Strong rebound and double-digit growth for 2021

With estimated sales of $65.2 billion, DRAM was the biggest IC product category last year, says IC Insights, with  NAND second biggest on $55.2 billion. DRAM has been the largest revenue-generating IC segment since 2017, even through the steep memory market downturn in 2019, and is forecast to retain is place as the largest IC ...

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Q3 equipment billings up 30% y-o-y

Semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings rose 30% y-o-y and 16% m-o-m to $19.4 billion, says SEMI in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report. Region Q32020 Q22020 Q32019 3Q2020 / 2Q2020 3Q2020 / 3Q2019 China 5.62 4.59 3.44 23% 63% Taiwan 4.75 3.51 3.90 36% 22% Korea 4.22 4.48 2.20 -6% 92% Japan 2.24 1.72 1.67 ...

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700V and 800V SJ MOSFETs

MagnaChip Semiconductor of Korea has announced eight 700V and 800V series high-voltage Super Junction Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (SJ MOSFETs), optimised for TV, LED lighting and fast charger applications. MagnaChip began SJ MOSFET development in 2013. Cumulative shipments have now reached 1.5 billion units, and the company is now launching new generations of high-voltage ...

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Working towards a sensor to monitor healing in chronic wounds

A flexible wearable sensor might one day guide treatment for chronic (long-lasting) wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers or pressure ulcers. Researchers from Russian institute Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have created a prototype for such a sensor, and demonstrated it in a simulate wound environment where it measured three biomarkers, all of ...

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Gate drivers have 3A, 6A and 9A output current

Infineon is shipping EiceDRIVER X3 Enhanced analog (1ED34xx) and digital (1ED38xx) gate driver ICs. These devices provide a typical output current of 3, 6 and 9A, precise short-circuit detection, a Miller clamp and soft turn-off. In addition, 1ED34xx offers an adjustable desaturation filter time and soft turn-off current with external resistors. These features combine to ...

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AI is too powerful for engineers to handle alone

AI is too powerful for engineers to handle alone, is one of the conclusions of a study into autonomous systems and humanity people by the University of Texas at Austin. Instead, future designs must be guided by a broad range of societal stakeholders. Over 100 US autonomy experts were involved, whose work has been pulled together in ...

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Farnell opens Winter Games

Farnell has opened its Winter Games competition, giving customers access to exclusive weekly offers from market leading suppliers and fun online games with great prizes. Participants have the chance to win Amazon vouchers as well as the Winter Games grand prize, a £500 Apple voucher (or local currency equivalent). The Winter Games consists of two online ...

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Elektra 2020 – Vote for the University Research Readers’ Choice award

As we always say, this is your chance to shape the destination of another Elektra 2020 Award. We are looking for readers’ votes in the University Research category. In this category, visitors to the Electronics Weekly website are invited to select the University research project which they feel will make the largest impact on the ...

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