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Gas Discharge Tube Series Slashes Volume and Space

Device height reduction reaches 75% with New FLAT GDT products.

Google, Huawei Unveil Latest Nexus Smartphone

The Nexus 6P includes the latest Android operating system, fingerprint sensor, high-performance camera and front-facing speakers.

Q4X Laser Distance Sensor Detects Clear Objects

Q4X laser distance sensor eliminates need for two-point, dynamic, foreground and background suppression mode.

ST Licenses Latest ARM Core for Automotive Smart Driving Applications

The new core technology will be added to microcontrollers for use in powertrain, safety and gateway applications.

Technology Inspiration Overflowed at World Maker Faire

New York witnessed the “Maker Movement”—the fostering of amateur and tech lovers’ innovation and imagination—in action at Maker Faire.

$5 Million STEM Scholarship Gift Made to NYU Polytechnic

The William R. and Marjorie Berkley Scholarship Fund gift is the largest financial aid in NYU’s Polytechnic School of Engineering history.

AOS Forms Joint Venture with China to Build Power IC Facility

The semiconductor vendor would own a 51% stake in the Chongqing chip fab.

Chinese OEMs Ramp Up Smartphone Sensor Spending

The market for smartphone sensors is on the cusp of change as a result of changing dynamics in the mobile handset space and Chinese OEMs accelerating their sensor spending.

Communicating with Touch

The gap between people and computing devices has begun to close. Beginning with multi-touch and then moving to gesture and voice recognition, the line separating device interfaces and the body has become blurred; enabling humans to communicate and interact more naturally with electronic devices.

Cypress Walks Away From Atmel Acquisition Attempt

The company has submitted a bid that it claims was superior to the bid put in by Dialog Semiconductor.

Fuji Unveils 7th-Gen IGBT Module

New IGBT module features advanced chip and package technologies for industrial apps.

If High School Students are Building Fully Functional Jet Engines in Their Backyard, Why Can’t You?

Building a jet engine, sometimes called a gas turbine, is definitely a task that requires some experience, but 18-year-old Chris Tomko had a head-start and has been developing turbine engines in his backyard for two years now.

Internet of Things Applications Boost MCU Growth

Without the influence of IoT application growth, the MCU market would be stagnated by the end of the decade.

NeoPhotonics Suite Supports 400G Networks

Optical Transport products target multiple network segments including long haul, metro and data center interconnects.

RF Transceiver Addresses Sub-GHz Apps

Built-in features include dual-channel transmit/receive, energy harvesting interface and transmit power detectors.

Video: Many Innovations at the 2015 NY Maker Faire Support the Emerging Maker Economy

Maker-to-Market Fueled by a mix of imagination, crowd-funding and a healthy dose of entrepreneurial spirit, the Maker economy is rapidly evolving from a fringe market to a small, but influential portion of the mainstream economy.