TSMC has persuaded Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology to sponsor a four year, $33 million ‘Semiconductor Moonshot Project’ to encourage university professors to get students into researching AI Edge-based semiconductor technology, reports Digitimes. Chen Liang-gee, Taiwan’s Minister of Science and Technology, said that the project will focus on process technology and systems knowledge for ...

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Last quarter saw the birth of  five new fintech unicorn start-ups. As $50 million+ financing rounds on are the rise, VC-backed fintechs are on track to set new financing records in 2017, reports CB Insights. Here are a list of VC-backed Fintech companies which have achieved a billion dollar valuation, and a graphic showing where the ...

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SIA  CEO John Neuffer has responded to the Trump Administration’s decision to set in motion a process led by the United States Trade Representative to investigate China’s unfair trade practices. “The U.S. semiconductor industry stands ready to work with the Trump Administration to protect American intellectual property and critical technology from theft or forced transfer ...

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Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned from President Trump’s manufacturing advisory council after the President did not move far enough and fast enough in condemning the white supremacist fracas in Charlottesville, Virginia last week Krzanich said his decision was based on the worrying direction of U.S. politics. “I resigned to call attention to the serious ...

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DRAM, NAND and automotive analogue/logic are the fastest growing IC product segments this year which are driving the semiconductor market to its first double digit growth year since 2010, says IC Insights. The fastest growing product segments are: Topping the chart of fastest-growing products is DRAM, which comes as no surprise given the strong rise ...

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Western Digital has won a preliminary battle in its fight with Toshiba over its rights in the auction process for Toshiba’s memory unit. ‘ On August 14, 2017, the Superior Court of California for the County of San Francisco granted Western Digital a preliminary injunction enjoining Toshiba from preventing certain employees from accessing shared databases and ...

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 GaN Systems, the Ottawa fabless GaN specialist, has made available a new set of LTSpice simulation files that  helps engineers model systems at three levels, ranging from an initial overview of circuit performance to detailed analysis and fine tuning of the design: Level 1: Basic adjustment and analysis of switching speeds, optimized for quick simulation. ...

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A harmonic radar that can track bees has been developed by Professor Tsai Zuo-min of the Department of Electrical Engineering at Taiwan’s National Chung Cheng University, reports Digitimes. A chip, with an antenna as thin as a cicada’s wing, is attached to a bee and, when it receives a radar signal transmitted at a frequency ...

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The smartwatch market, which has so far been a bit of a non-event, could get traction from LTE-enabled devices in H2, says Canalys. “The hype surrounding smartwatches has been short-lived and the market must now focus on compelling use cases to stimulate demand,” says Canalys’ MoJia, “vendors in China, including Xiaotiancai and 360, have released ...

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The LTC5552 is  a double balanced mixer with wideband matching from 3GHz to 20GHz.  The mixer can be used as an up- or downconverter. The LTC5552 is especially useful in upconversion applications with its DC capable differential IF port that enables the LO to be close in frequency to the RF. Its low LO to ...

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