NI introduces a vector signal transceiver (VST) with baseband test capability for 5G applications.

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Here’s an interesting thought – thanks to CB Insights – the amount of stuff that goes on on the Internet every minute:

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The LTC7000/-1 is a high speed, high side N-channel MOSFET driver that operates up to a 150V supply voltage.

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Uber has not been paying VAT on its taxi fares, reports Reuters. Uber is popular because it is cheap. It undercuts regular tax fares. One way it does that is by subsidising fares and absorbing large losses, and the other way is by not paying VAT. Uber avoids VAT because all its drivers are each …

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Apple took 83.4% of the profits of the smartphone industry in Q1, reports Strategy Analytics, despite having only 14.9% market share measured in units. Apple’s smartphone operating profit was $10.2 billion on revenues of $51.6 billion. Samsung took 12.9% of the profits of the smartphone industry despite having a 22.8% market share measured in units. …

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Forecasts for semiconductor sales into the IoT are being reduced because connected cities applications are being scaled back, says IC Insights.

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London to Edinburgh in under an hour is the vision proffered by Hyperloop One, which is one of several companies looking to commercialise the evacuated tube transportation concept. If Hyperloop is deemed practical, HS2 would look redundant. Hyperloop One is looking at two other UK routes – Liverpool to Glasgow and Cardiff to Glasgow. The …

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Renesas is claiming record low stand-by power for embedded SRAM, at 13.7nW/Mbit. Speed has been retained – active read-out takes 1.8ns. The firm used its in-house 65nm silicon-on-thin buried oxide (BOX) – SOTB – process for the prototype, and used substrate biasing to adjust the leakage/speed compromise. This gets over challenges with conventional CMOS, such …

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In a novel twist an Australian firm has used the I²C serial interface to connect a touch display to a BeagleBone Black development board. Connecting an LCD to computer modules such as BeagleBone and Raspberry Pi, has always involved a degree of compromise. 4D Systems believes it is practical to use the I²C interface rather …

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While the US makes strides, concerns linger in EMEA over interoperability and battery life, an Osram business developer says.