Q3 SEMI billings up 12% sequentially

Q3 semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings of $14.9 billion were up 12% q-o-q but 6% down y-o-y, reports SEMI. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis. The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. ...

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Picture Gallery: Elektra Awards 2019 – The Winners

We had a fantastic time last night at the 2019 Elektra Awards, hosted by the hilarious Ben Hanlin at the Grosvenor House hotel in London. Below you will find a gallery of all our deserving winners. The full list of winners by category can be found here. Congratulations to all the successful entrants, and a ...

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Nexperia introduces common mode filters with integrated ESD protection

Nexperia has announced the PCMFxUSB3BA, a common mode filter (choke)/ ESD protection combination. The filter features a differential passband of up to 10GHz 3dB frequency and surge robustness up to 7.5A 8/20µs. It’s designed to suppress common mode and single-ended noise while minimizing the impact on the signal integrity of extremely fast data lines. Developed ...

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Panasonic Bluetooth HCI module available at Rutronik UK

The Panasonic HCI (host controlled interface) Bluetooth RF module PAN1326C2 is based on Texas Instruments’ CC2564C dual-mode controller that combines basic rate (BR), enhanced data rate (EDR) and low energy (LE). The module supports up to ten BLE connections at the same time, due to independent buffering for LE without affecting the BR or EDR ...

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Phase 1 WiFi 6 testing completed

The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) announces completion of its phase one trial of Wi-Fi 6 infrastructure and services at the Mettis Aerospace factory in the UK. Tests included applications of 4K video streaming, large scale file transfers, messaging and voice/video communications as well as the first stage of IoT sensor and mixed reality testing. During ...

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Consortium to develop printed sensors to monitor EV batteries

CPI, the printed sensor specialist, is developing printed sensors for EV battery current density imaging. This could increase battery life, reduce charging times and help to improve consumer safety, confidence and uptake of EVs. These sensors will be a able to provide live information on each of the thousands of cells in an EV. They ...

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Easier design starts for 8-bit MCUs

ST is aiming to make design starts using 8-bit STM8 MCUs faster, more affordable, and more accessible for creative minds of all types by introducing new development boards in the  Nucleo-32 form factor. The boards are controlled and powered conveniently through a USB connection. An ST-LINK debugger/programmer is integrated, which saves using an external debug ...

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ASIC will tell cars where they are

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits plus partners is developing a platform that uses AI to measure vehicle positions and environment. As part of the “KI-FLEX” project, Fraunhofer is leading a consortium made up of: Ibeo Automotive Systems, Infineon, videantis, Technical University of Munich, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Daimler, Technical University of Berlin ...

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