Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, today announces a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packaging capability to deliver high performance and ruggedness. Five years ago, the company introduced the world’s largest range of automotive-qualified ...

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Globalfoundries has launched enhanced RF SOI PDKs optimised for multi-band RF switching in  smartphones and IoT. Designed for use with Coupling Wave Solutions’ (CWS) simulation tool, SiPEX, GloFo’s 7SW SOI PDK allows designers to integrate RF switches with other critical RF blocks that are essential to the design of complex electronic systems for future RF communication chips. ...

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Korea will invest $45.8 billion in chip and display manufacturing by 2024, reports The Korea Herald. Eleven CEOs of chip and display manufacturing companies, including Kwon Oh-hyun, vice chairman and CEO of the device solutions business of Samsung Electronics, Park Sung-woo, chairman and CEO of Hynix recently met Paik Un-gyu, Korea’s minister of trade, industry ...

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CEVA has licensed its XM4 imaging and vision platform to Nextchip for its Apache4 vision-based pre-processor targeted at real-time ADAS vision systems. Nextchip have incorporated CEVA’s programmable vision platform into the Apache4 alongside its differentiated image processing accelerators to enable advanced and affordable ADAS applications. “We developed the Apache4 to provide affordable and scalable ADAS ...

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Socionext, the Fujitsu-Matsushita SoC jv, has developed a server module combining  the company’s hybrid codec technology equipped with the multi-format codec, IC MB86M30 and high efficiency processor, SC2A11. The module, is designated  M820C. The MB86M30 codec is able to simultaneously encode four channels of 1080p video in real-time. The SC2A11 is an ARM v8-based energy-efficient multi-core ...

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The LTC4418 is a dual input power prioritizer for 2.5V to 40V systems. To enable portability, preserve memory during brownouts, and ensure a graceful shutdown on power loss, electronic systems employ batteries and capacitors for backup power. The LTC4418 normally powers the load from the higher priority main supply such as a wall adapter or ...

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Siemens and  Tsinghua University are to set up a robotics research centre in Beijing. “China’s digital transformation is already having a profound impact on its economy. With Made in China 2025 and the Belt and Road Initiatives, China intends to upgrade its national industry and boost its global competence through digitalization-focused innovations,” says Siemens CTO ...

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SLLIMM-nano intelligent power modules (IPM) from ST  introduce extra package options and integrate additional components to accelerate development and simplify assembly of motor drives from very low power up to 300W. The 3A and 5A modules contain state-of-the-art 600V super-junction MOSFETs to maximize energy efficiency in equipment such as compressors, fans, pumps, and other appliances. ...

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