Mobile World Congress: New Radio standard triggers early 5G launch

The mobile industry’s decision at the end of 2017 to agree on millimetre-wave frequency bands for 5G has provided the trigger for an acceleration in 5G network development At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, mobile operators said the ratification of the 5G New Radio (NR) standards will mean they can aim for a ...

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NI brings TSN to CompactRIO

NI’s latest CompactRIO Controllers include NI-DAQmx and Time Sensitive Networking (TSN) to support deterministic communication and synchronised measurements across standard Ethernet networks. TSN has evolved from the IEEE 802.11 Ethernet standard, and it can be used to synchronise distributed systems across networks, which eliminates the need for additional synchronisation cables. A design challenge for industrial ...

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Oxford Instruments sees growth in fast turnaround chips

Semiconductor process technology designed to move devices more quickly from the lab to commercial production is gaining traction with volume chip manufacturers, says Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology. The process equipment supplier said it is seeing growing number of customers converting semiconductor device research from development and pilot facilities into commercially available devices. Paul Davies, sales ...

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Microchip to buy Microsemi

Microchip is to buy Microsemi for $8.35 billion. Microsemi, which has been on an acquisition spree of its own, has been looking for a buyer for some time. The price is a out 7% more than the Microsemi market cap before the deal was announced. For Microchip the attraction is Microsemi’s military and aerospace customer ...

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SAIC Motor and Infineon form power module jv in China

SAIC Motor Corporation and Infineon havve establishment a joint venture to manufacture power modules for the electric vehicle market in China. SAIC Motor holds a stake of 51% of the JV and Infineon 49%. The partners have received all approvals by public authorities. The JV is named SIAPM (SAIC Infineon Automotive Power Modules (Shanghai) Co, Ltd.). ...

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Intel Reported To Be Selling Advanced Flash Technology To China

It is being said that Intel will provide 64-layer and 96-layer NAND to Tsinghua Unigroup. Tsinghua owns Yangtze River Memory Corp which is readying a massive fab at Wuhan in China to make 3D-NAND. Intel and Micron have agreed to end their joint 3D-NAND joint development programme when the 96-layer product is completed. Yangtze River ...

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