Maxim is aiming at charging lithium-ion or lithium-polymer cells from USB Type-C sources with the MAX77860 switch-mode (2 or 4MHz) buck charger that can flip direction, becoming a boost converter to power 2A USB on-The-Go loads using the same inductor. Meanwhile, it also powers a load, either from the external power source or battery. Inputs can …

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Following four consecutive quarters of decline in 2018, smartphone shipments were down 6.3% in Q1 y-o-y Shipments totaled 323.8 million units in Q1, down from 345.6 million In Q1 2018 according to IHS Markit. Samsung Electronics maintained the top rank in the smartphone market in terms of volume with shipments of 70.8 million units during …

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In his book High Output Management, Intel co-founder, CEO and Chairman Andy Grove tells of the particular problem tech companies encounter with decision-making. ‘In traditional industries, where the management chain of  command was precisely defined, a person making a cartain kind of decision was a person occupying a particular in the organization chart’ Wrote Grove, …

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IC industry revenues will decline 7.4%  drop in revenue this year to $446.2 million from $482 billion last year, says IHS Markit. The downturn is due to increasingly soft demand, combined with a rapid rise in inventory levels in the first quarter. These events have impacted some semiconductor product segments more than others. DRAM, NAND …

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You can now create Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations through AWS CloudFormation . You can make Capacity Reservations part of the provisioning strategy as you set up your cloud environments. Take advantage of On-Demand Capacity Reservations if you have specific requirements around instance type, instance size, instance capability, and Availability Zones, and if you need higher levels of assurance that you will be able to launch (or relaunch) into a specific capacity.

On-Demand Capacity Reservations let you reserve Amazon EC2 capacity for any duration. You can reserve the exact capacity you need, in the location you need, and can keep it only for as long as you need it. On-Demand Capacity Reservations are activated as soon as they are requested, and they stay active until cancelled. Once created, the EC2 capacity is held for you regardless of whether you run the instances or not. If you have Regional RI discounts, they will automatically apply to any matching Capacity Reservation. This gives you the flexibility to selectively add capacity reservations and still get the Regional RI discounts for that usage.

On-Demand Capacity Reservations are available in all public Regions. Visit AWS CloudFormation user guide to learn more about adding Capacity Reservations to your CloudFormation template. To learn more about Capacity Reservations and how to use them, visit FAQs , Linux or Windows user guides. You can also create and manage Capacity Reservations through the AWS Management Console , AWS SDK and CLI.
 

Apple has paid $4.5-4.7 billion to settle its spat with Qualcomm, it seems from Qualcomm’s Q1 results,  Qualcomm’s calendar Q1 sales were $4.98 billion down 4.6% y-o-y for a net profit of $663 million. Qualcomm expects calendar Q2 sales to be between $9.2-$10.2 billion. Qualcomm says 5G roll-out is slower than expected. Qualcomm said it …

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Laird Performance Materials has developed a hybrid thermal & EMI absorber material that supports 5G handheld device and network infrastructure applications. CoolZorb 5G is specifically designed for the millimeter wave (mmWave) and microwave frequencies that 5G will implement. The multifunctional CoolZorb 5G serves as a heat-mitigating gap filler and EMI-reducing absorber to optimize 5G system …

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Moortec has delivered its In-Chip Monitoring solution on TSMC 7nm FinFET process to the Arm NeoverseTM N1 System Development Platform (SDP). Moortec supported integration and utilization of its process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) sensing subsystem technology to the platform, enabling the next-generation cloud-to- edge infrastructure, powered by Arm Neoverse solutions. The Neoverse N1 SDP is …

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UK manufacturing and technology sectors are vying for first and second place as the most cyber-attacked industry sectors, according to the 2019 Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) from US firm NTT Security – the report is compiled from trillions of logs and millions of attacks, said NTT, whose data is analysed across 18 industry sectors. “While …

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Green Hills Software has up-graded two of its software tools for product developers working with Robot Operating System (ROS) middleware. The changes “enable ROS developers on Linux to develop and deploy their projects to Green Hills Integrity RTOS to meet the functional safety requirements that many ROS programs require”, according to the company. “Adding support …

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