NXP put its 16nm imaging radar processor, the NXP S32R45, into mass production, with initial customer ramp-up starting in the first half 2022. Additionally, the new NXP S32R41 has been introduced to extend 4D imaging radar’s benefits to a much larger number of vehicles. Together these processors serve the L2+ through L5 autonomy sectors, enabling 4D ...
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The James Webb Space Telescope team has reported fully deploying the spacecraft’s 70-foot sunshield. NASA describes this as a key milestone in preparing it for science operations. Specifically, at 11:59 a.m. EST Tuesday, the sunshield was fully tensioned and secured into position, which marked the completion of its deployment. The unfolding and tensioning of the ...
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Microchip Technology has announced its next-generation in-circuit emulator for its microcontrollers and microprocessor, including Atmel-created parts such as AVR and SAM. Called MPLAB ICE 4, it connects with a host via SuperSpeed USB 3.0, High-Speed USB 2.0, Ethernet or Wi-Fi. “Ethernet connectivity provides remote debugging for applications which are monitored over long distance. Further, Wi-Fi connectivity is ...
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Silanna Semiconductor has released a 33W charger reference design built around its SZ1131 and silicon power FETs. This follows a larger 65W design released last year. The active clamp fly-back design, called RD-23, “provides a route to delivering performance that matches or exceeds that of commercially available 30W GaN-based chargers at a cost more readily associated with ...
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Daimler is expecting chip shortages to last throughout 2022. Yesterday, CTO Markus Schaefer told journalists: “Chip scarcity will also accompany us in 2022, particularly in the first half.’ “We do not expect significant production capacity increases in the first half of the year,” added Schaefer, “these will barely come in the full year.” Nissan and Renault ...
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Yesterday, Apple became the first company to achieve a market cap of $3 trillion. Apple’s share price rose to $182.88 to reach the milestone though it ended the day at $182 with the market cap at $2.99 trillion. Only four other companies have market caps of over $2 trillion – Tesla, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet. ...
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Yesterday Theranos founder Elizabeth Holnes was found guilty on four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud against investors. Holnes claimed to have a technology which could make a raft of medical diagnoses from a finger prick of blood. “She chose fraud over business failure. She chose to be dishonest with investors and ...
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Semiconductor sales are expected to grow 9% in 2022 and cross $600 billion for the first time, says trade credit insurer Euler Hermes which expects demand to normalise in 2022. EH sees demand as having been driven by consumer electronics, such as personal computers and smartphones, an increase in prices due to tight supply and ...
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The global smartphone applications processor (AP) market grew 17% to $8.3 billion in Q3 2021, with Qualcomm, Apple, MediaTek , Samsung and Unisoc taking the top-five revenue share rankings. Qualcomm maintained its smartphone AP leadership with a 34 percent revenue share, followed by Apple with 28 percent and MediaTek with 27 percent. MediaTek exited the first nine months ...
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EPC has announced the availability of the EPC9166, a 500 W DC-DC demo board that converts a 12 V input to 48 V output. The EPC9166 demo board demonstrates the Renesas ISL81807 80 V two-phase synchronous boost controller with the latest generation EPC2218 eGaN FETs from EPC to achieve greater than 96.5% efficiency in a 12 V ...
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