Qorvo has developed an eHealth system which is being provided by an insurance company to 3,000 senior citizens in Holland. The eHealth system consists of a non-intrusive set of motion and open/close sensors, and a gateway. It combines proven cloud algorithm expertise from Sensara with Zigbee Green Power RF solutions from Qorvo. Zigbee Green Power ...
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China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) met Samsung in December to discuss memory pricing, reports DRAMeXchange. China already made statements about a possible regulatory investigation into memory price-fixing. China is concerned about the cost of memory affecting Chinese handset makers.. Avril Wu of DRAMeXchange, says that DRAM and NAND ASPs have increased 40% since ...
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ON Semiconductor has brought out a scalable family of CMOS image sensors to address the spectrum of applications for ADAS and autonomous driving. The family offers car makers and tier one suppliers a choice of robust imaging devices based on a common platform and feature set. The sensors have resolutions scaling from 8.3 megapixels (MP) ...
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In Q2, CEVA will start selected licensing of a processor family called NeuPro ‘for deep learning inference at the edge’ with performance ranging from 2-12.5 TOPS. General licensing starts in Q3. The NeuPro processor line goes beyond machine vision to applications like natural language processing, real-time translation, authentication, workflow management, and other learning-based applications. “It’s ...
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Ricoh Electronic has launched an IC for providing power and/or charging a wide range of devices. USB Power Delivery is a technology that enables compliant devices to negotiate about what optimum power level is required for operation but also sets which device should operate as a power source or power sink. The RN5U700 makes it ...
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At CES18 (9 – 12 January), Aaware will introduce its Sound Capture platform, based on Avnet’s MiniZed Zynq SoC. It integrates algorithmic acceleration and a flexible microphone array board with the dual-core Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs. It is designed to help development teams create far-field, voice-to-machine communications functionality that is more natural and robust than available ...
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Powermat has joined the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), the standards development group- responsible for developing a standard for wireless power. The Israeli company says it will contribute its inductive charging technology to the consortium to advance inductive wireless charging capabilities while maintaining backwards compatibility to the existing Qi ecosystem. “Powermat was one of the pioneers ...
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Infineon has developed a new 3D image sensor in its REAL3 chip family, based on Time-of-flight (ToF) technology. It enables camera modules for integration in smartphones with a footprint of less than 12 mm x 8 mm, including the receiving optics and VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser) illumination. Market forecasts expect smartphones with 3D sensing functionality ...
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Arm has published a list of processors vulnerable to Spectre and Meltdown cache speculation side-channel attacks, a description of the attack mechanism and detailed mitigation techniques. Available here, the list includes Arm Cortex-R7, R8, A8, A9, A15, A17, A57, A72, A73 and A75, although the firm points out Cortex-Rx processors are used in closed environments unlikely to be accessible ...
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Moshe Gavrielov has informed Xilinx’s board that he is retiring from the company and the board, effective January 28, 2018. Gavrielov’s decision to step down from his operational role will bring to a close a 40 year career in semiconductor and software related companies. The board has elected Victor Peng, the company’s COO to succeed ...
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