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TDK in talks to buy InvenSense
TDK in talks to buy InvenSense
Business news |
TDK Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) is in talks to acquire inertial and microphone MEMS company InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, CA) for…
Startup raises funds for lidar development
Startup raises funds for lidar development
Business news |
Startup Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. (Bozeman, Montana) has raised a Series A round of funding worth $3.5 million to…
Flexible display shipments to jump in 2017
Flexible display shipments to jump in 2017
Market news |
Shipments of flexible displays are expected to reach 139 million units in 2017, an increase of 135 percent compared to…
Startup raises funds for lidar development
Startup raises funds for lidar development
Business news |
Startup Blackmore Sensors and Analytics Inc. (Bozeman, Montana) has raised a Series A round of funding worth $3.5 million to…

Wearables dev board links power management to Cortex-M4F MCU
Wearables dev board links power management to Cortex-M4F MCU
New Products |
A recent report (link below) that generated a high level of interest outlined Maxim Integrated’s MAX32630 ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller. The chip is also available on a rapid development platform, the…
TDK in talks to buy InvenSense
TDK in talks to buy InvenSense
Business news |
TDK Corp. (Tokyo, Japan) is in talks to acquire inertial and microphone MEMS company InvenSense Inc. (San Jose, CA) for about $1.1 billion, according to a Reuters report.
Bosch: Pokémon Go, MEMS illustrate ‘new exciting reality’
Bosch: Pokémon Go, MEMS illustrate ‘new exciting reality’
Feature articles |
Wolfgang Schmidt, senior manager of strategic marketing at Bosch Sensortec GmbH (Reutlingen, Germany), remarks on how Pokémon Go underlined the importance of MEMS and inertial management units in 2016.
TDK in talks to acquire InvenSense
TDK in talks to acquire InvenSense
Business news |
Japan's TDK Corp. is in talks to acquire inertial and microphone MEMS company InvenSense Inc. for about $1.1 billion, according to a Reuters report.
ARM acquisition bolsters its position in high-performance computing
ARM acquisition bolsters its position in high-performance computing
Business news |
ARM (Cambridge, UK) has announced that it has acquired Allinea Software (San Jose, CA), a leading provider of software tools for high performance computing (HPC); ARM says that this extends…
U.S. DoT proposes V2V mandate
U.S. DoT proposes V2V mandate
Feature articles |
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) has issued a proposed rule to advance deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technologies. The action put the United States on a path as the first…
AI targets 21 new solid electrolytes for less flammable batteries
AI targets 21 new solid electrolytes for less flammable batteries
Technology News |
Researchers at Stanford University have used artificial intelligence to identify over 20 solid electrolytes that could replace the volatile liquids currently used in batteries.
Wearables dev board links power management to Cortex-M4F MCU
Wearables dev board links power management to Cortex-M4F MCU
New Products |
A recent report (link below) that generated a high level of interest outlined Maxim’s MAX32630 ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller. The chip is also availability on a rapid development platform, the MAX32630FTHR…
ams grows noise cancellation expertise with Incus Labs acquisition
ams grows noise cancellation expertise with Incus Labs acquisition
Business news |
ams (Premstaetten, Austria) is to acquire UK-based Incus Laboratories, provider of intellectual property for digital active noise cancellation in headphones and earphones. This brings, ams says, further high performance audio…
AMS boosts active noise cancelling with Incus buy
AMS boosts active noise cancelling with Incus buy
Business news |
AMS AG (Premstaetten, Austria) is buying Incus Laboratories Ltd. (Stokenchurch, England), a developer of intellectual property related to digital active noise cancellation in headphones and earphones.
Wearables dev board links Maxim’s Cortex-M4F MCU into mbed
Wearables dev board links Maxim’s Cortex-M4F MCU into mbed
New Products |
A recent report (link below) that generated a high level of interest outlined Maxim’s MAX32630 ARM Cortex-M4F microcontroller. The chip is also availability on a rapid development platform, the MAX32630FTHR…
Low-temp solder & polyester substrates form cost-effective flexies
Low-temp solder & polyester substrates form cost-effective flexies
New Products |
Molex has introduced Solder on Polyester Substrate, offering it as a flexible, economical alternative to rigid PCB and polyimide. The technology, Molex says, delivers cost-effective circuitry supporting high-density surface-mount components.
Acquisition consolidates ARM’s position in HPC/supercomputing
Acquisition consolidates ARM’s position in HPC/supercomputing
Business news |
ARM has announced that it has acquired Allinea Software, a leading provider of software tools for high performance computing (HPC); ARM says that this extends its range of development tools…
Bosch gives thanks for Pokémon Go
Bosch gives thanks for Pokémon Go
Feature articles |
Wolfgang Schmidt, senior manager of strategic marketing at Bosch Sensortec GmbH, remarks on how Pokémon Go underlined the importance of MEMS and inertial management units in 2016.
LIN LED drivers update automotive ambient lighting
LIN LED drivers update automotive ambient lighting
New Products |
Melexis (Tessenderlo, Belgium) has added single-chip drivers for automotive ambient lighting. Configurable LIN (local interconnect network) slave LED driver ICs deliver the precise control of RGB lighting for ‘personalized’ cabin…
Europe’s Galileo GNSS goes ‘live’
Europe’s Galileo GNSS goes ‘live’
Technology News |
This week – Thursday 15th December 2016, to be exact, saw Europe’s Global satellite navigation system finally switched on. After 17 years and more than €10 billion euros ($11 billion)…
USA advances V2V mandate
USA advances V2V mandate
Feature articles |
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) issued Tuesday a proposed rule to advance deployment of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technologies. The action put the United States on a path as the first…
Europe’s Galileo GNSS goes ‘live’
Europe’s Galileo GNSS goes ‘live’
Technology News |
Thursday 15th December 2016 saw Europe’s Global satellite navigation system finally switched on. After 17 years and more than €10 billion euros ($11 billion) later, the Galileo satnav system promises…
Software hardening techniques help secure IoT devices
Software hardening techniques help secure IoT devices
New Products |
GrammaTech's (Ithaca, New York) software hardening techniques complement the company’s static analysis tools and expertise with the aim of improving the current and future robustness of embedded software.
Security by separation is essential for embedded applications
Security by separation is essential for embedded applications
Technology News |
Majid Bemanian of Imagination discusses security features in the context of IoT-style embedded applications and the use of virtualization within CPU cores.
Microcontrollers optimised for safety-critical automotive functions
Microcontrollers optimised for safety-critical automotive functions
New Products |
Renesas has notified that it has added the final variants to a group of microcontrollers; these safetey MCUs are configured to be suitable for as elements on the path to…
Summarizing 2016: Energy matters
Summarizing 2016: Energy matters
Feature articles |
The end of the year is approaching rapidly. Time to take a look at the articles that have attracted the most attention from our readers over the past year. Nearly…
Microcontrollers optimised for safety-critical automotive functions
Microcontrollers optimised for safety-critical automotive functions
New Products |
Renesas has notified that it has added the final variants to a group of microcontrollers; these safetey MCUs are configured to be suitable for as elements on the path to…
HV Zeners withstand surges in automotive ECUs
HV Zeners withstand surges in automotive ECUs
New Products |
Rohm Semiconductor has added high voltage Zener diodes optimized for protection and constant current applications. The UDZLV and KDZLV series comprise 12 models in Zener voltages ranging from 51V to…


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