Plessey signs LED micro-display supply deal

Devon-based LED maker Plessey has announced a display device design and long-term supply agreement with smart glasses and augmented reality (AR) company Vuzix. It will support the development and production of AR products that combine Plessey’s “micro-LED light source technology”, according to Plessey, with Vuzix’ expertise and intellectual property in smart glasses and essential optics ...

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Psion inspires Raspberry Pi laptop

Raspberry Pi has inspired numerous laptops and two here show a very neat exploitation of  the computer.   nokton35mm’s “RasPSION” Pi laptop build  has the Raspberry Pi 7″ display as well as a Bluetooth keyboard, 5V battery pack and the Pi camera.  It has a laser cut case, and its pivoting hinge mechanism is the bit ...

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Power transistor sales grew 14% last year becoming a $16bn market

Sales growth in power transistors was up 14% in 2018 reaching a record $16.3 billion after setting the previous record in 2017 with an 11% increase, according to IC Insights’ 2019 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes. Strong growth momentum in power transistor sales carried into Q1  with worldwide sales ...

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Here comes China

Yangtze Memory will be making enough NAND next year to  impact supply and prices on the global memory market, says DRAMeXchange. DRAMeXchange says YMTC is sampling 64-layer NAND, has completed the Wuhan fab, and is planning to ramp production to 60k wpm  in 2020. Although small compared to competitors’ 200k wpm capacities, 60k wpm is ...

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SiTime moves into Elite production

SiTime is in volume production of its Elite Platform of temperature-compensated oscillators (TCXOs) that provide high stability and dynamic performance at 105°C for IEEE 1588-based synchronization in 5G/4G+ radios and enable wireless service providers to begin their network overhaul. “5G is expected to revolutionize the data economy but first it is re-writing the rules for wireless network ...

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ON sensors for ADAS.

ON Semiconductor’s portfolio of sensors for automotive applications include an RGB-IR image sensor solution for in-cabin applications and the Hayabusa family of CMOS image sensors for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and viewing automotive camera systems. Designed to meet growing demand for in-cabin occupancy monitoring cameras, the 2.3 Megapixel (MP) RGB-IR sensor achieves up to 120 ...

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University of Essex turns to Rohde & Schwarz for student lab test gear

Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen to supply test equipment for the newly refurbished electronic engineering teaching laboratory at the University of Essex. “We have made a considerable investment in our main teaching laboratory and created a facility that we are truly proud of, which fully meets the expectations of our new cohorts of students,” ...

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Hailo-8 tackles deep learning at the edge

Hailo is sampling a deep learning processor called Hailo-8 which, it claims, enables edge devices to run deep learning applications that could previously run only on the cloud. Hail sayscits rethinks the existing pillars of computer architecture – memory, control, and compute – and incorporates a key SDK co-developed with the hardware. The company claims that ...

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