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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Inclinometer chip with machine learning

STMicroelectronics has introduced a two-axis digital inclinometer for use in industrial automation and structural-health monitoring. It includes a programmable machine-learning core and 16 independent programmable finite state machines intended to save power for battery operation and reduce data transfers from edge sensors to the cloud. Called IIS2ICLX, the device has selectable full-scale of ±0.5, ±1, ±2 ...

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Schneider re-opens Telford electrical safety training centre

Schneider Electric has reopened its dedicated electrical safety training centre in Telford.  Due to the growing complexity of power systems in operation today, electrical outages are a greater risk than ever. If mismanaged or not effectively maintained, they can lead to a loss in revenue, or in a worst-case scenario, serious injury. Therefore, training staff to ...

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Photorelays have trigger LED current of 1mA

Toshiba has introduced two photorelays in  4-pin SO6 packages, for security systems, building automation and other industrial equipment. The devices, designated TLP170AM and TLP170GM, have a trigger LED current of 1mA, which reduces input side power loss by increasing the sensitivity of the photodiode array. Using these photorelays for ON/OFF control in battery-powered security devices ...

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UCL breaks data transmission speed record

The world’s fastest data transmission rate has been achieved by a team of UCL engineers who reached an internet speed a fifth faster than the previous record. Working with two companies, Xtera and KDDI Research, the research team led by Dr Lidia Galdino (UCL Electronic & Electrical Engineering), achieved a data transmission rate of 178 ...

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