51.9% Q1 dip for China phones

Q1 sales of smartphones in the  China market fell 51.9% sequentially and 38.9%  y-o-y, reports Digitimes Research. The top five vendors – Huawei, Vivo, Oppo, Apple and Xiaomi – had a 96.7% market share. Huawei had a 40% share. Digitimes Research expects demand for handsets in the China market to gradually recover from Q2 onwards ...

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NXP, Infineon, Renesas, TI, ST stay top five for auto ICs

NXP, Infineon, Renesas, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics maintained their positions in the top five of Strategy Analytics’ annual assessment of the automotive semiconductor industry vendor market share rankings. Total automotive semiconductor revenues taken by vendors in 2019 were down 1.3% to $37.2 billion, compared to 2018, with NXP, Infineon, Renesas, Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics maintaining ...

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STM32Cube software now on GitHub

ST is  publishing STM32Cube embedded software on GitHub. The intention is to open the STM32 embedded software offer to collaborative and community-friendly development and leverage faster, more efficient distribution of updates. Publishing all STM32Cube original code through GitHub lets users of more than 1000 STM32 Arm Cortex -M microcontroller variants and heterogeneous Cortex-M/-A microprocessors easily store, ...

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800G MACsec engine

Rambus has announced an 800G MACsec (Media Access Control security) offering for next-generation networking infrastructure. The 800G MACsec solution delivers hardware-based, point-to-point security for 800 Gigabit Ethernet links and is a critical element of end-to-end network security. Protecting data in motion, MACsec can identify and prevent security threats such as denial of service, intrusion, man-in-the-middle, passive ...

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MicroEJ has standard virtualisation tech for Microchip MCUs

MicroEJ has available standard virtualization technology for Microchip Technology’s 32-bit MCU product line. MICROEJ VEE, MicroEJ’s flagship Virtual Execution Environment, embraces the Total System Solutions vision shared by both companies, enabling a profitable, market ready solution for MCUs and software integration. Thanks to this combined solution, smart device manufacturers can achieve important system design cost ...

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Nanotube’s cut thermal resistance of heatsink interface

Fujitsu Laboratories has created a thin flexible adhesive sheet thermal interface material for heatsinking that achieves up to 100W/mK thermal conductivity. “Unlike previous technologies, the carbon nanotube adhesive sheets are also flexible, making them easy to cut and handle for use on variety of surfaces,” according to the lab. “This technology promises to deliver practical improvements and ...

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Flat Apple

For calendar Q1 (FY Q2) Apple had $58.3 billion revenues for a net profit of $11.2 billion compared to revenue of $58.0 billion and a net profit of $11.6 billion in calendar Q1 2019. “Despite COVID-19’s unprecedented global impact, we’re proud to report that Apple grew for the quarter, driven by an all-time record in ...

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