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AI can cut smart building energy management by over 19%
AI can cut smart building energy management by over 19%
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Using AI and open access data can reduce the energy consumption in buildings by more than 19% says a…
TJ Rodgers at heart of US solar panel consolidation
TJ Rodgers at heart of US solar panel consolidation
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The founder of Cypress Semiconductor, TJ Rodgers, has emerged as the key figure in the takeover of a US solar…
80/100V MOSFET aims for 1.2mΩ on resistance
80/100V MOSFET aims for 1.2mΩ on resistance
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Nexperia has launched a 100V MOSFET optimized for low RDSon, low spiking and high efficiency in switching applications Nexperia expanded…
$85m for US manufacturing of heat pumps
$85m for US manufacturing of heat pumps
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The US government has announced $85m for four heat pump manufacturers to accelerate the manufacturing of electric heat pumps. The…

InductEV validates OCPP high power inductive wireless charging
InductEV validates OCPP high power inductive wireless charging
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InductEV in the US has rolled out a high power inductive wireless charging system for fleets of buses. The company, formerly Momentum Dynamics, completed interoperability testing and validation to…
SiC MOSFET for compact 800V EV drives
SiC MOSFET for compact 800V EV drives
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StarPower Europe has launched three half-bridge modules using SiC MOSFET technology in the drivetrain of electric vehicles (EVs). The SiC MOSFET modules from StarPower have a low on-resistance combined with…
TI to aim DLP display controller at smart glasses
TI to aim DLP display controller at smart glasses
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Texas Instruments has reduced the size of its digital light projector (DLP) controller by 90% for more compact 4K UltraHD projectors, and is aiming at smart glasses. The TI DLPC8445…
High power MEMS circuit breaker project for submarines
High power MEMS circuit breaker project for submarines
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Menlo Microsystems in the US is to develop a high power circuit breaker for defence systems using its MEMS technology. Menlo Micro is using its MEMS Ideal Switch architecture as…
A low power programmable network for optical AI
A low power programmable network for optical AI
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Researchers in Switzerland have developed a low power non-linear neural network in an optical fibre. A team at EPFL developed an energy-efficient method for performing nonlinear computations for optical AI.
Onsemi moves to 200mm SiC wafers
Onsemi moves to 200mm SiC wafers
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Onsemi is set to qualify 200mm (8in) silicon carbide wafers later this year with production in 2025. This comes as onsemi saw revenue of $1.735bn, down $130m on Q1 and…
Single GaN switches and half-bridges with integrated drivers
Single GaN switches and half-bridges with integrated drivers
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Infineon Technologies has expanded its CoolGaN Drive family with switches and half-bridges with integrated drivers The Infineon CoolGaN Drive 700 V G5 single switches integrate one transistor with a gate…
Chip scale CMOS op amp has standby mode
Chip scale CMOS op amp has standby mode
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Rohm has developed a CMOS operational amplifier that is says is the smallest on the market and also adds a standby mode to save power. The TLR377GYZ 1.8V –…
8th-Generation short channel MOSFET for smartphones
8th-Generation short channel MOSFET for smartphones
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Magnachip Semiconductor has launched its eight generation MOSFET with a short channel to manage the power consumption in smartphone battery protection designs. The MDWC12D024PERH 12V Dual N-channel MOSFET is the…
Private equity buyer for UK inverter maker Helix
Private equity buyer for UK inverter maker Helix
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A US private equity group has bought the majority of Integral Powertrain in Milton Keynes for its high performance inverter and motor technology. The deal sees MiddleGroud Capital take control…
1200V, 75A IGBT in a TO-247PLUS Package for solar energy
1200V, 75A IGBT in a TO-247PLUS Package for solar energy
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Magnachip Semiconductor has developed a 1200V 75A Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) in a TO-247PLUS package for solar inverters. Magnachip plans to start mass production of its 1200V IGBT in…
UK manufacturing output plummets
UK manufacturing output plummets
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The UK has dropped out of the top ten manufacturing countries for the first time as output plummeted according to a new report form Make UK. The manufacturing sector contributed…
Infineon expands its GaN patent case against Innoscience – updated
Infineon expands its GaN patent case against Innoscience – updated
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Infineon Technologies in Germany has expanded its patent lawsuit in the US against Innoscience of China following a challenge to its original case. Last month Infineon obtained an injunction in…
Airbus UK launches Space Accelerator
Airbus UK launches Space Accelerator
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Airbus has selected its first cohort of ten UK companies for a space accelerator, with quantum, RISC-V and electric thruster technologies. The Airbus Space Accelerator, run by Plexal, is open…
High current eFuse adds auto-reset FET
High current eFuse adds auto-reset FET
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Nexperia has developed two high current 12V electronic fuses, one with a low resistance FET that can automatically reset a device. The NPS3102A and NPS3102B eFuse devices are low-ohmic (17…
Agile Analog extends GlobalFoundries deal to FinFet and FDX processes
Agile Analog extends GlobalFoundries deal to FinFet and FDX processes
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Agile Analog in Cambridge, UK, is now providing its customisable analog IP on the GlobalFoundries (GF) FinFet and FDX FD-SOI processes. As an ecosystem partner, Agile Analog can now offer…
Laird Thermal buys US cooling system supplier
Laird Thermal buys US cooling system supplier
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Laird Thermal Systems has acquired Tark, a US-based supplier of highly specialized pumps and cooling solutions for the medical and industrial CT and X-Ray tube industry. The acquisition by…
Fujitsu plans 2nm AI successor to Fugaku supercomputer chip
Fujitsu plans 2nm AI successor to Fugaku supercomputer chip
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Fujitsu is aiming to take back the top supercomputer slot with a 2nm ARM-based chip for the successor to the Fugaku supercomputer. The Fujitsu-Monaka chip uses the ARM v9-A…
Compact three phase 750W motor drive reference board for home and industrial equipment
Compact three phase 750W motor drive reference board for home and industrial equipment
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STMicroelectronics has developed a reference board with a 50mm diameter for 750W motor drive designs. The EVLDRIVE101-HPD (High Power Density) motor drive reference design by ST uses a 3-phase gate…
Bosch €7bn bet to dominate home HVAC with biggest ever acquisition
Bosch €7bn bet to dominate home HVAC with biggest ever acquisition
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Bosch is to buy the Johnson Controls-Hitachi Air Conditioning (JCH) joint venture to dominate the global residential heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) market in an €7.4bn ($8bn) deal, its…
Reducing AI energy consumption with on-chip training
Reducing AI energy consumption with on-chip training
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Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a technique for reducing the power consumption with on-chip training in AI chips. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a device capable…
$400m for US 300mm silicon, SOI wafer plants
$400m for US 300mm silicon, SOI wafer plants
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GlobalWafers is looking to secure $400m of funding from the US government for 300mm silicon and SOI wafer plant in Texas and Missouri. The preliminary terms of the deal with…
RISC-V power controller adds flash memory
RISC-V power controller adds flash memory
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Eggtronic in Italy has added reprogrammable flash memory to its EPIC RISC-V mixed-signal power controller. The Eggtronic RISC-V EPIC 2.0 Flash series provides more flexibility through the design process, while…
Switched guard module for semiconductor test
Switched guard module for semiconductor test
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Pickering Interfaces has developed a series of low leakage switches for very low current driven-guard measurements in semiconductor parametric test applications. The cross-platform switches include PXI, PXIe and LXI…


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