electronics

Chip maker Qualcomm might be happy with its recent fiscal performance, but a legal stoush with tech giant Apple might affect its profits for the third quarter of 2017. It is alleged that some of Apple’s contractors are withholding royalty payments to the San Diego-based company. In a statement released on April 19, Qualcomm said … Continue reading Is a legal dispute with Apple costing chip maker Qualcomm? →

Slow wi-fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Wireless devices in the home consume ever more data, and it’s only growing, and congesting the wi-fi network. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have come up with a surprising solution: a wireless network based on harmless infrared rays. The capacity is not only … Continue reading Cheap set-up, super-fast wifi →

Korean university UNIST will be working with public organisations in the energy sector to develop a new type of eco-friendly battery that can store and produce electricity using seawater. The project is expected to accelerate the commercialisation of eco-friendly, cost-efficient, and high-stability seawater batteries. The project’s consortium includes Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), Korea East-West Power … Continue reading Scientists developing sustainable seawater batteries →

Enterprise data centres have traditionally focused on data storage and preparation for disaster recovery, but they rarely meet spike or excess demand for real-time multi-user data retrieval. In today’s evolving digital market, there are more users and more data. There is a greater expectation on data centres to facilitate faster data transmissions for an increasing … Continue reading Overcoming challenges in data centre cabling →

One of the most abundant elements on earth is being used to create an energy storage system that can heat homes as well as store electricity. South Australian company 1414 Degrees has developed technology to store electricity as thermal energy by heating and melting containers full of silicon at a cost estimated to be up … Continue reading Silicon energy storage technology scales up for commercial production →

GaN Systems claims it has experienced a surge in the number of customers designing and deploying power systems using their GaN transistors. By using GaN transistors instead of silicon components; customers are gaining a competitive advantage as they enter the market with 50W to 50kW power systems that are up to 5X smaller and 3X … Continue reading Thermal models of GaN Systems’ transistors now on the web →

Canon prioritising its own growth could be a stumbling block for the tech giant investing in up to 20 percent of the Toshiba’s memory chip business, according to Reuters. Toshiba needs the funds to cover a multi-billion write down, which has been peripherally affected by the accounting scandal of 2015. If the company fails to … Continue reading Toshiba still looking for investment in its memory chip business →

Smart home security specialists, BullGuard, who recently acquired smart home security pioneer, Dojo Labs, will showcase Dojo by BullGuard at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona from 27 February–2 March, 2017. Smart home devices are insecure, and it is relatively easy to exploit the vulnerabilities of millions of them – from smart alarms, thermostats, baby monitors, … Continue reading Smart home security learns via AI →

Honeywell’s BW Clip4 is a new four-gas, portable monitor that can operate continuously for two years once turned on before it needs to be replaced, helping customers boost safety compliance and reduce maintenance costs. Suitable for oil and gas, wastewater, heavy manufacturing, confined space and other applications, the monitor is claimed to reduce maintenance costs … Continue reading Gas monitor runs for two years non-stop →

Apple has announced financial results for its fiscal 2017 first quarter ended December 31, 2016. The company posted all-time record quarterly revenue of $78.4 billion and all-time record quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.36. These results compare to revenue of $75.9 billion and earnings per diluted share of $3.28 in the year-ago quarter. International … Continue reading Apple records all-time revenue for last quarter 2016 →

A range of 3U mezzanine carrier cards provide are a solution for interfacing a PMC or XMC module to a VPX computer system. The carrier card routes power and bus signals to a plug-in mezzanine module through the VPX card slot connector. Industrial I/O and configurable FPGA modules from Acromag or other vendors are supported. … Continue reading Rugged VPX carrier cards feature a high-speed PCI express interface →

Philips Lighting has announced the appointment of David Gardner as Country Manager and Managing Director for Philips Lighting, Australia and New Zealand. Gardner’s appointment comes following the retirement of Rob Fletcher from the GM role, which he had held since 2013. In his role, Gardner will oversee the Philips Lighting businesses in Australia and New … Continue reading Philips Lighting appoints new MD for Oz and NZ →

Research and Markets’ Home Entertainment Devices Market Report, forecasts that the global market is expected to reach almost $295 billion by 2022, which is good news for those who manufacture and supply components to the CE sector. Video devices are estimated to be the most dominant product type in the market from 2015 to 2022. … Continue reading Good news for component suppliers on home entertainment front →

Panasonic has commercialised its Low Transmission Loss Flexible Multi-layer Circuit Board Materials, suitable for high-speed large-volume data transmission and thinner designs of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablet computers. The combination of a liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) core material and a bonding sheet material that can be laminated at a low temperature and stored at room … Continue reading Panasonic ramps up production of circuit board materials →

WatchGuard Technologies has announced Threat Detection and Response (TDR), a new cloud-based service that gives businesses the ability to detect advanced threats on endpoints, correlate this with data collected from the network and empower them to centrally respond. TDR pairs detection and response capabilities on the endpoint with a comprehensive set of industry-leading Unified Threat … Continue reading Cloud-based online threat detection for SMBs →

Mouser Electronics is offering the LDC2114 Evaluation Module (EVM) for the LDC2112 and LDC2114 inductive touch solutions from Texas Instruments (TI). A new addition to TI’s sensing solutions, the LDC2114EVM demonstrates the use of inductive sensing to detect and measure the presence of conductive objects to implement inductive touch buttons. The LDC2114EVM features the LDC2114, … Continue reading Mouser offers TI’s LDC2114 EVM for inductive touch sensing →

Packaging robots from Australia fitted with modems to allow remote troubleshooting are helping to streamline South East Asia’s surging food and beverage industry. HMPS is based in Adelaide, South Australia, and is one of the largest automation manufacturers in the country. It designs and develops bespoke automated machines to fill specific industry needs, including packaging, … Continue reading Robotics company is complete package for South East Asian food industry →

PayPal Holdings has appointed Belinda Johnson to its board of directors. Johnson is a recognized attorney and business leader who has focused her talents on crafting and directing policies and strategies that enable high-growth, consumer-facing internet companies for more than two decades. Ms. Johnson is the Chief Business Affairs and Legal Officer at Airbnb, a … Continue reading Airbnb’s Belinda Johnson joins PayPal board →

Huawei Australia has announced that the Huawei Mate 9 will be available from February 7th. It will retail for $999 and will be available through Optus, Vodafone, JB Hi-fi, Harvey Norman and participating retailers. The handset’s key features include: Kirin 960 chipset, the world’s highest performing smartphone processor EMUI 5.0, an intuitive user interface that … Continue reading Huawei announces Mate 9 release date →

Toshiba has announced the launch of a new line-up of low-capacitance TVS diodes for use in high-speed interfaces in mobile devices, including smartphones, tablet PCs and wearable devices. The line-up covers ten products to protect high-speed interfaces, including USB 3.0/3.1 and HDMI, from electronic discharge (ESD) and noise. Shipments start from today. The new series offers … Continue reading TVS diodes for smartphones and other mobile devices →