Apple launches proprietary processor for Macs

Apple has announced the in-house designed processor for its new Apple Macs. Called M1, it will be used in the MacBook air, MacBook mini, and MacBook pro. It is built using Arm cores, fabbed on TSMC’s 5nm process and has 16 billion transistors Arm claims  it will offer longer battery life then Macs have had ...

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AMD’s latest Ryzen is on COM Express Type 6 board from congatec

AMD’s latest Ryzen Embedded processor  has been used by congatec in a compact COM Express Type 6 board for industrial PCs and thin clients where compute and graphics performance are critical for deep learning. The Ryzen Embedded V2000 processor is at the heart of the conga-TCV2. According to congatec, it doubles performance per W and ...

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MPE appoints its first UK distributor

EMC/EMP filters and capacitor manufacturer, MPE, has appointed SACA Group as an authorised distributor specifically to serve customers who need small or occasional orders. This is the first time in its 95 year history that the Merseyside company will use a distributor for the UK market. It has come about as the company experiences an ...

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Electronica: 12Gsample DAC with 26GHz output bandwidth

Teledyne e2v is offering beta samples of its 12Gsample/s 12bit (or 8bit) EV12DD700 dual-channel DAC. “What sets it apart from other DACs is that it is first on the market to support operation within the 26GHz upwards Ka-band,” claimed the company. “Numerous features have been incorporated, such as DDS [direct digital synthesis], plus digital up-conversion ...

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Single point dToF LIDAR from ON

ON Semiconductor has introduced a single point direct Time-of-Flight (dToF) LiDAR solution enabled by the company’s Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM) LiDAR  is typically based upon the dToF method, which measures the time it takes for a pulse of light, normally in the Near Infrared (NIR) wavelength range, to travel to and from an object. To determine ...

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Automotive primary DC/DC converters

ROHM has developed a lineup of twelve automotive primary DC/DC converters. The BD9P series is optimized for ADAS sensors, cameras, and radars, along with car infotainment and instrument clusters. The devices ensure stable operation during battery input voltage fluctuation, reducing output overshoot to allow the elimination of the  the need for additional output capacitors typically ...

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Auto MCU with comprehensive software

NXP is sampling the S32K3 MCU family designed for automotive body electronics, battery management and emerging zone controllers with software that spans security, functional safety and low-level drivers. The S32K3 expands NXP’s S32 automotive platform from gateway and domain control into zone control and edge nodes. Plus, it enables software reuse among multiple applications to ...

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