Vishay has published an app note on charging its 196 HVC Enycap series of hybrid energy storage capacitor-batteries – which combine electrostatic and faradaic energy storage, in its words – as it looks like these components need a little TLC if they are to last. “For applications requiring a constantly high charge state of the Enycap capacitors, such …
Silego adds to Greenpak line
Silego has added to itSGreenPAK (GPAK) product line. Silego’s GPAK family of Configurable Mixed-signal ICs (CMICs) is designed to easily integrate common discrete ICs and passive components into a single device with programmable Non-Volatile Memory. The SLG46108V brings the functionality and versatility of the GPAK family into the ultra-small 1.0 x 1.2 x 0.55 mm, …
Xilinx cuts ARM cores to two in Zynq FPGAs
Xilinx has introduced a stripped-down version of its Zynq FPGAs, reducing the number of 64bit ARM Cortex-A53 cored from four to two in the new ‘CG’ variant. The chips retain both the dual 32bit Cortex-R5 cores of their predecessors, but loses the Mali-400 graphics processor, and there is no H.264/H.265 video codec. “The devices add a …
Imec develops junction-less, gate-all-round, nanowire FETs
Imec has developed junction-less gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire (NW) FETs built in lateral and vertical configurations. With their simplified processing, improved reliability, reduced low frequency noise and lower IOFF values, they are an attractive option for advanced logic, low power circuits and analog/RF applications. Moreover, they enable a simpler path for considerable SRAM scaling via the …
ASML buys Hermes Microvision for $3bn
ASML is to acquire Hermes Microvision (HMI) for $3.1 billion. ASML and HMI are already developing joint approaches that IC manufacturers can use to improve yields. “Our over-arching goal is to serve our customers even better and offer them the tools they need to achieve higher yields at the most advanced nodes,” says ASML CEO …
Relocation, relocation is key for recruiting digital specialists
Businesses looking to recruit specialists with digital skills need to offer competitive relocation packages, new research has found – with 94% of digital candidates willing to relocate for a role if offered good perks. The research, by digital recruitment agency The Candidate, surveyed 500 digital professionals and revealed that 25% have been offered a relocation …
Relocation, relocation is key for recruiting digital specialists
Cambridge sensor firm bought by ams
Cambridge CMOS Sensors (CCMOSS), a specialist in MEMS (micro electromechanical systems) for gas sensing and infrared applications, has been bought by Austrian semiconductor manufacturer ams. The semiconductor company wants to add to its technology for industrial and medical sensors for detecting gases like CO, NOx, and VOCs. The Cambridge firm manufactures its MEMS structures on …
Murata claims smallest inductors
Murata is claiming a miniaturisation record with ‘high-frequency’ inductors that have a 0.25 x 0.125mm footprint, and are 0.2mm tall. Officially 008004 size, and called the LQP01HQ series, they apparently have the same Q characteristics as its previous 0.4×0.2mm (01005/0402) LQP02TN range, which have Q=15, but with half the board mounting area. That said, its existing 01005 …
Imagination increases security on MIPS processors
Imagination Technologies has teamed up with Eindhoven chip security firm Intrinsic-ID to add a ‘physically un-cloneable function’ (PUF) to MIPS cores – initially the M5150 CPU – for authentication and anti-cloning. “With growing connectivity across nearly every product category from consumer to automotive to industrial and beyond, security is an ever increasing challenge, and the massive …
Big Bang Fair wants firms to get involved in STEM promo
The Big Bang Fair is looking for companies, education institutions and show organisers to play their part in next year’s Fair, taking place at the NEC in Birmingham, 15-18 March 2017. The Big Bang UK Young Scientists and Engineers Fair brings together the STEM community in a collective effort to inspire over 70,000 young people, …