The Osram Oslon Boost HM LED enables ultra-slim headlamp designs in vehicles. Developers have achieved a brightness of 415 lm at 1.5 A with a chip area of 0.5 mm². The package of the LED measures 1.9 mm x 1.5 mm x 0.73 mm, providing a finger-width front headlamp solution, without compromising light output. The ...
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A sign that the negative effects of the trade war on the chip industry are easing is that Korea’s chip exports rose 12% in the first ten days of January. The figures come from the South Korea Customs Service which says it is the first time that preliminary figures have shown growth since October 2018. ...
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CommScope has added support for sub-6 GHz and mmWave 5G New Radio (NR) wireless connectivity on its NVG558 fixed wireless access (FWA) gateway platform. Combined with the platform’s existing support for 4G LTE and 3.5 GHz CBRS connectivity, these new capabilities expand operators’ ability to deliver triple-play services with the NVG500 Series of advanced PON, xDSL, and FWA ...
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Sales of totally wireless headsets (TWS) – defined as Bluetooth stereo headsets that do not have a wire connecting the two earpieces – grew 200% last year, reports Strategy Analytics. The sector was led by shipments of Apple AirPods totalling 60 million units, Revenues of TWS headsets grew over 200% in 2019 and Apple took ...
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SK Telecom and Sinclair Broadcast Group have announced a jv called Cast.era, located in Arlington, Virginia focused on cloud infrastructure for broadcasting, ultra-low latency over-the-top (OTT) broadcasting, and targeted advertising. With the aim to launch next-generation transmission services using both mobile and fixed broadcasting networks for the first time in the U.S., Cast.era plans to ...
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Yanmar Engineering of Osaka has deployed SHIPSWEB to manage auxiliary engines on ocean-going vessels. SHIPSWEB manages the operation of large auxiliary diesel engines. Traditionally, onboard crew communicate with ship management companies via satellite to facilitate engine maintenance of ocean-going vessels, while at sea. However, in recent years, crew spend less time onboard ships while ever ...
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Smiths Interconnect provided Thales Alenia Space with microstrip circulators embedded into the active antenna Transmitter/Receiver modules, as well as low profile solderless interposers for the core electronics of the COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation. The constellation is a satellite system designed to ensure operational continuity for the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) observation services supplied by the ...
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Qorvo is sampling a PMIC for rapid in-vehicle charging of phones, tablets and laptops which it claims is the industry’s first AEC-Q100 qualified step-down, voltage-regulator IC dedicated to USB Type-C Fast Charger applications. The ACT4751M meets all power requirements for USB Fast Charger applications, including the Power Delivery 3.0 Programmable Power Supply (USB PD 3.0 PPS) ...
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Oxbotica, the automated driving software developer, and Navtech, the radar specialist, have developed a radar-based navigation and perception system to be launched in 2020. The multi-module localisation system (radar, vision and laser) allows customers to deploy autonomy in both on-road and off-road locations, whether in mines, ports or airports and whatever the weather conditions where ...
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TSMC revenues grew 3.7% in 2019 to $35.7 billion. Revenues for December came to $3.4 billion which was down 4.2% month-on-month but up 15% from a year earlier. Q4 revenues were $10.4 billion – up about 8% sequentially and hitting a record high for the second consecutive quarter.
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