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Globalfoundries and Ayar Labs, a startup bringing optical input/output I/O to ICs, have announced a strategic collaboration to co-develop and commercialize differentiated silicon photonic technology solutions. The companies will develop and manufacture Ayar’s novel CMOS optical I/O technology, using GF’s 45nm CMOS fabrication process, to deliver an alternative to copper I/O that offers up to …

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Lattice Semi has announced 60Ghz modules with built-in phased array antennas for links up to 300m – in cities for example. Designed for point-to-point and point-to-multi-point operation, and branded GigaRay, the firm is demonstrating the modules in a complete terminal weighing less than 1kg. The modules are in pairs, together called MOD65412, based on technology …

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AMS has created a full-colour sensor that matches eye response with RGB, adds special blue sensors for 440nm and 490nm, and another for near-infra-red. Called AS7264N, it is a “tri-stimulus sensor which provides measurements of colour that closely match the human eye’s response to the visible light spectrum,” said the firm. “The sensor also accurately …

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“Stand and Deliver!” – Dick Turpin’s old cry as he levelled his flintlocks from the back of Black Bess – is back. The highways and byways of CyberSpace increasingly ring to the cry of digital Highwaymen. Uber shelled out $100k to the guys who hacked them in condition that they kept quiet and deleted the …

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 How can solid state electronics mature without losing its youth? This question was posed in the US recently by Dr J G Linvill of the Stanford Electronics Laboratory.  So, 56 years ago, starts a story in Electronics Weekly’s issue of March 26th 1961.  The story continues:  Speaking at the 1961 Solid State Circuit Conference in …

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XMOS has brought out a voice processor which delivers 2-channel full duplex AEC  for developers working in the  voice-enabled smart TV, soundbar, set-top box, and digital media adapter markets, all of which require stereo-AEC support for “across the room” voice-interface solutions. The processor  also supports configurable AEC latency, where the AEC reference signals can be accurately …

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ST has put a 600V/8A single-phase MOSFET full bridge in a 13mm x 11mm SiP for use in industrial motor drives, lamp ballasts, power supplies, converters, and inverters. With a footprint 60% smaller than a comparable circuit built from discrete components, the PWD13F60 can also boost end-application power density. By integrating four power MOSFETs, it …

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Imec has used an optimised CMOS process to fabricate vertically stacked gate-all-around (GAA) silicon nanowire transistors in a functional ring oscillator. The demonstrator shows the enormous promise this technology holds for realizing sub-5nm technology nodes. Gate-all-around (GAA) MOSFETs based on vertically stacked horizontal nanowires or nanosheets are promising candidates to succeed FinFETs in sub-5nm technology …

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Q3 billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment billings were $14.3 billion, reports SEMI, which is a record. Q3 bIllings were 2% up on Q2 and 30% up on Q3 2016. The strongest Q3 growth was in Europe while Korea remained the largest market. Q3 Billings by Region $bn. % change from Q316 Korea. 4.99. 139% Taiwan …

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