Chinese IC companies held only 3% of total IC sales in 2015. American companies held a 54% share of the total worldwide IC market in 2015, which includes sales from IDMs and fabless IC companies, reports IC Insights. The total does not include foundry sales. South Korean companies captured a 20% share of total IC …
SIA sees semiconductor sales slip down
February semiconductor sales reached $26 billion, down 3.2% on January’s $26.9 billion and down 6.2% on the February 2015 total of $27.7 billion, according to SIA. Sales into the Americas fell sharply, decreasing 19.3% year-to-year, while year-to-year sales into China increased 3.5%. “Global semiconductor sales slipped somewhat in February, due to normal seasonal trends, demand …
Making sure there is no modern slavery in the supply chain
The electronics industry in this country has a strong record of investing in their employees and maintaining their human rights, but it is as well we are reminded of the importance of modern slavery legislation, writes Adam Fletcher of ecsn. If the company you work for just ended its financial year and will be able to …
Intel signs RS deal to target maker community
Intel’s embedded development products are now available from RS Components following the signing of a distribution agreement between the two companies. RS will be seen as a route to developers and the maker community for Intel’s Edison development platform and the Compute Stick. According to Rod O’Shea, general manager, EMEA direct and channel sales at Intel, …
Laser spotlights and LED stage lighting from Osram
Osram is revealing laser spotlights and other stage lighting technology at Prolight+Sound 2016 in Frankfurt this week. Basing the laser-based spotlights on work done for laser-based car headlights and medical endoscopes, the spotlights can deliver up to 18,000 lm. “In 2014 Osram received the R&D 100 Award for the development of the Itos Phaser 3000 …
Osram shows off at Prolight+Sound 2016 with laser stage light
If I was going to Prolight+Sound in Frankfurt, I would make a bee-line to the Osram stand to take a look at the laser-based spotlights it is developing with an un-named partner. Osram will also show a new RGBW power led for spotlights and a couple of complete led zoom spotlights. Take a look at …
Osram shows off at Prolight+Sound 2016 with laser stage light
502IoT Raspberry Pi add-on promises to be a professional sensor hub
Raspberry Pi add-ons are often popular, and here is one for increased I/O. It’s created by Pi 2 Design, “to deliver on the promise of the ‘Internet of Things’ for real world projects,” they say. Basically, the 502IoT is designed to help create a low cost, sensor hub, data collection, data storage or gateway device. Supporting “access to …
502IoT Raspberry Pi add-on promises to be a professional sensor hub
Mentor combines PCB signal and power integrity design
Mentor Graphics has announced a new release of its HyperLynx signal integrity design tool which now integrates signal and power integrity analysis and 3D-electromagnetic solving for PCB design. The aim, says Mentor, is to speed up complex PCB design by removing the need to switch between applications and user interfaces for different types of analysis. …
Grim and Gloomy
Chip market forecasting is not what it used to be. In days gone by, even top ten semi CEOs could differ by 100% on something so fundamental as the size of the total semiconductor market. In October 1995, the Chairman of Philips Semiconductors said that the 2000 market could be “nearer $400 billion than $350 …
Intel’s Italian safety acquisition targets industrial IoT
Intel is taking a growing interest in the markets for industrial internet of things (IoT) applications in smart factories and connected vehicles. The processor firm has acquired Yogitech, a small Italian company that’s expert in semiconductor functional safety and related standards. Intel’s Ken Caviasca, general manager of platform engineering and development in Intel’s IoT group, …