Ambiq wins design-in with sub-threshold MPU
Sub-threshold MCU firm Ambiq Micro has won a design in for its ARM Cortex-M4F-based Apollo. This is important because, while it is route to dramatically cutting power consumption, sub-threshold operation brings with it manufacturing and yield headaches. They can be made, and analogue sub-threshold circuits are said to have been in watches for years. Getting ...
Electronics patent of the month: Road sign uses lenticular technology
This month features novel road signs that uses lenticular technology to make them more eye catching. Michael Jaeger, patent attorney at leading UK patent and trade mark attorneys Withers & Rogers LLP, writes: GB Patent Number: GB2514562 Granted to: Pulse Technologies Limited One lunchtime last week I was running past the Design Museum and a sign caught ...
Electronics patent of the month: Road sign uses lenticular technology
This month features novel road signs that uses lenticular technology to make them more eye catching. Michael Jaeger, patent attorney at leading UK patent and trade mark attorneys Withers & Rogers LLP, writes: GB Patent Number: GB2514562 Granted to: Pulse Technologies Limited One lunchtime last week I was running past the Design Museum and a sign caught ...
NXP had Q3 revenue of $1.52 billion for a gross margin of 48.6% and an operating margin of 24%. “Our profitability in the third quarter of 2015 was very strong, as NXP delivered total revenue of $1.52 billion and non-GAAP operating margin of nearly 30%, said CEao Rick Clemmer, “revenue was approximately flat versus the ...
NXP had Q3 revenue of $1.52 billion for a gross margin of 48.6% and an operating margin of 24%. “Our profitability in the third quarter of 2015 was very strong, as NXP delivered total revenue of $1.52 billion and non-GAAP operating margin of nearly 30%, said CEao Rick Clemmer, “revenue was approximately flat versus the ...
Globalfoundries deal broadens FD-SOI, says Leti CEO
Leti is supporting Globalfoundries’ 22nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) semiconductor platform, called 22FDX. The platform incorporates software-controlled transistor body-biasing that are designed to provide trade-offs between power and performance. “Delivering FinFET-like performance and energy-efficiency at a cost comparable to 28nm planar technologies,” says Globalfoundries. Earlier this year, Leti assigned a team of experts to Globalfoundries’ wafer fab in ...
Globalfoundries deal broadens FD-SOI, says Leti CEO
Leti is supporting Globalfoundries’ 22nm fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) semiconductor platform, called 22FDX. The platform incorporates software-controlled transistor body-biasing that are designed to provide trade-offs between power and performance. “Delivering FinFET-like performance and energy-efficiency at a cost comparable to 28nm planar technologies,” says Globalfoundries. Earlier this year, Leti assigned a team of experts to Globalfoundries’ wafer fab in ...
Google invites developers to its Brillo IoT platform
Google first announced its Brillo IoT platform – “underlying operating system for the Internet of Things” – back in May at its I/O 2015 event. Having been available to early access partners, Google is now opening up the lightweight embedded OS, which is based on Android, to the wider developer community. What exactly is it? Brillo ...
Bosch is squaring up to Dyson. BSH Hausgeräte GmbH the parent company of Bosch and Europe’s largest consumer goods manufacturer with revenues of €11.4 billion, is initiating legal action against Dyson in the UK. “Dyson,” says BSH, ” made a number of false allegations in the press asserting that BSH manipulated energy efficiency tests using ...
Osram joins the push for prettier light bulbs
Osram is the latest company to add ‘filaments’ to its lighting LED portfolio. Filament LEDs are phosphor-coated strings of tiny LEDs, designed to look like incandescent filaments in art bulbs (see photo). Plessey announced filament production in July, and Osram started selling its own LED filament bulbs earlier this month. “Incorporating the LEDs in classic ...
