ST had Q2 net revenues of $2.09 billion, a gross margin of 35%, an operating margin of 5.1% and net  income of $90 million. H1 net revenues were $4.32 billion; gross margin 36.5%; operating margin 7.8%; net income $282 million The company expects Q3 net revenues of  $2.45 billion with a  gross margin of 36.0 ...

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Researchers from  Skoltech, Moscow State University (MSU), Tokyo University of Science and the University of Strasbourg have identified the type of electrochemical reaction associated with charge storage in the anode material for sodium-ion batteries (SIB). The demand for lithium-ion (LIB) batteries and the average size of storage devices are constantly growing, however this growth trend ...

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Bosch Sensortec is launching a longevity programme – ensuring certsin products will be available for ten years. In industrial and IoT applications, customers often require components to be available for a prolonged time period, typically ten years. This is due to long design cycles often lasting two years or more, where the cost and risk ...

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OMC, the optoelectronics specialist from Redruth in Cornwall, has introduced an industrial fibre optic transmitter LED that, it claims, can deliver up to four times more launch power into multimode fibre for the same current versus existing transmitter devices. The  transmitter has an array of micro-optic elements that gather and focus the emitted photons, coupling more ...

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Farnell is now shipping pi-top [4] – a programmable computing device to support digital making, coding and practical projects for educators and students, as well as makers and inventors. Suitable for multiple learning environments in school, at home or in the community; students can develop key skills including coding and circuit design, as well as ...

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Sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment will increase 6% to $63.2 billion in 2020 compared to $59.6 billion in 2019, and $70 billion in 2021, says SEMI. The wafer fab equipment segment – which includes wafer processing, fab facilities, and mask/reticle equipment – is expected to rise 5% in 2020 followed by 13% growth in 2021 ...

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Over 14 tonnes of CO2 was saved in a two year trial involving just 11 urban trucks and vans running on green hydrogen dual fuel. That is one result of the Low Emission Freight and Logistics Trial (LEFT) project to investigate the practical deployment of hydrogen powered vehicles in the UK. With between 20-45% of ...

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TSMC has guided 2020 sales growth of +20% y-o-y or higher (vs its previous outlook in the high teens) despite the loss of HiSilicon’s business. The 2020 capex budget has been raised from $15~16 billion to  $16~17 billion. The 2020 capex upgrade is due to better-than-expected demand for 5nm processes that began mass production in 2Q20. Apple ...

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The former Austria Micro Systems, now AMS, is targetting revenues of €10 billion in 2026, according to Reuters. The target includes revenues gained through acquisitions. Last year AMS had revenues of €1.9 billion and this year it has bought 69% of Osram which had 2019 revenues of €3.6 billion. This year, the combined AMS-Osram revenues ...

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