The CAN-FD protocol covers speeds up to 5 Mbit/s in automotive applications.

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The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has launched a business growth scheme open to budding space entrepreneurs, dubbed the Leo Programme. The focus of the accelerator programme is on building sustainable business models rather raising investment. Specifically, it is a free, six month virtual programme, designed to support up to 20 businesses that are “post proof-of-concept …

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In Q4, Transphorm and Salom, with help from Qualcomm, are to to bring to market a Quick Charge 5 compliant 100 watt GaN power adapter that will charge smartphones from 0 to 50% in five minutes. It will be a universal adapter offering the traditional power delivery mode and the USB-C programmable power supply (PPS) …

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The CMOS Image Sensor industry grew 7.3% YoY in 2020, reaching $20.7 billion, says Yole Développement, which forecasts the CIS market, to reach $31.5 billion by 2026. The CIS industry represents 4.7% of the $440 billion global semiconductor industry, this share stayed unchanged from 2019. Mobile remains the most important application for CIS, representing 68% of …

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Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is on a mission to get governments to invest in chip manufacturing, reports the Wall Street Journal, Gelsinger also has an internal Intel mission to return Intel to the leading of chip process technology  by 2025. The two missions are clearly complementary. Adding urgency to Gelsinger’s missions are worldwide concerns among …

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Ventec of Leamington Spa is taking over exclusive distribution of Taiyo America products in the UK and Ireland and mainland Europe. From 01 October this year, Taiyo products will be supplied from Ventec’s distribution hubs in Germany and the United Kingdom. Taiyo America will continue to provide sales and technical support to its direct customers, …

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There’s fibre being fed through water mains, the world’s thinnest magnet, smaller PolarFire FPGAs from Microchip, Infineon’s MEMs-based optical scanner for cars and Lockheed Martin’s advanced manufacturing facility…

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So lustrous was the name of Bob Widlar in the chip industry that, even though Widlar didn’t work for them Teledyne Semiconductor, which second-sourced Widlar-designed ICs, carried an ad which ran: “Godzilla, alias Bob Widlar, is the well known king of the linear IC underworld. Teledyne, on the other hand, is known as the semiconductor …

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The Swarm Eval Kit is described as an out-of-the-box satellite communications kit allows you to build IoT sensors – for temperature, weather or asset tracking, say – that can relay their data through the Swarm Technologies network from anywhere on the planet.

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Cyber Runway is a programme from the DCMS to support cyber entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and scaleups. The UK-wide programme to be delivered by Plexal, CyLon, Deloitte and The Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT). Expressions of interest from applicants, mentors and investors can now be made Innovative cyber startups, small businesses and scaleups will benefit …

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