Toshiba has announced a three-phase brushless dc motor driver with sensor-less sinewave control. The IC, called TC78B011FTG, is a ‘pre-driver’ in the company’s nomenclature because it needs six external mosfets wired as a three-phase bridge to switch motor current. Operation is from 5.5 to 27V, and the same IC can implement either closed-loop or open-loop ...
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South Korea is putting in place a raft of measures to stop its technology leaking – principally to China. The measures are being implemented by the industry and justice ministries, the Korean Intellectual Property Office and the National Intelligence Service. List are being created of people with advanced knowledge in 12 “national core technologies” ...
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GlobalWafers of Taiwan, the acquisitive No.3 in the wafer supply business, is planning a three year, $3.6 billion expansion after its bid for Siltronic was blocked by the German government. The company will spend $2 billion on a new factory at a site to be decided and $1.6 billion on expanding capacity at existing factories. ...
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Analog Bits, Siemens Digital Industries Software and Alphawave are partnering with Intel Foundry Services (IFS). Siemens Digital Industries Software has become a charter member of the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator – EDA Alliance, a programme committed to establishing an ecosystem for the design and fabrication of next generation SoCs manufactured on IFS’processes. The initiative promotes ...
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Isotropic Systems, a specialist in next-gen satellite connectivity, has completed advanced multi-orbit antenna trials for the U.S. military, it has announced. The Reading-based developer of multi-link satellite technology connected to GEO (geostationary orbit) and MEO (medium Earth orbit) satellites simultaneously with a single antenna. The tests were conducted with SES Government Solutions, a provider of ...
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Risc-V processor IP company SiFive is partnering with Intel Foundry Services (IFS) to optimise SiFive IP for Intel’s foundry customers. The two companies have already collaborated, using SiFive’s ‘Performance P550‘ processor and Intel PCIe and DDR interfaces to build the ‘Horse Creek’ Risc-V development platform. “We’re excited to extend our relationship with IFS to ensure the ...
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Aimed at nominal 72V and 110Vdc inputs, the 500W RMD500-EW power supply series from Recom is intended for baseplate-cooled railway use, and similar 300W and 150W rolling stock and trackside PSUs are in the pipeline. Inputs can span 43 to 154Vdc (4:1), and peak at 170V. Output is 24V at up to 500W even with the ...
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The US Chips Act was passed by the House of Representatives on Friday by a 222-210 margin. There now follows a period when the Senate and the House seek to reconcile the differences between their two versions of the bill. The combined version will then have to be voted on again to become law. If ...
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Toshiba is now going for a two-way split of the company instead of a three-way split. The three-way split would have required the approval of two thirds of the shareholders of whom 30% are foreign and belligerent. A two-way split only requires the approval of the board. The three-way split would have been energy and ...
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ICEYE, the Finnish satellite imagery specialist, has closed a $136m Series D funding round, led by London-based space investor Seraphim Space. New investors included BAE Systems and Kajima Ventures. And Molten Ventures, OTB Ventures, True Ventures, C16 Ventures, Chione Ltd, Services Group of America, the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), Space Capital and ...
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