Vishay has introduced a 365nm wavelength leds in a 1.6 x 1.6 mm x 1.4mm surface-mount package, intending it to compete with mercury lamps in medical, industrial, and printing applications. Output of the InGaN VLMU1610-365-135 is typically 18mW at 20mA and 50mW at 60mA within 362.5 to 370nm. Life time is “up to 25,000h”, said the firm, which …

UV led replaces mercury lamps for medical and more

Sensor unit sales keep hitting new records but price erosion is curbing dollar growth, says IC Insights. Despite double-digit percentage increases in annual unit shipments, semiconductor sensor sales growth has become uncharacteristically lethargic because of steep price erosion in several major product categories. Strong unit demand is being fueled by new wearable systems, greater automation …

Sensor sales soar but ASPs sink

The SEMI book-to-bill for June was at parity – the lowest b-to-b ratio of the year. June bookings were $1.71 billion – down 2.1% on May’s 2016 $1.75 billion, but up12.9% on the June 2015 order level of $1.52 billion. June billings were $1.71 billion – up 7% on May’s $1.6 billion, and 10.2% higher …

SEMI book-to-bill at parity

Q2 VC funding moved higher but the number of deals dropped, says a report from KPMG and CB Insights, at the current rate, 2016 deal activity will barely top 2013’s numbers. The reason funding moved higher while deal activity dropped is that some larger startups such as those of Snapchat, Didi Chuxing, and Uber all …

VC funding up but deals down

3D X-Point is being sampled, according to Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, who says that SSD modules using the chips will be shipped this year. Called Optane, the SSDs appear to be aimed at a wide field of applications from servers to games machines. 3D X-Point was announced this time last year and declared to be …

Memories Are Made Of What?

Kemet is aiming at timing, filtering and phase-locked loops (PLLs) with a ceramic capacitor that has double the capacitance of CoG/NP0 types. Made to meet the U2J specification, the family has a linear -750±120ppm/ºC temperature coefficient – compared to zero for C0G/NP0 and non-linear for X7R – and works from -55 to +125ºC. “It also provides …

MLCC sits between NP0/C0G and X7R in size and stability

25 years ago I was passed a gem of a piece of wisdom by the then chairman and md of Intel UK, Keith Chapple. We were both sitting on a panel with Jerry Sanders at the 1991 Dataquest Conference in Marbella. I was terrified – Sanders is a formidable debater – and I think that, …

5:30 Will Come

Tech firm Quest will use Cree and Cisco Power over Ethernet gear at a California facility, and will resell it as a service too in an IoT play.

The IPL project is the 14th project in North America, and the first Platinum-awarded pipeline, to receive an ISI Envision rating award.

This project will play an important role in converting the facility into a Water Resource Recovery Center(WRRC).