Marvell selling connectivity portfolio to NXP

Marvell is selling its wireless connectivity portfolio to NXP in an all-cash asset transaction valued at $1.76 billion. The portfolio includes Marvell’s WiFi Connectivity Business Unit, Bluetooth technology portfolio, and related assets. Wireless connectivity pulled in $300 million in in revenues in Marvell’s  2019 FY. The unit employs 550 people worldwide. NXP anticipates revenue associated with ...

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Cadence machine can prototype a 1bn gate SoC on FPGAs

For software development without final silicon, Cadence has launched FPGA-based hardware that can simulate SoCs with up to a billion gates. Called Protium X1, it is intended for debugging software intended to run on SoCs that have yet to be fabbed – for AI, 5G mobile and graphics processors, for example. It can run a 1bn ...

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Mouser’s Inventory Management Tool

 Mouser has come up with a free Inventory Management Tool. The web-based inventory system helps organizations and individuals around the world to effortlessly manage and track their stock of electronic components and related supplies. The integrated iOS and Android apps enable users to scan barcodes as well as print bin labels directly from the application. Customers ...

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IC inventories at record high

IC inventories are at a record high, says Morgan Stanley. Q1 inventories for semiconductor companies, distributors and customers increased q-o-q and y-o-y says the company. “Total supply chain inventory is at record levels (25% above median), keeping us cautious about conditions into second half 2019,” said Morgan Stanley analysts Joseph Moore and Craig Hettenbach in ...

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Did Elon Musk make $2.3bn last year or $0?

Elon Musk made $2.3 billion last year, says a report compiled by the New York Times and the executive compensation consultancy Equilateral. No he didn’t, says Tesla, Musk made nothing, $0, zilch. According to the NYT/Equilar report, Musk was awarded $2.3 billion last year, largely in the form of stock options. Under a March 2018 ...

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SWIR team raise $17m

Three year old Israeli startup TriEye, which has developed a Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology able to see in adverse weather and night-time conditions, has completed a $17 million Series A funding round, led by Intel Capital. Other investors include Marius Nacht, co-founder of Check Point Software Technologies, and TriEye’s existing investor Grove Ventures, headed by ...

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Sony chip transmits with 60 mile range

  Sony is launching a proprietary IoT LPWAN called ELTRES using modules which transmit with a 100km range, while moving at 100 km/h and operating off a coin battery. Instead of WiFi or cellular signals ELTRES harnesses low-power wireless technology to transfer low-bit data across a wide area, with lower power consumption, making it feasible ...

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USB-C poised for auto market

The USB Type-C connectivity standard, which has seen rapid adoption in the consumer electronics space, is poised to make major inroads in automotive connectivity, says a report from Strategy Analytics. Availability of USB Type-C began in 2018, and the 2020 model year will see more than a dozen new models offering Type-C connectivity. Between 2017 ...

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