TSMC has taped out a 10nm design for Apple, reports Digitimes. Certification of the process is scheduled for Q4 with customer samples in Q1 2017,and early volume in Q2 17. Shipping for revenue is slated for Q3 17. Called A11, the chip is destined for Apple’s phone launching Autumn 2017. Intel’s 10nm process was due …
Perovskite: not always solar, sometimes heatsink interface
Perovkite materials are getting a name for themselves in the world of solar cells, and now Imperial College has used the same crystal structure to make a material that predictably and tune-ably shrinks as it gets warmer – as opposed to the normal action of expanding when heated. “Electronic components often expand at different rates …
Intel overtakes ST for third place in industrial semi market
TI was the leading vendor of semiconductors to the industrial sector in 2015, ahead of Infineon Technologies, says Semicast Research. Intel passed ST to become the third largest vendor, with Renesas Electronics completing the top five. Semicast defines the industrial sector to include traditional areas such as factory automation, motor drives, lighting, building automation, test …
Intel overtakes ST for third place in industrial semi market
Updated: Microchip’s hardware-encrypted micro for IoT
Microchip has launched a hardware crypto-enabled 32bit microcontroller which can add security to IoT devices, offering encryption and authentication. To reduce man-in-the-middle, denial-of-service and back-door attacks, the chip allows for pre-boot authentication of the system firmware in order to ensure that the firmware is untouched and uncorrupted, thereby preventing security attacks such as vulnerabilities. It …
ST Drops Down League Of Industrial Semi Suppliers
Intel passed ST to become the third largest vendor of industrial semiconductors, says Semicast Research. No,1 was TI and No.2 was Infineon. Renesas was No.5. Semicast defines the industrial sector to include traditional areas such as factory automation, motor drives, lighting, building automation, test & measurement and power & energy, as well as medical electronics …
Heat pipes improved by high-tech dots
Engineers at Oregon State University have tripled heat transfer (in W/m2K) in heatsinks that rely in liquid boiling, by finding a way to induce and control boiling bubble formation. “One of the key limitations for electronic devices is the heat they generate, and something that helps dissipate that heat will help them operate at faster …
A Tenuous Industry
Even when Intel was one of the world’s ten most valuable companies, and Gordon Moore was chairman of it, he still didn’t have his own parking space, complaining once: “We have so many people in Santa Clara that if you leave during the day, it’s difficult to get a parking space when you come back.” …
Amazon EC2 Auto Recovery now available in the Beijing (China) Region
EC2 Auto Recovery, an Amazon EC2 feature designed to increase instance availability, is now available in Beijing (China). With Auto Recovery, you can automatically recover supported instances when a system impairment is detected. Auto Recovery keeps your existing instance running and automatically recovers your instance on new underlying hardware, if needed, so you do not generally need to migrate to a new instance.
Black & Veatch design, construction project management for San Diego region delivers emergency water storage and supply
Black & Veatch provided construction project management and design services on two of the four completed key facilities of the Emergency and Carryover Storage Project (E&CSP), which provides the region with up to six months of emergency water storage.
Pennsylvania American Water acquires New Cumberland Wastewater System
The total value of the transaction is approximately $23 million.