Inseto acquires IDB Technologies to expand semiconductor offering

Equipment and materials distributor, Inseto, has bought IDB Technologies, a specialist supplier of semiconductor wafers and substrates. Inseto supplies the microelectronic and manufacturing sector, and this acquisition adds to its offering to the semiconductor sector. The two companies worked closely together and share many customers. Matt Brown, director, Inseto, explained the synergy between the two ...

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GPU core prepares for multiple display support for driverless cars

Imagination Technologies has released a GPU core that supports multiple, high resolution displays for automotive displays. As driverless cars evolve, there is expected to be a requirement for advanced infotainment in the vehicle, such as 5G-based 4K video streaming, to keep passengers occupied. The PowerVR Series8XT GT8540 four-cluster IP is designed for display in clusters, ...

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UK gets tough on data protection laws.

Digital and Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has told businesses to prepare for stronger data protection laws. Speaking from Davos, where he has been reaffirming the UK’s commitment to AI, Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Matt Hancock said the government was strengthening the UK’s data protection laws to give people more control ...

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Rohde & Schwarz power circuit probe has 4GHz bandwidth

Rohde & Schwarz’s latest oscilloscope probe is a power rail probe with 4GHz bandwidth. For measuring power supply quality, it can uncover coupled signals in 2.4 GHz ISM, 3 GHz LTE and higher RF bands. Power supply quality can affect the performance of sensitive electronic circuits. Embedded designs with incorporated RF modules face the additional ...

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Qualcomm fined $1.2bn

The EU has fined Qualcomm $1.2 billion which comes hard on the heels of the Taiwan FTC fine of $782 million. Qualcomm “paid billions of dollars to a key customer, Apple, so that it would not buy from rivals. This meant that no rival could effectively challenge Qualcomm in this market, no matter how good ...

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Cool runnings: Heat dissipation in a crypto-currency miner

Neil Birtles describes why and how he built an oil-cooled custom designed miner for the crypto-currency Verium. Most people have heard of bitcoin now, it’s been in the news a lot – shooting up in value from £430 in September 2016 to around £3,600 in September 2017, while by December it hit £14,800 before dropping ...

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Digi International acquires Accelerated Concepts

The connectivity and services for the IoT portfolio from Digi is enlarged with the acquisition of Accelerated Concepts, a company specialising in LTE networking equipment. Since 2006, Accelerated Concepts has produced LTE routers and network appliances for primary failover and out-of-band management. Its AcceleratedView management software is a portal to provide, manage and upgrade devices ...

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A vision of the future of the tech industry

Forward-thinkers at Imagination Technologies have predicted five developments that are likely to define the next year. AI will continue its rapid growth AI has not followed the hype curve in the traditional sense. It was hyped and then went straight into reality, without entering the “trough of disillusionment”. This is rare and has fuelled a ...

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The imec view on: Computation in Memory

The third of a series of imec’s views on key aspects of IC technology looks at Computation in Memory. This is the paper: “Computation in Memory fits into a new concept of scaling that may bring huge, largely untapped energy-savings,” says Francky Catthoor (pictured) imec fellow. “Many emerging applications will need the computing power that was ...

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SEMI December billings up 16.3% on November

SEMI’s December billings figure for sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment was $2.387 billion – 16.3% up on the November 2017 level of $2.05 billion, and 27.7% higher than the December 2016 billings level of $1.87 billion. “December 2017 monthly billings for North American equipment manufacturers ended the year at the highest levels in this record-breaking ...

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