Silego, the configurable mixed signal specialist, has brought out a single-input, dual-output power splitter with 130V surge protection. It is designed for mid- and high-end smartphones and tablet PCs. In these applications, system-level, over-voltage protection (OVP) has become a standard requirement. Its OVP response time protects sensitive downstream components from possible damage. Even though designed ...
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Sales of industrial ICs grew 3.8% year-on-year in 2016, to $43.5 billion, according to IHS Markit. Industrial electronics equipment demand was broad-based, with continued growth in commercial and military avionics, digital signage, network video surveillance, HVAC, smart meters, traction, PV inverters, LED lighting and various medical electronics such as cardiac equipment, hearing aids and imaging systems. ...
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NXP and Samsung subsidiary Harman are to collaborate on connected car technologies such as over-the-air updates, secure V2X communication and software-defined radio. The two companies will further expand their partnership in technologies supporting the connected in-car, including tuners, digital signal processors, amplifiers and applications processors. As a lead customer for NXP’s latest generation of NXP infotainment ...
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Qualcomm’s business model is illegal, claims Apple in its legal scrap with Qualcomm in thevfederal court of the Southern District of California. Apple is asserting that Qualcomm’s practice of charging both for its chips and for a technology licence to use the chips is illegal. Apple cites a US Supreme Court case involving Lexmark where ...
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After saying last week he would take a temporary leave of absence, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick (pictured) has now resigned as CEO following shareholder pressure. He remains on the board. Five large investors are said to have insisted that he go following an investigation into workplace practices at Uber. Kalanick’s shares in Uber are ...
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The French could be taking control of ST away from the Italians. Frenchman Nicholas Dufourcq (pictured) has been elected Chairman of ST’s supervisory board to succeed the Italian Maurizio Tamagnini. Dufourcq is an Enarc – a graduate of France’s elite Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA). He is chairman of the French state-owned bank Bpifrance. Two months ...
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Toshiba has decided on who should buy its chip business but the decision is being contested by losing bidder Western Digital. The successful bid is by the consortium of two government bail-out funds – the Innovation Network Corp of Japan (INCJ) and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) – plus Bain, the US private equity ...
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VR is proving slow to take off – only 6.3 million headsets have ben sold worldwide – despite the fact that the world has 2.6 billion gamers. Cost, market fragmentation, the difficulty of exposing people to it, its tendency to make people feel sick are all reasons put forward as to why it’s a slow-burner. ...
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Accenture and Microsoft are combining on a UN- supported project to use Blockchain technology to give an identity to the billion people in the world without one. A prototype of the network was shown yesterday to the UN during ID2020 the public-private initiative to give everyone on earth a legal identity. Without an ID, people ...
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Handsets will overtake PCs this year as the largest application for ICs, says IC Insights. IC sales for handsets are projected to grow 16% in 2017 to $84.4 billion, as shown in Figure 1, while the IC market for personal computing systems (desktop and notebook PCs, tablets, and thin-client Internet-centric units) is now forecast to ...
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