17 semiconductor companies are forecast to have sales of $10 billion or more this year, says IC Insights. AMD, NXP, and ADI are expected to join the ranks of the “megasuppliers” in 2021. The 17 companies forecast to have worldwide semiconductor (IC and O-S-D—optoelectronic, sensor, and discrete) sales of >$10.0 billion in 2021 are shown ...
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Space Forge of Cardiff, the returnable satellite startup, has raised £7.7 million in a funding round which was 4x oversubscribed. Lead investors were Type One Ventures and SpaceFund of the US and World Fund of Berlin. The company is developing a small satellite called ForgeStar that can be deployed from conventional launchers to provide rapid ...
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TSMC has introduced its N4X technology – a 5nm process for HPC chips. N4X is the first of TSMC’s HPC-focused technology offerings, representing ultimate performance and maximum clock frequencies in the 5nm family. “X” denotes TSMC technologies that are developed specifically for HPC products. N4X features include: Device design and structures optimized for high drive ...
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The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the winners of its Space University Research Initiative (SURI) funding programme. Newly-established, SURI is intended to be a first step in improving “the transition of critical concepts from academia into revolutionary new military technologies” for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. In March 2021, ...
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ST has launched a family of GaN power semiconductors in the STPOWER portfolio. The first device in ST’s new G-HEMT transistor family is the 650V SGT120R65AL with 120mΩ maximum on-resistance (RDS(on)), 15A maximum current capability, and a Kelvin source connection for optimum gate driving. It is available now in an industry-standard PowerFLAT 5×6 HV compact surface-mount package, ...
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Melexis, the Belgian auto IC specialist, has developed a new inductive sensing IC intrinsically immune to stray magnetic fields. The MLX90510 inductive interface IC enables high-speed resolver minimizing the ECU effort required to get best-in-class accuracy under extreme mechanical and electrical conditions. With its superior EMC capabilities, the MLX90510 is perfect for e-motor control, e-brake ...
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Infineon is shipping the EiceDRIVER 1EDN71x6G HS 200V single-channel gate driver ICs family. The family is designed to enhance the performance of CoolGaN Schottky Gate (SG) HEMTs but is also compatible with other GaN HEMTs and Silicon MOSFETs. 1EDN71x6G variants come with selectable pull-up and pull-down driving strengths, enabling waveform and switching speed optimization without ...
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Tomorrow, a government-backed experiment into ageing is set to launch to the International Space Station. Scientists at the University of Liverpool, funded by the UK Space Agency, are using space to understand what happens to human muscles as we age, and why. When astronauts spend time in space, without the effects of gravity, their muscles ...
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Miniature micro-layer (MML) film capacitors offer energy density of 400j/dm3 for weight and size reductions compared to polypropylene or polyester dielectrics. The capacitors developed by Exxelia are available from New Yorker Electronics. They also have an increased operating temperature up to 140°C and transient voltage protection. Capacitance ranges from 1μF – 1000μF and voltages from ...
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The ePower chipset family of 100V, 65A IC chipsets integrate a 100V EPC23101 eGaN driver and EPC2302 eGaN FET. Developed by Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), they reduce the solution size for high power density applications, including 48V DC-DC conversion in computing and brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives for e-mobility, robotics and drones. The ePower chipset is capable of a ...
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