Inductors rated for under the bonnet power circuits

TT Electronics has introduced a range of coupled inductors with high temperature rating and AECQ200 certification for use in automotive power converter applications. The HA78D series shielded SMD inductors have been designed specially for use in DC/DC converter configurations including flyback, multi-output buck, SEPIC and Zeta applications. A high leakage inductance will make them suitable ...

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Is this the first graphene transistor?

Graphene researchers in Sweden believe they have created a prototype of a transistor-like device for future computers. By combining graphene with another two-dimensional material, researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg have created a prototype of a transistor-like device which uses electron spin as the information carrier. Spintronics, as it is called, can result in ...

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Imagination increases revenues, reduces losses

Imagination saw a 19% y-o-y increase in revenues in its financial year to the end of April (FY 2017) to reach £145.2 million. FY 2017 operating profit was £7.79 million up from the FY 2016 loss of £26.7 million. However tax and the costs of discontinued businesses and financing costs ended in a net loss of ...

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Samsung runs silicon at $13.5bn fab

Samsung has started up production at its $13.5 billion fab in Pyeongtaek The first product is 64-layer, TLC, 2.5V 256Gbit 3D NAND. Initial production is 70-80,000 wpm but Samsung emphasises that this is just the start and the fab’s capacity will be increased over the next two years. Samsung calls it the world’s biggest fab ...

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Microsoft expected to sack thousands

Microsoft is expected to announce thousands of worldwide lay-offs this week as the management seeks to transition the company from developing software for PCs and servers to developing software for cloud services where Amazon is the dominant player. Microsoft is having considerable success with Azure cloud services software. In Q2, Azure sales grew 93% on ...

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May chip sales soar 22.6%

May semiconductor sales were up 22.6% on May 2016 at $31.9 billion, reports the SIA, it was the largest y-o-y growth sincevSeptember 2010. May sales were up 1.9% on  April’s $31.4 billion. All major regional markets had y-o-y increases of more than 15% in May, with the US leading the way with growth of 30.5%. ...

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