AEC-Q101 qualified discrete semiconductors in DFN packages

Nexperia has announced a range of automotive-qualified discrete semiconductors in DFN packages, claiming it to be industry’s widest portfolio. Included are bipolar transistors, n-channel mosfets, p-channel mosfets, Schottkys, Zeners, switching diodes and protection diodes, as well as resistor-equipped transistors and LED drivers. “Automotive qualified discrete leadless packages range from the very small DFN1006BD-2 [1 x 0.6 ...

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Apple to start transition to Arm-based Macs

Macs will start the transition to  ‘Apple Silicon’ away from Intel silicon in Q4, Tim Cook announced at WWDC yesterday. The transition is expected to take two years in which time more Intel-powered Macs will be introduced. Intel-based Macs will get software updates for “years to come”, said Cook. Apple Silicon is called ‘A12Z Bionic’. ...

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GloFo buys option on 66 acres in New York for fab extension

GLOBALFOUNDRIES  has secured a purchase option for approximately 66 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to its most advanced manufacturing facility, Fab 8, in Malta, N.Y., near the Luther Forest Technology Campus (LFTC). The land parcel is located at the southeast end of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) Saratoga Technology + Energy ...

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Arm-based supercomputer is the most powerful in the world

Fugaku, an Arm-based  supercomputer jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu, has been was ranked No. 1 in the 58th TOP500 list of the world’s supercomputers.  Fugaku also took the No.1 position in the international ranking HPCG (High Performance Conjugate Gradient), which measure the processing speed of the conjugate gradient method. The Fugaku system ranked first ...

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Virgin Galactic wins Nasa contract to commercialise ISS

Virgin Galactic Holdings has announced the signing of a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Johnson Space Center, encouraging “commercial participation in orbital human spaceflight” to the International Space Station (ISS). Under the agreement, Virgin Galactic will develop a private orbital astronaut readiness programme. The company states that the program will include identifying candidates interested in ...

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Leti makes CMOS at 500°C for 3D sequential chips

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 adds ECC memory to Cortex-M4, and cuts power

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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Farnell marks International Women In Engineering Day 2020

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 recruits four new startups

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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