August semi sales up 14.9%

August semiconductor sales were up 14.9%  y-o-y  at $40.16 billion for the month of August 2018, an increase of 14.9% compared to the August 2017 total of  $34.96 billion, says the SIA. The August sales were 1.7% higher than July’s $39.49 billion. “Global semiconductor sales continued to bound upward in August, easily outperforming sales from ...

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ON Semi takes 60% stake in Aizu fab

ON Semiconductor has bought another 20% of the equity in the Aizu-Wakamatsu fab which it jointly owns with Fujitsu Semiconductor, This gives ON a 60% share of the jv which will be renamed ON Semiconductor Aizu Co., Ltd. The two companies entered into an agreement in 2014 under which ON  obtained a 10% ownership interest ...

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sureCore offers SRAM IP customisation

sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM specialist, has announced a low-power SRAM IP application-centric, customisation service that delivers specific power and performance requirements. The service is aimed at applications like wearables, wireless, augmented reality and IoT devices whose requirements go beyond standard low-power memory IP. The new service covers a spectrum of memory requirements covering multiple read/write ...

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Complete Arm Cortex-A8 computer in 27 x 27mm

Octavo has squeezed a 1GHz Arm-based computer into a 27 x 27mm module. Called OSD335x C-SiP, is has an Arm Cortex-A8 Sitara AM335x processor from Texas Instruments, Arm Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1Gbyte of DDR3 ram, 4kbyte of EEPROM, two power supplies, up to 16Gbyte of eMMC flash, a MEMS  clock oscillator and over 100 passive ...

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12-switch matrix manager for auto LEDs

Designers of high-performance automotive matrix lighting and adaptive driving beam LED applications can migrate to higher current devices with Maxim’s MAX20092 12-switch matrix manager. MAX20092 provides flexible current management for matrix and pixel lighting.  Twelve integrated switches control LEDs in string voltages up to 56V, saving design time and reducing complexity.  Its integrated MOSFET with ...

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Sigfox IoT network reaches 50 countries

Sigfox, the medium-range wireless system for low data rate IoT communications, now covers 4.2 million square kilometres, following the addition of Austria, Liechtenstein, Romania, Norway and Kenya to its list of countries with a Sigfox presence, bringing the total to 50 countries. “The network now covers over 949 million people worldwide, with 423 Sigfox-certified devices,” ...

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Intel writes to customers on 14nm shortages; scepticism persists

Intel’s CFO and interim CEO Bob Swan (pictured) has written to customers detailing Intel’s reaction to the shortage of 14nm CPUs. There is a certain amount of scepticism being expressed in the notebook OEM community about whether these measures will alleviate the shortfall. Here is the letter: “The first half of this year showed remarkable ...

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Q2 EDA revenues up 8.2%

Q2 EDA revenues increased 8.2% on Q1  to $2.39 billion compared to $2.21 billion in Q1, reports the The Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance. “The EDA industry continues to report growth in Q2, led by double digit increases in the CAE and Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module categories,” says Mentor CEO Wally Rhines (pictured), ...

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