IC Insights’ full-year 2021 IC market forecast is being raised from a 19 percent increase to 24 percent. Even if excluding memory, the total IC market is expected to be up by 21 percent this year. Continued per-bit pricing strength in the DRAM and NAND flash markets as well as a better than expected outlook…
APEC is a leading conference for power electronics that showcases the latest innovations in power products. The overriding themes at this year’s show are system cost reduction through integration and lower bill of materials (BOM); faster time to market and simplifying design. Power electronics manufacturers also are keenly focused on delivering higher efficiency and cutting…
CES may herald 2018 as the year that artificial intelligence (AI) takes off across all end market segments. Similar to what we’ve seen in the IoT space, these AI applications also overlap into other technology areas, including IoT, cloud, augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR), and big data. AI features already have made a big move…
Knowles Corporation launched the new RAF Series of balanced armature drivers for the next generation of premium headsets. Developed for wireless products, the receiver’s small dimensions and high efficiency make it well suited for a variety of applications including premium music earphones, hearables, Bluetooth headsets, communications earpieces, and miniature sound amplifiers. The RAF Series occupies less volume than…
NuCurrent, a manufacturer of thin, high quality (Q) factor, printed wireless power transfer solutions, introduced a new family of wireless power connector alternatives at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017. The ultra-small power and sense modules were developed for engineers looking to reduce connector field failures in high-use, harsh environments and for new designs which were…
Vesper, a developer of advanced acoustic sensors, DSP Group, Inc., a global provider of wireless chipset solutions for converged communications, and Sensory, Inc., a developer of voice interface and keyword-detect algorithms, will demonstrate their voice activation development kit for battery-powered devices at CES 2017. The turnkey development platform claims the lowest overall power consumption for far-field,…
Qualcomm Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, International, Ltd., has added active noise cancelling (ANC) to its CSR8675 product platform, claiming the industry’s first Bluetooth audio system-on-chip (SoC) to integrate this advanced technology. The new feature reduces the complexity and cost of adding active noise cancelling to headphones by eliminating the need for a separate ANC…
Greensboro, N.C. – Qorvo, a provider of RF solutions, introduced a complete system on chip (SoC) for smart home devices that delivers multi-protocol support with “best-in-class” power consumption. The GP695 SoC integrates multiple communication protocols, including IEEE 802.15.4, ZigBee 3.0, Thread and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) for sensors and actuators throughout the home. This enables a…
MediaTek announced the availability of the MT2533D, a highly integrated chipset for smart, connected headphones, headsets, earpieces and hands-free systems, at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Although designed for wireless headphones and in-vehicle hands-free systems, the MT2533D chipset also can be used in stand-alone sports headsets or travel earpieces thanks to local MP3 playback,…
San Jose, Calif. – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. claims the industry’s first complete solution for USB-C to native HDMI connections without adapters or converters. Based on Cypress EZ-PD USB-C controllers, the solution allows next-generation laptops, smartphones, tablets, digital cameras and other HDMI-enabled sources with USB-C connectors to connect directly to HDMI-enabled displays, including HD and 4K televisions,…