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EV UPSTART RIVIAN IS HELPING TO DRIVE A NEW AUTO TECH BOOM
Rivian’s “skateboard chassis” has a thin, flat battery forming the deck, plus a motor for each wheel, brakes, a suspension, and a cooling system. IN THE MID-1880S, Karl Benz married a gas engine he had developed to a modified bicycle platform.......view more
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Texas Instruments to build $3.1 billion manufacturing plant in Richardson
RICHARDSON, Texas — Texas Instruments has picked Richardson for a big, new manufacturing site. The facility will garner about $3.1 billion in capital investments and create more than 480 jobs, Texas Governor Greg Abbott said Thursday on his website. The Dallas-based chipmaker will......view more
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AI firm iFlytek net profit up 24.71% in 2018
HEFEI - China's major artificial intelligence (AI) company iFlytek registered a net profit increase of 24.71 percent in 2018, the company said Thursday. The company's net profit reached 542 million yuan ($80.8 million) last year, according to the company's 2018 annual report released on Thur......view more
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Navitas Presents GaN Products and Technology at PCIM Europe 2019
Navitas Semiconductor reported that it will present the company’s latest GaNFast power IC advances and leading-edge end-customer examples at PCIM Europe 2019. According to Navitas, the company’s first GaNFast power ICs enable power systems to achieve the highest efficiency operation and MH......view more
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DC-DC Converter
Highest density end-to-end power management solutions including integrated power stages, multi-phase digital controllers and integrated POL converters We as an innovation leader for power semiconductor and energy efficiency technologies are continually deve......view more
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ROHM: PrestoMOS series of 600V Super Junction MOSFETs
ROHM recently announced a new lineup of its PrestoMOS series of 600V super junction MOSFETs that includes 30 new models. This series increases design flexibility while maintaining the industry’s fastest reverse recovery time (trr) optimized for EV charging stations and motor drive in home appl......view more
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Solar panel demand causing spike in worldwide silver prices
Rising demand for solar panels is having a major effect on the worldwide price of silver, which could lead to solar panel production costs becoming far higher in the future, new research from the University of Kent has demonstrated. Researchers from Kent Business School at the University......view more
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Tariff suspensions create good atmosphere for China, US trade talks: MOC
BEIJING - Reciprocal suspensions of additional tariffs are "undoubtedly" conducive to creating a good atmosphere for the China-US economic and trade negotiations, Chinese commerce ministry's spokesperson Gao Feng said Thursday. China's State Council said on Sunday that the country would c......view more
