US threatens 100% tariffs on champagne if French impose digital services tax

The US may hit French cheese, champagne, handbags and  various other products with a 100% tariff if France goes ahead with its digital services tax. “The French digital services tax is unreasonable, protectionist and discriminatory,” say Senators Charles Grassley and Ron Wyden,  the Republican and Democrat leaders on the US Senate Finance Committee. The French ...

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CAP-XX to buy Murata’s supercapacitor production lines

CAP-XX, the Sydney supercapacitor specialist, is to buy the supercapacitor production lines of its licensee Murata and relocate them from Japan to Sydney, and begin producing Murata’s three supercapacitor families in Q3 2020. CAP-XX will produce supercapacitors that are identical to what Murata makes today, and maintain existing pricing, to guarantee customers a continuity of cost and supply.Murata ...

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Moortec IP in radar-on-chip device

Moortec, the Plymouth IP specialist, has had its embedded monitoring IP designed into the automotive radar-on-chip (RoC) produced by four year-old Austin, Texas start-up Uhnder. Uhnder’s RoC is claimed to deliver the size, power,  cost and resolution needed to deliver a 4D imaging radar for advanced automotive safety. While a strength of radar has always ...

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RS referral program for DesignSpark

RS Components is introducing a referral program for DesignSpark, its free online engineering and design community where members from all over the world can access design tools, software, resources, and information, as well as participate in challenges and connect with fellow members. From December 1, 2019, through October 2020, all new DesignSpark members, along with ...

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Auto IC packaging could be taken in-house by car companies

ADAS and electrification are driving the automotive IC packaging market to a 10% CAGR between 2018 and 2024, says Yole Developpement.packaging’s growth in this industry Most IDMs are not willing to invest in new packaging lines – especially not for automotive advanced packaging, which requires a substantial investment in terms of tools, qualification, and workforce ...

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Kemet CAS series capacitors for space-constrained mains applications

Kemet has launched the CAS series, a range of surface-mounted safety-certified multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs) for use in mains-powered applications. It addresses the demand for miniaturization without compromising on performance, the firm claims. Kemet’s CAS series of SMD MLCCs offers important design and production benefits versus leaded disc devices for AC line filtering in this ...

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Rimac chooses ADI ICs for hypercar battery management systems

Analog Devices has announced its ICs are to be incorporated in Rimac Automobili’s BMS (battery management systems). ADI’s technology provides Rimac’s BMS with the ability to extract energy and capacity out of its batteries by calculating reliable state of charge and other battery parameters at any given time. BMS technology acts as the “brains” behind ...

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ESA funding boost targets space safety and environment

ESA’s Council at Ministerial Level, Space19+, has concluded in Seville, Spain, with the endorsement of a funding boost for the ESA and the European space sector. The meeting brought together ministers with responsibility for space activities in Europe, along with Canada and observers from the EU. Member states were asked to approve a set of ...

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Huawei makes phones and 5G base stations without US ICs

The Mate 30, Huawei’s latest phone, has no US chips according to teardowns by UBS and Fomalhaut Techno Solutions. Out go ICs from Qorvo, Qualcomm, Skyworks, Broadcom and Cirrus Logic. In come chips from NXP, Mediatek, Murata and HiSilicon. The Mate 30 still, of course, uses Android. Huawei has also succeeded in making 5G base ...

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