in organic molecules dissolved in neutral pH water that could run for a decade without maintenance.
Meta-lenses bring benchtop performance to hand-held spectrometers
Meta-lenses bring benchtop performance to hand-held spectrometers
Technology News |
Researchers from Harvard University have used nano-lenses to develop new hand-held spectrometers capable of the same performance as large benchtop instruments.


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