ROHM has recently announced the availability of isolated flyback-type DC/DC converter control ICs for inverters in high power industrial equipment such as FA/solar inverters and power storage systems. Isolation is almost always built into electronic equipment to provide protection against shock and damage...

According to latest report from IC Insights that the sales of total pure-play foundry market expected to jump 9% this year, up from 6% growth in 2015. In 2014, the pure-play IC foundry market registered a strong 17% increase, the largest increase since 2010 and eight points greater than the 9% increase in the worldwide IC market...

The LTC4123 is a low power wireless receiver and a constant-current/constant-voltage linear charger for NiMH batteries. An external programming resistor sets the charge current up to 25mA. The temperature compensated charge voltage feature protects the NiMH battery and prevents overcharging...

Hua Hong Semiconductor Limited, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group", a pure-play 200mm foundry, announced that its shipment of microcontroller (MCU) chips in the first half of 2016 grew to 1.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 50%, breaking the historical record...

Toshiba Corporation today announced that future generations of its FlashAir, an SD memory card supporting embedded wireless LAN communications, will implement “Eyefi Connected” features that the company has been granted the license from US-based Eyefi...

At its IDF 2016 yesterday, Intel for the first time set up a section to address its FPGA products strategy and showcase the latest 14nm Tri-Gate process FPGA chip- Stratix 10. Intel CEO Brian Krzanich said that Intel will keep investing in two growing FPGA business, new FPGA and SoC FPGA product roadmaps, and continuing to provide the service and support that customers have come to expect from Altera...

Vishay Intertechnology broadened its optoelectronics portfolio with the introduction of two new series of miniature infrared (IR) receiver modules for IR remote control applications in consumer products. Offered in the new Minimold package, Vishay Semiconductors TSOP33xxx and TSOP53xxx series devices deliver the same RF noise rejection as Minicast receivers while surpassing the high optical performance of Mold package devices...