Nvidia expected to buy Mellanox

Later today. Nvidia is expected to announce it has bought Mellanox  The Israeli networking company specialises in Ethernet and InfiniBand connectivity for servers, cloud and storage. Nvidia is said to have offered $7 billion for Mellanox, about $1 billion more than its market cap on Friday and, in the process, outbidding Xilinx and Intel. Nvidia ...

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Renesas closes fabs as China demand collapses

Renesas is to suspend production at six of its fabs in Japan for a month towards the end of April, and another month in August. Additionally a further three domestic and four overseas back-end facilities will see production halted for several weeks. The suspensions have been caused by rising inventory levels following a collapse in demand ...

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China power semi market grows 13%

China’s power semiconductor market grew 12.76% to $38 billion last year, with the discrete component market growing 14.7% to $28 billion, reports TrendForce which forecasts that the 2019 market will be worth $43 billion. The China power semi market is relatively unscathed by the US – China trade war because of robust local demand from ...

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In search of more female angels

Angel Investment Network (AIN) the UK’s largest onlineplatform connecting angel investors with startups has launched a new platform connecting female founders and investors. The new ‘Female Founders’ platform was set up to address the underrepresentation of women in the industry both as investors and founders. The investor community on 14-year-old AIN in the UK consists ...

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IoT radar beam is set by bending its flexible PC, and more gems at Embedded World

Fraunhofer IZM has re-spun the idea of mechanically-steered radar, and developed a PCB-based IoT radar that can be bent into shape to customise its beam. Called Flex-Radar, its antennas are built into two polyimide wings (laid flat in the photo). Instead of active beam steering – which would be too expensive for intended applications, the ...

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Intel could regain crown

Intel is on track to regain its No.1 slot as the world’s largest chip maker, says IC Insights. A 24% drop in the memory market is forecast to pull the total semiconductor market down by 7%, estimates IC Insights, and  could hit Samsung’s sales by 20% because 83% of Samsung’s semiconductor sales last year were ...

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Mouser sponsors the future

Mouser is sponsoring the 17th Create the Future Design Contest, a challenge to engineers and students around the world to create the next great thing. Mouser, which has sponsored the contest for several years, is joined this year by  Intel and ADI. The contest is produced by Tech Briefs Media Group, an SAE International Company. ...

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1200V TRENCHSTOP IGBT7

Infineon  is introducing a 1200V TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 and emitter-controlled EC7 diode. The IGBTs provide for higher power density, lower system cost, and reduced system size. Packaged in Easy housing, the power module fits the needs of industrial drives applications. Based on the micro-pattern trench technology, the TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 chip performs with much lower static losses ...

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