SYNAPTICS BUYS BROADCOM IOT CONNECTIVITY BUSINESS
Synaptics is to buy Broadcom's Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS/GNSS products and business in the IoT market for $250 million. Synaptics expects...
$20BN INVESTED IN CHINA CHIP-MAKERS THIS YEAR
Chinese IC companies have had $20.5 billion of equity investment committed to them so far this year, led by the $6.5-7.5 billion to...
APPLE SILICON: THE ROADMAP
TSMC will start producing 5nm Arm-based SoCs for Macs costing $100 in H1 2021, says TrendForce. The cost is about half the current...
HIGHLY INTEGRATED MOTOR CONTROL ICS
Infineon is sampling motor control ICs for brushed and brushless DC motors with mass production planned in Q4. Called Motor System...
TOP TEN CHIP COMPANIES
Thanks to Gartner for this one - the top ten semiconductor vendors in 2019: Top 10 Semiconductor Vendors by Revenue, Worldwide, 2019...
MAY SEMI SALES UP 1.5% ON JUNE
The global semiconductor industry posted May sales of US$35 billion, up 1.5% sequentially, according to Semiconductor Industry Association....
WHO CAN WORK FROM HOME POST-BUG?
There is a lot of talk about how we'll all be working from home post-bug now that employers have been digitally transformed into believers...
NXP AND AUTERION PARTNER FOR HIGH-RELIABILITY DRONE CONTROL
NXP and drone software company Auterion are to co-develop high-reliability integrated hardware and software for the commercial unmanned...
1KW PROGRAMMABLE DC PSU FITS 1U RACK SLOT
TDK has introduced power supplies up to 1kW that fit into 1U slots in equipment racks. G1kW is 483mm wide and fits across the whole...
NOKIA RAMPS UP ADOPTION OF O-RAN INTERFACES
Nokia is ramping up the adoption of Open RAN interfaces in its AirScale portfolio. These new O-RAN capabilities, which include open...
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURING AND ELECTRONICS CONFIRMS 2021 DATES
The organiser of Southern Manufacturing & Electronics has confirmed that the event will be returning to Farnborough International on...
SAMSUNG Q2 PROFIT UP 23%
Samsung Electronics expects a 23% y-o-y rise in Q2 operating profit on the back of datacentre demand as more people worked from home....
ITRI TRANSFERS FRAM AND SOT-MRAM PROCESSES TO LOCAL IC COMPANIES
ITRI, Taiwan's IC research lab which brought advanced chip processing to the island in 1976 via a CMOS licence from RCA, has transferred...
TOSHIBA INTRODUCES LIGHT-RECEIVING TECH FOR LIDAR
Toshiba has introduced a high-resolution, long-range light-receiving technology for deployment in solid-state LiDAR systems based on...
SMIC SEEKS TO RAISE $6.5-$7.5BN
SMIC has upped its proposed share offering on the Shanghai STAR market to raise between $6.5-$7.5 billion from the original intention...
UK MOBILE PHONE STARTUP
UK-BASED START-UP Sendo is set to take on the big mobile phone manufacturers in the European market by targeting the network operators....
A DIRTY WORD
Billionaire is a dirty word in the US where increasing wealth inequality is making people ask: Should billionaires be allowed? According...
FREE CHIPS
Google is offering to fab open-source chip designs for free. They have to be on 130nm and quantities are limited to 100 ICs. In a FOSSi...
ANRITSU BOOSTS MP1900A ANALYSER FOR 400 AND 800GBIT ETHERNET
Anritsu has added forward error correction symbol capture and bathtub test to its 116Gbit/s PAM4 error detector for developers of 400...
600W 915MHZ ISM PALLET
Ampleon has announced a 600W 915MHz RF LDMOS module for industrial, scientific and medical applications operating in the ISM band....
Mikel Arteta fuming Jamie Vardy escaped red as Arsenal boss gives Eddie...
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta felt Jamie Vardy should've been shown red during the Gunners' draw with Leicester on Tuesday night. Read more ...
Everton v Southampton: When is it, where can you watch it, team news and...
When is Everton v Southampton? Barring any health emergencies, the game is scheduled to take place on Thursday July 9. What time does Everton v Southampton kick-off? The game... Read more ...
Free Hospital Parking For NHS Staff Set To Be Scrapped As Coronavirus...
Get the latest on coronavirus. Sign up to the Daily Brief for news, explainers, how-tos, opinion and more. Free hospital parking for NHS staff in England will end once the... Read more ...
Boohoo launches independent review of UK supply chain
Online fashion retailer Boohoo has launched an independent review of its UK supply chain after allegations about working conditions at one factory. Read more ...
Piers Morgan rages as 'tone-deaf' government charge NHS staff for parking again
Piers, 55, branded the plans 'utterly disgusting' and accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of "kicking the boot in" Read more ...
Usain Bolt Reveals Baby Daughter's Name, And Well, It's Absolutely Perfect
Usain Bolt has revealed the name of his baby daughter and it really is perfect. The sprinter's partner Kasi Bennett gave birth to their first child on 17 May, and the... Read more ...
Liverpool strike transfer agreement with Thiago Alcantara over summer switch
Liverpool are a step closer to signing Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara, it has been claimed. Read more ...
Chelsea player ratings vs Crystal Palace: Pulisic and Willian star again but...
Chelsea kept their hopes of Champions League qualification alive with victory over Crystal Palace, but which of Frank Lampard's men impressed at Selhurst Park? Read more ...
Zlatan Ibrahimovic claims AC Milan would have won the Serie A title had he...
In his second spell at the club, after winning the Serie A title during his first, Ibrahimovic boldly claimed AC Milan would have done so again this season if he had been there... Read more ...
BILD: Kai Havertz asks to leave Leverkusen with Chelsea looking to pay...
Another day, another strong Kai Havertz to Chelsea rumour from another top source. This time, it's German publication BILD providing the update. This outlet has close links to... Read more ...