Fast and steep recovery at TSMC

TSMC is  “preparing for a fast and steep recovery,” said Maria Marced president of TSMC Europe  (pictured) at the company’s  virtual symposium this morning. Although the IMF is predicting a 4.9% fall in world GDP this year, the semiconductor industry is expected to be flat or slightly up,  pointed out Marced, while customers are showing ...

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Two separate inductors in one package for Class-D automotive audio

Vishay aims to save space in automotive Class-D audio amplifiers with two independent inductors in the same package. Built into a 2525 case size (under 8 x 8 x 8mm), the AEC-Q200 qualified IHLD-2525GG-5A inductors are intended “to provide noise filtering in Class D amplifiers”, they “consists of two IHLP inductors with operating temperatures up ...

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OpenNESS edge software tool-kit integrated into ENSCONCE platform

Altran, the French consultancy company, is integrating Open Network Edge Services Software (OpenNESS) – an open-source toolkit developed by Intel – into its ENSCONCE edge computing platform. The platform combines accelerators and frameworks for the development of multi-access edge computing (MEC) solutions. As a result of the integration, infrastructure resources will be able to increase computing ...

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Chip market showing surprising strength, says SI.

Despite early expectations of a big fall, the semiconductor market  has shown surprising strength so far this year, reports Bill Jewell’s Semicinductor Intelligence. WSTS reported the 2Q 2020 semiconductor market was only down 0.9% from 1Q 2020. The top semiconductor companies had mixed results for 2Q20. Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox and Infineon’s acquisition of Cypress ...

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July SEMI billings up 27.6% YoY

July billings of $2.6 billion for US manufacturers of semiconductor manufacturing equipment were up 11.8% on June’s $2.32 billion and 27.6% up on July 2019’s total of $2.03 billion. “The second half of 2020 has started strong with double-digit billings growth for North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers,” says SEMI CEO  Ajit Manocha,  “the strength reflects ...

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Ambiq and Feitian hook up on biometric payment cards

Ambiq, the Austin, Texas  MCU, SoC, and Real-time Clocks (RTC) specialist, has joined with Feitian of Beijing, a provider of online user authentication and payment transaction security to deliver biometric  payment cards. The partnership, encompassing both hardware integration as well as continuous education, applies to Feitian’s biometric cards, OTP (one-time password) display card, as well ...

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TDK backs Exo

TDK Ventures is investing in Exo (pronounced “Echo”), an ultrasound imaging specialist. Exo produces handheld ultrasound devices to help medics triage, diagnose and treat patients at the point-of-care by delivering imaging for the cost of a smartphone. Exo calls its technology Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasonic Transducer (pMUT). It leverages advances in nano-materials, signal processing, sensor fusion, ...

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