Archive : 2015 год

Worldwide industrial semiconductor revenues in 2014 grew to $40.4billion, 18% more than in the previous year, according to IHS. "Gradual acceleration in the global economy, led by the US and China, continued to lift industrial equipment demand," said Robbie Galoso, principal analyst, IHS Technology. "Broad based growth in industrial...

Eddy currents could provide a new way to measure high temperatures in a range of challenging applications. According to The Technology Partnership, its inductive technique has already been used to measure temperature over ranges of several hundred degrees Celsius to an accuracy of 1°C.While the concept of inducing eddy currents is used in o...

Imagination Technologies has launched OmniShield, designed to provide scalable and secure protection of next generation SoCs. The approach is described as a scalable security technology that ensures that applications which need to be secure are isolated from each other effectively and reliably as well as protected from non secure applications. Mult...

Philip King, Managing Director of Newbury Electronics said: "We know from our clients that the quick turnaround of a high quality prototype is critical when projects are in the development stage. It is often the case that the project can't move forward to the next stage until the PCB has been produced and incorporated and, as we all know,...

SiBeam's UltraGig SiI6400 transmitter is enabling 60GHz millimetre wave wireless video technology in Letv's Le Max smartphone. Letv – China's leading internet service provider – launched its first smartphone earlier this year.According to SiBeam, its wireless technology will expand the consumer content experience for Let...

An open beta program has been announced by Altium for its community-driven PCB design tool. CircuitMaker, which is a free software offering, will be available worldwide to all interested electronics designers, and aims to address the needs of the electronics maker and hobbyist community."We're incredibly excited to see how the CircuitM...

In a move which it claims as a breakthrough, Applied Materials has unveiled a new approach to patterning copper interconnects that is believed to be applicable at the 10nm node and beyond. In a move which it claims as a breakthrough, Applied Materials has unveiled a new approach to patterning copper interconnects that is believed to be app...

Fairchild claims it will reduce energy loss by 30% in its fourth generation 650V and 1200V IGBTs by using a novel design approach tailored for high and medium/speed switching applications in industrial and automotive markets.According to the company, it is applying an advanced high density pitch, self balancing cell build using a novel self ali...

MEMS specialist SiTime is addressing opportunities in the wearables and mobile markets with a new family of µPower MEMS oscillators. The first part to be announced, the SiT8021, is said to consume 90% less power than a quartz device, as well as being 40% smaller and 70% lighter.MEMS specialist SiTime is addressing opportunities in the wea...

Minister for Trade and Investment Francis Maude has announced the First Time Exporters initiative, a new package of support which includes training and advice for those companies looking to sell overseas for the first timeMinister for Trade and Investment Francis Maude has announced the First Time Exporters initiative, a new package of support...