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2020-03 Power Xilinx

[Mar 19 2020] Xilinx, a global leader in adaptive and intelligent computing, announced Vitis™ (pronounced V-TIS) - a unified software platform that will allow developers, including software engineers and AI scientists, to benefit from the benefits of flexible hardware. Built over five years and a total of 1,000 man-years, the Vitis Unified software platform automatically ADAPTS and uses Xilinx hardware archite ...

2020-03 Passive Components Yageo

[Mar 19 2020] Yageo, the world's leading manufacturer of passive components, introduces the X8G(i.e., the NPO medium gauge product) with a temperature characteristic that can withstand operating environments up to 150°C. The first batch of ceramic capacitors are 0805 in size, with a capacity range of 1nF ~ 10nF and a rated voltage of 100V. Sizes will be extended to 0603 and 0402. This means that the MLCC produ ...

2020-03 Sensors Vishay

[Mar 18 2020] Vishay Intertechnology today announced the introduction of a new high-precision position sensor that is more reliable than existing absolute encoders and offers better resolution and accuracy than the traditional Hall effect sensor, the RAMK060, for industrial robots and other demanding applications. The new RAMK060 Absolute Rotary Magnetic Suite encoder uses advanced contactless technology with ...

2020-03 Power Renesas Electronics America

[Mar 18 2020] Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the introduction of the Renesas Advanced (RA)MCU product family based on the 32-bit Arm® Cortex-M kernel. RA MCUS offer the ultimate combination of optimized performance, security, connectivity, peripheral IP, and an easy-to-use Flexible Software Package (FSP) to meet the needs of the next generation of embedded solutions. To support this new family of pr ...

2020-03 Power Diodes Incorporated

[Mar 17 2020] Diodes announces the industry's first HDMI 2.1 transparent linear transfer drive optimized for power and cost for digital TVS, laptops and desktop computers, VR devices and game consoles. This product supports up to 10K video resolution. The PI3HDX12211 is Diodes' latest HDMI linear transfer drive and the industry's first HDMI 2.1 compliant. The PI3HDX12211 supports speeds of up to 12Gbit/s per c ...

2020-03 Power United Chemi-Con

[Mar 17 2020] U-blox, the world's leading provider of positioning and wireless communications technology, successfully assisted Quantum-Systems unmanned aerial vehicles in their rescue efforts with its high-precision GNSS positioning module. u-blox ZED-F9P's high-precision GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) positioning module provides centimeter-level accuracy in seconds. Quantum-Systems, which speciali ...

2020-03 Passive Components KEMET

[Mar 16 2020] KEMET announced a complete capacitance and voltage offering for KC-LINKTM ceramic surface-mount capacitors in the EIA 3640 package size. KC-LINK capacitors have excellent ripple current resistance and are ideal for use with fast-switching wide-band gap (WBG) semiconductors, which enable power converters to operate at higher voltages, temperatures, and frequencies, and achieve higher efficiency le ...

2020-03 Power Intel

[Mar 16 2020] Intel introduces the new Intel Xeon W and X Series processor products to bring a higher level of computing performance and AI-accelerated performance to professional creators and performance enthusiasts. The new Xeon W-2200 and X-series processors are designed to meet the diverse and growing needs of customers and are expected to be available in November. In addition, for creators and performance ...

2020-03 Power Microchip Technology

[Mar 15 2020] As the number and types of connected devices proliferate, the diversity and security vulnerabilities of the iot market pose a huge challenge for developers. Hardware-based security is the only way to protect keys from physical attacks and remote extraction. But providing the appropriate hardware and software configurations for each device requires significant security expertise, development time, ...

2020-03 Power Trinamic Motion Control GmbH

[Mar 15 2020] TRINAMIC Motion Control Inc. has announced the world's smallest single-chip motor driver featuring patented StealthChop technology. The TMC2300 sets the standard for 2-phase stepper motors up to 1.2A RMS and 1.8V... With a voltage range of 11V DC, it requires only the lowest power consumption, so that people are not aware of the existence of a motor. From now on, you only need 1 or 2 lithium-ion ...

2020-03 Connectors Vishay

[Mar 14 2020] Vishay Intertechnology has announced the launch of a new series of five infrared (IR) sensor modules in a compact package, the TSSP9xxx. The Vishay Semiconductors TSSP9xxx AGC0 device has a fast response time of 300 μs and a reflection and proximity detection distance of 2 meters and 30 meters, respectively, for light curtain and perimeter security applications. Compared with the previous generat ...

2020-03 Power Silicon Labs

[Mar 14 2020] Silicon Mitus' SM5428 is a fast charging chip that is mainly used in mobile portable devices such as PCS, tablets, and Smart phones. The SM5428 has a maximum efficiency of 98%, supports a maximum input current of 8A, and a maximum power of 35W, which can greatly save the charging time of mobile devices. Available in a 56-Bump WLCSP package. The SM5428 chip integrates overvoltage protection (OVP), ...