Samsung to invest $116bn in logic

Samsung plans to invest $116 billion in logic chips between now and 2030 creating 15,000 new jobs. $63 billion will go to domestic R&D and $52 billion will be spent on production facilities. A focus will be on foundry where it is second to TSMC with a market share of 19% compared to TSMC’s 48%. ...

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Chip component gets heat out of tight spots without leaking electrons

TT Electronics has introduced a surface-mount component designed exclusively to get heat out of tight spots. Looking much like a chip resistor or capacitor, TJC series ‘thermal jumper chips’ are made of solid aluminium nitride for good thermal conductivity with low electrical leakage and low capacitance. “Aluminium nitride has nearly five times the thermal conductivity ...

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Hitachi adds to robot portfolio

Hitachi is to buy  JR Automation Technologies of Michigan which builds production lines and logistics systems using industrial robots. In March, Hitachi bought KEC Corporation (KEC), a Japanese robotic system integrator. The acquisition of JR Automation will allow Hitachi to f expand its Lumada Solution business. Lumada is Hitachi’s advanced digital solutions, services, and technologies ...

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ST finds Q1 market soft

ST had Q1  revenues of $2.08 billion, down 6.7% y-o-y; gross proffit of $818 million down 7.9% y-o-y; gross margin of 39.4% down 50 basis points y-o-y; operating margin of 10.2% and net income of $178 million Operating income decreased 21.6% to $211 million, compared to $269 million in the year-ago quarter. The operating margin ...

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Digital security experts hunt for vulnerabilities on new trains

Rolling stock maker Bombardier Transportation has appointed Ricardo and Roke Manor Research to study the digital security risk profile of Aventra, its latest train type, soon to go into service with Crossrail, Transport for London and on various UK over-land services. Ricardo brings knowledge of rail operations, rolling stock design, systems engineering and passenger interaction, while ...

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Interview: SamacSys CEO on component modelling, EDA and engineering frustrations

We talk to Alex MacDougall, founder and CEO of SamacSys, about EDA tools and component libraries.

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Analog Bits has PCIe design kits

Analog Bits has front-end design kits for a complete PCIe clocking subsystem, which integrates the oscillator, PCIe class 100MHz reference clock generator with built-in Spread Spectrum Clock Generation (SSCG) and HCSL clock output buffer all into one macro. The Analog Bits clock PHY lowers Bill of Materials cost and saves power pins by sharing with ...

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Google drone delivery commercial service gets FAA certification

Thanks Wing Aviation, Google’s drone unit, has got certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration to deliver goods by drone in the State of  Virginia. Wing says it will start a service delivering goods from businesses to homes later this year. “This is an important step forward for the safe testing and integration of drones ...

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Tesla designs the best chip in the world

Tesla has designed the best chip in the world. What’s more it did it the first time it ever tried to design a chip. “How could it be that Tesla, who has never designed a chip before, would design the best chip in the world?” asked Elon Musk (pictured) at an analyst meeting earlier this ...

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250 designs for TSMC 7nm on Synopsys EDA

Synopsys says its DesignWare Logic Library, Embedded Memory, Interface and Analogue IP on TSMC’s 7nm)l process technology has achieved more than 250 design wins. Nearly 30 semiconductor companies have selected Synopsys’ portfolio to deliver their chips, says Synopsys. By achieving broad adoption of its DesignWare IP with multiple customer silicon successes, Synopsys enables designers to reduce risk ...

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Top Ten Foundries

Thanks to TrendForce for this one – the top ten foundries:

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Multilayer varistors target the smart home

Surface-mount, multilayer varistors from TDK Epcos are now available from TTI. The CeraDiode and CTVS multilayer varistors (MLVs) are designed for smart home applications and security devices. According to the company, the MLVs’ surge current ratings are comparable to those of disk varistors, making them suitable for use as alternatives to transient voltage suppression (TVS) diodes, yet with ...

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IoT wireless MCUs major on security for Bluetooth, Zigbee and Thread

Silicon Labs has added a second generation of wireless Gecko processors, with baked in security hardware. Called Wireless Gecko platform, Series 2, the products are based around Arm’s Cortex-M33, in 80MHz form, that includes TrustZone virtualisation hardware to separate secure and non-secure software. “Series 2 improves multiple design elements, including wireless performance, software reuse, RF communication reliability ...

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Voila! Digi-Key adds wireless connectivity

Developers and makers can take an existing microcontroller application that does not have wireless connectivity and, using just two GPIO pins, add it without modifying the original firmware, via IoTize‘s TapNLink products for Bluetooth and near field communications (NFC) products. The French start up company has signed a distribution agreement with Digi-Key to resell the wireless ...

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ST combines accelerometer and accurate thermometer

ST has combined a 3-axis MEMS accelerometer and a temperature sensor on a single die Called LIS2DTW12, the sensor is aimed at space-constrained and battery-constrained applications as shipping trackers, wearables, and IoT endpoints. Temperature accuracy is 0.8°C, according to the firm’s product announcement, although its helpful application page adds a caveat: “….a typical accuracy of ±0.8°C between ...

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The Brainwash App

The crack-down on the West Coast tech giants from regulators in the EU and elsewhere is missing a trick. Here’s how China whips in its population so they gain proper benefit from the Internet. The government TV service has launched an app called: “Study the Powerful Country”. Chinese citizens use the app to show how ...

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More accessible FPGA boards

For those keen to use an FPGA to do something, but only with easy-to-use and affordable hardware, there is the Arduino MKR Vidor 4000 – combining an Intel/Altera MAX10 FPGA with a Arm Cortex-M0+ (in a SAMD21) and a U-blox Nina W102-00B Wi-Fi module. And now I know there are also board from TinyFPGA in the ...

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China Arm-based server chip company to close

China’s attempt to make Arm-based server processors is being closed down. Huaxintong Semiconductor is a three year-old jv between Qualcomm and the Guizhou Province of China. Huaxintong was set up to pursue Arm-based server chips. Qualcomm owned 45% of the jv and Guizhou province 55%. According to The Information, Qualcomm and Guizhou had invested $570 ...

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Amphenol to launch quick-turn configuration tool

Amphenol is to launch an online quick-turn cable configuration tool called QuickBuild RF. QuickBuild RF will allow customers to configure cable assemblies from a wide assortment of radio frequency (RF) connectors and standard cables at any length, delivered in less than one week with no minimum order quantity. QuickBuild RF will use  Amphenol RF connectors. ...

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