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DC-DC convertors drive electric superbike to 3rd place in TT Zero race

The 8th June 2016 saw the University of Nottingham’s (UoN) electric superbike become the fastest university-developed electric bike to go around the 37 mile Isle of Man road circuit securing 3rd place in the 2016 TT Zero race. Murata not on

Murata | 20-06-2016

High-capacity FPGA design accelerates

Altera, now part of Intel, has announced the production release of the new Quartus Prime Pro design software, which further accelerates FPGA design performance and design team productivity. The Quartus Prime Pro software is architected to s

Altera | 11-05-2016

World's lowest power BLE module for space-constrained applications

Atmel has announced the world’s lowest power Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connectivity modules for small form factor applications. The ultra-low power Atmel SmartConnect XR and ZR modules consume less than 4mA in RX and less than 3mA in TX wi

Atmel | 31-03-2016

World's first single-chip 8K video decoder

Introduced as the world's first single-chip SoC that can process decoding of 8K resolution HEVC video, Socionext’s SCH801A was developed in cooperation with NHK (Nippon Hoso Kyokai Japan Broadcasting Corporation), and has successfully perfo

Socionext | 23-03-2016

Dual-mode 56Gbps PAM-4 and 30Gbps NRZ tx technology for Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs

Altera, now the Programmable Solutions Group (PSG) within Intel Corporation, has unveiled the transceiver technology that will enable Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs to support data rates up to 56 Gbps. Altera has demonstrated the FPGA industry’s

Altera | 22-03-2016

Enhanced SkyBridge tools shortens DAS testing times by up to 90%

Anritsu has introduced the latest version of its award-winning SkyBridge Tools cloud-based test management tool that reduces the time associated with testing and verifying distributed antenna systems (DAS) by as much as 90%. With enhance

Anritsu | 15-03-2016

Thinnest 0603-Size multilayer ceramic capacitor in the world

Taiyo Yuden has announced the commercialization of the JMK063 BJ104ML, the world's thinnest 0603-size low-profile multilayer ceramic capacitor, achieving a thickness of 0.11mm (0.6mm x 0.3mm x 0.11mm, with the maximum height value). T

Taiyo Yuden | 09-03-2016

Latest technology enables world’s highest-bandwidth oscilloscopes

Keysight Technologies has announced a technological breakthrough for building the world’s highest-bandwidth oscilloscopes with the successful turn-on of chipsets that take advantage of Keysight’s leading edge Indium Phosphide (InP) semicond

Keysight Technologies | 02-03-2016

Power conversion platform enables technology to cut solar energy costs

Analog Devices has introduced a revolutionary addition to its power conversion platform with an innovative series of mixed-signal control processors. The ADSP-CM41x series is designed to dramatically simplify system design, lower cost, and

Analog Devices | 25-02-2016

Lower-power heart-rate monitoring solution for next-generation wearables

Ambiq Micro and PixArt Imaging have announced that the two companies have partnered to develop an ultra low-power heart-rate monitoring (HRM) solution for deployment in next-generation wearable products. The fast-growing wearables market

Ambiq Micro | 24-02-2016

Industry’s first USB-C buck-boost battery charger ships

Announced as the industry’s first buck-boost battery charger that supports two-way power delivery in ultrabooks, tablets and power banks using the reversible USB Type-C connector, the single-chip ISL9237 Narrow VDC (NVDC) battery charger ha

Intersil | 23-02-2016

Industry’s first Quad SPI FRAM device offers ultra-high speed

Fujitsu has launched the industry’s first Quad SPI FRAM product MB85RQ4ML, offering an ultra high-speed and compact nonvolatile memory solution for networking, industry computing and HMI applications. The MB85RQ4ML incorporates 4Mbit

Fujitsu | 19-02-2016

World's first encryption technology to match multi-source data

Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Fujitsu Laboratories of America, Inc. today announced development of the world's first encryption technology that can match IDs or attribute values in information sources, such as classified or private data fro

Fujitsu | 15-02-2016

World's first 0201 1,000pF temperature compensation monolithic ceramic capacitor

Murata has announced 0201 size (0.6mm × 0.3mm), 25V temperature compensation-type monolithic ceramic capacitors with CH/C0G characteristics. The capacitors are thought to be the first in the world of this size to achieve a capacitance ratin

Murata | 10-02-2016

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