Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced that it has delivered more than one billion microcontrollers from the RX Family of 32-bit MCUs, which incorporate Renesas' proprietary RX CPU core. Since its launch in 2009, the RX Family has expanded to include general-purpose, motor control, touch sensing, and industrial Ethernet applications, and has been adopted in a wide range of consumer, industrial, and IoT applications.

With two new source measure units (SMU), Rohde & Schwarz enters a market previously not addressed by the power products of the test and measurement specialist. The performance of the new R&S NGU201 and R&S NGU401 SMUs enables simultaneous sourcing and measuring of currents and voltages with high precision.

ROHM Semiconductor introduces a new ultra-compact side-emitting (side view) infrared LED, CSL1501RW. The device is ideal for head-mounted displays, industrial headsets, and VR/MR/AR (xR, virtual reality) gaming systems.

Key Foundry, headquartered in Korea, announced in early February the start of mass production with a Gen3 0.18-micron Bipolar CMOS DMOS (BCD) process enhanced for mobile and automotive power semiconductors.

Strangeworks, Inc., a quantum computing software company dedicated to making quantum computing accessible, announced three key initiatives as part of its mission to foster a global quantum workforce, humanize access to quantum computing and streamline existing quantum production workflows.

As electronic devices have steadily become more complex, compact, and functional, their designers rely increasingly on thermal simulation tools to avoid costly mistakes and overheating failures at late design stages. This article looks at the popular 6SigmaET software tool, and a couple of others besides.

Environmental Lights announces the launch of their new REVI Remote-Voltage Illumination System. The REVI Remote-Voltage Illumination System is a comprehensive low voltage downlighting solution designed specifically for A/V integrators.

TruSpin Nanomaterial Innovation ("TruSpin") announced the positive results of third-party tests evaluating the performance of the company's prototype batteries. These tests, conducted by SpectraPower, validate the use of TruSpin's silicon nanofibers to reliably multiply the energy capacity of Li-ion batteries.

Synopsys, Inc. recently announced that its IC Validator physical verification solution has been certified by Samsung Foundry for its most advanced 5-nanometer (nm) and 4-nm process technologies. IC Validator, an integral component of the Synopsys Fusion Design Platform and Custom Design Platform, has enabled successful chip tapeouts for several customers for applications in graphics, augmented virtual reality, automotive and high-performance computing.

GaN Systems announced that its low current, high volume GaN transistors have fallen below USD1.00. These transistors are commonly used in GaN chargers and AC adapters for smartphones and laptop applications and a wide variety of consumer and industrial applications. Due to high production volumes worldwide, GaN Systems foresees further price reductions.