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Samsung H1 semi sales are $36bn; Intel’s $33bn

Samsung’s semiconductor operation made a Q2 profit of $10.4 billion on sales of $16.7 billion. “In the Memory business, we continue to generate solid earnings as demand remained strong from data centers for DRAM and strong demand for high-capacity storage amid a strong softening of prices for NAND flash,”said Samsung’s Robert Yi, “we  solidified product ...

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Renesas launches DC/DC controllers for POL conversions

Renesas has launched two PMBus compliant, fully digital DC/DC controllers that provide single output point-of-load (POL) conversions for FPGAs, DSPs, ASICs, network processors and general purpose system rails. The ISL68300 with integrated MOSFET drivers and ISL68301 with PWM output simplify designing power supplies for data center, wired and wireless communications, and factory automation equipment. The ISL68300 ...

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Miniature 15kV opto-coupler integrates LV LED drivers with HV photo detector diodes

HVM Technology, the Texas specialist in miniature high voltage power converters, has released a miniature 15kV Opto-Coupler. The OPTO-150 is a miniature; 15kV rated high voltage opto-coupler which integrates low voltage LED drivers with high voltage photo detector diodes. Typical applications for the OPTO-150 include high voltage switching, high voltage isolation, external voltage sensing, voltage ...

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Vayyar Imaging and Mini-Circuits offer educational kits

Vayyar Imaging and Mini-Circuits are offering  educational project kits for engineers and students. These kits will introduce highly advanced practices with a focus on electromagnetic, RF and microwave technologies in university classrooms and programs The first kit  includes all the elements required to build vector network analyzers and algorithms for RF devices. The kit will features ...

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Synopsys and Mentor bury the hatchet

Synopsys and Mentor have settled their five year-old patent lawsuit and agreed to collaborate on inter-operability in the future. Synopsys will pay $65 million to Mentor, and the two companies have agreed a seven year patent cross-licence deal. They have also agreed to pursue inter-operability opportunities between their products. “Interoperability is a critical aspect of ...

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Micron says it has received Chinese injunction

After several days of saying it has not been served with an injunction affecting its China sales, Micron today admitted that it had. The statement from Micron reads: “The Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court, Fujian Province, China today notified two Chinese subsidiaries of Micron that it has granted a preliminary injunction against those entities in patent ...

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