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The future of communications may be 5G, where mobile networks push bandwidth-heavy video to phones and pull data from self-driving cars, but some firms see an alternative: farm irrigation equipment, donation boxes and oysters, connected by a technology called LoRa. LoRa (for Long Range) is among a clutch of narrowband technologies that connect devices cheaply over unlicensed spectrum and vast...

SII Semiconductor Corporation, an affiliate of Seiko Instruments Inc., released the S-93CxxCD0H Series (105˚C) and the S-93AxxBD0A Series (125˚C), new automotive 3-wire (Microwire) serial EEPROM products available in the ultra-small HSNT-8 package (2030) (2.0×3.0×t0.5 mm). With an industry-leading write speed of 4ms (max.) and low voltage operation down to 1.6V, the S-93CxxCD0H Series (105˚C) is suitable for a wide...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the global authorized distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the appointment of Sam Katsuta as Vice President of Mouser Electronics-Japan. "Japan is a key global market as well as one of the world's leading markets for electronic design, and is therefore of great interest to us," said Mark Burr-Lonnon, Mouser's ‎Senior Vice President...

South Korea’s Seoul Semiconductor Co. may have hit blockbuster with its newly developed light emitting diode (LED) Wicop as it became the must feature for camera flash for smartphones. The semiconductor company has been supplying the LED products for camera flash to Apple Inc. from last year. Chinese smartphone makers have all rushed to install Wicop in their new smartphone...

Wipro Infrastructure Engineering said it agreed to buy HR Givon, an Israel-headquartered aerospace equipment manufacturer, as it looks to expand into the defence offset space. Wipro Infrastructure Engineering said the acquisition would help it broaden its product portfolio and expand geographically. The terms of the deal were not announced. Givon makes structural parts and assemblies for aircrafts. The forty-six-year-old company has...

From bikinis to luggage, Vodafone details IOT proof of concept project Vodafone in Spain has developed a proof-of-concept ‘smart’ wearables summer collection to increase safety measures and ease of access on holiday. The development stems from a European survey which found 48% of Europeans forget to apply sunscreen while 30% said they have lost luggage. So Vodafone is researching what it says...

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 for fourth-generation V-NAND and mass production of 18nm DRAM is progressing smoothly.” “Although overall demand is expected to increase, thanks to increased demand for high-density...

Mouser Electronics, Inc. is now stocking the PAN1740 Experimenter Kit from Panasonic. The PAN1740 Experimenter Kit is a development tool for the Panasonic PAN1740 Series Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) module. The PAN1740 targets consumer applications as well as wireless sensors, cable replacement applications, instrumentation, heart rate monitors, and blood glucose meters. The PAN1740 Experimenter kit, available from Mouser Electronics, consists...

The Internet of Things is well on its way to disrupting the Canadian economy, according to a recently report from IDC. The report, entitled “The Internet of Things: Get Ready to Embrace Its Impact on the Digital Economy,” reveals that as the cost of connected devices goes down, the demand for them is going up. Furthermore, there are several segments of...

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Nasdaq:AOSL), a designer, developer and global supplier of a broad range of power semiconductors, today announced the release of the AOZ5166QI-01, the high efficiency power modules which are fully compliant with Intel’s DrMOS specifications. The AOZ5166QI-01 is housed in a 40-pin 6mm x 6mm QFN package that integrates an optimized dual gate driver...