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Samsung may invest $22bn in IC capex this yesr

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Samsung will invest $21.95 billion in its chip business this year, according to KoreaBusiness quoting Shinhan Investment analyst Choi Do-Yoen. Samsung, which invested $4.5 billion in its semiconductor business in Q1, hasn’t said how much it will invest for the full year except to say it will be more than last year which was $13 …

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UK firm designs super sensors for world’s biggest telescope

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UK-based image sensor firm Teledyne e2v has been awarded a multimillion euro contract by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to design and produce 28 sensors for the world’s largest optical telescope – the ELT (Extremely Large Telescope), which is currently under construction on a mountain in Chile. The ELT will be fitted with 28 adaptive …

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PCIM: Infineon adds PFC boost stage to motor module

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At the PCIM power electronics exhibition in Nuremberg this morning Infineon Technologies will be showing an intelligent power module (IPM) which has a single switch boost power factor correction (PFC) stage. The power module also integrates a 3 phase inverter in one package. It is designed to control induction motors and permanent magnet synchronous motors with single-phase PFC in …

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Capgemini survey measures value of Smart Factories

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Capgemini has announced the findings of its Smart Factories report for 2017, carried out by its Digital Transformation Institute. According to the survey research, manufacturers expect their investments in smart factories will drive a 27% increase in manufacturing efficiency, over the next five years, which would add $500 billion to the global economy. Whether described …

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PCIM: UK-based Amantys develops next generation IGBT gate drive

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UK power firm Amantys Power Electronics has developed its next generation IGBT gate drive technology which is being demonstrated this week at the PCIM exhibition in Nuremberg. Called NG Gate Drive, it has been designed to be compatible with IGBT modules known as LinPak, XHP, nHPD2 and SemiTrans20 that are available from several power semiconductor manufacturers. …

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PCIM: Dynex names new CEO

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Power semiconductor manufacturer Dynex Semiconductor has named a new CEO following the stepping down of long time head Dr. Paul Taylor in January. He has been replaced by Clive Vacher. Dr Taylor’s career represents the history of UK power electronics. It goes back to 1976 when he joined AEI Semiconductor, a business unit of GEC based in Lincoln, which ultimately …

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The Upside Of The Hack

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There are two good things about the hack attack: it’s a cyber war not a shooting war; and its a war being waged against multiple countries. So practically everyone has an interest in getting cyber war under control. Now governments are always going to develop weapons; they always have, and they always will. But governments …

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