Car industry hit by chip shortages

The automotive industry has been hit by a shortage of semiconductors with VW and Honda cutting car production  in the face of reduced supplies. Honda is cutting back vehicle production by 4000 units this month, mainly of the Fit subcompact car, because it can’t get ICs. “The massively restricted supply situation for semiconductors is causing ...

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ST Q4 better than expected

ST says its revenues for Q4 are better than expected at $3.24 billion which is up 21.3% sequentially. “We ended Q420 with net revenues above the outlook range due to significantly better than expected market dynamics throughout the quarter,” says CEO Jean-Marc Chery (pictured). “Our engaged customer programs in Personal Electronics, as well as continuous ...

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Virgin Orbit reschedules second test flight of LauncherOne rocket

Virgin Orbit has rescheduled the second test flight of its LauncherOne rocket for this Sunday, 10 January (10am Pacific Time). The mission will launch the CubeSats of NASA’s Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission. These will be the first payload to be carried by the rocket into space. The LauncherOne will take off from the ...

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GaN evaluation boards

GaN Systems has launched several evaluation boards – the latest with MinDCet, an power semiconductor design house, for a 100V Half-Bridge evaluation kit. The 100V Half-Bridge evaluation kit provides testing capabilities for quick implementation. Thekit claims to show the ease-of-use, high performance, and flexibility of GaN transistor and driver combinations. The evaluation kit includes the ...

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Infineon upgrades MEMS microphone

Infineon is launching an improved analogue MEMS microphone  – the XENSIV IM73A135. In microphones, designers often have to accept trade-offs: high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a small package, high acoustic overload point, low power consumption, MEMS versus electret condenser microphones (ECM). For this reason, applications that require highest performance microphones may have previously still used ECMs ...

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OmniVision sampling 40MP sensor for low-light performance

 OmniVision is sampling a 40MP, 1.0 micron pixel image sensor that claims best-in-class low light camera performance in the 1/1.7” optical format. The sensor also offers multiple high dynamic range (HDR) options for the best quality still and video captures. Additionally, it supports 1080p slow-motion and high-speed video captures at 240 frames per second (fps) with ...

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