Renesas is looking at buying IDT for $6 billion, reports the Nikkei. Renesas is engaged in something of a renaissance under CEO Bunsei Kure (pictured) who took over in May 2016. In February 2017, Renesas bought Intersil for $3.2 billion. Five years before that, in 2012, Renesas had to be bailed out by the Japanese ...
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TT Electronics has announced a series of low profile (2mm) high power resistors for use on heatsinks. Called WDBR-UL, they are thick-film-on-steel resistors, developed from the existing WDBR series, with creepage, clearances and power ratings assessed in accordance with the requirements of UL508, “easing the compliance burden for UL approved end-users,” said the TT. “For circuit designers who need ...
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Socionext has announced acoustics IPs in its “ForteArt” software family. ForteArt enhances the sound-related user experience, with applications including consumer products, public signage and automotive infotainment systems. The software IPs can be implemented with other vendors’ hardware, as well as with Socionext’s SoC products. ForteArt has been organized as a family of solutions to address ...
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X-FAB is to double ssix inch SiC capacity at its fab in Lubbock, Texas. In preparation for doubling capacity, X-FAB Texas has purchased a second heated ion implanter for use in manufacturing 6-inch SiC wafers. Delivery of this heated ion implanter is expected by the end of 2018, and production release is planned during the ...
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Custom MMIC has launched a line of GaAs Digital Step Attenuators (DSA). The DSA family is intended to ease the design of high dynamic range receivers and instrumentation. These applications often must accomplish gain control of 50dB or more. Fine step DSAs (e.g., 0.5dB Least Significant Bit [LSB]) are often used for these applications. However, when ...
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The Drummond MTL15 test lamp has a 1,000V CAT IV safety rating, and LED indication for AC and DC voltages ranging from 50 to 690V, “ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements for safe working in all BS EN61010 installation categories”, said component distributor Martindale Electric, which is stocking the test lamp. Built-in LEDs provide ...
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Consumer goods should be repairable, freeing owners from the cycle of ‘throw it away and buy a new one’. If, like me, you are angered by the increasingly “throw-away” culture which pervades technology products you might wonder, like me, why the government can’t be more active in encouraging, even forcing companies that make consumer goods ...
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LoRa is emerging as the champion for low power data exchange for the ‘smart’ utilities the IoT relies on, writes Caroline Hayes. Smart city low power wide area (LPWA) is expected to achieve over 140 million connections. According to analyst ON World, there could be as many as 2.6 billion connected, wireless IoT devices for ...
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Premier Farnell saw sales grow 11.1% y-o-y in its 2018 financial year with revenue of $1.5 billion. Q4 sales were up 13% y-o-y. “This is a significant result,” says Farnell president Chris Breslin (pictured), “we have built real momentum, delivering growth every quarter, in every region, and 13% year over year growth globally during the ...
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Following Theresa May’s trip to Africa, the DCMS has announced a number of tech initiatives with Nigeria, South Africa and Kenya. Dedicated UK science, technology and innovation teams will build on the existing science relationships with South Africa and Kenya, including through the shared investments in the Newton Fund and high-end research programmes like the ...
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