Rohm and Zhenghai to make SiC power modules in Shanghai

Zhenghai Group and Rohm have signed a joint venture agreement to establish a silicon carbide power module business in Shanghai. Haimosic (Shanghai) will be founded in December and be 80% owned by Shanghai Zhenghai Semiconductor Technology from Zhenghai Group and 20% by Rohm. It will “engage in the business of development, design, manufacturing and sales ...

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GMR reduces jitter in rotary sensing compared with Hall

Allegro Microsystems is advocating GMR – giant magneto-resistive – effect sensors instead of Hall effect for automotive rotary wheel position sensing. The company, which makes both Hall and GMR sensors, argues that GMR has lower noise and therefore reduces angular jitter when measuring the position of rotating shafts. “GMR is fundamentally a lower-noise magnetic sensing ...

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Four-slot industrial PC is ready for 5G comms

Axiomtek’s IPC970 is a four-slot industrial PC for Intel Comet Lake S processors: Xeon or 10th generation Core i7/i5/i3 processors up to 80W, with Intel’s W480E chipset. Nvdia’s high-end GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card is supported, which has 10,496 CUDA cores and 24Gbyte of GDDR6X memory. The PC has one I/O module slot (’11’ in diagram), ...

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Sponsored Content – Comarch’s role in the certification organization environment

Comarch’s role in the certification organization environment For 28 years, Comarch has helped clients of major Polish and international brands reach higher productivity thanks to implementing innovative IT solutions. We are a company with a strong technical background and global presence. We generate USD 380 million revenue, employ 6500 experts, have 57 subsidiaries and affiliates, ...

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Intel bets the company

Intel is betting the company. In the Q3 results presentation CEO Pat Gelsinger (pictured) said that 2022 revenue will shrink from $77.7 billion to around  to $74 billion and gross margins will be down to 51- 53% for the next few years while capex will run at $25-$28 billion and R&D costs will be around $15 billion. ...

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Kyocera to double production capacity for ceramic components

Kyocera will build two additional production facilities at its Kokubu Plant Campus in Kagoshima, Japan. The new facilities will double the campus’ production capacity for fine ceramic components used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment, while securing space for other manufacturing as Kyocera’s business expands.  The growth of IoT and 5G telecommunications services is fueling demand for ...

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IMUs on a 5% 2019-26 CAGR

The consumer Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) market is expected to reach $838 million in 2026, according to Yole Développement (Yole), with a 2019-26 CAGR of 5%. ST is the leader in IMUs integrated into smartphones, with 43% of the total smartphones surveyed. Bosch and Invensense follow, with 22% respectively. These top three manufacturers use different ...

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Lockheed Martin signs up for Starlab commercial space station

Lockheed Martin, Nanoracks and Voyager Space are collaborating on the development of a commercial space station – Starlab – which would be continuously crewed and support in-space research and commercial activity. Lockheed Martin has announced its involvement and Starlab – operating in low-Earth orbit – is planned to achieve initial operational capability by 2027. The ...

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