For designers of power-constrained and space-constrained devices such as power tools, personal hygiene products, toys, appliances, and lighting controls, an 8-bit microcontroller unit (MCU) has traditionally sufficed. However, as applications evolve, they require higher speed, more powerful peripheral options, and more robust software development tools. Migrating to a 16-bit or 32-bit alternative can help, but […]
April 25, 2024 — STMicroelectronics recently announced an automotive gate driver, the L99H92, offering an SPI port for programming and diagnostics, a charge pump, protection features, and two additional current-sense amplifiers for system monitoring. Containing two high-side and two low-side drivers, the L99H92 can control a single H-bridge powering one bidirectional DC motor or two […]
April 25, 2024 — Texas Instruments recently said that the company’s second-quarter sales are expected to be as high as $3.95 billion, exceeding analysts’ expectations of $3.78 billion. Texas Instruments optimistically predicts that improving demand for consumer electronics products indicates that analog chip inventory adjustments may be easing, and that the decline in demand for […]
April 25, 2024 — SK hynix Inc. announced today that it plans to expand production capacity of the next-generation DRAM including HBM, a core component of the AI infrastructure, in response to the rapidly increasing demand for AI semiconductors. As the board of directors approves the plan, the company will build the M15X fab in […]
Valerie started her career with British Telecom and worked in the UK and overseas on a telecoms-related projects, including coding the first text message. She also contributed to the creation of the first blood glucose monitor. Judges were impressed with her career and embedded computing expertise, and R&D in electronic product development and ambient computing. […]
Q1 free cash was $134 million after Net Capex of $967 million For Q2, net revenues of $3.2 billion and gross margin of 40% are expected. For the full year, revenues of $14-15 billion are expected, down from a previous expectation of $15.9 billion to $16.9 billion. “Q1 net revenues and gross margin both came […]
The fab, at Cheongju in Korea’s North Chungcheong Province, will cost $14.6 billion – $3.8 billion for the shell and $10.8 billion for the equipment. The fab is planned to run 100k wpm and to be in production by the end of November 2025. The accelerated timescale is because excavation for the original NAND project […]
According to IDC, PC shipments in 1Q 2024 were up 1.5% from 1Q 2023, the first positive year-to-year change since 4Q 2021. Smartphone year-to-year growth turned positive in 4Q 2023 at 8.5%. The growth continued in 1Q 2024 at 7.8%. 4Q 2023 was the first positive year-to-year smartphone change since 2Q 2021. Despite the positive […]
Space-based PNT technologies are a critical part of national infrastructure and underpin our everyday lives from communications and transport systems to computer networks. However, there is a now-recognised need for increased robustness of future PNT systems to maintain and improve timing accuracies over extended periods of time where continuous synchronisation to clock signals from global […]