ARM has acquired embedded vision specialist Apical for $350 million in cash, The acquisition supports ARM’s long term growth strategy by enabling new imaging products for next generation vehicles, security systems, robotics, mobile and any consumer, smart building, industrial or retail application where intelligent image processing is needed. Apical’s technology will complement the ARM® Mali™ …
Intel, CEA extend R&D agreement
The CEA (Atomic Energy Commission) and Intel are boosting their collaboration through a new R & D agreement signed in Paris on Thursday 12 May. This collaboration, extended to several key areas in digital technology, will enable the two sides to develop a shared R&D programme and jointly submit research and innovation projects on a …
Narrowband green is easier for migraine sufferers
Exposing migraine sufferers to a narrow band of green light significantly reduces photophobia and can reduce headache severity, according to a report by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Harvard University and published in Brain: Migraine photophobia originating in cone-driven retinal pathways. “Although photophobia is not usually as incapacitating as headache pain itself, the inability …
TI claims industry’s fastest 14bit ADC
Texas instruments is claiming the fastest 14bit ADC yet with one that works at 3Gsample/s, delivering “an instantaneous 1.5GHz-per-channel bandwidth, enabling engineers to implement wideband in-phase and quadrature-component receivers beyond 2.5 GHz”, said the firm. The dual-channel ADC32RF45 can be used for direct RF signal conversion up to 4GHz,” said TI. “The first in a new data …
If At First You Don’t Succeed . . . . .
China is taking to heart the old maxim: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. It has found another route into the DRAM business. UMC is to help China make DRAM in an agreement which has been approved by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs. China has a problem with its huge trade deficit …
IQE ties up with Imec for GaN-on-Si
IQE and imec have demonstrated 650V GaN-on-Si power diodes on 200 mm wafers GaN technology offers faster switching-power devices with higher breakdown voltage and lower on-resistance than silicon, making it an ideal material for advanced power electronic components. The partnership builds on promising results achieved in a recent project, in which imec and IQE collaborated …
Top 10 (+10) Q1 IC Vendors
Thanks to IC Insights for this one – the top 20 semiconductor vendors in Q1:
Autonomous vehicles get insurance boost in the UK
Autonomous vehicles are to be insured under normal policies in the UK. This was one of the government proposals announced in the Queen’s Speech. According to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), this is an important step forward which will ultimately improve road safety and reduce congestion. But the IET warned the Government that …
Digi-Key circles the world with ARM’s processor tools
Digi-Key Electronics has expanded its distribution partnership with ARM to include all of Asia. In addition to expanding the reach of the partnership, ARM’s latest Keil MDK Version 5.20 software development kit for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers is also available through Digi-Key. Keil MDK includes the µVision IDE, C/C++ compiler, debugger, Software Component management, and the CMSIS …
Imagination goes with Debian OS for MIPS64 processors
Imagination is working with the Debian Project to accelerate development of the open source Debian operating system for its 64-bit MIPS processors. As part of its work with the project, Imagination is providing the project several MIPS64 processor based platforms, its calls SDNA-7130, for development and evaluation purposes. The SDNA-7130 (Software Defined Network Appliance) platforms …