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Altera Adds Functional Lockstep IP Cores for Automotive Safety Applications
Embedded in Altera’s Nios II processors the solution provides diagnostic coverage greater than 99%.
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ON Buys Fairchild: Don’t Expect Too Much Ripple Effect
In the latest of what has been a nearly unprecedented series of mergers and acquisitions in the semiconductor industry this year, ON Semiconductor Corp. is buying Fairchild Semiconductor for $2.4 billion.
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New Huawei Batteries Can Be Charged 10 Times Faster Than Normal Ones
Huawei Technology Corp., a provider of electronics for mobile phones, mobile broadband devices and home devices, has recently announced that its Watt Lab developed a next-generation quick charging technology.
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Intelligent Power Modules Enable Greener Appliances
To further enhance the efficiency of home appliance motor drives, STMicroelectronics has announced second series of SLIMM family of small low-loss intelligent molded modules in dual-in-line packages.
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High-Voltage Automotive Battery-Stack Monitor Designed to Address Monitoring Problems in Difficult Situations
The LTC6811 from Linear Technology Corp. incorporates functionality and features, which address the many difficult problems encountered when monitoring a stack of battery cells in electrically challenging situations.
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Rad Hard CAN Transceivers Eye Satellite Communications
Intersil Corp. has unveiled three radiation tolerant 3.3 V controller area network (CAN) transceivers for satellite communications.
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Smart Diode Controller Rated for Zero IQ
For reverse polarity protection in high-current industrial power tools and automotive applications, Texas Instruments has released a smart diode controller in a compact package with zero quiescent current.
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Xilinx Unveils New FPGA Family for Improved Connectivity
The programmable devices are targeted at automotive, consumer, industrial IoT and more.
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LG Installs World’s Largest OLED Display in South Korean Airport
The display is made up of 140 55-inch curved OLED displays.
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M&A Activity Could Help Move Semi Companies from Product Sales to Ecosystem Solutions
The semiconductor industry is looking different these days. A frenzy of mergers and acquisitions is shaking up product lines and development strategies.
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Sharp in Talks to Sell LCD Business
Forecast to take substantial losses this year, the Japanese company is searching for buyers.
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Machine Learning Module for Deep Neural Networks Introduced by Nvidia
The module allows for computer vision, GPU computing and graphics for next-generation autonomous devices.
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Integrated POL Buck Regulators Offer High Efficiency
For generating inputs as low as 0.6 V to power FPGAs, DSPs and microprocessors, power management and analog ICs supplier Intersil Corp. has released a new line of highly integrated synchronous buck regulators that step-down 5 V rails to the point-of-load (POL) inputs.
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Capacitive Touch Controller is Immune to Noise
Texas Instruments has created the new 16-bit ultra-low-power microcontroller MSP430FR2633—a ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM)-based MCU employing its proprietary CapTIvate technology.
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UMC Doubles Automotive Semiconductor Revenue
The pure-play foundry says customers are migrating to more stringent automotive chips is the reason.
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MOST Linux Driver Supports Microchip Interface Controllers
The MOST Linux driver for Microchip network interface controllers are added to open source Linux Mainline Kernel 4.3.
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AOS Expands Lithium Battery MOSFET Family
The chip is geared toward providing improved safety to the battery in smartphones, tablets and other portable devices.
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Scientists Use Clay to Create Better Lithium-Ion Batteries for Harsh Environments
A team of scientists from Rice University may have solved a problem encountered while creating rechargeable Li-ion batteries to be used in harsh environments—using clay.
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SiTime and Daishinku Partner to Proliferate MEMS Timing and Control Market
SiTime Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of MegaChips Corp., has entered into a strategic partnership with quartz crystal device maker Daishinku Corp. in order to grow the microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) timing and control markets. Under the partnership, Daishinku will sell SiTime’s MEMS
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TI Pitches Capacitive Sensing for Proximity Detection
Texas Instruments (TI) has unveiled a capacitance-based proximity-sensing integrated circuit (IC) family that the chip maker claims offers high immunity to electromagnetic interference from sources such as radios, power supplies, lights and motors.
