Socionext to use Synopsys’ HBM2E IP

 Socionext is expanding its use of Synopsys’ DesignWare IP to include HBM2E IP for memory throughput in AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. Socionext selected Synopsys’ HBM2E IP, operating at 3.6 Gbps, to meet the capacity, power, and compute performance requirements of its AI engine and accelerator SoC. The Synopsys IP provides efficient heterogeneous integration with the shortest ...

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Telefonica to sell its masts

Telefonica is to sell its mobile phone masts in Europe and Latin America to US telecom infrastructure operator American Towers for $9.41 billion in cash. American Tower will acquire around 30,700 tower sites in Spain, Germany, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Argentina from Telefonica’s infrastructure unit Telxius. The New York private equity outfit KKR owns 40% ...

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Nexperia claims first 80V RETs

Nexperia claims to have launched  the industry’s first 80 V RET (Resistor-Equipped Transistor) family. These RETs or ‘digital transistors’ provide enough headroom for use in 48 V automotive board net (e.g. mild hybrid and EV cars) and other higher voltage circuits which are often subject to large spikes and pulses that previous 50 V parts ...

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Maxim has auto components certification tool

Designers can authenticate genuine auto components with Maxim’s DS28E40 DeepCover automotive secure authenticator from. As the newest addition to Maxim Integrated’s line of AEC-Q100 Grade 1 solutions for automotive systems, the DS28E40 is a parasitically-powered authenticator utilizing its 1-Wire interface for simple connectivity. This authenticator IC reduces the software vulnerability to ensure only genuine components ...

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CEVA licensing upgraded sensor hub

CEVA is licensing a  2nd generation SensPro DSP family, a hub for AI and DSP processing workloads associated with a wide range of sensors including camera, Radar, LiDAR, Time-of-Flight, microphones and inertial measurement units (IMUs). SensPro2 delivers 6X more DSP processing for computer vision, 8X more DSP performance for Radar processing, a 2X improvement in ...

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Thales Alenia Space to lead on on-orbit servicing EROSS+

Thales Alenia Space has been confirmed by the European Commission to develop work around the use of space robotics, involving the on-orbit servicing of space vehicles, a phase of work dubbed EROSS+. It builds on EROSS (European Robotic Orbital Support Services) and the idea is to support a range of operations in orbit, including controlled ...

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Aluminium electrolytic capacitors withstand 150°C and 80g vibration

Cornell Dubilier distributor, New Yorker, now offers the expanded range of NHR-Slimpack, high temperature, prismatic capacitors. The flat aluminium electrolytic capacitors have a 3,000-hour life at full-rated conditions. In addition to high temperatures and vibration, the capacitors have been tested for altitudes up to 80,000ft, for military, aerospace, industrial, and down-hole applications. The manufacturer has ...

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8G Raspberry Pi 4 starter kit includes fanned aluminium case

RS Components is stocking a starter kit based on the 8Gbyte version of Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, that includes a sheet metal aluminium case with a fan and three heatsinks – the Pi 4 has pushed the thermal constraints of the Pi format about as far as it can go without a fan. “These hardware features enable ...

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Eval board with Renesas driver and GaN Systems power transistors

Power transistor maker GaN Systems has teamed up with Renesas to produce evaluation kits that demonstrate appropriate drive techniques for GaN power transistors – which have desirable switching characteristics, but tricky gate drive requirements. They are based around Renesas’ RAA226110 low-side GaN FET driver. “These cards are the industry’s first to provide programmable over-current protection with ...

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