Microsemi, D-Link Collaborate to Provide mydlink, an IoTs-Enabled Smart Alarm Detector
Microsemi Corporation and D-Link today announced their collaboration to develop D-Link's mydlink Smart Alarm Detector (DCH-S165). The Wi-Fi based detector monitors and identifies the sounds of standard UL-certified smoke or carbon monoxide alarms using Microsemi's ZL38062 sound classifier audio processor as the primary integrated circuit of the device...
Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue Declined 2.3% in 2015
Worldwide semiconductor revenue totaled $334.8 billion in 2015, a 2.3 percent decline from 2014, according to final results by Gartner, Inc. The combined revenue of the top 25 semiconductor vendors fell by 0.5 percent during 2015...
Qualcomm, Ricardo Sign Commercial Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging License Agreement
Qualcomm Incorporated and Ricardo today announced they have entered into a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) technology license agreement. Ricardo has licensed Qualcomm Halo technology to commercialize WEVC systems for Plug-In Hybrid (PHEVs) and Electric Vehicles (EVs)...
The World's First Ghost-Catching Device, from Sony
Sony announced today that it has successfully perfected the Proton Pack, a product designed to capture content from a parallel dimension. The Proton Pack is equipped with a miniaturized superconducting synchrotron, which accelerates injected protons from a hydrogen plasma cell...
Keysight Announces New Technology Refresh Services Offering
Keysight Technologies today announced its new portfolio of technology extension and migration services that focuses on maximizing customers’ test asset value and consequent utilization. Keysight’s Technology Refresh Services program is making it easier to get the latest technologies while utilizing limited funding...
Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators and Discretes Will Stabilize in 2016
Overall demand for optoelectronics, sensors, actuators, and discrete semiconductors softened in 2015 as the fragile global economy weakened, but these market segments are expected to stabilize in 2016 and gradually return to more normal growth rates in the second half of this decade, according to IC Insights’ new 2016 O-S-D Report...