Sir Clive Sinclair, who has died at the age of 81, led an age of entrepreneurism in the UK electronics industry. Before Sinclair, UK electronics was seen as the province of big companies. After Sinclair, anyone thought they could start an electronics company. He inspired a generation. He had a pioneer’s grasp of where the industry ...
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In 2035, C.A.S.E. (Connectivity, ADAS, Sharing, Electrification) will be a $318 billion market, says Yole Developpement. The semiconductor value in a car will reach $78.5 billion in 2026, with a 14.75% CAGR 2020-2026. A car has today, on average, $450 worth of semiconductors. In 2026, it will be $700. Future V2X communication platforms for 5G implementation ...
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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have seen a new kind of wave pattern emerge in a thin film of metal oxide known as titania when its shape is confined. Confinement, the act of restricting materials within a boundary, can alter the properties of a material and the movement of ...
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With the successful launch of 34 satellites by Arianespace from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, at the end of last week, OneWeb has reached the halfway mark for its low Earth orbit (LEO) comms satellite constellation. The company was bought from bankruptcy by the UK Government and the Indian company Bharti Global for $1 billion in June ...
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ITG Electronics of New York has introduced Cat6a and Power-over-Ethernet EMI filters for shielded MRI rooms. Called F2780Y001L-001 (see photo), it is 200mm long and has RJ45 male connectors on each end for easy connection to switches, routers and computers. Inside are eight identical two-stage CLCLC filters (see diagram), offering noise attenuation of 50dB from 30 ...
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Teledyne Relays has added to its range of 50+GHz coaxial switches, adding transfer switching, terminated, and normally-open models. The new parts are: CCR-38U – SP4way or SP6way dc-52GHz normally-open CCS-37U – DPDT dc-52GHz latching transfer switch CCRT-50U – terminated SPDT dc-53GHz latching CCT-38U – terminated SP4way or SP6way dc-52GHz normally-open CCT-39U – terminated SP4way or SP6way, ...
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Gowanda Electronics has introduced a series of non-magnetic RF thru inductors for medical imaging equipment – MRI and some x-ray machines – and other applications where magnetic materials must be avoided. Called 28MG, there are 60 devices spanning 1.2 to 18µH with resistances between 79mΩ and 4.15Ω, and carrying capacity of 315mA to 2.4A. They are all ...
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Cincon Electronics has introduced a baseplate-cooled ac-dc power supply for IT equipment that can deliver 170W without blown assistance and 260W with. Called CFM260SxxxB, the LLC topology PSU is 116 x 51 x 39 (‘2x4inch’) and includes power-factor correction. Efficiency is as high as 93.5%. Input can range across 100 – 240Vac and 47 – 63Hz, and ...
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Earlier today, Infineon opened its fab for power electronics on 300mm thin wafers at its Villach site in Austria. At €1.6 billion, the investment made by the semiconductor group represents one of the largest such projects in the microelectronics sector in Europe. The Villach site is one of the world’s most modern fabs and was ...
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Fabless revenues grew 60.8% y-o-y in Q2 to reach $29.8 billion, reports TrendForce. AMD had nearly 100% y-o-y growth while MediaTek and Novatek had y-o-y growth of 95%. Thanks to its acquisition of Inphi, Marvell leapfrogged Xilinx and Realtek in the rankings to go from 9th place in Q1 to 7th place in Q2. No.1 ...
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