ICs & Semiconductors

Nexperia expands portfolio to include first integrated 5 V load switch

Nexperia, the essential semiconductor expert, has expanded its analog and logic product portfolio with the introduction of the load switch product family. Headlining the release is the NPS4053, a high density Integrated Circuit (IC) designed to provide a smaller footprint and superior system protection to help increase system reliability and …

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See the latest innovations up close and tap into a wealth of expertise at this brand-new one-day event for the electronics industry Electronics Live is coming to the National Conference Centre (NCC) in Birmingham on 17 January 2024. This inaugural table-top event is the perfect platform to source the latest …

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Navitas GaN CRPS185 3,200 W “Titanium Plus” server power platform drives the AI revolution

Navitas Semiconductor, the pure-play, next-generation power semiconductor company, has announced that its CRPS185 3,200 W “Titanium Plus” server reference design not only surpasses the stringent 80Plus Titanium efficiency requirements, but also effectively satisfies the increasing power demands of AI data centre power. The rapid development and deployment of artificial intelligence …

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Winbond earns ISO/SAE 21434 certification for W77Q Secure Flash, “becoming the world’s first memory IC vendor to achieve this milestone”

Winbond Electronics Corporation, a global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, has announced that their TrustME W77Q Secure Flash family has received the prestigious ISO/SAE 21434 international standard certification. This certification is important for all OEMs to the automotive industry, and Winbond has now become the first Flash vendor worldwide to achieve …

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Silicon Motion introduces SM2264XT-AT – “the world’s first automotive-grade PCIe NVMe SSD controller” at this year’s Flash Memory Summit

Silicon Motion, the provider of semiconductor storage solutions, has unveiled the SM2264XT-AT automotive-grade PCIe NVMe SSD controller. Engineered to deliver superior performance and reliability, this cutting-edge solution is said to set a new benchmark for automotive storage applications. Designed with state-of-the-art PCIe Gen4 technology and innovative hardware features, the SM2264XT-AT …

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Nexperia unveils “industry’s first” coin cell battery life and power booster

Nexperia, the specialist in essential semiconductors, has just introduced the NBM7100 and NBM5100, new types of battery life boosting ICs designed to extend the life of a typical non-rechargeable lithium coin cell battery by up to 10x compared to competing solutions while also increasing its peak output current capability by …

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Inseto supplies equipment to Cardiff University’s Institute for Compound Semiconductors

Inseto, a technical distributor of equipment and materials, has supplied the Institute for Compound Semiconductors with a variety of semiconductor manufacturing equipment for its new 16,150ft2 cleanroom situated adjacent to its Translational Research Hub (TRH). The TRH, which opened for business in May 2023, is a 129,000ft2 facility with a …

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Magnachip expands its 7th-generation MXT LV MOSFET line-up for battery protection circuits of mobile devices

Magnachip Semiconductor has released four new MXT LV Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFETs), using Super-Short Channel technology, to further expand Magnachip’s seventh-generation MXT LV MOSFET line-up for battery protection circuits of mobile devices. Super-Short Channel is Magnachip’s latest design technology to reduce Ron (the resistance of MOSFETs during on-state operation) by …

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Nordic Semiconductor launches nPM13000 Power Management IC and Evaluation Kit

Nordic Semiconductor has launched its nPM1300 Power Management IC (PMIC). With its two ultra efficient buck converters, two load switches/Low Drop Out voltage converters (LDOs) and integrated battery charging, the nPM1300 is described as suitable for battery-operated applications. It is designed to reduce an end-product’s Bill-of-Materials (BoM) by combining circuitry …

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Navitas and GravaStar “roll out” world’s first 65 W GaNFast chargers customized to Transformers movie characters

Navitas Semiconductor has announced that GravaStar’s new Alpha65 Transformers-branded fast chargers use the next-generation GaNSense Control power IC. These custom chargers celebrate the world-wide release of the action-packed movie “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.” Well-crafted, with unique design, the chargers combine real-world, high-performance gallium nitride (GaN) with sentient ‘mecha’ robot …

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