Without extremely quick and decisive action by other IC producers or governments, Samsung and TSMC are well on their way to world domination of leading edge IC process technology – the cornerstone of all of the advanced consumer, business, and military electronic systems of the future, says IC Insights. Can governments like the EU, U.S., and ...
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Heriot-Watt University has teamed up with ASML to develop new light sources. In a five-year collaboration partly funded by ASML, Professor John Travers’ research into fundamental physics will be accelerated, creating a direct route from lab to market for new laser technologies. The partnership has resulted in a new laboratory at Heriot-Watt University which will ...
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DARPA – the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – has awarded a $60.4m contract to SEAKR Engineering, for Phase Two and Phase Three of the Blackjack Pit Boss programme. The company – a specialist in electronics for space applications – is based in Centennial, Colorado, which is where the work will be carried out. ...
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Shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5 million in Q4 – a year-over-year increase of 27.2% according to new data from IDC. Shipments for the full year grew 28.4% to 444.7 million units. While the holiday quarter was largely driven by new devices and lower prices, the broader trend for 2020 was the surge in consumer ...
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Scientists at the University of Tokyo have combined biological smell sensors with an electrochemical electrode system to make a smell sensor. “The sensor could detect concentrations on the order of parts per billion,” according to the university. “This is about a thousand times less than the sensitivity of a dog’s nose but it is an ...
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Easby Electronics now offers lithium batteries from Taiwanese lithium battery specialist, EVE Energy. The distributor has added EVE lithium thionyl chloride (LiSOCl₂) primary cells to its product range. The LiSOCl₂ batteries provide high-energy density with 3.6Vdc in a small package. They are available in a range of sizes from ½AA to DD-size cells, and ...
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Novocomms has launched a multi-channel mobile comms antenna for IoT use. Called FPCB LTE 4G it can transmit and receive across 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and satellite frequencies: 698 – 960MHz peak gain 0.37dBi, >25% efficiency 1.5 – 1.65GHz peak gain 1.21dBi, >46% efficiency 1.71 – 2.69GHz peak gain 3.64dBi, >38% efficiency The antenna is a flexible ...
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AMD has announced Ryzen PRO 5000 Series Mobile Processors, bringing the the “Zen 3” core architecture to premium business laptops. Paired with AMD PRO technologies that offer strengthened multi-layer enterprise-class security features and powerhouse productivity, the new AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series Mobile Processors are built to meet the demands of the modern workforce. With ...
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UnitedSiC has launched a simple on-line design tool to calculate power losses and other parameters for power supplies using the company’s silicon carbide transistors and diodes. Called FET-Jet Calculator, no registration is needed, although you do have to click a minimal user agreement. This is not the sort of tool that tells you which transistors ...
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Speedcast, the satellite communications and IT services provider, has completed its restructuring process and officially emerged from chapter 11 proceedings. It will now be under the ownership of Centerbridge Partners, a private equity company, following its $500 million equity investment. Speedcast says that it now has a clean balance sheet with no secured debt. The ...
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