Samtec, the Indiana interconnect specialist, Has brought out a 14 Gbps FireFly FMC Development Kit to evaluate and develop  Samtec’s FireFly optical engines.   The 14 Gbps FireFly FMC Module provides up to 140 Gbps full-duplex bandwidth over 10 channels from an FPGA to an industry-standard multi-mode fiber optic cable. Samtec’s 14 Gbps FireFly FMC ...

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The LTC7150S is a 20V, 20A monolithic synchronous buck converter with differential VOUT remote sensing. The device’s phase lockable controlled on-time constant frequency current mode architecture eases compensation and is ideal for high step-down ratio applications that operate at high frequencies while demanding fast transient response. The LTC7150S uses Silent Switcher2 technology, including integrated bypass ...

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Marvell has launched an automotive gigabit Ethernet switch. The switch is designed to prevent malicious attacks or compromises to the data streamed in-and-out of the vehicle. These industry-leading security features are paramount to ensure the safety of the vehicle and its occupants. This switch has been purpose-built to address the increasing risk cybercrime represents to ...

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Samsung is targeting a 25% share of the foundry market by 2022, E.S.Jung (pictured), head of Samsung’s foundry business, told Reuters earlier today. Currently Samsung holds a 7.9% foundry share. TSMC has over 50% share, GloFo 9.6% and UMC 8.1%. Samsung is betting on an early move to 7nm process technology to help secure its ...

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Business leaders put post-Brexit trade arrangements as their top priority in a survey by MarketInvoice. The top priority (58%) for UK business leaders as part of the Brexit negotiations is to have the right trade arrangements with the EU to ensure a stable trading environment. This is three times more important than having access to ...

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Trillium, the automotive cybersecurity specialist, has  launched  SecureSKYE, a data mining and analytics solution for cars. SecureSKYE creates a dynamically updated profile of the car and its driver. Using data-mining and analytics, ‘safety-and-security’ applications and services such as geolocation-based emergency services, insurance tech solutions including ‘Usage-Based Insurance,’ ‘CyberSecurity-as-a-Service,’ ‘Forensics-as-a-Service’ and even preemptive vehicular maintenance are ...

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Fujitsu Labs announced earlier today the development of a GaN  HEMT power amplifier for use in W-band (75-110 GHz) transmissions. To realize long-distance, high-capacity wireless communications, a promising approach is to utilize the W-band and other high frequency bands that encompass a broad range of usable frequencies, and increase output with a transmission power amplifier. ...

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  Asian sources are saying that ST is to stop taking orders for MCUs, although ST has denied the stories. Taiwan’s Economic Daily News says ST won’t take any more MCU orders until the end of this year. Digitimes reports that ST’s lead times on MCUs had been extended to 16-20 weeks and has stopped ...

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Vodafone reported a 3.3% drop in calendar Q2 – the result of selling its Dutch business and the weaker pound. Calendar Q2 revenue was €11.4bn, compared to €11.8bn in calendar Q2 2016. A 4.8% drop in Europe offset a 1.2% increase in EMEA. The Dutch sale was done to get regulatory approval for the merger ...

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