Q3 semiconductor sales hit an all-time record of $88.3 billion, which was 11.5% up on Q2, says SIA.

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Mannerisms is ten years old today. The very first one, on Nov 1 2006, was about lousy wireless networks in Europe and the USA. Funnily enough, or not so funnily, yesterday afternoon’s post was also about the lousy wireless networks. A decade on, and with an umpteen times increase in mobile traffic, the network operators …

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Spread the word: Electronics Weekly is launching EW BrightSparks, a programme to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. Help us to celebrate young engineers who are already making a difference in the first years of their working life.

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Allegro has developed a range of high-current automotive-grade current sensors in packages only 1.5mm thick. The Hall sensors are differential to reject common-mode fields  – from nearby current-carrying conductors, for example. The devices consist of a precision low-offset linear Hall circuit with a copper conduction path located near the die (see photo). Applied current generates …

Read full article: 100A ac/dc automotive sensor measures from 200μΩ

Infineon has developed an Arduino shield to demonstrate the potential of its 24V Profet protected power switches. Called the Protected Switch Shield, it is also compatible with the firm’s own XMC microcontroller kits which borrow the Arduino form factor. The shield runs from 8-36V and provides a driver circuit with logic level inputs, load diagnosis and …

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Harvard Technology, which manufactures in the UK, will be exhibiting its latest range of products at LUX Live on stand K2. It will unveil programmable LED drivers, the latest addition to its CoolLED range, and be showing the recently launched Gen III Elite, Pro and Classic light engines. Also on display will be the newly updated …

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Thanks to Gartner for this one – the top ten foundries:

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Ultrahaptics, the mid-air touchless haptic technology specialist, is taking preorders for January delivery of a development platform that allows companies looking to evolve innovative control solutions a route to evaluate and appreciate the benefits of gesture controls enhanced by tactile feedback sensations. The UHDK5 TOUCH Development Kit provides a complete hardware and software package with …

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CloudWatch announces the extension of metric retention from 14 days to 15 months, free of charge. CloudWatch has already stored at least 3 months of all existing metrics, which customers can begin using immediately to analyze seasonality, monthly trends and in the future, year-over-year comparisons and forecasts.

Today, AWS Marketplace , which offers more than 2,700 software listings from more than 925 independent software vendors, announced Product Support Connection (PSC), a new program that lets AWS Marketplace customers share contact details with software vendors through the AWS Marketplace web site to access and receive timely, more seamless product support. For products that support PSC, AWS Marketplace customers can choose to share contact details such as name, telephone number, organization, and email address with the vendor during or after a product subscription.