According to Strategy Analytics, half the world’s population – some 4 billion people – use a smartphone today. It has taken 27 years to reach this milestone. Yiwen Wu, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, “We estimate the global smartphone user base has risen dramatically from just 30k people in 1994 to 1.00 billion in ...
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Ampleon’s B10G3741N55D is a three-stage integrated asymmetrical Doherty MMIC, made on its GEN10 LDMOS process and aimed at small cells and massive MIMO. For use across 3.7 to 4.1GHz, the carrier, peaking, input splitter, output combiner and pre-match are integrated in a single 8 x 8 x 2.1mm PQFN. Gain is typically 34.7dB, and output power at 3dB ...
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Delta is aiming at data centres and supercomputers with a 48V – 12V bi-directional fixed ratio dc-dc converter called U50SU4P162. “We are seeing a significant increase in the requirement for 48V – 12V bi-directional dc converters, especially the AI computing cards,” said Delta R&D director Wei Tang. “The U50SU4P162 converts 48V into the intermediate bus voltage required ...
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Apple and Intel will be the first customers for TSMC’s 3nm process, reports the Nikkei, with Intel securing the higher volume. The process is due to enter production in H2 2022. Compared to 5nm, the 3nm process, has a 10-15% speed improvement at the same power or a power reduction of 25-30% at the same speed, with ...
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The Department for Culture Media and Sport has launched a £30 million competition aimed at boosting UK R&D into O-RAN technology for 5G networks. The Future RAN Competition (FRANC) will fund innovative R&D projects across the UK to speed up the adoption of O-RAN. To receive a share of the £30 million, tech and telecoms ...
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OneWeb, the UK government-Bharti Enterprises satellite jv, added 36 satellites to its constellation yesterday. The company has now put 254 satellites into space and will be able to start a commercial broadband service later this year. This year’s service would be able to reach anywhere north of 50 degrees latitude which includes the UK, Canada, ...
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A court in the Netherlands has ruled in Inmarsat’s favour in a case brought by the satellite communications company against the Dutch government, it’s been announced. The case involved the provision of satellite safety services from the UK company’s ground station in Borum in Friesland, in the north of the Netherlands. The Administrative Court has ...
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Melexis, the Belgian fabless company, has introduced a free, online simulation tool for magnetic sensor evaluation and module design. The simulation tool is live and free to use and can be accessed here: www.melexis.com/magnetic-design-simulator The tool gives customers’ engineering teams the ability to design and simulate their own magnets based on Melexis’ Triaxis 2D/3D sensors. ...
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The stress hormone cortisol could be detected accurately by a straightforward bedside test, according to researchers at Rutgers University. They are using an electrode coated in an antibody that binds with cortisol to do the detection, and needed the counter electrode to be really close to keep sensitivity high and noise low. At a few ...
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Risc-V intellectual property creator SiFive has qualified models for its core portfolio from Oxford-based Imperas Software. Imperas’ models for SiFive processor IP are an instruction accurate programmer’s representation with full functionality including user, privileged, system and debug modes, plus configuration options for Risc-V vector extensions and custom instructions. “The models deliver simulation of 100s to 1,000s ...
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