Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 2.7% sequentially in Q1 2020, says SEMI. Silicon wafer area shipments came to 2.92 billion square inches in the first quarter, up from 2.844 billion square inches in the prior quarter, but down 4.3% from the same period in 2019, says SEMI. “Global silicon wafer shipments rebounded slightly in ...

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Xilinx Adaptive Compute Clusters (XACC) are being set up at ETH Zurich, UCLA,  the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). XACCs provide infrastructure and funding to support novel research in adaptive compute acceleration for high performance computing (HPC). The scope of the research is broad and encompasses systems, ...

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Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM have launched a Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) push-to-talk (PTT) product to connect remote workers using vehicles across the globe. The system provides real-time data transfer and PTT communications to enable remote utilities, mining, aid and NGO, agricultural work and more, as well as for use in public safety and emergency ...

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O2 and Virgin Media may be combined in a £24 billion deal. The parent companies of the two network operators – Telefonica and Liberty Global – have confirmed they are negotiating a merger.  O2 has 34.5 million mobile phone customers and Virgin Media has 3.3 million mobile phone customers and 6 million broadband and pay-TV ...

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April server DRAM contract prices rose 18% m-o-m, says DRAMeXchange. The DDR4 8GB PCDRAM price increased to $28.30 (+11% m-o-m), and the DDR4 32GB server DRAM price rose to $143.15 (+18% m-o-m). The 64Gb MLC NAND price remained flat m-o-m at US$3.24. PC demand was solid on higher demand for telecommuting and online education services. ...

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Septentrio has come out with  a multi-frequency GNSS/INS receiver which combines centimetre-level positioning with 3D orientation, enabling automated navigation of aerial drones and robots. An ADI IMU  integrated directly into the receiver board,  is the first sign of  Septentrio’s collaboration with Analog Devices, delivering robust positioning and attitude (heading, pitch and roll) in demanding industrial environments. ...

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ST’s automotive universal door-lock IC integrates six MOSFET half-bridge outputs and two half-bridge gate drivers with protection and diagnostic functions that enhance safety, simplify design, and save space. As a complete centralized solution for electronically driving car locks from a body-control module (BCM), the L99UDL01 replaces multiple individual motor drivers and associated analog and passive ...

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