Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Coilcraft Introduces High Frequency Power Inductors at APEC 2016

Coilcraft’s XEL40xx power inductors are suited for frequencies spanning 2 to over 5 MHz.

Rambus Security Technologies Licensed to Altis

The agreement includes DPA countermeasures and other side-channel defenses.

High-Power Negative Supply Ideal Diode-OR Controller? Withstands ±300V Transients

The LTC4371, a diode-OR controller for high-power telecom and datacom boards, provides seamless handoff between redundant power supplies.

TSMC and ARM Form Agreement for 7nm FinFET SoCs

The multi-year deal will expand the collaboration between the two companies into leading-edge process technologies.

Pirates!

It’s 2016 and cyber theft in the form of software piracy continues to mushroom. What is happening, how, why, and what are the real ramifications?

Chinese Packaging Sales on Pace for $4.4 Billion in Sales in 2016

The packaging and assembly market has grown concurrently with electronic product manufacturing in the region.

How Researchers Plan to 3-D Print Knee, Nose and Ear Cartilage

Researchers have discovered a way to print cartilage for knees, noses and ears with a new 3-D bio-printing ink that contains human cells.

Samsung and Six Flags Roll out Virtual Reality Coasters

What if you could ramp up the excitement on your favorite roller coaster by transforming your surroundings into an even more pulse-racing, interactive environment? A partnership between one of today’s top display and smartphone manufacturers and the world’s largest regional theme park operator, makes it possible. The companies have announced the launch of nine virtual reality roller coasters across the U.S. through summer 2016.

Will Robots Take Your Job?

It is predictable that robots will continue to take repetitive-task jobs. However they most likely will be coming after yours too.

Sonar Tech Lets You Interact with Smartwatch by Writing on Nearby Surface

The technology, called FingerIO, tracks finger movements by turning your smart device into an active sonar system using its own microphones and speakers.

XPoint Memory Chips Positioned for Rapid Adoption

Intel and Micron see SSDs and data-center servers as initial users of their new ‘3D cross point’ memory chips, which offer performance and pricing between DRAM and NAND flash.

Power Semiconductors Outperform Conventional Switching Diodes

Littelfuse’s Schottky Barrier Rectifiers and Ultrafast Rectifiers target high-frequency switch-mode power supplies and DC-DC converters.

Name A Fujipoly Product and Win A Prize

Fujipoly is giving viewers a chance to win one of three prizes, simply by naming a Fujipoly product.

Researchers Produce Lightest Solar Cells for Portable Devices

MIT researchers claim to have built laboratory proof-of-concept version of the thinnest, lightest solar cells for powering the next generation of portable electronic devices.