Agile Analog recruits for Edimburgh office

Cambridge-based analogue building block intellectual property company Agile Analog is to establish an engineering team in Edinburgh. “Our Edinburgh office will increase capabilities in analogue design, digital design, software and hardware to support increased customer activities and company growth,” said Agile chairman Pete Hutton (right). “Scotland is a worldwide centre of excellence in semiconductor engineering ...

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TI adds to glut fears

Following the fall in GPU prices which sent Nvidia and AMD shares tumbling, TI has now raised fears that analogue ICs could be headed the same way. TI announced that its Q2  revenues and profits will be below market analysts’ expectations. “TI’s second quarter outlook is for revenue in the range of $4.20 billion to ...

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Semi consolidation sees top ten with 57% market share

The top ten 10 Companies now hold  57% semiconductor  global market share, says IC Insights. In 2021, five of the top 10 semiconductor companies were fabless suppliers.  In 2008, there was one fabless company in the ranking; in 2000, there were none, says IC Insights’ 2Q Update to The McClean Report 2022.  It presents an analysis of ...

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Silicon Valley ‘kind of overrated’ says New York Governor

Wolfspeed  has opened a 200mm SiC fab in Mohawk Valley, Marcy, New York. “There’s a little place far, far away called Silicon Valley. You ever hear of that? Yeah, it’s kind of overrated. I want to be the first to welcome you to ‘Silicon Carbide Valley,’ because this is the future,” said New York Governor, ...

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SAR specialist Capella Space raises $97m Series C

Capella Space, a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite data specialist, has announced a $97m Series C financing round, which was led by NightDragon and existing investors DCVC and Cota Capital. Capella says it will use the funding to expand its analytics and integrate “intelligent data offerings” within its Capella Console. For example, recently Capella launched ...

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Digi-Key signs RFX

Digi-Key has signed a global distribution agreement with RFX Group and carry RFX’s range of precision low phase noise OCXOs and PLL Oscillators. A previous recipient of a ‘Queen’s Award for Innovation’, RFX’s products are used in a multitude of worldwide applications including GPS Satellite Navigation Systems, Satellite Positioning Systems, Mobile Telephone Base Stations, System ...

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Space saving ac-dc converter brick by Cincon is available from Relec

Where fanless operation is required, the Cincon PDF700 series ac-dc modular brick can save space, with a baseplate-cooled package design. The converter is available from Relec Electronics. There are five full-sized brick converters in the range. Each offers 700W of output power and output voltages of 12, 24, 28, 48, 56Vdc derived from a universal, ...

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Arm adds to IoT portfolio

Arm has added to its Total Solutions for IoT portfolio by launching the Arm Cortex-M85 processor and by expanding Arm Virtual Hardware to more platforms, including third party  devices, to make the development process more accessible. Total Solutions is is based on Arm Corstone – a pre-integrated, pre-verified IP subsystem that freessilicon designers to focus ...

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Electric vehicle per-cell battery management from Infineon

Infineon has introduced a chipset to implement its take on electric vehicle battery stack monitoring, using a combination of capacitive and transformer coupling to get cell charge-state data safely across the hundreds of volts present. There are two chips: TLE9012DQU, the Li-ion battery monitoring and balancing IC, which can handle up to 12 cells in series, ...

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Imec ramps up High-NA patterning development

Imec has made significant progress in preparing the High-NA patterning ecosystem for the imec-ASML Joint High-NA Lab, which will be centred around the first 0.55NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography prototype tool. Advances are reported in developing patterning and etch processes, in screening new resist and underlayer materials, in improving metrology and in photomask technology. “Imec is ...

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