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KYOCERA Develops New GaN Laser Chip, World’s Smallest* to be Mass-Produced from Silicon Working Substrate

by Artem Alekseenko

Company unveils new process to create functioning 100micron length micro-light sources with higher yield, lower cost — enabling short cavity lasers and micro-LEDs for autonomous driving, AR, and VR applications. Kyocera Corporation (President: Hideo …

Tags:Augmented Reality| Chip Technology| Kyocera| MicroLED| Virtual Reality

Qualcomm and the Advent of 5G Cell Networks

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it, 5G is at the root of the recent headlines of the US Treasury Dept. scuttling a “$121B hostile Chinese takeover bid” (to the Singapore-based Broadcom) of mobile chip maker, …

Nikkei Sees Apple as the Next Semiconductor Superpower

by Norbert Hildebrand

In the recent article ‘Apple: A semiconductor superpower in the making‘ Nikkei Asian Review discussed the direction Apple is using in terms of semiconductor supply and design. They were reviewing how the recent Apple …

TSMC Gears Up FinFET Production

by Bob Raikes

The Commercial Times in China has reported that TSMC is expected to start making 12nm FinFET chips in the fourth quarter of 2017. They will be used in Xavier CPUs and Volta GPUs for …

Peraso Releases W120 WiGig Compliant Phased Array Chipset

by Isaac Oburu

Peraso Technologies Inc., a leader in Wireless Gigabit (WiGig®) chipsets, today announced the availability of its W120 WiGig phased array chipset for consumer electronics. The W120 builds on the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WiGigTM W110 Chipset, …

Tags:Chip Production| Chip Technology

AptoVision Announces New Design Wins for BlueRiver AV-over-IP Technology

by Isaac Oburu

AptoVision™ today announced that the company has reached a milestone in market adoption with more than 25 manufacturers now incorporating its award-winning BlueRiver™ NT and BlueRiver NT+ AV-over-IP chipsets into more than 35 advanced …

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AptoVision Named Finalist for AV Awards “Breakthrough Company of the Year”

by Isaac Oburu

AptoVision, a pioneer in game-changing AV chipset technology, announced today that it has been named a finalist for “Breakthrough Company of the Year” by the prestigious AV Awards. This new AV Awards category recognizes …

Tags:AV Processors| Awards| Chip Technology

Verimatrix Certifies UHD Chips

by Tom Allen

Verimatrix has launched a new ‘Ultra Security’ certification for chipsets and devices at NAB. Products so certified will be able to run Verimatrix’s ViewRight software security implementations, which meet UltraHD content guidelines set by …

AltoBeam ATBM7823 DVB-T2/T/C2/C/S2X/S2/S Demodulator Adopted in LG Innotek Tuner NIM

by Isaac Oburu

AltoBeam, a developer of advanced DTV demodulators, today announces that, LG Innotek (LGIT), the manufacturer of cutting-edge material and components, has selected AltoBeam’s ATBM7823 demodulator chip, for LGIT’s new hybrid tuner module supporting the …

Tags:Chip Technology| DVB-T & T2

The End of Moore’s Law?

by Bob Raikes

Well, last week, I was going to write my editorial about chips and “the end of Moore’s Law”, but I started and it turned out to be something else! Now it seems doubly appropriate, …

BlueRiver NT Receives Multiple Best of Show Awards

by Isaac Oburu

AptoVision’s BlueRiver NT technology has won two ‘Best of Show’ awards, from AV Technology and Installation Magazine. The wins were announced at ISE 2016.

Apple Faces $862m Fine

by Tom Allen

The University of Wisconsin has successfully sued Apple for $862 million, for unlicensed use of its microchip patents in some iPhones and iPads. The 1998 patent deals with a method to improve microchip efficiency, …

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