Plessey Semiconductors has announced a strategic partnership with Jasper Display Corp (JDC) to utilise JDC’s innovative silicon backplane to drive its own monolithic microLED displays manufactured on its proprietary GaN-on-Silicon (GaN-on-Si) wafers. The JDC eSP70 silicon backplane is tailored for the needs of microLED devices. The full colour capable active matrix backplane features a resolution ...

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Later today Theresa May is to tell the inaugural Zero Emission Vehicle Summit in Birmingham that the government will inject £106 million into the development of zero emission vehicles. The £106 million fund will be spent on developing low-emission vehicles and hydrogen technology. A further £500 million is to be invested by industry to create ...

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Toshiba  has launched a dual H-bridge driver IC for DC brushed motors and stepping motors. The TC78H651FNG delivers performance at a low voltage (down to 1.8V) and high current (up to 1.6A) that is essential for equipment powered by dry-cell batteries. The new device is suitable for motor applications such as cameras and compact printers ...

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Kaga Electronics is to buy 70% of Fujitsu Electronics Inc. (FEI) from Fujitsu Semiconductor (FSL) and plans to also acquire the remaining 30% shares held by FSL by the end of 2021. Kaga has been expanding its EMS business. The acquisition of FEI  is part of the effort find growth. For the present, FEI will ...

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  Vertical or Impossible? Routes to drones are proliferating but the essentials are similar. Two new drones from the US and UK have come from Impossible Aerospace of Sunnyvale,  California, and Vertical Aerospace of Bristol. Vertical’s drone (pictured) has been built by 28 aerospace and technical experts hired from from Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Martin Jetpack ...

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Renesas is to buy IDT for $6.7 billion. “This acquisition will bring us complementary, market-leading analogue mixed-signal assets and an incredibly talented group of professionals to help us boost our embedded solution capabilities,” says Renesas CEO Bunsei Kure (pictured),  “IDT’s products combined with our MCUs, SoCs and power management ICs will enable Renesas to widen ...

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