Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed an AI system that recognises hand gestures by combining skin-like electronics with computer vision. The recognition of human hand gestures by AI systems has been a valuable development over the last decade and has been adopted in high-precision surgical robots, health monitoring equipment and in ...

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Foxconn, which assembles most of Apple’s iPhones, sees a world split into two markets – one dominated by China the other by the USA, reports the Nikkei. “The global trend toward a G2 is inevitable. How to serve the two big markets is something that we’ve always been planning for,” said Foxconn chairman Young Liu ...

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Lattice Semiconductor has launched the Lattice Sentry solutions stack and the Lattice SupplyGuard supply chain protection service. The Sentry stack is a combination of customizable embedded software, reference designs, IP, and development tools to accelerate the implementation of secure systems compliant with NIST Platform Firmware Resiliency (PFR) Guidelines (NIST SP-800-193). The Lattice SupplyGuard service extends the ...

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Richardson RFPD is supplying a wideband low-noise amplifier from ERZIA Technologies. The ERZ-LNA-1800-4200-24-6 provides a gain of 24 dB with a noise figure of 5 dB. The device’s compact size and modularity make it ideal for a wide range of applications, including industrial, SATCOM, aerospace and military. Additional key features of the ERZ-LNA-1800-4200-24-6include: Frequency range: ...

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Schneider Electric and RS Components have combined to promote automation, IIoT innovation and technical knowledge to promote industrial digital transformation. RS will be adding more than 3,000 Schneider Electric solutions to its platform as part of the ongoing initiative. Products include robotics, motor control, and safety devices including the Modicon M262 which brings together factory ...

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Sales of the top ten semiconductor companies increased 17% in 1H20 compared to 1H19, more than 3x the total worldwide semiconductor industry increase of 5%, reports IC Insights, All of the top-10 companies had sales of at least $5.0 billion in 1H20, two companies more than in 1H19.  As shown, it took $5.2 billion in ...

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Qualcomm has won an appeal against an anti-trust suit brought by the US Federal Trade Commission. Qualcomm’s practice of making customers sign broadly drawn patent licence agreements before  selling them chips was declared legal. Qualcomm’s practice of requiring patent licences from mobile OEMs which do not use Qualcomm chips was also held to be within ...

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Immervision, the Montreal-based developer and licensor of  wide-angle optics and imaging technology, has announced real-time video distortion correction algorithms making the videos the same way we see with our human eyes. The algorithms are available for mobile OEMs to license now from Immervision’s exclusive distribution partner CEVA. The addition of the algorithms to Immervison’s  imaging processing ...

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Dialog’s EcoXiP octal xSPI non-volatile memory (NVM) has been optimized for use with Renesas’ RZ/A2M Arm-based MPUs. Customers of the RZ/A2M, which is designed for high-speed processing of embedded AI imaging in smart appliances, service robots, and industrial machinery, can now take advantage of the system-level benefits of EcoXiP, claimed to be the industry’s lowest ...

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Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with passives specialist KOA. Available in the autumn, Farnell’s customers will have access to KOA’s full portfolio with around 1500 lines of in-stock products available for delivery across Europe. In addition to thick film resistors, the  product range includes shunt/current sense resistors, wide terminal resistors, high voltage resistors, thin ...

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