The SIA has delivered an eight point plan to help the US semiconductor industry.

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TI has introduced two 4-V to 36-V power modules that measure just 3.0 mm by 3.8 mm and require only two external components for operation. The 0.5-A LMZM23600 and 1-A LMZM23601 DC/DC step-down converters achieve up to 92% efficiency, which minimizes energy loss, and feature MicroSIP packaging The converters expand TI’s power module portfolio to …

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MWC 2018 opens today against the backdrop of the first y-o-y (Q4-on-Q4) decline in smartphone shipments as measured by Gartner. Yesterday, a number of companies held previews of their wares. Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri said the company would combine its WPON technology with Facebook’s 60MHz Terragraph technology to deliver gigabit broadband to the home with …

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Embedded World is Europe’s largest showcase for embedded components and systems where over 1,000 exhibitors will show their wares across six halls of the Nuremberg Messe. Embedded World is by no means a Europe-only show. The big chip firms exhibiting include Broadcom, Microchip/Atmel, Canonical (Ubuntu), Epson, Fujitsu, Infineon, Intel, Renesas, Rohm and Xilinx to name …

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Here, thanks to CB Insights,  are the US companies with the most cash stashed abroad:

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Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm (pictured)  told the MWC audience that  Ericsson can supply operators with 5G infrastructure as from Q4. Ekolm said that the commercial deployment of 5G will initially be for mobile broadband. “We believe network slicing is critical as we move into the 5G world; we performed a joint study with DT that …

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The Chairman of Qualcomm has written to the CEO of Broadcom saying that the conditions for a takeover of Qualcomm have been agreed except for the condition of price. Qualcomm is offering a break-up fee to Broadcom of 9% of enterprise value ($7.38 billion) if regulatory approval is refused by any fault of Qualcomm. Broadcom …

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Some say all the latest phones look the same. Surely not.

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Great news. There are now more ways to connect wires directly to PCBs, this time brought to you from Würth Elektronik.

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The closing date is fast approaching! Check out this competition on Electronics Weekly, which offers the chance to get your hands on NXP NFC-enabled LPC8N04 development board.

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