Intel’s upcoming Atom chips with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than their predecessors and break the “myth” that ARM processors are more power efficient, Intel ...
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M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes analog semiconductors, components and subassemblies for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications) has launched a gallium nitride on silicon carbide (GaN-on-SiC) ...
Tags: M/A-COM Tech, Power Transistor, Electrical
The University of Pennsylvania, MIT and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana are in the process of creating a surreal design involving LEDs, implants and tattoos. Researchers are working to create an implant that uses ...
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RF front-end component maker and foundry services provider TriQuint Semiconductor Inc of Hillsboro, OR, USA has produced what are reckoned to be the industry’s first gallium nitride (GaN) transistors using GaN-on-diamond wafers, which ...
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Electronic component distributor Richardson RFPD Inc (an Arrow Electronics Company) of LaFox, IL, USA has introduced a new 0.7-3.8GHz ultra-low-noise amplifier made by Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA. The SKY67151-396LF is a ...
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The critical processes and technologies necessary to continue Moore’s Law are currently more uncertain than ever before in the history of advanced semiconductor manufacturing. To assess these uncertainties and provide the latest ...
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Institute of Electronic, Microelectronic and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France has developed a gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon (Si) high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) with a power gain cut-off frequency of 220GHz and a three-terminal ...
Tags: GaN-on-Si HEMT, EpiGaN MOCVD PECVD
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – (April 15, 2013) – Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) today announced the Marvell 88EM8183 deep dimming single-stage AC/DC LED driver integrated circuit (IC) will power Samsung Electronics’ new suite of LED ...
Tags: LED retrofit bulbs, LED bulbs, LED
Quantum Electro Opto Systems (QEOS) of Cupertino, CA, USA, which focuses on the design and high-volume production of multi-Gb/s optical communications products, has launched its first commercially available OEM/ODM products. Founded in 2008 ...
Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has developed a GaN-based power transistor with a blocking voltage of 600V that enables stable switching operations. Shipment of evaluation samples began in March. The firm claims that its design will for ...
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Panasonic Corp of Osaka, Japan has announced the development of a gallium nitride (GaN)-based power transistor with a blocking voltage of 600V that enables stable switching operations. Shipment of evaluation samples began in March. The ...
Tags: switching operations, GaN, power transistor
Taiwanese foundry TSMC has 'taped out' production of ARMs 64-bit Cortex-A57 using a 16-nanometre process. Taping out is the final stage before fabrication and mass production. The microprocessors could mount a growing challenge to Intel ...
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Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku believes Moore's Law has about 10 years of life left before ever-shrinking transistor sizes smack up against limitations imposed by the laws of thermodynamics and quantum physics. That day of reckoning ...
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Two groups of researchers have independently built the first biological analogue of the transistor - an integral element of modern electronics. It should make it easier to create gadgets out of living cells, such as biosensors that detect ...
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Quantum dots will cascade into the marketplace. They offer lower cost, longer life, and brighter lighting, according to WinterGreen Research’s new study Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED) Market Shares, Strategy, and ...
Tags: QLED market, Dot LED, LED lighting