TSMC to build 3nm fab in Taiwan

TSMC says its 3nm fab will be located in the Tainan Science Park in Taiwan. There had been speculation that the company might locate it outside Taiwan – perhaps in the USA. TSMC says it  ‘recognises and is grateful for the government’s clear commitments to resolve any issues, including land, water, electricity and environmental protectioN.’ ...

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Rohde & Schwarz offers multi-antenna GNSS sat nav tests

Rohde & Schwarz is addressing the simulation of GNSS satellite location signals with a multiple input tester that can operator simultaneously in multiple frequency bands for multiple antennas. GNSS receivers are able to process signals from diverse navigation systems such as GPS, Glonass, Galileo or BeiDou in several frequency bands in order to improve positioning accuracy. ...

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Intel and Ericsson in Nordic project to roll-out first 5G services in Europe

Nordic-Baltic countries Sweden, Finland and Estonia are leading the roll-out of 5G mobile services in Europe and local operator Telia claims to have deployed the first public 5G live network use cases in Europe. This is a collaboration between the Swedish mobile operator and technology suppliers Ericsson and Intel. One of the use cases demonstrated ...

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Audi’s electric racing car for Formula E

Audi has revealed its 2017/2018 season all-electric racing car, the e-tron FE04, with an Audi motor and gearbox, developed with Schaeffler. “After nearly 40 years of being active in motorsport, Audi now becomes the first German automobile manufacturer to compete in Formula E in order to test and advance the development of new technologies for production,” said ...

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e-peas raises $4.2m

e-peas, the Belgian energy-harvesting IC start-up, has raised a new $4.2 million funding round. The round was led by Partech Ventures and comprises Airbus Ventures, JCDecaux Holding, Semtech, SRIW and Vives. Having initially gained both local government grants and private seed investment funding back in 2014, e-peas brought its AEM10940  energy harvesting chip to market. Through this ...

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ADI metering IC has mSure diagnostics

ADI has brought out a metering IC that includes mSure diagnostics technology enabling direct and noninvasive monitoring of electric meter accuracy and faults in real-time. mSure-enabled meters, combined with a cloud analytics service, provide utility companies with real-time data and actionable insights to protect revenue from tampering, manage field resources more effectively, cut equipment cost, ...

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Toshiba introduces wide leadform package for SO6L optocouplers

Toshiba is in mass production of  optocouplers in a new wide leadform package type SO6L(LF4). The wide leadform option is available for three high-speed IC photocouplers and five IGBT/MOSFET driver photocouplers. The new photocouplers can be directly mounted on PCB pads intended for SDIP6(F type) products. The SO6L(LF4)’s 2.3mm (max.) low profile package offers a ...

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