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Fujitsu Divests Stake in Shinko Electric Chip Packaging
Fujitsu, a leading Japanese technology company, has announced its plans to sell its 50% stake in chip packager Shinko Electric Industries for a staggering $2.4 billion. The sale will be made to a consortium led by the state-owned investment fund Japan Investment...
UK Government Expands Access to Secret Comms Technologies at HMGCC
A government body dedicated to developing secret technologies for national security, His Majesty’s Government Communications Centre (HMGCC), has recently announced a new initiative to foster collaboration with technology firms and academics. Located at Hanslope Park near Milton Keynes, HMGCC is renowned as...
High-Voltage Gate Drivers for 62mm SiC MOSFET and Si IGBT up to 1700V
Power Integrations, a leading provider of high-performance gate drivers, is now sampling a family of plug-and-play gate drivers designed for 62 mm SiC MOSFET and silicon IGBT modules. These gate drivers are rated up to 1700 V and come with enhanced protection...
Q4 Smartphone Shipments Set to Surge Over 10% Sequentially
According to a recent report by Digitimes Research, smartphone shipments are projected to grow by more than 10% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) and 2% year-on-year (y-o-y), reaching over 300 million units. This growth is primarily driven by Apple's iPhone shipments, which have been performing...
Open Cosmos Successfully Completes Fourth Launch
Open Cosmos, the data satellite specialist, has successfully launched its fourth Earth Observation satellite of the year, ALISIO-1. The satellite was launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California onboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket. ALISIO-1 has been deployed from the D-Orbit ION...
New Software Enables Seamless Migration of STM32 MCU Code to STM32MP1
ST has released new software to facilitate the migration of STM32 MCU Find code to the more powerful STM32MP1 microprocessors. This software is aimed at meeting the increasing demand for greater host-system performance in various industries such as process equipment, factory-automation systems,...
Meet Sarmad Adeel: The Brilliant Mind Behind Blueshift Memory – EW BrightSparks 2023 Profile
Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.Here, in our series on the latest EW BrightSparks of 2023, we profile Sarmad Adeel, a Senior...
Spring-Loaded Edge Connectors: Enhancing Connectivity with Precision
Kyocera, a leading manufacturer of electronic components, has recently unveiled its latest innovation in the form of the 9159-7X0 Series. This series of double-ended linear card-edge connectors features a unique beryllium copper spring contact system, setting it apart from other connectors in...
New Photovoltaic Output Photocoupler Enhances High-Voltage Power MOSFET Gating
Toshiba has announced that it is now in volume production of a photovoltaic output photocoupler with an enhanced open-circuit voltage suitable for gating high-voltage power MOSFETs commonly used in solid-state relays (SSRs).The TLX9910 photocoupler is primarily designed for use within SSR applications...
Imec’s GaN-on-Si MISHEMTs: Cost-effective and High-performing Alternative to GaN MISHEMTs
Imec has developed aluminum-nitride/gallium-nitride (AlN/GaN) metal-insulator-semiconductor high-electron mobility transistors (MISHEMTs) on 200mm Si with high output power and energy efficiency while operating at 28GHz.With these results, imec's GaN-on-Si MISHEMT technology outperforms other GaN MISHEMT device technology in terms of performance, while the...
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