NXP has come up with a scalable automotive computing  architecture. Called S32,  it offers a unified architecture of microcontrollers/microprocessors (MCU/MPU) and an identical software environment across application platforms. Automotive industry estimates reveal there are more lines of code in an advanced vehicle than a modern passenger aircraft. This complexity places carmakers and automotive suppliers under pressure ...

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Alibaba is to spend $15 billion on R&D over the next three years in a programme called Alibaba DAMO Academy. DAMO stands for Discovery, Adventure, Momentum and Outlook. The programme is headed up  by Alibaba CTO Jeff Zhang. Initially, the Academy will focus on the opening of seven research labs in China (Beijing and Hangzhou), the United States ...

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SEMI forecasts that shipments of polished and epitaxial silicon wafers will grow by 8.2%  this year measured in square inches. This year shipments will total 11,448 million square inches; in 2018,  11,814 million square inches will be shipped and in 2019, shipments will total 12,235 million square inches. Total wafer shipments this year are expected ...

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sureCore, the Sheffield embedded SRAM specialist, has joined GloFo’s  FDXcelerator Partner Program and will make both their Low Power “PowerMiser” and Ultra Low Voltage “EverOn” SRAM offerings available on GloFlo’s 22nm FD-SOI process technology. PowerMiser delivers dynamic and static power savings exceeding 50 percent and 20 percent respectively. EverOn is the first commercially available SRAM to ...

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The LT8650S is a dual 4A, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator. It’s unique Silent Switcher2 architecture uses four internal input capacitors as well as two internal BST and a single INTVCC capacitor to minimize the area of the hot loops. Combined with very well controlled switching edges and an internal construction using copper pillars ...

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A 3-6 week interruption to Toshiba’s NAND flash production is said to have led to the loss of 100,000 wafers which is likely to de-rail an expected drop in NAND prices in Q4, reports Digitimes. Production is now back to normal. Toshiba is blaming the temporary closedown on a ransomware attack on the company’s computer ...

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Renesas has launched its RZ/G Linux Platform with the industrial-grade Civil Infrastructure Platform (CIP) Super Long-Term Support (SLTS) Linux kernel, which enables Linux-based embedded systems to be maintained for more than 10 years.   The RZ/G platform provides a verified Linux package with cloud-maintenance and development options that makes it easy for embedded developers to ...

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Spin Transfer Technologies, (STT) and Tokyo Electron (TEL) are to collaborate on developing manufacturing processes for ST-MRAM. The combination of STT’s ST-MRAM technology and TEL’s PVD MRAM deposition tool will allow the companies to develop processes for ST-MRAM. STT is contributing its perpendicular magnetic tunnel junction (pMTJ) design and device fabrication technology, and TEL is ...

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A report on AI, commissioned the Culture Secretary as part of the Government’s Industrial Strategy, has been published. It concludes that AI can generate £630 billion in value for the UK economy by 2035. Recommendations include: Skills: increasing the UK’s expert AI expertise through new initiatives including an industry-funded Masters programme in AI, and conversion ...

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Q4 will see a price hike for mobile DRAM of between 10-15% which will take the mobile DRAM prices above the PC DRAM price for the first time this year, reports DRAMeXchange. The price will stay high next year as manufacturers put greater focus on server DRAM nect year at the expense of mobile DRAM. ...

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