UK GaN micro-LED display at San Jose Display Week

Cambridge GaN colour micro-LED company Porotech will be unveiling a multi-colour display technology at Display Week in California next week, using identical pixels from a single wafer to create colour. Its “PoroGaN platform makes it possible for each individual tiny LED on an epiwafer to emit all colours of the visible spectrum”, according to the company. “At ...

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Two-channel 24bit 2Msample/s SAR ADC is ‘easy to drive’

Analog Devices has introduced a 24bit 2Msample/s dual-channel SAR analogue to digital converter, branding it ‘Easy Drive’ for its front end – which still requires a buffer amplifier between it and the signal source Called AD4630-24, sampling on the two channel is simultaneous, claimed accuracy (INL) is 900 parts-per-billion, and the typical dynamic range is ...

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Sponsored Content: Cybersecurity with Tessent Embedded Analytics

There’s a strong case for using hardware-based threat detection and mitigation. SoC design teams fill a mission-critical role in ensuring cyber-physical safety and security for electrical and electronic systems that are connected to the internet. The requirements and tools available to achieve this goal are ever-shifting, but we can be fairly sure that traditional software-only ...

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PCIM: Current sensor offers 11bit sigma-delta stream output

LEM has created a current sensor with a sigma-delta bit stream output. To be unveiled officially at PCIM in Nuremberg next week, the sensor is aimed at applications prone to noise, distortion and interference. Called HMSR DA sensor and intended for both ac and dc sensing, it offers resolution of 11 to 13bit and has ...

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Industrial MCU gets Gbit time-sensitive networking and security

NXP is claiming first, for a microcontroller that includes a Gbit time-sensitive networking switch and traditional industrial busses for industrial IoT. Called i.MX RT1180, the family can handle real-time industrial ethernet protocols such as Profinet, Ethernet/IP, EtherCAT, CC-Link IE Field and HSR, as well as TSN standards compliant to IEC 60802. Protocols include OPC UA Pub-Sub, ...

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Japanese consortium aims at cutting datacentre power usage by 40%

Seven Japanese companies are combining to cut the power used by datacentres by 40%. They are: Fujitsu, NEC, AIO Core, Fujitsu Optical Components, Kyocera, Zeon and Kioxia Fujitsu’s role is to develop processors delivering 10x performance using the  same power as today. NEC’s task is accelerators. Zeon’s contribution is NRAM – CNT-based memory. Kyocera is to ...

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Apple sues chip startup

Apple is suing a startup for misappropriation of semiconductor technology, reports Reuters. The case is Apple Inc. v. Rivos Inc., 22-cv-2637, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Jose). Rivos, which is still in stealth mode, is said to have hired ‘dozens’ of Apple engineers since last June. The suit alleges that Apple engineers ...

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Q1 semi sales up 23%

Q1 semiconductor sales were up 23% y-o-y and down 0.5% sequentially at $151.7 billion, says the SIA. Sales for March 2022 were $50.6 billion – up 1.1% on February. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong during the first quarter of 2022, increasing across all major regional markets and product categories compared to the first quarter of ...

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Q1 record for wafer shipments

Q1 wafer shipments were up 10% y-o-y and 1% sequentially to reach a record 3,679 million square inches, reports SEMI. “This new silicon shipping milestone points to continued growth in all areas of the semiconductor market,” said Anna-Riikka Vuorikari-Antikainen, Chairman of SEMI’s Semiconductor Manufacturers  Group and Chief Commercial Officer at Okmetic, “silicon wafer supply remains ...

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James Webb Space Telescope fully focused in space

Alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope is now complete, reports the European Space Agency (ESA). An international partnership between NASA, ESA and CSA, the system has now passed a full review and is deemed capable of capturing well-focused images with each of its four onboard science instruments. Apparently, the optical performance of the telescope ...

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