Plessey to be first to market monolithic microLED display

Plessey has committed to being the first to market with a monolithic microLED based display based on GaN-on-Silicon. Plessey has also commenced an extensive licensing programme that will see the company license out its GaN-on-Silicon expertise to microLED manufacturers in line with its new business strategy of becoming the photonic industry’s foremost technology platform provider. ...

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Over $100bn revenues for fabless for first time

Fabless IC company sales have topped  $100 billion for first time with two Chinese companies —HiSilicon and Tsinghua Unigroup –  in the top 10 fabless companies. Figure 1 shows the top 10 ranking of fabless IC suppliers for 2017. Unlike the relatively close annual market growth relationship between fabless IC suppliers and foundries, fabless IC company ...

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Toshiba sells Westinghouse

Toshiba has sold Westinghouse the bankrupt nuclear contractor which has caused it all the trouble of having to sell its prized memory unit. Westinghouse ran up such huge liabilitites that Toshiba put the memory business up for sale. Now Westinghouse has been sold for $4.6 billion to provate equity fund Brookfield Businees Partners. Brookfield is ...

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Mouser signs Stadium Group

Mouser has signed Stadium Group to distribute their range of  power supplies, HMI modules such as single illuminated capacitive switches, and wireless IoT devices. Recently, Stadium Group bought  PowerPax UK Limited, a UK-based distributor of of power supplies, battery chargers and LED products. Earlier in 2017, it bought UK-based Cable Power Limited adding further electronic, ...

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Autotalks and ST collaborating on DSRC

Autotalks and ST are collaborating on  DSRC (Dedicated Short Range Communication) -based Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications technology including Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) use cases. It uses  ST’s Telemaco3 telematics platform and Autotalks’ CRATON2 chipset, which is the most advanced and secure V2X communication solution in the form of a commercial module. The technology,  which is ...

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Harwin boosts 2mm Datamate connectors to 8.5A

Harwin has introduced of a female contact for its 2mm-pitch Datamate connectors that boost current delivery to 8.5A. It uses a proprietary six-finger design, machined from a single piece of beryllium copper. “The innovative patented design employed in these components presents more contact points, which enhances resilience to shock and vibrational forces,” said the firm ...

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65W industrial PSUs work at 115, 230 and 277Vac

TDK has announced a series of of AC-DC industrial power supplies that can operate on 115V, 230V and 277Vac nominal inputs. Called CSW65 and rated at up to 65W output, the inputs accept 90 to 305Vac, eliminating the need for step down transformers when operating at 277Vac. Operation without forced air cooling is across ambient ...

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OKW straps on wrist-watch box for wearable apps

OKW has added a “wrist-watch” style box to its range of wearable enclosures. Dubbed the Body-case, it is designed for wearable electronics applications including tracking and monitoring; emergency call and notification; bio-feedback sensors for healthcare, wellness and sports fitness. It can also be used for industrial electronics. Each enclosure is supplied with two 18 mm ...

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