There was once an inventor who witnessed a train crash and in response invented the compressed air brake for trains. He patented the brake and set up a company to make and market it. He later became interested in electrical distribution and engaged in the ‘War of the Currents’  with Thomas Edison by selling ac electricity systems when Edison was ...

It took 50 years for Intel to be run by an accountant and those 50 years have seen its fortunes rise and fall like a yo-yo. Now, despite it being the No.1 chip company with annual revenues topping $75 billion at a gross margin of 50%+, it is seen as falling. It is seen that way because its process technology ...

Rapidly growing demand for EV quick charging poles, and recovering markets for consumer electronics and industrial controls will drive rising prices for photocouplers in 2021, says TrendForce. Major photocoupler suppliers, such as Taiwanese LED companies as well as Japanese, European, and U.S. companies, are planning to increase their quotes for photocouplers in response to the price hikes in photocoupler materials, ...

New Yorker Electronics has released the new advanced interface options of the UMR-AA and UMR-A Series of High Voltage Power Supplies from Dean Technology (HVPSI). Using additional pins, the advanced interface options provide for enhanced adjustment and monitoring features consistent with industry standards and known customer needs. The V05 and V10 options are available with +5VDC and +10VDC reference, control ...

People hark back to the Good Old Wild West days of the chip industry but 2020 showed that the industry has lost none of its ability to survive adversity. Maybe the industry’s frequent doses of adversity have made it uniquely resourceful and, in 2020, its resourcefulness was tested as never before.  World GDP shrank but the industry grew – contrary ...

If you could be bothered to get out the Christmas decs for this year’s constrained event, you might have wondered who made money out of them. Unsurprisingly, China topped the list by a country mile. According to UN Comtrade, China accounts for 70# of global exports of Christmas tree lighting sets and 83% of exports of other Christmas decorations excluding candles ...

China is to instal over 600,000 5G base-sations in 2021, almost doubling its 5G capacity reports the Xinhua news agency. Xiao Yaqing, China’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology, announced the plan saying it comes on top of at least 718,000 base stations nationwide. While shares of  domestic switchgear providers Like Huawei, ZTE, Datang Telecom, Peers Fiberhome, Wuhan Fingu and Suzhou ...

LG is to show a number of 4k and 8k TVs based on mini-LED I technology at virtual CES 2021. Mini-LEDS increase the number of light sources on the panel which improves brightness and contrast accentuating the difference between light and dark areas of the screen and making the difference more controllable. LG will designate the TVs QNED MicroLED TVs. ...

Alpine Optoelectronics has begun production of its 400G PAM4 nCP4 optical engine on Tower Semiconductor’s PH18 Silicon Photonics technology platform. Alpine’s nCP4 chip converts 4 lanes of 56Gbaud electrical input into 4 lanes of optical output for use in 400Gbps DR4 transceivers to support high-speed connectivity in data center applications. “We were able to develop a proprietary design to enable wafer ...

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