IQD have launched what they believe to be the world’s smallest 32.768kHz clock oscillator in a design that also delivers very low power. The device measures 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.7mm and comes in a hermetically sealed ceramic package. With a current consumption of 30µA and with a standby current of 3µA, the power clock …

IQD makes smallest clock oscillator

Imagination Technologies, Microchip Technology and Digilent have announced the Connected MCU Lab, a new course developed through the companies’ respective university programs. The semester-long curriculum, available to universities worldwide, is designed to be an introductory and first microcontroller (MCU) class taken by undergraduate electronic engineering and computer science students. It delivers a start to connected …

Imagination, Microchip, Digilent team up on university MCU course

Reluctance to invest in semiconductor start-ups could be changing, it was stated at the GSA’s European Executive Forum in Munich this week. “The problem has been the lack of exits – 25 in 2009, 9 in 2015,” Jean-Michel Deligny managing director at London-based investor Silverpeak, told the Forum, “but now it could be that semiconductor …

GSA Forum: Semiconductor start-up investment may be coming back

DLI, part of Knowles, has introduced 10dB and 20dB directional couplers for C, X and Ku bands. Made using thin-film high-permittivity temperature-stable materials , they are intended for commercial, military and space microwave applications. “The four port couplers are excellent for high frequency signal monitoring applications where board space is a premium and quality power …

DLI introduces directional couplers for C X and Ku bands

The European Commission has now formally charged Google with breaking competition rules over its Android mobile operating system.

European Commission charges Google with Android antitrust violations

Researchers at the University of Georgia and at Ben-Gurion University in Israel claim to have demonstrated how nanoscale electronic components can be made from single DNA molecules. According to the study’s lead author, Bingqian Xu, an associate professor in the UGA College of Engineering: “For 50 years, we have been able to place more and …

US researchers make ‘smallest’ diode from DNA molecules

Intel is restructuring – away from PC processors and towards server and mobile chips. “The data centre and IoT businesses are Intel’s primary growth engines, with memory and FPGAs accelerating these opportunities,” said the firm. Electronics Weekly looked into likely Intel job cuts two days ago These changes will result in 12,000 employees losing their jobs – which …

Intel confirms 12,000 job cuts and restructuring

The light-guide-based RSW LED street light family now includes models that extend to 210W and 23,000 lm while the packaged LED business within Cree has rolled out the third-generation of the XP-G LED family.

Leading into LightFair International, there has been a flurry of activity in the network and control area for LED-based lighting led by Lutron’s introduction of the new Vive platform, and new partnerships among a number of industry stalwarts.

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