Broadcom buries hatchet with EU in return for ending exclusivity deals

Broadcom has made peace with the EU competition authorities by promising to end its exclusivity deals with TV and modem makers. “Broadcom will suspend all existing agreements containing exclusivity or quasi-exclusivity arrangements and/or leveraging provisions concerning Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) for TV set-top boxes and Internet modems, and has committed not to enter into new agreements comprising ...

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Aledia raises €80m Series-D

Aledia, a French startup that is pioneering a technology for microLED displays, has closed an €80 million first tranche of its €120 million D-round financing. The company will use the proceeds to complete its product development and create the first-of-its-kind, high-volume 3D microLED manufacturing facility in the Grenoble area for an estimated capex of €40 ...

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Imec pellicles have single-pass EUV transmission up to 97%

Imec has had promising results in EUV reticle protection. Multiple CNT-based pellicles were mounted on reticles and exposed in the NXE:3300 EUV scanner at imec, demonstrating the successful fabrication and scanner handling of full-field CNT-based pellicles. The tested pellicles had a single-pass EUV transmission up to 97%. The impact on imaging was found to be ...

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PSoC secure MCUs for IoT

Infineon is shipping Cypress PSoC 64 Secure MCUs with Trusted Firmware-M embedded security, the Arm Mbed IoT OS, and the Arm Pelion IoT platform to securely design, manage, and update IoT products without the need for custom security firmware. The Pelion-Ready and Mbed OS-Enabled solution demonstrates industry best practices for security, by reaching PSA Certified Level 1. “Dozens ...

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Switches for wet places

The problem with switches in wet rooms, spa and pool facilities, requires not only the right choice of switch technology, but can often require unusually long cables to which Schurter’s answer is piezoelectric switch PSE. The pre-assembled polyurethane cable of the new PSE EX with cable is potted, which offers maximum flexibility and the highest IP protection ...

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Peltier coolers are all under 10 x 10mm

CUI has announced some small Peltier modules for extracting heat from tight spots. Branded Micro Peltier Modules, and all under 10 x 10mm, they vary in dimensions between 3.4 and 9.5mm acorss and can be an short as 1.95mm. The single-stage parts can achieve 50°C temperature difference, and have Qmax ratings between 0.2 and 4.7W at 50°C. ...

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Buck boost converters deliver up to 12.5A or 300W

TDK has added 12.5A max 300W max rated models to its i7C series of non-isolated dc-dc back bost converters that can produce outputs higher or lower than the input voltage. Inputs can range across 9 to 53V, wile outputs can span 5 to 28V. “The converters seamlessly transition from buck to boost mode operation without ...

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NXP launches AI Ethics initiative

Today, NXP launched its AI Ethics initiative, underscoring the company’s commitment to the ethical development of AI components and systems where people work and live, known as the “edge” of computer networks. With secure, power-efficient edge computing and AI, everyday devices not only sense their environments, but also interpret, analyze, and act in real time ...

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Non-volatile DACs self-configure at power-up

Microchip has announced low-power DACs that self-configure at power-up, using internal non-volatile memory instead of host processor intervention. They are DACs with multiple channels, built-in EEPROM, a built-in reference and an I2C interface: MCP47FEBx4 quad channel MCP47FEBx8 octo channel MCP48 parts have similar functions, but with SPI replacing the I2C interface. There are 8bit, 10bit ...

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Nvidia launches DPUs for infrastructure-on-a-chip

At the virtual Nvidia GTC event, founder and CEO, Jensen Huang announced Bluefield data processing units, or DPUs. They are supported by the company’s DOCA architecture and are intended to dramatically increase the networking, storage and security performance of data centres. Bluefield-2 bring the power of the GPU, with silicon and adds AI to the ...

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