Q3 semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings of $14.9 billion were up 12% q-o-q but 6% down y-o-y, reports SEMI. The data are gathered jointly with the Semiconductor Equipment Association of Japan (SEAJ) from more than 80 global equipment companies that provide data on a monthly basis. The quarterly billings data by region in billions of U.S. ...

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The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) announces completion of its phase one trial of Wi-Fi 6 infrastructure and services at the Mettis Aerospace factory in the UK. Tests included applications of 4K video streaming, large scale file transfers, messaging and voice/video communications as well as the first stage of IoT sensor and mixed reality testing. During ...

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CPI, the printed sensor specialist, is developing printed sensors for EV battery current density imaging. This could increase battery life, reduce charging times and help to improve consumer safety, confidence and uptake of EVs. These sensors will be a able to provide live information on each of the thousands of cells in an EV. They ...

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ST is aiming to make design starts using 8-bit STM8 MCUs faster, more affordable, and more accessible for creative minds of all types by introducing new development boards in the  Nucleo-32 form factor. The boards are controlled and powered conveniently through a USB connection. An ST-LINK debugger/programmer is integrated, which saves using an external debug ...

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The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits plus partners is developing a platform that uses AI to measure vehicle positions and environment. As part of the “KI-FLEX” project, Fraunhofer is leading a consortium made up of: Ibeo Automotive Systems, Infineon, videantis, Technical University of Munich, Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Daimler, Technical University of Berlin ...

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October IC sales grew nearly 3% sequentially to reach $36.6 billion, but were 13.1% down y-o-y, reports the SIA. it is the 10th consecutive month of y-o-y decline. “While the global semiconductor market has slumped somewhat in 2019 compared to the record sales posted in 2018, the recent trend is more positive, with month-to-month sales ...

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Renesas has brought out a 32-bit MCU with  Bluetooth 5.0 for IoT endpoint devices such as home appliances and healthcare equipment. By combining Bluetooth 5,0 with Renesas’ Trusted Secure IP on its popular RX MCU family, Renesas offers a single-chip solution for system control and wireless communication, with a secure way to answer the Bluetooth ...

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Amazon Web Services has launched its  second custom processor – Graviton2 – built on 64-bit Arm Neoverse cores and made on TSMC’s 7nm process. “We decided that we were going to design chips to give you more capabilities,” says AWS CEO Andy Jassy (pictured), “while lots of companies have been working with x86 for a ...

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