5G at microwave frequencies will need a high bandwidth mixer, says Linear

Bandwidth is rapidly expanding in the next generation wireless access to cope with the ever-increasing Internet traffic. The available spectrum simply cannot support the needed bandwidth. Higher frequency spectrum is being evaluated for suitability. New mixers with improved performance will be needed, write Bruce Hemp and James Wong. Also 5G wireless is expected to deliver ...

5G at microwave frequencies will need a high bandwidth mixer, says Linear

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L+B: Osram bins for better LED lighting consistency

For better perceived colour consistency, Osram Opto Semi has announced LEDs binned to the CIE 2015 10° u‘v‘ colour definition. The CIE is the International Commission on Illumination (abbreviated from its French name Commission internationale de l’éclairage). “In contrast to the established CIE 1931 2° color space, the recently developed CIE 2015 10° corresponds much better ...

L+B: Osram bins for better LED lighting consistency

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Imec cleanroom pushes towards ‘the ultimate IC technology.’

Imec has opened a 4,000 square-metre 300mm clean rom which brings its total clean room capacity to 12,000 square metres. It will give Imec the capability to scale ICs beyond 7nm. Installations of the first tools began in January 2016. The new 300mm cleanroom complements Imec’s other production facilities including its bio-nanolabs, neuroelectronics labs, imaging ...

Imec cleanroom pushes towards ‘the ultimate IC technology.’

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SMIC to produce RRAM

SMIC is to manufacture Crossbar’s Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) for embedded applications like MCUs. SMIC will provide Crossbar RRAM blocks made on SMIC’ 40nm CMOS manufacturing process. This will enable customers to integrate low latency, high performance and low power embedded RRAM memory blocks into MCUs and SoCs. “Designers of highly integrated MCUs and ...

SMIC to produce RRAM

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ZeroBorg motors around with Raspberry Pi Zero

Welcome the ZeroBorg, a motor controller for the little Raspberry Pi Zero. Having made motor controllers and sensors for the Raspberry Pi, PiBorg, has now turned its attention to the baby of the Pi family. Although it’s suitably compact for its host, ZeroBorg will let you drive a number of motors from the device, opening up ...

ZeroBorg motors around with Raspberry Pi Zero

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Plessey’s Stellar beam control LED module

This week Plessey is releasing its Stellar LED beam control module. Stellar is Plessey’s latest, GaN-on-silicon, LED solution with the combination of Plessey’s MaGIC low cost, high efficiency, surface-emitting LEDs with unique modular optics representing the next phase in LED lighting. “As part of our chip scale optics development we have developed a variety of ...

Plessey’s Stellar beam control LED module

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Roll Up, Roll Up: Intel Flogging Capital Assets

So why has Intel hired UBS to try and sell $1 billion worth of Intel Capital’s assets? The plan has caused investor alarm, first because it suggests that Intel doesn’t see these investments delivering required returns, second because it underscores a general perception that start-up valuations have been too high, and third because it will ...

Roll Up, Roll Up: Intel Flogging Capital Assets

from ElectronicsWeekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/shenanigans/roll-up-roll-up-intel-flogging-capital-assets-2016-03/