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Murata-Pycom Device Cloud

Murata has integrated its Type 1DX for Wi-Fi, Type 1SJ for LoRaWAN and Type 1SC for cellular LTE Cat-M1/NB-IoT modules into Pycom’s products while building a module featuring all the 3 modules and mounting options for early prototyping and go to market. Pycom is delivering a Murata device management and application enablement platform – called ...

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TSMC expects 30% revenue growth this year

TSMC is expecting revenues to grow around 30% this year, says chairman Mark Liu. Last year they grew 24.9%. “The current inflation has no direct impact on the semiconductor industry as the demand drop is mainly for consumer devices like smartphones and PCs while EV demand is very strong and partially exceeds our supply capacity ...

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2021 LED package market worth $17bn

The LED package market grew 15.4% last year to reach $17.65 billion, says TrendForce. The top three manufacturers accounted for 29.5% of the market. Nichia’s backlight LED business revenue declined due to increasing OLED penetration. However, driven by the rapid growth of revenue in the flash LED, automotive LED, and general lighting markets, overall revenue ...

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EPC 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter

The EPC9173 GaN-based inverter reference design enhances motor system size, performance, range, precision, torque, all while simplifying design for faster time-to-market. The  size of this inverter allows integration into the motor housing. The 3-phase BLDC motor drive inverter uses the EPC23101 eGaN IC with embedded gate driver function and a floating power GaN FET with 3.3 ...

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Photonics foundry has process with integrated lasers

Synopsys and Juniper Networks have formed a photonics foundry company called OpenLight. The foundry will use a process at Tower Semiconductor which integrates the lasers. The process has passed qualification and reliability tests on Tower’s PH18DA production process. OpenLight expects the first open Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) shuttle run on the PH18DA process as well as ...

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Q1 equipment billings up 5% y-o-y

Q1 semiconductor manufacturing  equipment billings grew 5% year-over-year to $24.7 billion, says SEMI. Quarter-over-quarter billings in the seasonally soft first quarter declined 10%. “Year-over-year first quarter equipment revenue growth is in sync with positive forecasts for 2022 as the semiconductor industry continues its robust increase of fab capacity,” says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha, “North America ...

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Radio wave ranging sensors using the 60GHz band

Socionext has introduced the “SC1240 Series” radio-wave ranging sensors that use the 60GHz band with a built-in signal processing circuit for detecting the position and movement of a person with maximum accuracy. Sample shipments are scheduled for Q2 2022, and mass production in Q1 2023. The SC1240 series is a radio-wave ranging sensor that complies ...

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TI adds Sitara processors

TI has introduced new Sitara AM62 processors that help expand edge AI processing applications. The low-power design of the new processors enables support for dual-screen displays and small-size human-machine interface (HMI) applications. For more information, see TI.com/product/AM625. The next generation of HMI will bring new ways of interacting with machines, such as enabling gesture recognition ...

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Fujitsu and NEC to begin 6G trials with NTT and NTT DoCoMo

Fujitsu and NEC are to conduct  trials with NTT and NTT DoCoMo towards the realisation of practical applications for 6G. In the joint trials, the partners will utilise radio waves in the high frequency range (sub-terahertz waves) of 100 GHz and 300 GHz, which represent promising candidates for use in 6G to realize a high-speed ...

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