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Toshiba and Japan Semiconductor develop auto analogue process

Toshiba and Japan Semiconductor have developed an analogue process with embedded non-volatile memory (eNVM) for automotive applications. The 0.13-micron process   applied to analogue ICs is claimed to offer an optimized combination of processes and devices, according to rated voltage, performance, reliability and cost, for automotive analogue circuits and eNVM on a single chip. Analogue ...

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April semi sales up 21.1% y-o-y

April 2022 semiconductor sales of $50.9 billion were 21-1% up on April 2021 sales of $42 billion, says the SIA. Sales were 0.7% up on the March total of $50.6 billion.. “Global semiconductor sales have increased by more than 20% on a year-to-year basis for 13 consecutive months, indicating consistently high and growing demand for ...

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SkyWater adds FDSOI SRAM IP

Skywater, the US hi-rel foundry, has added FDSOI SRAM on 90nm to its IP portfolio. Mobile Semiconductor will provide two SRAM compilers for SkyWater customers developing products on its RH90 platform. This is the latest step in SkyWater’s RH90 technology roadmap. The company has leveraged the $170 million investment by the Department of Defense (DOD) ...

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Trust for the IoT

Infineon has launched OPTIGA Trust M Express to enable hardware based security for IoT devices every step of the way from manufacturing, through cloud provisioning and field deployment. The cryptographic identity of OPTIGA Trust M Express is provisioned in a certified and secured Infineon fab. It is protected from exposure at any stage during the ...

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Toshiba adds to mini-MOSFET gate drivers

Toshiba  has added five new MOSFET gate-driver ICs in the TCK42xG series, suitable for a wide range of applications including battery powered, consumer and industrial equipment. The devices in this series control the applied gate voltage independent of the input voltage and feature an over-voltage lockout function to protect the circuit. The new products are ...

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onsemi SoCs support PoE and KNXi

onsemi has introduced two systems chips supporting the most widely used building automation network protocols – PoE and KNX. Easing the development of access and control panels, the NCN5140S is the first System-in-Package (SiP) certified with the KNX Association. The NCN5140S integrates all critical and certifiable elements of a KNX device, including a digital KNX ...

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Intel to get German fab subsidies worth $7.3bn

Intel will receive $7.3 billion in subsidies representing 40% of the $19 billion cost of  building two fabs in Magdeburg, Germany. Construction is scheduled to start next year with first silicon planned for 2027. Intel is also building two fabs in Chandler, Arizona costing $20 billion and plans to build two fabs in Columbus, Ohio at ...

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Trusted Objects joins Renesas Ready Partner Program

Trusted Objects, the embedded cybersecurity specialist,  has joined the Renesas Ready Partner Program  to deliver a simple and secure programming flow to OEM developers using Renesas Trusted Secure IP Driver (TSIP). MCU programming operations are often outsourced throughout the world in uncontrolled environments. Setting up the implementation of the full programming process and protecting data ...

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Mass-manufacturable photonic sensors operating at the quantum limit

Researchers at the Universities of Bristol, Bath and Warwick have found a way to operate mass manufacturable photonic sensors at the quantum limit. This paves the way for practical applications such as monitoring greenhouse gases and cancer detection. Quantum sensing is poised to revolutionise today’s sensors, but the majority of quantum sensing schemes rely on ...

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