Socionext, the Panasonic-Fujitsu SoC jv, has introduced an evaluation package for its 360° Wrap-Around View (WAV) system. The package combines the hardware, software and support services necessary for initial evaluation and development of the WAV system. Customers lacking resources to evaluate the system themselves can now develop their own customized systems with this new solution. …
ARM, AMD, Huawei, IBM, Qualcomm, Mellanox and Xilinx team up on datacentre
ARM, AMD, Huawei, IBM, Qualcomm, Mellanox and Xilinx have joined forces to bring a high-performance open acceleration framework to data centers. The companies are collaborating on the specification for the new Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (CCIX). For the first time in the industry, a single interconnect technology specification will ensure that processors using different …
ARM, AMD, Huawei, IBM, Qualcomm, Mellanox and Xilinx team up on datacentre
GloFo enhances 130nm SiGe RF process
GloFo has enhanced its 130nm RF SiGe process to deliver 5G performance. The technology is optimized for customers who need improved performance solutions for automotive radar, satellite communications, 5G millimeter-wave base stations and other wireless and wireline communication network applications. GLoFo’s SiGe 8XP technology is the latest extension to the company’s 130nm high-performance SiGe family …
T.J.
The best description of T.J Rodgers, the founding CEO of Cypress, is that he’s “an engineer’s engineer’. An engineer’s curiosity took him into areas like optical networking and solar power, buying optical specialist HiBand Semiconductor in 2001 and investing $8 million in Sun Power in 2002. In 2005 Sun Power had an IPO in which …
Add uninterruptible power to your Raspberry Pi
A German company called Seprotronic has designed uninterruptible power supplies for use with a Raspberry Pi.
New topology gives TI 10MHz dc-dc conversion
Texas Instruments has unveiled a new dc-dc topology, and with it is claiming industry’s highest current density for a 12V, 10A, 10MHz dc-dc converter at 50A/cm3. Similar to a two-phase buck converter, the added series capacitor allows the switching transistors to operate at half the input voltage, more than halving switching losses, TI energy systems …
Raspberry Pi needs 10 million connectors
A Hong Kong-based connector manufacturer says it has shipped ten millionth dual USB connectors for the Raspberry Pi. Global Connector Technology (GCT) dual, USB type A is used in the Raspberry Pi and the supplier says it has seen a big rise in sales from the multiple subcontractors handling Pi production. Two dual USB connectors …
Sealing nylon 3D prints
Laser sintered nylon 3D prints are porous – with a surface like Trebor mints according to 3Dprint-UK, unless they get treated in some way. Sealing the material, which seems to be it is PA2200, to stop it getting grubby or leaking water into one-off enclosures is not an exact science. 3D print firm Shapeways has …
Sounds Like Plessey
To specify Plessey loudspeakers is to ensure outstanding reliability. So, 55 years ago, ran an ad in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 26th 1961. The ad continued: Careful design, up-to- date manufacturing methods and stringent tests together provide a service unsurpassed in the industry. Outstanding features of the latest types include a choice of motor …
Packaged LED news: Lumileds COB, Everlight automotive, and RayVio UV
Compact COB LEDs from Lumileds generate 76,000 cd in a narrow beam, while Everlight Electronics has new LEDs for front- and rear-facing automotive applications, and RayVio launches new UV-C LEDs for disinfection applications.