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February 19, 2021 Automotive Technology LiDAR 101 – Solid-State and Mechanical LiDARs 2020 has been an exciting year for LiDAR manufacturers. Five LiDAR companies (Velodyne Inc, Luminar Technologies Inc, Innoviz Technologies Ltd, Aeva Inc, and Ouster Inc) made announcements or went public through

February 17, 2021 NAND & DRAM Memory Technology Download the brief Samsung 12Gb D1z LPDDR5 with EUV Lithography Applied After months of waiting, we have seen Samsung Electronics’ applied Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology for D1z DRAM in mass production. This is an instrumental change

February 02, 2021 Teardown Disruptive Technology Samsung Galaxy S21 – rival 5 nm solutions, new design wins, and LPDDR5 with 1z EUV? Right from the release announcement, it seemed the Samsung Galaxy S21 flagship phone was going to be a little bit different. First, the phone was due to be announced

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Contributed by: Sinjin Dixon-Warren, PhD The emergence of gallium nitride (GaN) technology in the USB-C chargers is a new trend in the semiconductor market. Over the past year, TechInsights has found GaN technology from Navitas and from Power Integrations in various USB chargers, as published in

Dick James, Fellow Emeritus Dick James is an almost 50-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, working in the process development, design, manufacturing, packaging and reverse engineering of semiconductor devices. Dick is a regular contributor to TechStream blog content for subscribers

Introduction The world of LIDAR sensing is evolving. Rotating turret LiDARs are commonplace for applications such as autonomous driving (see our Automotive LIDAR teardown subscription), but they are being displaced by a new generation of solid-state laser scanning LiDAR technology. Of particular

Ray Fontaine, Product Manager – Image Sensor Ray is one of the preeminent image sensor technology experts in the world, and he regularly publishes Image Sensor analysis content and commentary for TechInsights subscribers. August 12, 2020 Our teams have sourced the Samsung 640 x 480 indirect time-of

Contributed by: Arabinda Das Today the semiconductor industry is a behemoth whose annual sales revenue crosses US $400 Billion. Over its 60 years of existence, this mature industry has experimented with various models like integrated device manufacturer (IDM), fabless, and foundry concepts, each of

Posted: July 09, 2020 Contributed by: Sinjin Dixon-Warren, PhD Electric vehicles (EV) are potentially a disruptive technology in the automotive market. They offer the promise of increased energy efficiency and the potential for reduced emissions, depending on the primary energy source used to

Posted: June 05, 2020 Contributed by: Sinjin Dixon-Warren, PhD The power electronics industry is in a period of transition. For many years silicon-based devices have dominated the industry, with conventional Si MOSFET transistors being used for lower power and intermediate frequency, with super

Contributed Author: Sinjin Dixon-Warren The market for Silicon Carbide (SiC) power transistors is expected to grow considerably over the coming years. SiC power transistors have several advantages over traditional silicon-based devices, including improved performance in high-temperature, high