Apple design win boosts Goertek’s MEMS microphone rank
Apple accounts for approximately 70% (in units) of Goertek’s MEMS microphone business in 2015, according to IHS Markit.
Polymer membranes add force-sensing touch to devices
The QTC force sensors can be configured to sense X-Y position through touch and applied force in the Z-axis.
‘Intelligent things’ to penetrate businesses in 2017
Gartner anticipates a shift from stand-alone intelligent things to a collaborative intelligent things model.
Reference system paves way for multi-gigabit Wi-Fi
The system is based upon access point architecture that augments the home gateway with Wi-Fi extenders connected via a wired…
Wireless MCU packs up to 512KB Flash, 128KB SRAM
Powered by the ARM Cortex-M0+ core, the Kinetis KW41Z MCU family offers certified BLE and pre-certified Thread stacks.
Thin, flexible ICs fit into smart packaging
The technology is built around a planar nano-transistor, in which the conducting channel and gate structure are co-planar.
Worldwide PC shipments continue to slide
Asia-Pacific PC shipments have reached 24.7 million units in the third quarter of 2016, a 7.6% decline from the third…
IoT consumer groups blend app frameworks
The merge paves the way to a common open-source framework to provide the most viable alternative to smart home environments…
VPA wireless speakers spending to top $2B by 2020
Gartner expects that by 2020, a natural-language interaction could be delivered that creates scenarios with significantly improved value.
Google courts OEMs to embed smart assistant
Google is in talks with OEMs about embedding in their consumer electronics products the Assistant, a voice recognition and search…