• China's Leading EV Startup Puts Its Prototype Through a Cold Weather Test

    China’s leading electric vehicle startup, Byton, has just completed its latest round of cold weather testing in Mongolia. The company tested its highly anticipated M-Byte by clocking up several thousand kilometers in prototype vehicles on open roads and specially prepared test tracks at tem......view more

  • Wide-input DC-DC converters for industrial and railways

    Flex Power Modules has introduced a range of wide input range DC-DC converters for industrial and railways use, encapsulated for reliable operation in harsh conditions, in a 2 x 1in (~50 x 25mm) package. PKE8000A is for industrial use, with its 9-75V input covering 12V, 24V or 48V ......view more

  • Pure Electric Vehicles Enter Phase of Fastest Growth Report Claims

    The world is going crazy about electric vehicles. A series of new reports from  IDTechEx Research  says the electric vehicles have officially entered their fastest phase of growth. While good news, it isn't too unexpected. Rapid improvements in technology have expanded the electric v......view more

  • Panasonic: advanced technologies and solutions for automotive and industrial at PCIM

    Panasonic presents its latest technology portfolio at PCIM, Nuremberg. Strong innovations in the fields of wide bandgap semiconductors, assembly technology and passive components technology form the basis of Panasonic unique position as the solution partner addressing the broadest range of challe......view more

  • Success in Japan

    Strong growth in a strategically important market: According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Infineon Technologies increased its automotive business in Japan by almost 25 percent in 2018. It thus grew faster than any other of the top ten automotive semiconductor suppliers in the ......view more

  • Chip designers link up on drives

    Loongson Technology, Hunan Goke establish strategic partnership wo leading Chinese chip designers joined forces on Monday to boost the homegrown semiconductor industry's competence in controllers for solid state drives, a crucial component of data storage devices. Loongson T......view more

  • South China pilot FTZ establishes full 5G coverage

    Illustration: IC A free trade zone (FTZ) in South China's Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, has established full 5G coverage, becoming the first FTZ in China to see deployment of the next generation of wireless technology, according to media reports.  According to the reports, China (Gua......view more

  • First Steps To High Temperature GaN Memory?

    Scientists at Arizona State University have reported creating a GaN-based memory device that can operate at very high temperatures. The results were published in  IEEE Electronic Device Letters  (March 2019). The research is funded by NASA's Hot Operating Temperat......view more