Guerrilla RF is introducing ten new ¼ W linear power amplifiers over the next two quarters as part of the company’s expansion into the cellular market. These new InGaP HBT amplifiers were designed specifically for 5G/4G wireless infrastructure applications requiring exceptional native linearity over temperature extremes of -40°C to 85°C. The first of the ten ...

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MIPS has ended up in China, reports Reuters. It got there via a tortured series of deals starting with Imagination buying MIPS in 2013 followed by  China-backed Canyon Bridge buying Imagination in 2017. The US government insisted that MIPS must not go with Imagination to Canyon Bridge so MIPS was sold to Diosdado Banatao who ...

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MCUs are suffering the most among major IC product categories in the Pandemic, according to the Mid-Year Update of IC Insights’ 2020 McClean Reporton integrated circuits. The mid-year forecast shows worldwide MCU sales falling 8% in 2020 to $14.9 billion after dropping 7% in 2019, when the weak global economy lowered the microcontroller market from ...

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Ant, Jack Ma’s fintech company, is to list on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets in an IPO which could raise $30 billion and give Ant a valuation of $300 billion. It is expected that Ant will put 10- 15% of its shares up for sale delivering a valuation of  $200 to $300 billion. ...

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Smartphone production of 286 million units in 2Q20, was up 2.2%, but down 16.7% YoY, says TrendForce, which is the largest quarterly YoY drop in history. Smartphone production for 3Q20 is expected to reach 335 million units, a 10.1% decrease YoY. Although this figure falls short compared with the same period last year, it still ...

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Omnivision is sampling a security image sensor for mainstream, high-volume security cameras requiring 1080p resolution and low-light pixel performance. The OS02G10 offers low-light captures via a 2.8 micron pixel built on the OmniPixel3-HS architecture. Compared with OmniVision’s prior-generation mainstream security sensor, it has a 60% better SNR1 and 40% lower power consumption. OmniVision is using ...

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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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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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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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