Nexperia,  the former Standard Products division of NXP, has brought out a range of 80V dual Power-SO8 MOSFETs in LFPAK56D packages. With the addition of this new 80V range of MOSFETs Nexperia now has devices, ranging from 30V to 100V. LFPAK56D is automotive qualified to AEC-Q101 and the  copper clip gull wing package technology is for ...

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Arduino has two new boards out which deliver connectivity – the Arduino MKR WAN 1300 (LoRa) and the Arduino MKR GSM 1400. The Arduino MKR WAN 1300 delivers LoRa low-power WAN connectivity, and the Arduino MKR GSM 1400 adds global 2G/3G communications capability. Both boards measure  67.64 x 25mm and,with low power consumption, are suitable ...

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Globalfoundries will roll out a 12nm finfet process at its New York fab next year which is 15% denser with 10% better performance than its 14nm process. “We plan to introduce new client and graphics products based on GF’s 12nm process technology in 2018 as a part of our focus on accelerating our product and ...

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The already constrained supply of wafers is about to tighten further, reports Digitimes. 3D NAND, Chinese foundries and China memory fabs are driving 12 inch demand. LCD driver ICs, fingerprint sensors, power management ICs and CMOS image sensors are driving 8-inch demand. Wafer suppliers are in no hurry to increase capacity having been caught out ...

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HERE, the road-mapping company owned by BMW, Audi and Mercedes, spent $767 million on R&D in 2016, reports Reuters. HERE was bought by the Germans for €2.55 billion euros in 2015. A 15% stake was sold to Intel earlier this year. Another, smaller, stake was sold to Pioneer and a 10% stake was sold to ...

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The expected bid for Imagination by the China-backed private equity company Canyon Bridge has materialised. However the offered price of 182p per share has hardly moved the Imagination share price which was 123p before the bid and is 129p now, suggesting that the bid may fail because of regulatory issues. At 182p, Imagination is being ...

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