Here are some of my answers to some common questions and misconceptions about connected cars. I work at Freescale Semiconductor on automotive microcontrollers, but I'm also a driver and a consumer. The connected car: What’s in it for me? What does it actually mean? Those are typically the first questions I ask when considering a…
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The first time I ever heard the phrase “doing good in the community” I was at Molex in the late ’70s, but typically then the funds donated to causes started and ended at the ownership level. Today there are countless programs that are officially set up to match employee funds and even allow employees time…
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The average contract price for DDR3 4GB fell three percent from $19 in August to $18.5 in September, according to the latest price report from DRAMeXchange, a division of TrendForce. The first-tier DRAM suppliers tried to hold the price around $20 to $21 in August, when the inventory level in the spot market was low, according to…
DetailsBosch Sensortec claims the industry’s first custom programmable 9-axis motion sensor. The BMF055 includes an accelerometer, gyroscope, magnetometer and an Atmel SAMD20 32-bit Cortex M0+ microcontroller in a single package. The high functionality device is housed in a 5.2 x 3.8 x 1.1 mm3 package. The Software Development Package enables easy customization for different application requirements,…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is teaming up with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara and a group of visionaries in autonomous vehicle technology to announce an exciting new Driverless Cars Series. The new series captures insights from some of the most influential companies on the topic, including CAVCOE, Mercedes, Cruise, Google, Delphi, AVX, ON Semiconductor and Carnegie Mellon/GM. The new Driverless Cars Series is…
DetailsResearch reported in the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics by researchers at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation describes the development of a new power module made from a SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor and a SiC Schottky barrier diode. The team successfully trialed the module in a train traction inverter – a device used to convert the direct…
DetailsSan Diego, Calif. — CEOs remain optimistic about their businesses’ growth, despite greater concerns about the challenging economy, according to the Q3 2015 Vistage CEO Confidence Index Survey (http://www.vistage.com/press-center/vistage-ceo-survey/), the largest survey of chief executives from small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States. Experience the interactive Multimedia News Release here: http://www.multivu.com/players/English/7651351-vistage-q3-2015-ceo-confidence-index/ “Although CEOs remain cautious about…
DetailsCupertino, Calif. – Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a world leader in storage solutions, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Dot Hill Systems Corp. (NASDAQ: HILL), a trusted supplier of innovative software and hardware storage systems. Under the terms of the definitive agreement signed between Seagate and Dot Hill, an indirect wholly…
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With Hurricane Joaquin hitting the headlines and the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina just arrived, electronics OEMs have been given a huge reminder of the terrible impact that hurricanes can have on the electronics supply chain. Among the long list of losses associated with this most recent storm, cargo ship El Faro was lost during…
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Fallout from Volkwagen's diesel emissions scandal is going to happen. It's a supply chain inevitability. How can it not be when there will be a huge auto recall, massive cutbacks, billions of dollars worth of fines, many executive resignations, piles of legal suits, calls for industry-wide investigations, and damaged trust that will need to be…
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