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May chip sales were up 19.8% y-o-y at $59 billion compared to the $49.2 billion of May 2024 and up 3.5% on the $57 billion of April 2025, says the SIA. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong in May, edging above the previous month’s total and remaining well ahead of sales from the same month last year,” said SIA CEaom John ...

Automotive camera module revenue reached almost $6 billion in 2024 and is forecast to climb to $8.7 billion by 2030, reflecting a 6.6% CAGR, says Yole, volume growth is even steeper, with shipments set to rise to more than 400 million units over the same period with an 8.1% CAGR. Smart front ADAS cameras remain the highest-value segment, while satellite ...

A European Electronic Communications (EEC) committee has approved the new Low Power Device-to-Satellite (LPD-S) regulatory framework. The draft decision follows a multi-year initiative by the LoRa Alliance to formalise this LPD-S category. Basically, it formally defines the conditions that low power devices communicating with satellites will need to fulfil. This is for connecting directly to satellites without the need for ...

Anglia Components has signed a franchise agreement with Winslow Adaptics, the UK-based designer and manufacturer of IC sockets, adapters and semiconductor hardware. The product range includes fully customised adapters for obsolescence management, test and development tools and many industry-standard interconnect devices. “Winslow are leaders in their field,” says Anglia’s technical director David Pearson, “they have achieved this position by being ...

James Eisenhaure has become CFO of Californian CEM Naprotek, having been interim CFO since earlier this year. “During his interim tenure, Eisenhaure played a key role in leading the company through the closeout of its FY2024 financial audit,” according to the company. “His leadership and collaboration across teams ensured a smooth and timely process.” Prior to this he has has leadership ...

With USB Power Delivery in mind, EPC has designed a 180W GaN dc-dc converter evaluation board. Its two-phase power section occupies only 24 x 24mm, using both sides of the board and ignoring input and output bulk capacitors. Called EPC91109 and intended to implement USB-PD 3.1, it delivers 12, 16 or 20V from an input range of 20 to 36V. ...

Teledyne Space Imaging has had its second CCD launch within a week, this time in part of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 space-based air-quality monitoring mission. In the other one, a pair of Teledyne CIS120 sensors launched on GOSAT-GW, Japan’s global observing satellite for greenhouse gases and water cycle satellite Sentinel-4 will be spread across multiple satellites, with this Sentinel-4 ...

The Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies (SGET) has released SMARC Design Guide v2.2, hot on the heels of SMARC Module Specification v2.2. “This updated version of the design guide provides support for hardware developers and system architects by offering detailed implementation recommendations and layout best practices for SMARC-based carrier boards,” according to the group. “The revision ensures alignment with the ...

Google’s datacentres used 30.8 million megawatt-hours of electricity, up from 14.4 million megawatt-hours in 2020, says the company’s sustainability report. In 2007, Google set a goal to be carbon neutral in 2023 which has been revised to 2030.  In order to achieve this goal, the company has been investing in a range of energy sources, including geothermal, nuclear and renewables ...

Kyocera has brought out a line of integrated thin film (ITF) hybrid couplers for high-frequency wireless systems in industrial, automotive, telecommunications, and telemetry applications. Hybrid couplers are special four-port directional couplers that split input signals into two equal-amplitude 3dB outputs whose phases are shifted by 90°. Many also support performance monitoring and inject signals without interrupting the original signal. The ...