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LCD on a downer

Global small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments are estimated to drop from 2020 to 2024, says Digitimes Research, while large-size ones will continue growing through 2020, but start slipping in 2021. Global small- to medium-size LCD panel shipments are estimated to drop from 2020 to 2024. Global large-size LCD panel shipments will fall at a ...

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Farnell signs Traco

Farnell has signed Swiss power supply specialist Traco Power to a distribution agreement.  Customers in Europe can get Traco Power products with next day delivery. The Traco Power product range includes industrial and medical DC/DC converters from 1 – 300 Watt, AC/DC PCB mounted converters as well as AC/DC Open Frame and Enclosed DIN-Rail power ...

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China Unigroup denies debt default, claims it’s solvent

The finances of Tsinghua Unigroup, the company spear-heading China’s effort in the chip business, are under question as its dollar-denominated debt has collapsed in value. Today, Unigroup put out a statement that it has $2.4 billion in cash plus off-shore credit lines worth $36 billion, and that it hasn’t defaulted on its debt. In the ...

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Qualcomm Q3 sales down $1bn y-o-y

Qualcomm reported a calendar Q3 profit of $506 million on sales of $4.81 billion which were 17% down from $5.83 billion a year ago. The company expects calendar Q4 sales of between $4.4 billion and $5.2 billion. “We exit the fiscal year having successfully executed on our strategic priorities: helping to drive the commercialization of 5G ...

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Small robot spots weeds

Small Robot Company is offering a service for Weed Mapping, providing farmers with a per-plant view of their fields. Initially focused on broad leaved weeds (BLW), grass-type weeds such as blackgrass will follow later this growing season. Priced at £15 per hectare, the service will also map Emergent Wheat. SRC will also be releasing an ...

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Looking for new SiC applications

Infineon is now targeting the next group of applications for SiC. It has produced an evaluation board to help to pave the way for SiC in motor drives. It was developed to support customers during their first steps in designing industrial drives applications with a maximum of 7.5 kW motor output. The evaluation board comprises ...

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STM32 LoRaWan supports FUOTA

STMicroelectronics has enhanced its STM32 LoRaWAN software expansion package for developers to support the latest Firmware Update Over The Air (FUOTA) specifications.  FUOTA cost-effectively future-proofs LoRa devices by simplifying applying application-layer updates and RF-stack updates to devices in the field, increasing the value of LoRa as a long-range, low-power technology for connecting IoT devices. The LoRa Alliance ...

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GaN Systems and ON Semi produce eval board

GaN Systems and ON Semiconductor have joint availability of a high-speed, half-bridge GaN daughter board using GaN Systems’ 650 V, 30 A GaN E-HEMTs and ON Semiconductor’s NCP51820 high speed gate driver evaluation board. This  is one of many upcoming GaN-based power system solutions both companies are developing. The kit t is developed for existing and ...

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Intel sampling Stratix 10

Intel is sampling Stratix 10 FPGAs which have 10.2 million logic elements. The FPGA uses Intel’s Embedded Multi-die Interconnect Bridge (EMIB) technology. EMIB technology stitches two Stratix 10 GX FPGA core fabric die (with a capacity of 5.1 million logic elements per die) along with appropriate I/O tiles. The chip is targeted at the ASIC prototyping ...

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