The top-15 worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales ranking for 1H19 is shown in Figure 1. It includes six suppliers headquartered in the U.S., three in Europe, and two each in Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. Figure 1 Intel replaced Samsung as the number one quarterly semiconductor supplier in 4Q18 after losing ...
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TDK Ventures, the $50 million VC fund set up by TDK Corp in July, has made its first investment. The money goes to autonomous delivery service startup, Starship Technologies. Starship will, says TDK, leverage TDK Corp’s expertise in sensors, robotics and IoT, and IoT to expand operations, meet demand and advance its technology. TDK’s investment ...
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Connected applications and smart services need hardware-based trust anchors. Infineon’s OPTIGA Trust M single-chip producr securely stores unique device credentials and enables devices to connect to the cloud up to ten times faster than software-only alternatives. It is suitable for industry and building automation, smart homes and consumer electronics. As cloud connectivity and AI-based applications ...
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Segger Embedded Studio V4.20 adds configurable support for debug probes using the GDB protocol. This version can be used with any debug probe that comes with a GDB server. It is included in all editions: ARM, Cortex-M, and RISC-V, on Windows, macOS, and Linux 32- and 64-bit platforms. Embedded Studio can automatically launch the 3rd ...
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Micromachining can be used to create a infra-red beam-forming phased array, according to engineers at Berkeley University of California who have made a 160 x 160 array on a 3.1 x 3.2mm die that can be switched in 5.7μs (resonance is at 55kHz). “It is capable of providing about 25,600 rapidly steerable spots within its ...
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Intelligent, automated lifts have been installed at Vanilla Electronics as part of a £200,000 investment in the Thetford-based distributor and manufacturer’s technology centre. The company supplies manufacturing services, such as customised design, component supply, kitting, box-build manufacturing and supply chain services. The company has installed two 9.6m tall intelligent automated tower storage units (Lean lifts) ...
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Wafer scale is back with US start-up Cerebras Systems unveiling an 8 inch by 9 inch wafer scale device designed for AI applications. Co-founder and Chief Hardware Architect of Cerebras, Sean Lie, shows off the device below: In AI, chip size is profoundly important, says Cerebras. Big chips process information more quickly, producing answers in less ...
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Neil Woodford, who controversially locked investors into his Equity Income fund, has sold his 20% stake in ultrasound haptic touch specialist Ultrahaptics. Woodford invested in Ultrahaptics’ £10.1 million Series A funding round in 2015. It is being reported that he sold his stake for £20 million. Last year Ultrahaptics raised £35 million in a funding ...
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In the last ten years China’ wind power electricity generating capacity grew 22x and its solar power capacity grew 700x, says the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Worldwide, in the same time-frame, the increase was 5x for wind and 33x for solar. Last year, China accounted for about 30% of worldwide renewables. The US accounted ...
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Innodisk has brought out an SSD with native Microsoft Azure Sphere integration. Calked InnoAGE, it enables multifunctional management for smart data analysis and updates, data security, and remote control through the cloud. “The InnoAGE SSD is the first and only hybrid solution designed solely with the AIoT architecture in mind, utilizing data analysis, data security, and ...
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