IC growth tracks GDP

The correlation between IC market growth and global GDP growth, has been tracked by IC Insights. Figure 1 depicts the increasingly close correlation between worldwide GDP growth and IC market growth through 2018, as well as IC Insights’ forecast through 2023. Figure 1 Over the 2010-2018 timeframe, the correlation coefficient between worldwide GDP growth and ...

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We’re off, says Huawei boss

Huawei wants to go where it is welcomed, the company’s chairman Liang Hua (pictured) told the Davos World Economic Forum yesterday. ‘We would transfer the technology partnership to countries where we are welcomed and where we can have collaboration with,” said Liang. Asked whether Huawei could leave the UK, where it has a $3 billion investment ...

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Imec on Health

This is the first in a series of Imec essays on the future of electronics technology. It looks at the subject of health. The title of this first essay is: “By 2035 you will ‘manage’ your health like a bank account.” It is by  Peter Peumans, svp life sciences at Imec. How can we live a ...

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Bridging PCIe to Ethernet AVB and TSN for automotive

Toshiba has announced an automotive chip that can bridge between PCIe and two Ethernet standards: Ethernet AVB and Ethernet TSN, to connect central processors to telematics, infotainment and driver assistance systems, as well as sensors, at up to 1Gbit/s. Called TC9562XBG, “it’s not just a simple hardware-bridge between PCIe and Ethernet”, Toshiba Electronics Europe told ...

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Cable tie mounts with ‘high-performance’ adhesive

From HellermannTyton, come two families of cable tie mounts which can operate at up to 105°C, which are now available in Europe through TTI. SolidTack MB are for flat surfaces FlexTack are for curved and bent surfaces (2D curves, not 3D), without resorting to thick layers of glue. “These self-adhesive mounting bases feature a high-performance acrylic ...

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Hailo expands Series A to $21m

Hailo, the Israeli AI start-up, has expanded its Series A funding to $21 million. Chinese VC firm, Glory Ventures, led the expansion joined by existing and other new investors. The investment will enable the company to expand its target markets into China and Hong Kong, complementing its existing markets in Europe, North America, Japan and ...

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Hex-core mini-ITX industroal motherboard

Taiwanese single board computer maker Aaeon has launched a hex-core industrial mini-ITX motherboard using ‘8th generation’ (Coffee Lake) Intel Core processors hyper-threading – fewer cores are also available. Called MIX-H310A1, “increased core count and the refined graphic engines meet the requirements for graphic-intensive and high-performance computing applications in machine vision, kiosk and robotics,” said the ...

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ESA plans to mine moon

The European Space Agency has given the Ariane Group a one year contract to develop plans for a moon base that could be used for mining. The project will ‘examine the possibility of going to the Moon before 2025 and starting to work there’, says ESA. The plan is to eventually mine regolith. ‘As ESA ...

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