Claiming to be able to reduce design compile times by a factor of five, Xilinx has launched the Vivado ML Editions tool suite. The latest addition to the company’s Vivado tool suite is believed to be the first FPGA EDA tool suite based on machine learning (ML) optimisation algorithms. In addition to faster compile times, ...
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On International Women in Engineering day (23 June), EngineeringUK reports a 12% increase in the number of women working in engineering compared with 2018. The starting point was quite low, however, just 12% of the workforce in Q2 2018, compared with 14.5% in Q2 2020. The data is taken from the Labour Force Survey Q3 ...
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Semiconductor manufacturers are expanding capital spending in 2021 and beyond to help alleviate shortages, writes Semiconductor Intelligence. In addition, many governments around the world are proposing funding to support semiconductor manufacturing in their countries. The United States Senate this month approved a bill which includes $52 billion to fund semiconductor research, design, and manufacturing. The ...
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Globalfoundries is to build a new $4 billion fab on its Singapore campus. The Singapore Economic Development Board and co-investments from committed customers have helped to fund the fab, With worldwide semiconductor revenue projected to increase 2.1 times in the next eight years, according to GloFo, the company has planned capacity expansions at all its manufacturing sites in the U.S., ...
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ADI and Keysight Technologies are to accelerate network interoperability and compliance testing for Open RAN radio units (O-RUs). The companies are collaborating to create a robust test bench to verify the interoperability of a new O-RU that includes ADI’s low-PHY baseband, software defined transceiver, power and clock integrated with an Intel©FPGA. Applying Keysight’s Open RAN emulation, ...
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MEMS sensors and actuators made are expected to grow about 16% in 2021 to a record-high $15.9 billion after an 11% increase in 2020, according to IC Insights’ 2021 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes. Total sales of MEMS-based pressure sensors, microphone chips, accelerometers, gyroscope devices, and actuators are expected ...
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SiFive has announced its highest performance implementation of a Risc-V core yet. Called the Performance P550, the intellectual property is said to deliver a SPECInt 2006 score of 8.65/GHz, “making it the highest performance Risc-V processor available today, and comparable to existing proprietary solutions in the application processor space” according to the company. THis is ...
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ON Semiconductor is introducing a critical conduction mode ‘bridge-less’ totem-pole PFC (power factor correction) controller, claiming it to be industry’s first dedicated IC. Bridge-less in this case is a misnomer. It indicates no front-end diode bridge (saving the diode drops), which is instead replaced with a bridge of four transistors- two in a totem-pole operating at ...
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Printed Motor Works of Hampshire is making a replacement servo motor for a weather balloon tracker made by South African company InterMet, after the original became unobtainable. “The discontinued motor had a very low profile which enabled it to fit within the base plate of the antenna’s turntable mount,” according to PMW. “It also had ...
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TDK-Lambda has introduced a series of ac-dc mains power supplies rated at 350W convection, 500W with forced air and 1kW peak. Called CUS350MP, the PSUs have medical and industrial safety certifications. Input can vary across 85 to 265Vac (with leakage current <300µA). Four output voltages are available: 24, 30, 36 and 48V, plus a 5V 300mA isolated stand-by voltage – ...
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