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On 26th November, the NASA InSight Lander, with the help of Wind River VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS), reached an important milestone in its journey to Mars, as InSight begins a 12,300mph descent to the red planet. With the…

The November Update from IC Insights’ to the 2018 McClean Report, includes a discussion of the forecasted top-25 semiconductor suppliers in 2018 (the top-15 2018 semiconductor suppliers are covered in this research bulletin). The Update…

Branching out into motor drive ICs for brushless DC (BLDC) motors, Power Integrations has introduced the BridgeSwitch integrated half-bridge motor driver IC family. The ICs offer up to 98.5% efficiency for a range of appliances and…

Supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, Renesas Electronics Corporation, has introduced a new IO-Link master development kit to accelerate IO-Link-based application development for industrial networked devices in a smart factory. The…

Developments in the Asia Pacific food and beverage sector will be a major reason behind the growth of packaging materials market growth. The Asia Pacific region includes a large number of emerging economies such as China, India, and South…

Developer of optoelectronic technology, Plessey, has announces that it has been named a CES 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree in the Embedded Technologies category. The company has been recognized for its monolithic microLED displays, which…

The ARIS (Arrow Renesas IoT Synergy) platform for developing Internet of Things (IoT) devices has been extended by introducing the ARIS-EDGE-NB-IoT shield. The shield, made by Shiratech, features a Quectel BG96 module and plugs onto the…

Having identified the demand for digital conversion with the need for higher energy efficiency in data center and cloud computing infrastructure, Flex Power Modules has introduced its 48V-to-Load Direct Conversion technology.

Arrow Electronics has extended its agreement with Cree’s Wolfspeed division. The new agreement positions Arrow Electronics as Cree’s largest global distributor for Wolfspeed’s silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) on SiC product…

A new compact (45mm long and 18mm diameter) ultrasonic sensor, the P53-80-D18 from Hoffmann + Krippner, has been released. It is one of the smallest ultrasonic sensors on the market worldwide and is designed for use in harsh environmental…