If IC Insights’ forecasts for the electronic systems market and the semiconductor market are right, then the average semiconducor content in an electronic system will drop to 26.4% after reaching a record 31.1% last year. IC Insights forecasts that the 2019 global electronic systems market will grow 4% to $1,680 billion. IC Insights’ forecast for ...
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ST microelectronics has introduced a secure microcontroller that includes a 13.56MHz RF interface for contactless operation and a serial interface for contact operation. Called ST31P450, it is built on a 40nm flash process and is aimed at contactless and contact applications in banking, identity, transportation and pay-television. The RF interface includes an RF UART for contactless comms ...
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ST microelectronics has introduced a secure microcontroller that includes a 13.56MHz RF interface for contactless operation and a serial interface for contact operation. Called ST31P450, it is built on a 40nm flash process and is aimed at contactless and contact applications in banking, identity, transportation and pay-television. The RF interface includes an RF UART for contactless comms ...
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Chinese chip maker Mornsun has created a push-pull dc-dc converter chip IC with integrated mosfets that can deliver up to 1W through an isolation transformer – and the firm offers a selection of transfomers. “To maximise the reliability, the chip design has incorporated three key technologies: a soft start function, output short-circuit protection and integrated over temperature protection,” ...
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Chinese chip maker Mornsun has created a push-pull dc-dc converter chip IC with integrated mosfets that can deliver up to 1W through an isolation transformer – and the firm offers a selection of transfomers. “To maximise the reliability, the chip design has incorporated three key technologies: a soft start function, output short-circuit protection and integrated over temperature protection,” ...
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Millions witnessed the moon landing in July 1969. Caroline Hayes looks at space technology then and in the 21st century. Six years after he opened the Labour Party conference with his rousing “white heat of technology” speech, Harold Wilson was prime minister of the UK and Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin walked on the ...
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Samsung is testing hydrogen fluoride photoresist etching gas from non-Japanese companies, reports the Nikkei, as Japan’s government puts export curbs on Japanese suppliers. Samsung currently buys its photoresist from Stella Chemifa, Morita Chemical Industries and Showa Denko. The company has now approached companies in Taiwan, Korea and China abourt sourcing the gas from them. Last week ...
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Traxens, the assets tracking specialist, has closed a Series C funding round worth $22.7 million led by the Itochu Corporation, Bpifrance and Supernova Invest (Crédit Agricole Innovations et Territories Fund). This financing will enable the company to launch a global large-scale sea-land fleet of IoT tracking solutions on vessels operated by its partner shipping companies, including ...
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Bourns has bought KEKO-Varicon of Slovenia – a manufacturer of overvoltage protection products that include varistor and EMI suppression products. KEKO-Varicon brings a strong employee base, superior overvoltage protection technologies, expanded R&D, and production facility assets as part of the acquisition. “The acquisition allows Bourns to gain a significant strategic advantage in the range of ...
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45 million PCs and tablets will have 5G connectivity by 2023, forecasts Strategy Analytics. The majority of 5G computing devices will be Tablets and Detachable 2-in-1s Asia-Pacific will account for more than 40% of 5G devices in use, North America 29% and Western Europe 21% (2023 projections) Sales of 5G computing devices will grow at ...
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