Elektra Awards 2020 – The Winners

The event may have been virtual this year but it was still full-steam ahead for the Elektra Awards 2020, with the impressionist and comedian Jon Culshaw as the excellent host. Congratulations to all those who made the short-list, in what were crowded fields, and particularly well done to the winning individuals, organisations and companies. You can ...

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Electro-chromic displays find a market?

Ynvisible has won a design-in for its electro-chromic displays – thin flexible displays that change colour through low power ionic transfer. The company teamed up with SpotSee to create a 91 x 59mm calibrated temperature indication label for cold-chain use: temperature-controlled shipment and storage of goods such as blood bags, high-end foods, biomaterials and medicines. “With the ...

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22MHz precision dual op-amp draws 3.4mA

Barely three months after its last new precision op-amp, STMicroelectronics has released another, this time with a gain-bandwidth of 22MHz, a slew rate of 11V/μs and a maximum input-offset voltage of 200µV (50µV typical at 25°C). Called TSV7722, it is aimed at high-speed signal conditioning and accurate current measurement in power-conversion circuits and optical sensors. Input ...

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GaN laser driver has LVDS logic inputs

EPC has announced a laser driver that integrates a 40V 10A GaN power switch with a differential input gate driver. Called EPC21603, its inputs are LVDS (low-voltage differential signalling) compatible – allowing it to be driven by an FPGA in applications where noise immunity is critical. The similar chip, the single-ended input EPC21601 was introduced last month. ...

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32bit MCU and Bluetooth 5.0 for 35µA/MHz

Renesas has introduced an ultra-low-power MCU with Bluetooth 5.0 for energy harvesting systems and IoT devices that need to operate for long periods from a battery. RE01B is a 32bit Arm Cortex-M0+ microcontroller made on the company’s ‘SOTB’ silicon on thin buried oxide process. Current consumption can be as low as 35µA/MHz during operation, and ...

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X-Fab adds photodiodes to 180nm process, from UV to near-IR

X-Fab Silicon Foundries has added a photodiode-specific process core module to its XS018 180nm CMOS sensor process – previously XS018 had been focused on the fabrication of multi-pixel CMOS image sensors. Through the new module, customers get access to six different photodiode options covering wavelengths from ultra-violet through to near-infra-red. Amongst the photodiodes, 40% quantum efficiency ...

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TT Electronics expands Bedlington facility

TT Electronics today announced the expansion of its  facility in Bedlington, UK. The recent work completed increases TT’s manufacturing and operational capability to support the enhanced production of the microelectronics, sensors and specialist components designed and developed on site. The opening of the new, ISO 7 clean room, which measures over 1,000 sq. m, represents ...

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Imagination sets up IMG Labs

Imagination has announced IMG Labs, a specialist division tasked with developing innovations fundamental to new semiconductor products. IMG Labs’ mission is to understand and accelerate future trends in the semiconductor industry, translating these into new licensable technologies that will enable world-leading products for Imagination’s partners. Headed up by Tim Mamtora, IMG Labs’ initial focus is ...

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Graphcore in Supermicro servers

Graphcore customers can now specify Supermicro servers as part of their IPU-POD configuration from Graphcore elite partners, following the successful qualification of the first Supermicro Ultra system.  The AS-1124US-TNRP, which is the first of Supermicro’s highest performance enterprise-class Ultra servers to be approved for use in IPU-POD systems, features the latest third-generation AMD EPYC (TM) ...

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Samsung adds HKMG DDR5 512GB DRAM

Yes Samsung has expanded its DDR5 DRAM memory portfolio with the industry’s first 512GB DDR5 module based on High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology. Delivering more than twice the performance of DDR4 at up to 7,200 Mbps, the new DDR5 will be capable of orchestrating the most extreme compute-hungry, high-bandwidth workloads in supercomputing, artificial intelligence ...

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