What caught David Manners’ eye this week was Intel finding a new way to pay for building fabs in the USA.
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Fable: The Founders Who Went To Jail
Twelve years ago two company founders who had spawned a world-leading tech company with a market cap which reached $10 billion were sent to jail. They had founded the company only 13 years before and it had become the world leader in its field. However, after an ill-judged acquisition – paying $450 million for a …
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The Skull of the Terminator, Raspberry Pi style
I found this striking image looking at me in my twitter stream the other day: the Raspberry Pi-powered Terminator Skull, no less. It must be Tuesday…
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Infineon adds to SiC wafer suppliers
Infineon and II-VI have signed a multi-year supply agreement for SiC wafers. The first deliveries have already taken place. Infineon’s CoolSiC ICs are used in photovoltaic converters and industrial power supplies. SiC power semiconductors are used in the main inverters for e-vehicle drive trains, in onboard battery charging units and in charging infrastructures. II-VI and …
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ESA signs up for more space on smarter European roads
The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to extend the use of space-related technology along European roads. It has has finalised a Memorandum of Intent with ERTICO, the organisation for the European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination, a public-private partnership for the development of intelligent road systems. Specifically, the ESA’s Navigation Directorate finalised the agreement …
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Flosfia looking to mass produce Ga2O3 PMICs
Flosfia, a Japanese spin-off from Kyoto University, backed by Mitsubishi, Denso and the Development Bank of Japan, is about to move into mass production of gallium oxide-based PMICs, reports the Nikkei. Flosfia claims these gallium oxide devices reduce power loss by 70% compared with current devices, and can reduce EV power consumption by 10%. Flosfia …
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±20ppm 32kHz crystals as small as 2 x 1.2mm
Epson has introduced a ±20ppm (25°C, 12pF) 32.768kHz crystals in 2 x 1.2mm (FC2012AN) packaging. ESR is typically 35kΩ at 25°C. Operation is over -40 to +105°C, with ESR typically 50kΩ max -40 to +85°C in the smaller size, and 60kΩ max -40 to +105°C. Consumption is 319nA in a given situation, compared to 395nA …
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Culture Won – an insider’s view of how Arm changed the tech industry
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” said the business guru Peter Drucker, and Keith Clarke, a former Arm VP and 25 year Arm veteran, endorses Drucker’s view in his book ‘Culture Won’. There was, of course, a bit more to it. If Arm ever adopted a motto it would be: “I can do better than that” …
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Arm-based touch PCs for factory management
Advantech has announce ARM-based touch screen panel PCs aimed at machine automation. Available with 7, 10.1 or 15.6inch screen sizes, TPC-100W panel PCs have a quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 that supports Linux Yocto and Android operating systems – details below. The screens have capacitive touch and resolution to suit their size: WSVGA, WXGA or ‘full HD’ …
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Imagination’s GPU and neural processor on Alibaba Risc-V AI chip
Alibaba Group’s T-Head chip design company has adopted Imagination Technologies B-Series GPU and Series3NX neural network accelerator for an artificial intelligence IoT SoC. The Hertfordshire company joined T-Head’s ‘Wujian platform alliance’ in 2019 . “Imagination has been collaborating with T-head to build a heterogeneous GPU-NPU architecture based on Xuantie C910,” said Imagination. Yesterday, Wujian 600 …
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