Three young women engineers have been recognised by Bosch, as part of its BetweenUsWeCan campaign, “which supports efforts to improve gender diversity within engineering”, said the firm. The firm asked 18-25 year olds for visions of how the internet of things (IoT) might transform the way we live our lives. “Winners’ ideas included a sensor-based water irrigation system that could ensure the ...

It looks as though Samsung will beat Toshiba to the punch on 64-layer 3D NAND with production starting by the end of the year. Earlier this week, Toshiba said it is sampling 64-layer 3D NAND with production scheduled for H1 2017. “Our goal is to mass-produce SSDs that use our 4G V-NAND within the year,” says Samsung “our development plan ...

Licensing or products? This has been a dilemma for donkeys years in the semiconductor industry and Qualcomm is the most visible proponent of riding both horses today. 40 years ago it was RCA, King of the TV industry, which licensed TV technology to Japan and semiconductor process technology to Taiwan. Licensing to Japan in the 70s was a $200-300 million ...

ST has acquired ams’ NFC and RFID assets and Which relate related ST’s secure microcontroller solutions for $77.8 million. Approximately 50 technical experts from ams have been transferred to ST. “Security and NFC connectivity are key prerequisites for the broad rollout of mobile and IoT devices anticipated in the coming years. This acquisition builds on our deep expertise in secure ...

Arrow and Avnet, the behemoths of the distribution channel have a problem. How do they get to design engineers at the genesis of their projects? How do they get ahead in demand creation? They are taking very different routes right now. See also: Avnet makes £691m bid for Raspberry Pi supplier Farnell Arrow has chosen to purchase electronics publications and websites, ...

Once upon a time I was totally against nuclear power. And then I heard about climate change and had to re-think my attitude. So, much as I am a fan of off-shore wind for example, I am also now a little more open-minded about fission. Hinkley Point  however has been driving me nuts – not necessarily for the nuclear side ...

Spectrum Instrumentation has launched a line of arbitrary waveform generators (AWGs) based on the LXI instrumentation standard for generating electronic signals in automated test and remote applications. The generatorNETBOX series features seven new models to give users a wide choice of performance levels. Features of the LXI-based arbitrary waveform generators with 14 and 16 bit resolutions for accurate signal generation ...

Infineon has volume availability of thyristor/diode modules in solder bond technology with a 50 mm module and plans to launch additional module types with blocking voltages of 1800 V and 2200 V in 2017. Solder bond modules are for applications where the high robustness of pressure contact technology is not necessarily a must. Typical applications for the 50 mm modules ...

Happy days are here again as the semiconductor industry returns to significant growth. The SOX is at a multi-year high and the book-to-Bill ratio is trending positive. By hitting 778, the SOX is up 16.75% YTD, reports Investopedia. Qualcomm is up 22.5%, TI up 30%, Broadcom up 18.7%, and Nvidia up 72%. Last year the SOX went down 3%. The ...

Premier Farnell, online distributor and supplier of Raspberry Pi has received a £691m takeover bid from US giant Avnet, one of the world’s largest electronics distributors headquartered in Phoenix. Avnet is in a bidding battle for UK-based Premier Farnell, which owns the element14 brand, with Datwyler Technical Components. See also: Why Avnet wants to buy Premier Farnell William Amelio, interim CEO of Avnet, ...