RS Components adds Fluke thermal imaging cameras with asset tagging

RS Components has added Fluke’s Tis20+ and Tis60+ handheld infrared thermal imaging cameras to its portfolio. Designed for one-handed fixed-focus image capture, the infrared imagers are suitable for engineers and technicians with less experience in thermal imaging. The manufacturer claims they allow accurate non-contact temperature measurement from a safe distance to reveal invisible thermal issues ...

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U-Blox IoT chipset certified by AT&T for LTE-M IoT applications

U-Blox has completed AT&T’s chipset verification process for the UBX-R5 multi-band low power wide area (LPWA) chipset platform to operate on the carrier’s LTE-M network for the Internet of Things. The chipset features end-to-end device security, data security, and access control management. The cellular chipset platform, supporting LPWA LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies, is designed for ...

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Imec signs JDP with Park Systems

Imec and Park Systems, the Atomic Force Microscopy and Metrology specialist, have signed the 2nd Joint Development Project (JDP) within 4 years to increase the development efforts for future generation in-line AFM metrology solutions. Dr. Luc Van den hove (President & CEO, Imec) and Dr. Sang-il Park (Chairman & CEO, Park Systems) The official signing ...

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6-10 weeks to reduce corona cases, says Gates

Coronavirus cases could be on the way down within six to ten weeks of countries taking shut-down precautions and instituting testing procedures, says Bill Gates (pictured), who led the fight to eradicate polio and has pledged $100 million to tackle the coronavirus. Asked during  a Reddit Q&A session Gates how long the coronavirus crisis would ...

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Fabless revenues fell 4% in 2019

Fabless revenues fell 4.1% in 2019 and are unlikely to grow this year, reports TrendForce. The top three IC fabless companies – Broadcom, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA – all saw decreased revenues last year. Broadcom was affected by the U.S. Entity List policy and saw a 7% revenue decrease YoY. Second-place Qualcomm faced fierce competition from ...

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February phone sales take record y-o-y fall but H2 could see upswing

In February, smartphone shipments were down 38% y-o-y – the biggest fall in the history of the market, says Strategy Analytics. Units fell from 99.2 million phones in February, 2019, to 61.8 million in February, 2020. “Despite tentative signs of recovery in China, we expect global smartphone shipments overall to remain weak throughout March, 2020,” ...

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Hyperscalers driving server market

The worldwide server market continued to grow in Q4 with revenue increasing 5.1% and unit shipments growing 11.7% year over year, according to Gartner. In 2019, worldwide server shipments declined 3.1% and server revenue declined 2.5% compared with full-year 2018. “The market returned to growth with a very strong fourth quarter result, largely driven by ...

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