DAC date is Dec 2021

The DAC Executive Committee has announced that the Design Automation Conference will move from its summer date to 5-9 December 2021. It is hoped that the postponement will allow time for a vaccination rollout and travel restrictions to be eased for a ‘real life’ event to take place. At the moment, the venue, San Francisco’s ...

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ISSCC 2021: Capacitance to digital conversion on 0.3V and

The National University of Singapore and Politecnico di Torino teamed up at ISSCC 2021 to describe a capacitive sensor interface designed to run from harvested energy, needing only a supply voltage between 300mV and 1.8V to produce an output accurate to seven bits, and consuming 1.4nJ per conversion. Not only that, but it needs no ...

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High-side current monitor is accurate for automotive

Microchip has introduced some high-side automotive current sense amplifiers, claiming that they have the lowest offset for AEC-Q100 Grade 0 qualified parts. Called MCP6C02, the Grade 0 part comes in a 3 x 3mm 8 pin VDFN package with wettable flank plating and has a maximum offset error of ±12µV, while the 6pin SOT-23 version is ...

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Significant digital processors at ISSCC 2021

The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, known as ISSCC, is the worlds showcase for state-of-the-art on-chip circuit developments, both analogue and digital. Held annually at this time of year, it is usually held physically in San Francisco, allowing engineer to rub shoulders and network as well as learn. This year only, hopefully, ISSCC has gone ...

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Significant 5G and radar chips at ISSCC 2021

The IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, known as ISSCC, is the worlds showcase for state-of-the-art on-chip circuit developments, both analogue and digital. Held annually at this time of year, it is usually held physically in San Francisco, allowing engineer to rub shoulders and network as well as learn. This year only, hopefully, ISSCC has gone ...

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VW blames module suppliers for interrupted car production

VW has hit out at its electronic module suppliers for mismanaging their chip supply chain which has held up VW’s vehicle production. Reuters quotes a company executive saying: “We have communicated our demand early on. We have passed on our forecasts which have confirmed that demand. If suppliers do not trust our numbers and consult ...

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Globalfoundries inks chip deal with US DoD

Globalfoundries has announced a partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to supply 45nm SOI ICs manufactured at GLoFo’s Fab 8 in Malta, New York. The agreement is made possible by Fab 8’s compliance with U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and highly restrictive Export Control Classification Numbers under the Export Administration Regulations ...

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UK developers are the best paid in Europe

UK developers are the highest paid in Europe and the third highest tech earners globally, according to research by developer recruitment platform CodinGame. The average tech wage (in USD) in the UK ($64,315) is just ahead of the Netherlands ($64,045) with Germany ($58,503) making up the top three tech payers in Europe. Developer salaries in ...

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Eutelsat chosen for European EGNOS GEO-4 positioning system

Eutelsat Communications has been chosen by the European GNSS Agency (GSA) for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation EGNOS GEO-4 service. This satellite-based augmentation system, which has been developed by the ESA (European Space Agency), supplements the accuracy of GPS data, for positioning information. EGNOS stands for European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, and ...

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