Q3 PC shipments were 67. 2 million in Q3, down 0.5% y-oy which was better than the expected. The top five PC suppliers, which  represented 75% of total market sales, were: HP was No.1  with a 23% market share with 15.3 units shipped shipments, up 6% y-ot and the only on with significant shipment growth. Lenovo ...

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Intersil has launched a buck-boost voltage regulator for tablets, ultrabooks, power banks, and other mobile devices using the reversible USB Type-C connector. The ISL95338 bidirectional voltage regulator accepts input power from a wide range of DC power sources–AC/DC power adapters, USB power delivery (PD3.0) ports, travel adapters, power banks–and converts it to a regulated voltage ...

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eFPGA start-up Flex Logix has licensed its FPGA IP to Sandia National Labs. Flex Logix has delivered the Gen 2 EFLX-2.5K logic core in Sandia’s  180nm process for the development of multiple Sandia chip products for use in Sandia projects. “The ability to reconfigure RTL at any time can avoid expensive chip spins, enable one ...

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August sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment sales declined for a second straight month in August, says SEMI, after growing through 2017. August billings were $2.18 billion in August down from July’s $2,270, However, August 2017billings were almost 28% up on zdsAugust 2016 figure, SEMI said, and the market remains on pace for record annual sales ...

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Western Digital has put out a statement saying that Toshiba cannot complete the sale of its memory division to a Bain-led consortium without its consent. ‘Toshiba ignores that the arbitration seeks to prohibit the transfer of any JV interests without SanDisk’s consent. Because Toshiba transferred other JV interests, such as its managerial and control rights ...

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RF specialist Qorvo has announced an expanded portfolio of 802.11ax products for Wi-Fi gateways, set-top boxes, routers and enterprise access points. “Our  portfolio reduces the need for thermal management, helping our customers design smaller, more attractive products without internal fans, ” says Qorvo’s Cees Links. Qorvo’s bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filters allow full power output ...

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The IET and ITN have launched a news and current affairs-style programme ‘Engineering the Next Generation,’ which explores the challenges, careers and future of modern engineering in the UK. With the government announcing the £229 million of industrial strategy investment, ‘Engineering the Next Generation’ brings to life the opportunities and challenges the sector in the ...

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Omnivision has introduced  near-infrared (NIR) sensor technology called Nyxel which claims  to increase quantum efficiency (QE) up to 3x at 850nm and 5x at 940nm, when previous NIR-capable sensors. These improvements in NIR sensitivity enable the image sensor to see better and farther under the same amount of light, extending the image detection range. Conversely, to match ...

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Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has giiven Fujitsu an order to build a 37 petaflops supercomputer costing $44.3 million, reports the Nikkei It will be Japan’s fastest supercomputer 3x faster than the K computer at Riken which is Japan’s current fastest machine. The 37 petaflops computer will be installed at the ...

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