High-growth tech companies unafraid of Brexit

Three quarters of the UK’s tech scale-up businesses (defined as 10+ person companies which have grown by 20%+ for the last three years) are confident Brexit won’t hurt them, says a study by the accountants and investment managers Smith & Williamson. 90% are planning to take on more staff. 45%  of the tech scale-up businesses in ...

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Current mode, 2MHz multitopology DC/DC converter

The Power by Linear LT8361  is a current mode, 2MHz multitopology DC/DC converter with an internal 2A, 100V switch. It operates from an input voltage range of 2.8V to 60V, and is suitable for applications with input sources ranging from a single-cell Li-Ion battery to multicell battery stacks, automotive inputs, telecom power supplies and industrial power ...

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Bourns launches 3pF capacitance TVS diodes

Bourns has  introduced a TVS diodes series featuring low capacitance of 3 pF making them suitable  protection devices for the high-speed interfaces found in today’s automotive, communication line and industrial applications. The Bourns Model CDSOD323-TxxC-DSLQ TVS diodes also offer the Bourns’ lowest TVS diode leakage current of 1 nA (nanoampere). This is important as IoT sensors, ...

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64th IEDM issues Call for Papers

The 64th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel December 1-5, 2018, has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world’s best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development. The paper submission deadline this year is Wednesday, August 1, 2018. Authors ...

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Mobile DRAM prices keep on rising

Mobile DRAM revenue rose by 5.3% q-o-q to a record high of $8.435 billion, reports DRAMeXchange. The mobile DRAM market will be seeing a moderation of the price upswing in 2Q18. Nevertheless, demand from major Chinese smartphone brands, Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo, remains strong. With phone-makers raising  the memory densities of  2018 models, DRAMeXchange ...

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SEMI April billings up 26% y-o-y

SEMI’s  April billings were 10.7% up on March’s $2.43 billion at $2.6 billion. April 2018 billings were 26% higher than the April 2017 figure of $2.13 billion. “April 2018 monthly billings for North American equipment manufacturers surpassed the October 2000 record high of $2.6 billion,” said Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI. “Storage, artificial ...

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