At Embedded World today, Insight SiP, the specialist in ultra-miniature RF modules, is launching the ISP4520 series of modules, extending its product portfolio to include Long Range Networking via LoRa technology. The ISP4520 module integrates BLE and LoRa radio functionality to offer a unique solution, combining the short-range high throughput capability and easy smartphone/PC access ...

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Today, at Embedded World in Nuremberg, UltraSOC announced that its UltraDevelop 2 IDE is now available for beta testing and is being shipped to qualified lead customers. The new IDE will be publicly demonstrated for the first time at Embedded World. Launched in October 2018, UltraDevelop 2 presents a complete and comprehensive IDE for system-on-chip ...

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Q4 DRAM revenues fell by 18.3% QoQ, reports DRAMeXchange. ASPs of mainstream 8GB modules have fallen to $50 for January, and will continue to fall through in February and March, says DRAMeXchange, with an estimated decline of 20-25% for Q1. The production bit levels of DRAM suppliers in 4Q18 were far above sales bit levels, ...

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Infineon will sample an eSIM  for mobile consumer devices in the middle of the year. It will be a tested and certified end-to-end solution comprising a chip, operating software and services. To facilitate technical integration of the eSIM into consumer devices and accelerate time to market, Infineon can also provide data plans in cooperation with ...

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January billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment fell 10.5% compared to December’s billings, reports SEMI. As well as being down on December’s billings total if $2.1 billion, the January billings of $1.89 billion were also 20.8% down on the January 2018 billings figure of $2.37 billion. The January decline was the third consecutive month of decline. ...

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Ultimately cyber-security will only come from international agreement on a system of ethics and standards for operating in cyber-space, said the director of GCHQ, Jeremy Fleming (pictured) in a speech in Singapore today. “Our future security will be guaranteed not by the quality of our coding, the design of our silicon or the cunning of ...

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Huawei’s answer to Samsung’s folding phone is bigger and thinner. The Huawei Mate X has an unfolded 8” screen, a 4,500mAh battery and is 11mm thick when folded compared to 17mm for the Samsung Fold. It’s also more expensive – $2,300 for the Mate compared to $2,000 for the Fold – more than double the ...

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Mark Bohr (pictured) Intel’s process guru, is to retire in March, reports The Oregonian. Bohr has worked at Intel for 40 years, latterly heading the group responsible for process migrations. Notable achievements were the introduction of high-k metal gate and finfets. However Bohr slipped up on 10nm which is running almost three years late. “We ...

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