NXP adds Bluetooth to MCUs

NXP has added to its KW3x family of microcontrollers (MCUs). KW39/38/37 MCUs incorporate Bluetooth 5.0 long-range capabilities and expanded Bluetooth advertising channels. Compatibility with hardware, software and tools usedwith the previous generation of devices -, KW34/35/36 – is maintained. The connectivity MCUs allow Bluetooth LE devices to communicate at distances of more than a mile ...

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China prepares to ‘tangle with the world’

China’s state-controlled newspaper Global Times has responded with a diatribe to the US move to block chip sales to Huawei. It threatens ‘including certain US companies into its list of “unreliable entities,” imposing restrictions on or investigating US companies such as Qualcomm, Cisco and Apple, and suspending purchases of Boeing aircraft.’ ‘The radical approach of ...

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TSMC to build fab in USA

TSMC is to build a $12 billion 5nm 20k wpm fab in Arizona. The US government has been pressuring the company to build a fab in the USA after worries about US reliance on Asian fabs for advanced chips. “This project is of critical, strategic importance to a vibrant and competitive U.S. semiconductor ecosystem that ...

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France passes content removal law against social media companies

France struck another blow at the US tech companies yesterday when the French parliament passed a law saying that social media companies must take down some objectionable content within 24 hoist of it being flagged up and, in certain cases, within an hour. The content that must be removed within 24 hours includes comments based ...

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CHIPS Alliance announces updated RISC-V SweRV cores

CHIPS Alliance has announced  enhancements to the RISC-V SweRV Core EH2 and SweRV Core EL2, developed for the open-source community by Western Digital. Since the introduction of the cores earlier this year, the CHIPS Alliance has worked with its community to exhaustedly validate the cores through a transparent and rigorous process, as well as incorporate ...

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Video interview: LMD putting vital signs in the hands of consumers

We caught up (remotely) with Chris Elliott one of the founders of Leman Micro Devices (LMD), who discusses the company’s timely ambition to bring medical measurements into the consumer space. “We want to get accurate medical vitals signs measured by every mobile device,” he tells us. Why? Because signs such as blood-pressure and temperature levels ...

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Cable permits continuous charging at 500A in high-temperatures

HUBER+SUHNER claims to have the world’s first cooled charging cable system that allows continuous charging at 500 Amperes even in high-temperature environments. The HPC500 cable and connecter adds to builds on the the HPC400 family and field experience in cooled cable solutions for EV charging stations. Several improvements and new features make the system ready ...

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