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Photonic IC powered 6.4Tbps CPO with integrated laser for AI/ML application
Ranovus said it has been collaborating with MediaTek to deliver a 6.4Tbps co-packaged optics solution for MediaTek’s next generation ASIC design platform. MediaTek unveiled its next-generation custom ASIC design platform, integrating high-speed electrical and optical I/Os within the same ASIC imp
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Vishay unveils enhanced IR transceiver modules for extended range IrDA
Vishay introduced upgraded versions of its TFBS4xx and TFDU4xx series of infrared (IR) transceiver modules tailored for IrDA applications. The enhancements include a 20% longer link distance and improved electrostatic discharge (ESD) robustness up to 2 kV. With support for data rates up to 115.2 kbi
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Broadcom's 51.2 Tbps co-packaged optics ethernet switch enabling 70% power saving in Gen AI clusters
Broadcom is becoming a key part of exponential AI growth in the years of 2023 and 2024, where its high-speed interconnet products are used extensively in today's Gen-AI and such AI server/cloud systems. To address the growing demand of high speed and low power it has announced shipment of its new
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Braodcom claims volume leadership in VCSEL, EML and CWL optical components in AI market
Broadcom is extensively using silicon photonics in its chips and also claims it has achieved several major accomplishments extending its market leadership with an expanded portfolio of optical interconnect solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) applications basically en
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Photonics semiconductor expert Dr. Radha Nagarajan of Marvell wins 2024 David Richardson Medal from Optica
Marvell announced that Dr. Radhakrishnan (“Radha”) Nagarajan has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the David Richardson Medal by Optica. He is honored for the successful manufacturing and commercialization of InP and Si-based photonic integrated circuits for use as optical interconnects with a
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MACOM expands PURE DRIVE: Introducing dual channel laser driver and TIA
MACOM Technology advances its MACOM PURE DRIVE portfolio with the introduction of new dual channel laser driver and transimpedance amplifier (TIA) products. Designed as an alternative to Digital Signal Processor (DSP) based architectures for pluggable optical modules, MACOM PURE DRIVE solutions offe
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Himax and Nexchip partnering to address growing global automotive display market
Himax Technologies recently declared that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Strategic Cooperation with Nexchip Semiconductor Corporation, a semiconductor foundry based in China. The MOU aims to cater to the increasing demand for ICs for the automotive display market. Chen Ping-Po
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Onsemi launched grain-size, low-power image sensor family for wide market
Onsemi has launched a new image sensor family called Hyperlux LP with low power consumption for smart homes and offices and industrial applications such as smart doorbells, security cameras, AR/VR/XR headsets, machine vision and video conferencing. Hyperlux LP uses a stacked architecture design
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CMOS Image Sensor market forecasted to see 5.7% CAGR upto 2025
With the camera everywhere trend, CMOS Image Sensor (CIS) market to see continuous growth for some more years. Mobile phone is the key driving factor of this market. With the growth of use of CMOS image sensors per smart phone from 2 to 3 or 5, and also due to overall unit growth of smart phones, t
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Photodiode and analog front end integrated SpO2 sensor for wearables
ams launched a transducer and analog front-end integrated sensor device to measure blood oxygen level packing highly sensitive photo-diode, four LED drivers, an analog front end, and a sequencer. The new AS7038RB SpO2 sensor targets both consumer wearables such as earbuds, smart watches and wrist
4 min readSolar PV installations to double to 800 GW by 2021, as per Lux
Lux Research has reported Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations saw a surge in global deployment reaching 75 GW in 2016, a 49% year-over-year growth. Lux forecasted looking ahead to 2021, demand growth will steady with PV slated to grow at a 6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), with cumulative in
3 min readThermal imaging camera for electronics design
FLIR Systems launched its new FLIR ETS320 thermal imaging product for electronics design testing in engineering benchtop environments to test and analyze the thermal characteristics of electronic components and printed circuit boards (PCBs), the FLIR ETS320 aims to advance testing and diagnosis acc
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