Qualcomm, Micron, and Hynix registered ≥25% drops, with total top-20 sales off by 6%, reports IC Insights. In total, the top-20 semiconductor companies’ sales declined by 6% in 1Q16/1Q15, 1% less than the total worldwide semiconductor industry decline of 7%. Although, in total, the top-20 1Q16 semiconductor companies registered a moderate 6% drop, there were …

A tough Q1 for the top 20

Find out about a novel solution for tracking moving objects with WiFi signals

Tracking WiFi signals with USRP & LabVIEW

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Survey: Electronics and the European Union Referendum

While Tsinghua was buying it’s 3% stake in Imagination earlier this month, it had already bagged up a stake in Marvell, a May 2nd SEC filing reveals. The size of the Marvell stake is not stated but It must be at least 5% which is the level required for disclosure under SEC rules. Last month …

Tsinghua Adds Marvell Stake To Lattice and Imagination

Lattice Semiconductor has addressed the issue of multiple image sensor and display interface protocols with an FPGA-based bridge chip. Essentially, the device, called CrossLink, is a video interface bridge with a fast MIPI D-PHY capability that delivers up to 4K ultra-HD resolution at 12Gbit/s bandwidth. Protocols supported include MIPI D-PHY, MIPI CSI-2, MIPI DSI, MIPI …

Lattice bridge IC brings mobile display interfaces to industrial apps

The Whisper Node is based on the AVR ATMega328p, the same chip used on the Arduino.

DevBoard Watch: Whisper Node builds on a single AA battery

“Light tables” help administer correct doses of light and assist tunable general lighting in rebalancing circadian rhythms, Rensselaer finds.

Linear modules that use CSP LEDs and a clever reflecting chamber can be surface mounted or safely recessed into any building material such as wood surfaces.

You can now provision SSL/TLS certificates from AWS Certificate Manager in nine additional Regions. In addition to US East (N.Virginia), AWS Certificate Manager is now available in US West (N. California), US West (Oregon), EU (Ireland), EU (Frankfurt), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Seoul), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), and South America (Sao Paulo).

The capacity of an existing desalination plant in Barbados will be
expanded by three million gallons, according to local media outlet Nation News.