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Renesas, TSMC put flash into 28nm MCUs
Renesas, TSMC put flash into 28nm MCUs
Technology News |
Renesas Electronics Corp. has announced it is working with foundry partner TSMC on a process module to enable the inclusion…
Encapsulation barriers and coatings on a CAGR of 26% till 2021, says Smithers Apex
Encapsulation barriers and coatings on a CAGR of 26% till 2021, says Smithers Apex
Market news |
Market research firm Smithers Apex has completed a report titled "The Future of High-Barrier Films and Coatings for Printed Electronics…
Spectra-engineered LEDs showcase fruits and vegetables
Spectra-engineered LEDs showcase fruits and vegetables
New Products |
Lumileds (San Jose, CA) unveiled its FreshFocus Technology as part of its LUXEON Stylist Series of LEDs designed to enhance…
3D lidar startup becomes ‘unicorn’
3D lidar startup becomes ‘unicorn’
Business news |
Quanergy Systems Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA), a provider of solid-state lidar sensor systems, has raised $90 million in Series B funding;…

460nm blue LED dices operate from 12 and 24V
460nm blue LED dices operate from 12 and 24V
New Products |
Light Avenue has unveiled two new blue LED dice emitting at 460nm, performing with a radiant power of 5500 and 6000mW at 700 and at 525mA respectively.
Aalto antenna could improve 5G communications
Aalto antenna could improve 5G communications
Technology News |
Researchers from Aalto University in Finland have published a paper giving simulations of the communications via digitally controlled antenna arrays and claim this could provide a boon to mobile communications.
Fuses are designed for the requirements of electric cars
Fuses are designed for the requirements of electric cars
New Products |
Power management solutions provider Eaton Corp. has introduced a serves of electric fuses that take into account the specific requirements of electric vehicles.
Renesas to quadruple performance of next-gen auto chips
Renesas to quadruple performance of next-gen auto chips
Partners |
The next generation of automotive MCUs will have to deal with complex tasks like autonomous driving. Therefore, chip designers from supplier Renesas currently are working on smaller geometries – 28…
Customized software defined radio chip for LimeSDR developers
Customized software defined radio chip for LimeSDR developers
New Products |
LimeSDR, recently successfully funded on the Crowd Supply crowdfunding platform, is a low cost application-enabled software defined radio (SDR) platform that can be programmed to support virtually any type of…
Smart factory security offering boosted by additions to Infineon grouping
Smart factory security offering boosted by additions to Infineon grouping
Business news |
Infineon has announced that ESCRYPT Embedded Security and GlobalSign are now in its Security Partner Network, for smart factory solutions.
Renesas and TSMC to collaborate on 28nm automotive flash MCUs
Renesas and TSMC to collaborate on 28nm automotive flash MCUs
Business news |
Aiming their programme at “next-generation green and autonomous vehicles” Renesas Electronics and TSMC have announced that they are collaborating on 28 nm embedded flash (eFlash) process technology for manufacturing microcontrollers…
Build an IoT application out-of-the-box; Imagination hosts webinar
Build an IoT application out-of-the-box; Imagination hosts webinar
New Products |
Imagination technologies has scheduled a webinar for Wednesday Spetember 28th, at 20:00 CET/7:00pm BST/11:00am Pacific time, that will looks at how to use standards based IoT protocols, such as LWM2M…
60V-input battery charger; Pb-acid & Li-ion charge algorithms up to 20A
60V-input battery charger; Pb-acid & Li-ion charge algorithms up to 20A
New Products |
LTC4013 is a highly integrated, high voltage multi-chemistry synchronous step-down battery charger controller. With a wide input voltage range that spans up to 60V, the LTC4013 uses temperature-compensated 3- and…
40W DC/DC converters with railway approvals
40W DC/DC converters with railway approvals
New Products |
Recom’s (Gmunden, Austria) RP40-FR DC/DC converter series carries EN and UL certification for use in rolling stock as well as industrial applications requiring compliance with recognised safety standards.
BLE plug-in speeds code generation in Bluetooth Developer Studio
BLE plug-in speeds code generation in Bluetooth Developer Studio
New Products |
Toshiba Electronics Europe has launched a Bluetooth Developer Studio ‘plug-in’ to reduce the development time of IoT devices and other applications based around the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) components it…
Fine-pitch LED displays drive LED prices up, says LEDinside
Fine-pitch LED displays drive LED prices up, says LEDinside
Market news |
According to LEDinside, major China-based chip supplier San’an Opto and LED display package supplier Xinda Opto announced price hikes of 10% and 5%, respectively, around the same time in August.
Matrix driver IC supports up to 192 LEDs
Matrix driver IC supports up to 192 LEDs
New Products |
Integrated Silicon Solution has released a family of high performance LED drivers, IS31FL3733, IS31FL3736 and IS31FL3737 to support LED matrices consisting of 192, 96 and 144 LEDs respectively.
LED lighting is taking over the automobile
LED lighting is taking over the automobile
Feature articles |
Scott Deuty discusses that while high brightness LEDs are coming to dominate automotive lighting they have disadvantages as well as advantages.
Push-button switches 16A at 250 VAC
Push-button switches 16A at 250 VAC
New Products |
Schurter's MSM LA and MSM LA CS latching-action stainless steel and ceramic surface pushbutton switches are now available with a maximum rated switching current of 16A at 250 VAC, uprated…
Secure Bluetooth low energy plus NFC with zero-power standby
Secure Bluetooth low energy plus NFC with zero-power standby
New Products |
Supporting both Bluetooth low energy v4.1 and NFC, Panasonic Automotive & Industrial Systems adds a short-range, Bluetooth low energy and NFC combo module for implementing Bluetooth functionality into end-products. An…
Process monitor ready to embed on TSMC 16FF+
Process monitor ready to embed on TSMC 16FF+
Technology News |
Moortec Semiconductor has released an Embedded Process Monitor for TSMC’s 16nm FinFET+ process. The process monitor provides the means for advanced node IC developers to detect the process variation of…
IXYS appoints a co-CEO as it looks at acquistions
IXYS appoints a co-CEO as it looks at acquistions
Business news |
Power semiconductor and microcontroller maker IXYS has appointed Uzi Sasson as co-CEO alongside founder Nathan Zommer as it looks at growth opportunities, including more acquisitions.
Volkswagen CEO denies plans for EV battery plant
Volkswagen CEO denies plans for EV battery plant
Business news |
First they said yes, now they say no: In the question of an own production line for EV batteries, Volkswagen makes a complete about-face. A possible reason could be found…
Hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitor rated up to 250Vdc
Hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitor rated up to 250Vdc
New Products |
Cornell Dubilier Electronics has expanded its MLSH Slimpack series of hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitors to include nine values, from 120 µF to 3,200 µF, with ratings up to 250…
Hirose and Harting to co-develop Industry 4.0 connectivity standard
Hirose and Harting to co-develop Industry 4.0 connectivity standard
Business news |
Hirose Electric and Harting Electronics announced they will work on the joint development and product standardization of a miniaturized connection technology system for 10Gbit Ethernet.
Samsung to build ‘gigafactory’ in Hungary
Samsung to build ‘gigafactory’ in Hungary
Business news |
Samsung SDI is converting a plasma display plant in Hungary to create a gigafactory making batteries for electric vehicles.
New radio technology lets wearables tap energy from nearby devices
New radio technology lets wearables tap energy from nearby devices
Technology News |
A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (UMass Amherst) has devised a new radio architecture that enables wearables and small battery-powered devices to drastically minimize their power…
Volkswagen denies plans for EV battery plant
Volkswagen denies plans for EV battery plant
Business news |
First they said yes, now they say no: In the question of an own production line for EV batteries, Volkswagen makes a complete about-face. A possible reason could be found…


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