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DSP Group buys SoundChip

DSP Group has bought Swiss noise cancellation specialist SoundChip for $14.5 million down and $6 million more if performance criteria are met. The acquisition combines SoundChip’s capabilities in hybrid active noise cancellation (ANC) with DSP Group’s SmartVoice voice processing platform, algorithms, and mixed-signal expertise. The acquisition of SoundChip, alongside the strategic customer wins, is a ...

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Optical transceivers on a 15% CAGR 2019-25

Sales of optical transceivers  reached around $7.7 billion in 2019 and are expected to more than double to around $17.7 billion by 2025 at a CAGR for 2019-2025 of 15%, says  Yole Développement (Yole). The growth will be driven by the adoption of  high data rate, including 400G and 800G, modules by big cloud service ...

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BLE, WiFi and Cortex M3 in IoT MCU

InnoPhase’s Talaria TWO modules have wireless connectivity integrated into an MCU for edge of network IoT designs. InnoPhase incorporated the Talaria TWO SoC into the INP1010 and INP1011 modules to provide Wi-Fi and BLE, an Arm Cortex-M3 for system control and user applications, plus security elements. The modules can operate in stand-alone mode, in conjunction ...

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Renesas sampling vision-optimised MCUs

Renesas is sampling a new series of MPUs incorporating its vision-optimised AI accelerator – DRP-AI (Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor). Volume production is scheduled for December. The first product in the series, the RZ/V2M, is designed to deliver a combination of real-time AI inference and industry-leading power efficiency in embedded devices. The demand to have real-time, AI-based ...

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Mentor joins O-RAN Alliance

Mentor Graphics, now a Siemens subsidiary, has joined the O-RAN Alliance promoting interoperable 5G equipment standards. Mentor will focus on verification and validation requirements for open standards-based, highly-configurable network development. “While there are many challenges to building the products that comprise 5G networks, testing is the key to success,” says Mentor’s  Joe Sawicki (pictured), “Mentor’s ...

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ST joins Silicon Catalyst

ST has joined Silicon Catalyst, the Silicon Valley incubator, as a Strategic and In-Kind Partner which gives ST early access to review and help select early-stage silicon start-ups looking to join the incubator. The initial focus of the In-Kind collaboration will be MEMS sensors and actuators. Silicon Catalyst  supports semiconductor hardware start-ups with tools and ...

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Constant current linear LED driver IC regulates LED current

Infineon has brought out a constant current linear LED driver IC which provides low-voltage drop performance for regulating LED current. It is the second device released in the new generation BCR family with low voltage drop focusing on low current designs of up to 37 mA. Typical applications for the new BCR431U include LED strips, ...

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Million mile EV battery

Amperex, the Chinese lithium-ion car battery maker, says it has developed a car battery that will last for two million kilometers, last 16 years and cost only 10% more than current batteries. Current EV batteries carry a 150,000 mile, eight year warranty. The new battery could bring down the cost of EV ownership by allowing ...

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UK transistor obsoletes CMOS

Nottingham-based start-up, Search For The Next (SFN) has announced that its Bizen transistor technology has received an award worth £1.7 million which will drive forward the development of the enabling transistor process technology that will, it claims, be the foundation for the success of British and worldwide industries in all sectors. “We are consigning CMOS ...

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US puts EU on notice about digital services taxes

Yesterday, the US went on the offensive in the ongoing fracas between Europe and the USA over the imposition of taxes on the digital tech giants. “President Trump is concerned that many of our trading partners are adopting tax schemes designed to unfairly target our companies,”  said US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, “we are prepared ...

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