Chip drives 200V GaN half-bridge at up to 50MHz

Texas Instruments has introduced a gate driver that can a 200V half-bridge pair of GaN transistors at up to 50MHz. Called LMG1210, it is designed to work with enhancement mode GaN and has a 10ns propagation delay. “The device provides a low switch-node capacitance of 1 pF, with user-adjustable dead-time control which helps improve efficiency,” ...

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Commons Science and Technology committee seeks suspension of facial recognition tech

The use of automatic facial recognition technologies should be suspended says a report from the House of Commons Science and Technology committee. The committee says there are concerns over accuracy and bias and the use of the tech needs to be regulated. “It is unclear whether police forces are unaware of the requirement to review custody ...

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DCMS asks tech industry how to simplify on-line verification of ID

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media  and Sport (DCMS) is calling for views from the tech industry on how to make it safer for people to confirm their identity online. A pilot scheme is to to be launched to help organisations check people’s identity for services such as loan or credit card applications The DCMS thinks the ...

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Japan ban on exports to Korea pushes up memory makers’ share price

 The DRAM spot market price has risen 15% in a week, says DRAMeXchange, thanks to the Japanese threat to withhold supplies of photoresist and hydrogen fluoride to Samsung and Hynix. Analysts are warning of further large price rises if the hobbling of supplies continues for long. Samsung is looking for non-Japanese suppliers but it is ...

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TSMC on a roll

After a spectacular y-o-y revenue rise of 21.9% in June – which was a 6.8% rise on May – TSMC is forecasting Q3 revenue growth of 18% to between $9.1 billion and $9.2 billion. The June leap in revenues came after five successive months of y-o-y revenue falls. May revenues were 0.7% y-o-y and April’s ...

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Underwater connectors tested to 5 metres.

Smiths Interconnect’s waterproof circular M23 connectors for demanding industrial applications underwater are qualified to perform at depths of 5 metres. The connectors are equipped with Hypertac hyperboloid contact technology and are designed for applications that encounter rough and corrosion-prone conditions in the food and beverage, chemical, maritime, and medical industries. Recently industrial applications in underwater environments ...

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