The company reported a net loss of $400 million compared with a net loss of $2.8 billion in Q1 2023. “We are making steady progress against our priorities and delivered a solid quarter,” said CEO Pat Gelsinger (pictured) “strong innovation across our client, edge and data center portfolios drove double-digit revenue growth in Intel Products. […]
Signals in the mmWave range require extra care and more expensive components than at sub-6 GHz frequencies. Data demands keep pushing for more bandwidth in wireless networks, and this trend will surely continue. AI, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, and other technologies will see to that. The mmWave spectrum allocated for 5G can meet the bandwidth needs, […]
Introduction Power electronics play a crucial role in modern electrical engineering, essential for efficiently converting, controlling, and managing electrical power within circuits. These components are designed to handle high voltages, currents, powers, and temperatures, making them vital for various industries. Within power electronics, components are broadly categorized into passive components, such as power resistors, diodes, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Schematic of the generation of structured EVBs. The binary holographic phase masks can be engineered with the generalized spiral phase to shape the incident free electrons to generate structured EVBs with customizable intensity patterns. The phase mask is composed of nanoscale forked gratings fabricated on 100 nm-thick silicon nitride membranes. Credit: Opto-Electronic Advances (2024). DOI: […]
April 24, 2024 — According to the supply chain, hard disk manufacturer Seagate recently sent price increase notices to its major customers, stating that it will increase the price of its hard disk product suite. Industry insiders said the move was in response to Western Digital’s price increase announced a week ago. In the notice, […]
April 24, 2024 — According to reports, Japan’s exports increased for the fourth consecutive month in March, with semiconductor manufacturing equipment driving growth in shipments to China. Reports show that Japan’s total exports in March reached 9.46 trillion yen (US$61 billion), a year-on-year increase of 7.3%. Total imports were 9.1 trillion yen, a decrease of […]