Comment: Supporting the next generation of engineers through the Covid-19 pandemic

Nick Hill, CEO at the engineering and design consultancy Plextek, laments the currently disadvantaged position of students affected by the Covid-19 pandemic due to exam cancellations, and shines a light at the end of the tunnel by reintroducing internships. When the history of the UK’s response to coronavirus is written, I’m confident that the cancellation of ...

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Blow-out Q2 for Apple, Amazon and Facebook

Apple had calendar Q2 sales of $59.69 billion up 11% y-o-y for a profit of  $11.25 billion which was up 18% y-o-y..  iPhone sales were $26.4 billion; iPad sales were $6.58 billion; Mac sales were $7.08 billion; Services’ revenues were $13.16 billion; Wearables’ sales were  $6.45 billion. Amazon had Q2 sales of $88.9 billion up 40% y-o-y  with operating income ...

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Samsung Q2 profits up 26%; semi capex budget $12.4 billion

Samsung Electronics has reported a Q2  operating profit of $6.86 billion up 26% sequentially and 23% y-o-y. The profits growth came mainly from chips and displays. Revenue was $44.5 billion down 4% sequentially any and 6% y-oy. The company’s semiconductor capex budget this year is $12.4 billion. Earnings from Samsung’s memory business improved in Q2, ...

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NAND and DRAM to be biggest IC markets

NAND Flash and  DRAM  will remain the largest IC markets in 2020 accounting for a third of total IC  sales this year, says IC Insights. IC Insights’ Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2020,  ranks the 33 largest IC product categories based on their expected sales and unit shipment volumes. The five largest of these IC ...

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One in the sensing eye for Nasa’s Mars Perseverance Rover

With the successful launch of Nasa’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover from Cape Canaveral, Teledyne Imaging is highlighting that its CCDs are integrated into remote sensing instruments on board the exploratory system. The Mars 2020 mission is part of a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the Red Planet, including looking for signs of past microbial ...

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Glasgow, Milan and Delft turn time into vision

A new way of imaging – harnessing AI to turn time into visions of 3D space – has been found by researchers at Glasgow University,  the Polytechnic University of Milan and Delft University of Technology. The discovery could help cars, mobile devices and health monitors develop 360-degree awareness. Photos and videos are usually produced by capturing ...

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Memory-in-pixel technology reduces LCD power consumption

 Kyocera is presenting  MIP Technology (Memory in Pixel) as a way to lower power LCDs. All the  pixels include an SRAM resulting in a power consumption for static image down to 5µW. By the power saving pixel selection method, only the selected pixel were driven. Which is different to the line selection method As well ...

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Six pack IGBT for EV traction inverters

Infineon has introduced an IGBT power module tailored to the needs of electric vehicle traction inverters in the 80 kW to 100 kW power class: the HybridPACK DC6i. This six pack module is optimized to deliver an excellent fit of system cost and performance to hybrid and small battery electric vehicles. It combines Infineon’s  EDT2 ...

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100µF 63V conductive polymer electrolytic capacitor in 10 x 12.5mm SMD case

Panasonic is to add a smaller case size to ZS-Series of SMD conductive polymer hybrid electrolytic capacitors. Remaining 10mm in diameter, the new case is 12mm rather than 16mm tall. “The effect of the smaller size of ZS-series is to deliver higher performance while keeping the premium PCB real estate in check with a few ...

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