OmniVision and GEO combine on cameras

OmniVision and GEO Semiconductor today announced a joint product aimed at delivering  high quality images for rear-view cameras (RVCs), surround-view systems (SVS) and e-mirrors. The product includes OmniVision’s OX03C10, which  combines a large 3.0 micron pixel, high dynamic range (HDR) of 140dB for minimized motion artifacts, and the high LED flicker mitigation (LFM) performance. This ...

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Socionext providing H.264 encoder on AWS

Socionext has developed and started providing the ‘H.264 Encoder on AWS’, a high-speed, high-quality H.264 video encoder available on Amazon Web Services. With the ‘H.264 Encoder on AWS’, video distribution service providers can significantly reduce the time from production to delivery of their contents, down to 30% of what was previously required without compromising its ...

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Webinar: Manufacturing Intelligence in the Electronics Industry

Last chance to register: Virinco, the test and repair specialists, is hosting a webinar on Manufacturing Intelligence – Manufacturing Intelligence, Test Data Analysis and Collaboration in the Electronics Industry. It addresses how best to collect all production test data across your supply chain. The webinar takes place this week Thursday 1 October, at 15:30 CEST, ...

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DigitalAlerts’ Buffr employs Bluetooth for wearable buffer zone

DigitalAlerts, an Eindhoven-based company, is using Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF51822 SoC to help maintain social distancing in workplaces. The Bluetooth LE SoC provides the wireless connectivity for a ‘Buffr’ wearable tag – the system will detect when wearers are within 1.5m of one another to trigger an alert. Nordic writes: Using the Nordic nRF51822 SoC-enabled Bluetooth ...

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Disordered rock salt makes fast-charging anode for li-ion batteries

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a new anode material that enables lithium-ion batteries to be safely recharged within minutes for thousands of cycles. Disordered rock salt Li3V2O5 can be used as a fast-charging anode that can reversibly cycle two lithium ions at an average voltage of about 0.6 volts versus a Li/Li reference electrode. ...

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Harwin expands Archer Control connector portfolio

Harwin has expanded its Archer Kontrol board-to-board industrial connector portfolio to meet cable-to-board requirements. The company has just introduced off-the-shelf IDC cable assembly options to accompany the existing discrete connector components. These are available now direct from Harwin’s global network of distributors. On each of these assemblies, a ribbon cable is fitted with female connectors ...

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Compact LEDs for headlights

The latest versions of Osram’s Oslon Compact PL and the Oslon Black Flat S LEDs for headlights have been introduced. Osram Opto Semiconductors is launching a new generation of 1 to 4-chip versions in the Oslon Compact PL product family. Like their predecessors, the ceramic components have an electrically insulated pad that makes it much ...

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A Turn Of The Screw

Uncle Sam is tightening the screw on the China tech industry by threatening to add SMIC to the Entity List. SMIC, helped by government support, has just raised $6.6 billion which it wants to spend on improving its process technology. Its best process is 14nm. When it was raising the money, SMIC warned in the ...

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Rohm appoints Isao Matsumoto as President and CEO

Rohm Semiconductor has appointed Isao Matsumoto as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. He has worked for the company since 1985, most recently responsible for quality, safety and production as Director, Member of the Board and Managing Executive Officer. Matsumoto is the right person to continue the company’s strategy for further growth, said Romm. ...

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Government invests in XMOS

The government made a $6.4 million loan to XMOS earlier this year, reports the Telegraph. The loan converts into equity if XMOS attracts new equity funding. The loan comes from the government’s Future Fund – set up with £250 million from the government and £250 million from private investors. The Future Fund has already invested ...

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