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Can solar-powered LED lighting end global light poverty?
Can solar-powered LED lighting end global light poverty?
Business news |
At the launch of The International Year of Light 2015 at the UNESCO Headquarter in Paris, France Philips Lighting declared…
Intelligent Motor Control for Automotive Applications
Intelligent Motor Control for Automotive Applications
Technology News |
Infineon’s Embedded Power devices combine ARM Processor and bridge drivers on a single chip.
Improved dendrite formation control helps lithium batteries last longer
Improved dendrite formation control helps lithium batteries last longer
Technology News |
Researchers at Purdue University are using numerical modeling to find ways to understand the complex science behind the formation of…
Antireflective nanotextures create self-assembly surface for solar cells
Antireflective nanotextures create self-assembly surface for solar cells
Technology News |
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have showed that etching a nanoscale texture onto the silicon…

ARM strengthens position in safety-critical applications
ARM strengthens position in safety-critical applications
Technology News |
By providing a safety document set to licensees in its semiconductor ecosystem, ARM plans to foster the adoption of its architecture in safety-critical applications. The first in a series of…
Fraunhofer develops MEMS optical grating for medium infrared
Fraunhofer develops MEMS optical grating for medium infrared
Technology News |
The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is developing a scanning grating spectrometer that operates in the medium infrared range from 3-microns to 12 microns wavelength. Many chemical substances that…
FPGA-based I/O expansion and bridging starter kit
FPGA-based I/O expansion and bridging starter kit
New Products |
Presented as the most affordable product of its type available, Lattice Semicondutors’s Programmable kit enables easy and quick evaluation of MachXO3L FPGAs. The kit includes pre-loaded reference designs, design tools,…
Five-output ultralow-jitter clock IC delivers multichip output synchronisation
Five-output ultralow-jitter clock IC delivers multichip output synchronisation
New Products |
LTC6950 is a low phase noise integer-N synthesiser core with an ultralow jitter clock distribution output section, for generating and distributing the low jitter signals essential to clocking data converters…
DMM features 1 MHz sampling, plus graphical display
DMM features 1 MHz sampling, plus graphical display
New Products |
Termed by Keithley the first “graphical sampling digital multimeter” the DMM7510 combines high accuracy, integrated data visualisation, and operation via a capacitive touch screen with an interface that is modelled…
French startup expands 3D to the room
French startup expands 3D to the room
Technology News |
With still 26 days to go, Kickstarter project Immersis from French startup Catopsys has almost reached its funding goal of USD100.000, promising to turn any room into a fully immersive…
Samsung, Apple dominated chip buying in 2014
Samsung, Apple dominated chip buying in 2014
Market news |
Between them Samsung and Apple consumed 17 percent of total semiconductor production by value in 2014, according to Gartner Inc.
Mid-power LEDs combines COB performance with lower system costs
Mid-power LEDs combines COB performance with lower system costs
New Products |
Cree, Inc. has introduced the XLamp MHD-E and MHD-G LEDs which are high-power LEDs that combine the high lumen density and reliability of a ceramic chip-on-board LED with the design…
Power inductors target electric vehicle applications
Power inductors target electric vehicle applications
New Products |
Start-stop systems for hybrid and electric vehicles are very demanding applications in terms of high-current handling and filtering. For these applications, high-inductance, high-power components are required. Coilcraft now offers a…
DDR4 modules, SSDs for automotive and industrial markets
DDR4 modules, SSDs for automotive and industrial markets
New Products |
At the upcoming Embedded World, Swissbit AG will showcase memories and storage solutions designed for automotive, industrial and data communications applications. Among the highlights are Solid-State Disks (SSDs) with ultra…
Battery lifespan and the Apple expectation
Battery lifespan and the Apple expectation
Technology News |
Apple has applied for a patent to build a docking station to charge devices like the iPhone and iPad, which will retract the connector when the "iDevice" is being removed,…
Low-power flash memory targets wearable devices
Low-power flash memory targets wearable devices
New Products |
From Taiwanese maker Macronix, the MX25R product family features wide voltage range and ultra-low power. The NOR Flash memory products are aimed at next-generation wearable devices and claim power consumption…
HDMI protection devices match performance to Ultra-HD viewing
HDMI protection devices match performance to Ultra-HD viewing
New Products |
STMicroelectronics has launched its latest single-chip HDMI signal-conditioning and protection ICs, designed for maximum performance up to the fastest 4K Ultra-HD data rates.
Graphics & virtualisation for Intel Atom E3800 Processors, from Green Hills
Graphics & virtualisation for Intel Atom E3800 Processors, from Green Hills
Feature articles |
Green Hills Software’s Integrity RTOS real-time operating system and Integrity Multivisor virtualisation now support the Intel Atom processor E3800 product family.
Simplified design-in of 3D gesture recognition in embedded devices
Simplified design-in of 3D gesture recognition in embedded devices
Feature articles |
Microchip’s MGC3030 is the second member of the GestIC family; it offers simplified user-interface options in an SSOP28 package. Always-on gesture sensing can be added to power-constrained applications; the IC…
Instrument combines digital multimeter, oscilloscope functionality
Instrument combines digital multimeter, oscilloscope functionality
New Products |
Keithley has introduced a digital millimetre that at the same time offers some oscilloscope functionality. The DMM7510 targets such applications where the multimeter functionality is in the foreground and…
True DC to 8 GHz switch
True DC to 8 GHz switch
New Products |
RFMW has announced design and sales support for the first RF switch operating at zero Hertz with integrated RF, analog and digital functions.
Smartphone shipments total 1.167B in 2014
Smartphone shipments total 1.167B in 2014
Business news |
Market research firm TrendForce tell us that global smartphone shipments totaled 1.167 billion units in 2014, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with combined shipments of Chinese brands reaching 453.4 million…
Ultra low noise MMIC amplifier covers 17 to 27 GHz
Ultra low noise MMIC amplifier covers 17 to 27 GHz
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Custom MMIC has released the CMD163, a 17 to 27 GHz low noise amplifier (LNA) in die form, to their growing line of standard GaAs amplifier products.
Partnership Program to meet micro-location design-in demand
Partnership Program to meet micro-location design-in demand
Business news |
Fabless semiconductor company DecaWave has announced a Partnership Program with the aim to create an ecosystem that leverages its partners' expertise (hardware vendors, software developers, and systems integrators) around the…
Microchip simplifies 3D gesture IC
Microchip simplifies 3D gesture IC
New Products |
The second member of the patented GestIC® family from Microchip, the MGC3030 3D gesture controller features simplified user-interface options focused on gesture detection, enabling true one-step design-in of 3D gesture…
Unified hardware/software debug with embedded virtual prototyping
Unified hardware/software debug with embedded virtual prototyping
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Focussing on non-intrusive trace for embedded systems optimisation, Mentor Embedded Virtual Prototype Kits (VPKs) in the Mentor Graphics Vista and Sourcery CodeBench Virtual Edition product lines enable embedded developers to…
Finnish-Italian collaboration targets simple, secure automotive platform
Finnish-Italian collaboration targets simple, secure automotive platform
Partners |
Link Motion, a Finland-based company with focus on automotive platforms, has launched a strategic cooperation with hardware and manufacturing expert MTA SpA (Codogno, Italy) to create a secure yet cost-effective…
MOSFET H-bridge reduces footprint by 50%
MOSFET H-bridge reduces footprint by 50%
New Products |
A pair of MOSFET H-bridges from Diodes Incorporated simplifies motor driving and inductive wireless charging circuits by cutting component count and reducing PCB footprint by 50%. With the DMHC4035LSD, rated…


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