TSMC has stopped taking new chip orders from Huawei following the US ban on the sale of chips that have been made using US technology, reports the Nikkei, TSMC responded to the report saying it was based on  ‘market rumours’ but it did not deny them. Washington had banned anyone selling chips to Huawei which ...

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On-chip monitoring is not only revolutionising chip design but influencing end product design. From simply reporting on the functioning of a die, on-chip monitoring has moved to dynamically adjusting a chip’s settings, to reporting how customers use the chip and even to influencing how end products are built. This is why Moortec expects to treble ...

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Dialog has come up with a Wireless Ranging (WiRa) SDK that adds distance measurement capabilities to its DA1469x family of BLE SoCs. The need for more accurate and reliable distance measurement and tracing technology has become even more critical in the wake of COVID-19. With businesses across the globe planning a controlled reopening of their ...

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Huawei’s flagship phone, the 5G-capable Mate 30, contains only 1% by value of US-sourced components, according to p Tokyo tear-down specialist  Fomalhaut Techno Solutions. China-sourced parts now form 42% of the total value of components. US-made parts now represent only 1% of the total components value in a Mate 30.

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NXP has added to its KW3x family of microcontrollers (MCUs). KW39/38/37 MCUs incorporate Bluetooth 5.0 long-range capabilities and expanded Bluetooth advertising channels. Compatibility with hardware, software and tools usedwith the previous generation of devices -, KW34/35/36 – is maintained. The connectivity MCUs allow Bluetooth LE devices to communicate at distances of more than a mile ...

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China’s state-controlled newspaper Global Times has responded with a diatribe to the US move to block chip sales to Huawei. It threatens ‘including certain US companies into its list of “unreliable entities,” imposing restrictions on or investigating US companies such as Qualcomm, Cisco and Apple, and suspending purchases of Boeing aircraft.’ ‘The radical approach of ...

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The US Department of Commerce  has ruled that companies must get a licence to sell to Huawei any ICs  which “are the direct product of certain US software and technology.” This would include any IC designed by US EDA or fabbed on US-made manufacturing equipment. Huawei has continued to use US EDA  to design circuits ...

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France struck another blow at the US tech companies yesterday when the French parliament passed a law saying that social media companies must take down some objectionable content within 24 hoist of it being flagged up and, in certain cases, within an hour. The content that must be removed within 24 hours includes comments based ...

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