Apple is buying Dialog’s power management unit in a deal said to be worth $600 million. Dialog has been under pressure ever since Apple said it was working on developing its own PMIC chips. Last year, Apple accounted for 75% of Dialog’s sales. After the sale, Apple will account for 35-40% of Dialog’s sales. Dialog’s ...
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Omron Electronic Components Europe has introduced a new version of its USB multi-function environmental sensor that that can monitor seven parameters. The 2JCIE-BU01 offers multiple sensors in one unit that has built-in memory and connectivity through beacon communication. It measures 14.9 x 29.1 x 7.0mm and can monitor temperature, humidity, light, UV, barometric pressure, noise, ...
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GPU Technology Conference, Munich: According to Nvidia founder and CEO, Jensen Huang, there are two dynamics controlling the computing industry today – the end of Moore’s law and software that can write itself, artificial intelligence, or AI. The end of Moore’s law, which states that the density of a chip doubles every two years, while ...
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RoboSense, the Chinese LiDAR specialist, has received $45 million in funding fromg Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of the Alibaba Group; SAIC Motor Group(Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation), and BAIC Group (Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co.) electric vehicle company. With an over 50% market share of all LiDAR sold in Asia, RoboSense is the ...
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u-blox and India-based Play Inc have collaborated. on a connected GPS padlock ( http://playgps.in/i-lock.html ) for industrial applications. The lock, which doubles as a location tracker, features a u‑blox M8 GNSS receiver, MAX-M8Q, ( https://www.u-blox.com/en/product/max-m8-series ) and uses the u‑blox CellLocate service ( https://www.u-blox.com/en/celllocate-enhance-gnss-positioning-indoors-0 ) to extend positioning to indoor locations. u‑blox Bluetooth low energy ...
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Amphenol RF Has introduced the small form factor AMC4 connector as part of an SMA cable assembly line. This assembly features the SMA bulkhead jack connector and the AMC4 plug connector on 1.13mm cable. The SMA to AMC4 cable assembly is suitable for IoT applications which require space efficient, economical designs. These SMA to AMC4 ...
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ST has introduced an upgraded STLINK-V3 probe for programming and debugging STM8 and STM32 microcontrollers. The probe now has mass-storage support, a virtual COM port with multipath bridge, and three-times faster write performance. In addition to providing typical JTAG/Serial-Wire Debug (SWD) and Single-Wire Interface Module (SWIM) connections, STLINK-V3’s Virtual COM Port (VCP) and multipath bridge allow ...
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Hua Hong Semiconductor, the Hong Kong foundry, says its second-generation 0.18um 5V/40V BCD process platform has moved into mass production. Featuring low on-resistance, a full high-voltage range and few photo etching layers, the platform is an ideal process choice for industrial control applications and DC-DC converters, among others. This new platform has a 40V DMOS breakdown ...
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