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Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd of Kiyosu, Aichi Prefecture, Japan has developed what is claimed to be the first 1.2kV-class power semiconductor device chip capable of large-current operation exceeding 20A. Using gallium nitride (GaN) crystal growth technology developed since 1986 for the production of blue LEDs, Toyoda Gosei began research on GaN-based power semiconductor devices in 2010. Previously, low-loss 1.2kV-class MOSFETs...

Samsung Electronics has come up with world’s first removable memory cards based on the JEDEC Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension Standard, for use in high-resolution mobile shooting devices such as DSLRs, 3D VR cameras, action cams and drones. This cards comes with a wide range of storage capacities including 256, 128, 64 and 32 gigabyte (GB), Samsung's...

Anritsu extended its Signal Analyzer MS2840A product line by adding three new frequency models (3.6 GHz, 6 GHz, and 26.5 GHz) to its current 44.5-GHz model supporting excellent narrowband measurement performance in a middle-range signal analyzer/spectrum analyzer platform. With a dedicated low phase noise option, the 3.6-GHz and 6-GHz models have excellent close-in SSB phase noise performance that exceeds...

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking Hexiwear wearable platform products from MikroElektronika. Completely open source and developed in partnership with NXP, the Hexiwear device incorporates a low-power NXP Kinetis K64microcontroller, Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) and wireless connectivity, and six onboard sensors into a compact wearable form factor for developers who need a complete Internet of Things (IoT) toolkit. With Hexiwear's...

The ams AS5170 sensors, available from Mouser Electronics, are ams' first magnetic position sensors to provide full data path diagnostics, enabling automotive system OEMs to achieve a higher level of ISO 26262 system-level compliance. The diagnostic system built into the AS5170 devices tests the entire device, from the Hall sensor front end, through the DSP engine, to the back-end...

The Startup Village Phase 2, in tune with the Prime Minister’s Startup India programme, will focus on creating an entrepreneurial culture amongst the country’s five million engineering students by providing them a completely digital incubation framework, ranging from application for admission to teaching, mentoring and graduation. CM Pinarayi Vijayan will launch SV.CO, the world’s first digital incubator for student startups...

According to the report published in an online portal, nc42.com, the government has finalized a ‘National Policy on Software Products-2016’ to promote talent in the international market. Besides, the government aims to contribute a bigger share of software products from India to the global market. In a bid to encourage new startups in the country, the government has taken an...

Overview Next-generation platforms are evolving rapidly to keep pace with emerging system trends driven by an explosion of applications such as data center capabilities, Internet of Things (IoT), 400G to terabit networking, optical transport, 5G wireless, 8K video, etc. The resulting expansion of connectivity and processing will affect the semiconductor space significantly, from the type of components that are built...

BRICS nations will chalk out a plan for enhancing cooperation in energy efficiency when they meet at Visakhapatnam for a two-day deliberation starting from Monday. India, a member of BRICS, will also showcase its efforts in energy saving, energy efficiency, particularly the LED street lighting programme and PAT (Performance Achievement & Trade) programme for industrial energy efficiency. “The first meeting of...

Puducherry government in tie-up with Dongfan Electronics for smart grid project Puducherry: Puducherry government entered into an agreement with Dongfan Electronics, China, to implement the smart grid project in the state. Superintendenting Engineer of Puducherry Electricity department Madhivanan and Dongfang’s representative Sriram Anumanghappalli signed the Memorandum of Understanding in the presence of the power minister R Kamalakannan here on Wednesday. The union...