CEA-Leti scientists have made FDSOI CMOS at 500°C, “while showing strong performance gains especially in p-type MOS logic devices”, according to the French lab, which has branded the process ‘CoolCube’. 500°C processing is important when trying to shrink die by building CMOS with p-channel mosfets above rather than next to their n-channel counterparts – called a ‘3D ...
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Maxim has added error-code correction (ECC) to both flash, RAM and cache in a increased-reliability microcontroller for industrial, healthcare and IoT use. Called MAX32670, it is built around an Arm Cortex-M4 with floating-point unit, and this EEC is capable of single error correction and double error detection. “In many industrial and IoT applications, high energy particles and other ...
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To mark International Women in Engineering Day 2020, Farnell talked to women across its global operations to celebrate their achievements within the industry and discuss key topics such as gender diversity in the workplace. 12 women leaders working within Farnell joined the discussion from different parts of the world. The aim of the collaboration was to ...
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Silicon Catalyst, the silicon startup incubator, has admitted four more companies. The incubator enables new semiconductor companies to address the challenges in moving from idea to realisation, offering early-stage chip startups a coalition of In-Kind and Strategic Partners to reduce the cost and complexity of development. 5D Sensing Advanced CMOS Sensors for Smart City and ...
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Toshiba intends to sell off its 40.2% holding in its former memory unit now called Kioxia, reports the Nikkei. In October the unit is to be floated on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Toshiba will start selling its stake after that. Half the proceeds of the sale will go to Toshiba’s shareholders. The unit was ...
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Nordic Semiconductor, the wireless comms specialist, has expanded its nRF52 series with the nRF52805 Bluetooth 5.2 SoC. Supplied in a wafer level chip scale package (WLCSP), it measures 2.48 x 2.46mm and is optimised for two-layer PCBs enabling designs that are small and low cost, says Nordic. The nRF52805 includes a 64-MHz 32-bit Arm Cortex-M4 ...
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BioMEMS devices, defined as MEMS sensors and microfluidic devices integrated into medical devices and used for IVD and life sciences, were a $3.7 billion Market in 2019 and is expected to reach $6.3 billion in 2025 with a CAGR between 2019 and 2025 of 9.2%, Says Yole Developpement. The microfluidic chips market represents 85% of ...
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NeoPhotonics has completed experimental verification of the transmission of 400Gbps data over data center interconnect (DCI) ZR distances in a 75 GHz spaced Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) channel. NeoPhotonics achieved two milestones using its interoperable pluggable 400ZR coherent modules and its specially designed athermal arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) multiplexers (MUX) and de-multiplexers (DMUX). First, ...
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Melexis, the Belgian auto chip fabless specialist, has announced an automotive-grade (AEC-Q100) monolithic sensor that uses the Hall effect to provide contactless sensing in three dimensions. The dual-die version of the MLX90395 Triaxis Magnetometer Node provides redundancy for demanding scenarios, such as gear lever position sensing in automotive applications. The functionality of the MLX90395 is ...
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