Samsung is planning to have a 6nm process in volume production for its foundry business in H2 2019, reports Digitimes. TSMC says it has had 13 tape-outs on 7nm and plans to be in volume production on 7nm in 2018. It is reported to have nine EUV machines on order from ASM pL for delivery ...

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The answer to hacking is the new IBM Z mainframe which encrypts everything. “The vast majority of stolen or leaked data today is in the open and easy to use because encryption has been very difficult and expensive to do at scale,” says IBM’s Ross Mauri, “we created a data protection engine for the cloud ...

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Mouser has brought out a video for its Shaping Smarter Cities series in which  Grant Imahara travels to Porto to investigate how innovators are using technology to help with infrastructure problems caused by rapid urban expansion — specifically massive traffic congestion. The series is supported by ADI, Intel, Microchip and Molex. With residents in Porto ...

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The  LTC7103 is a 2.3A, 105V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator. Its wide 4.4V to 105V input voltage range is designed for operation from a continuously high voltage input source or from an input that has high voltage surges, eliminating the need for external surge suppression devices. This makes the LTC7103 suitable for a ...

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Qualcomm has lost its appeal against a fine imposed on it by the EU for failing to produce information in an anti-trust case involving the UK wireless start-up Icera. Icera was sold to Nvidia in 2011 for $367 million – $100 million more than it raised in equity funding – after nine years of existence. ...

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D     BCD Microelectronics, the Basingstoke semiconductor distributor  has merged with Munich distributor Atlantik Elektronik.. The new company will be named BCD-Atlantik. BCD-Atlantik remains an independent company but will combine resources from both companies. BCD are 27 years old this year and Atlantik is 40. “Our merger with Atlantik Elektronik strengthens our position in ...

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Qualcomm has ben grabbing China market share, reports Digitimes, getting its Snapdragon processors into handsets at MediaTek customers Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi, and Meizu. MediaTek’s response is reported to be a move to TSMC’s 12nm process in Q4. It is said that MediaTek’s lack of a Cat 10 modem has reduced both its market share and ...

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An Enigma cryptography machine has been bought in a Romanian street market for €100 and later sold at a Bucharest auction for €45,000. Enigma machines were distributed in Romania by Germany when Romania was on Germany’s side in WWII. Later it switched to the allies. It is assumed there may be other machines undiscovered in ...

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