Under the theme “Innovative Devices for a Better Future,” the 66th annual IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), to be held December 12–16, 2020 at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square hotel, has issued a Call for Papers seeking the world’s best original work in all areas of microelectronics research and development. The paper submission ...
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1Q 2020 revenue versus 4Q 2019 was mixed for major semiconductor companies, ranging from a 19% decline for ST to 9.9% growth from Kioxia (previously Toshiba Semiconductor), reports Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. WSTS reported a decline of 3.5% for the semiconductor market in 1Q 2020. Guidance for 2Q 2020 revenues shows continued caution. Most companies expect ...
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Infineon has sold 55 million new shares at €19.30 a share to raise €1.06 billion. After deducting commissions and expenses the funds will be used to repay a part of the acquisition financing provided by banks for the purchase of Cypress. “With the share placement we completed the envisaged equity portion of the overall refinancing ...
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The Raspberry Pi Foundation has brought out the beta release of a firmware update featuring a bootloader with USB boot support on the Raspberry Pi 4. The update allows USB boot support, eliminating the need for a microSD card entirely. With the beta firmware, Pi 4 owners can boot operating systems using USB 3.0. Since ...
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Nvidia says it has developed AI technology which can re-create the code that created Pacman just from watching the game being played. Nvidia demonstrated how the technology was able to construct the code after watching the game being played for for four days. “It learns all of these things just by watching,” says Nvidia’s vp of ...
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PVcase, the photo-voltaic power plant software specialist, has released version 1.33, to coincide with the update to PVsyst 7.0. The joint tracker-focused integration between PVcase’s utility-scale solar design tool and PVsyst – software which predicts the performance of different PV system configurations, is now immediately available to all users who have updated to the latest versions of both. ...
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ST has extended the capabilities of its FlightSense ToF ranging sensors by introducing a device with patented histogram algorithms that allow measuring distances to multiple objects as well as increasing accuracy The VL53L3CX measures object ranges from 2.5cm to 3m, unaffected by the target color or reflectance, unlike conventional infrared sensors. This allows designers to introduce ...
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SK Telecom and Omron have developed a 5G-powered autonomous robot to fight against the coronavirus. The robot performs contactless temperature screenings for visitors and disinfection of buildings among other functions,. Upon detecting visitors, the robot automatically moves towards them to check their body temperatures using a thermal imaging camera. In case the measured temperature is 37.5°C ...
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Q1 NAND revenues grew 8.3% QoQ due to datacentre demand, says TrendForce. While Q1 bit shipments were relatively level with 4Q19, the ASP rose. Total Q1 NAND revenues were $13.6 billion. Demand for enterprise SSDs exceeded supply because cloud service providers’ procurement for data centers had been growing progressively since 4Q19. Also, inventories of NAND ...
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ELTEC Elektronik has developed interface cards for the communication of safety-critical infrastructure. These interface cards are plugged onto a computer board as mezzanine boards and are controlled via SPI or PCI Express. When integrated in the wireless gateway CyBox GW-P or in the automotive LTE router CyBox RT 2-A, the modules enable the collection of ...
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