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Zaher Baidas, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Power, with Renesas Electronics
We’re starting to move past the initial stage of AI development, from the initial training phase to what’s called AI inference, emphasizing continuous, real-time application processing.
Google calls it the "doing" part of artificial intelligence. And since we’ve entered the inference phase, AI
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Date:
09/17/2026
Semtech SurgeSwitch Protects Cobots from Surge and ESD
Semtech Corporation announced TDS2621LP, the latest addition to its SurgeSwitch family. Purpose built for 24 V DC power buses in industrial robotics, collaborative robots (cobots) and automated manufacturing, TDS2621LP delivers near-constant clamping voltage, IEC 61000-4-5 surge compliance and a 1.6 mm2f
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09/16/2026
Peter Schiefer, President of Infineon’s Automotive Division
Infineon Technologies AG announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Winbond Electronics Corporation, a Taiwan-based global supplier of semiconductor memory solutions, will acquire Infineon’s NOR Flash and F-RAM business in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.12 billion on a cash an
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09/16/2026
Ansys Field CTO Scott Parent
For most of the 20th century and well into the 21st, we’ve witnessed profound instability in the energy market, with the latest triggers, of course, being the wars in Ukraine and Iran.
Ideally, we’d establish more stable supply lines and develop renewable energy that isn’t at the mercy of volatile
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Date:
09/14/2026
Omdia: Global Semiconductor Revenue Surges 31% to Record $425bn in 2Q26
Global semiconductor revenue surpassed $425bn in 2Q26 reaching another all-time high as the market grew a record 31.4% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), according to new research from Omdia. AI demand and strong memory prices continued to be the leading market dynamics, taking total semiconductor revenue for the fi
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Date:
09/14/2026
Littelfuse Expands Omnipolar TMR Switch Family with Leaded TO-92 Package Option
Littelfuse, Inc. announced the TX00AT314AMA Omnipolar TMR Switch Sensor, the latest addition to the TX00 TMR Switch family. The TX00AT314AMA delivers the same proven performance as the SOT-23-3 TX00AS314TRA—high sensitivity, ultra-low 1.5 µA power consumption, omnipolar detection, and up to 1 kHz switching sp
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Date:
09/11/2026
Renesas Launches 64-bit RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE MPUs for Advanced HMI and IoT Edge Systems
Renesas Electronics Corporation expanded its RZ/G Series with new 64-bit general-purpose microprocessors (MPUs) for Human Machine Interface (HMI) and IoT edge systems. The RZ/G3L and RZ/G3SE are pin-compatible MPUs that support a broad range of industrial and consumer HMI and IoT gateway and home gateway syste
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Date:
09/11/2026
TDK Launches Non-Isolated 12.5 kW Three-Phase Power Supplies for Distributed Power Architectures
TDK Corporation launches the TDK-Lambda TPF12500-385 series of non-isolated three-phase power supplies delivering up to 13.1 kW, with a nominal rating of 12.5 kW. With a regulated output voltage of 385 Vdc and an efficiency of 97.5 %, the series is designed for Distributed Power Architectures (DPA) and is ca
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Date:
09/11/2026
Lithium Inside. Not a Lithium Battery
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1. Why Hybrid Supercapacitors Should Not Simply Be Treated as “Lithium Batteries”
In AI servers, industrial UPS systems, telecom base stations, smart meters, industrial controllers, and IoT devices, not every energy-storage requirement needs to be handled by a battery.
When equipment need
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Date:
09/11/2026
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Machine Learning AI-based Arc Fault Detection (AFD) Demonstration Application
Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM), a subsidiary of diversified global company Asahi Kasei, has announced that its CZ39 series and CZ3K series coreless current sensors have been adopted as key enabling components of Microchip Technology Inc.'s Machine Learning (ML) / AI-based Arc Fault Detection (AFD) refe
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Date:
09/09/2026
STMicroelectronics' Highly Integrated Power-Factor Correction Controller Simplifies Continuous Conduction Mode Designs
STMicroelectronics’ L4983 power-factor correction (PFC) controller contains a proprietary multiplier emulator and distortion-optimization circuitry, letting designers build continuous conduction mode (CCM) PFC circuits with very few external passive components.
The L4983 is suitable for power
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Date:
09/09/2026
TDK Launches Industry-Leading Low-Resistance Soft-Termination X7R MLCCs with 10 μF/100 V in the 3225 Format for AI Servers, Humanoids, and xEVs
TDK Corporation announced today that it has expanded its CN series of low-resistance soft-termination SMD MLCCs. This 100-V component with X7R characteristics achieves an industry-leading* rated capacitance of 10 μF in the 3225 format (3.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 mm – L x W x T). Mass production of these new components is
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Date:
09/08/2026
Laura Garcia, SIGNAL+POWER's Director of Global Sales
President Trump recently passed a new round of tariffs ranging from 10-12.5% and targeting 60 trading partners, including the European Union, China, the U.K. and Canada. Naturally, this has created a ton of uncertainty in the marketplace, which is never good for business.
And on the line to discuss shed some
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Date:
09/04/2026
Fully Integrated, Baseplate-Cooled 320W Full-Brick AC-DC Power Supplies for Sealed, Space-Constrained Systems
XP Power introduces the ASB320 series of 320W fully integrated, baseplate-cooled AC-DC power supplies offering single output from 12V to 54VDC in a compact, encapsulated brick format. Global ITE safety approvals, Class B emissions and a low-profile rugged mechanical design make these power supplies an ideal ch
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Date:
09/03/2026
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Fast-Response NDIR Propane Sensor Supports Safety Monitoring Across Propane's Flammable Range
MEMSensing announces the availability of the LARK-1QM C3H8(LX) sensor, a new non-dispersive infrared (NDIR) propane sensor developed by Promisense. Founded in Suzhou in 2014, Promisense specialises in gas sensing and detection technologies and became a controlling subsidiary of MEMSensing in June 2026. Following it
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Date:
09/03/2026
WL-OCHS high speed optocoupler: High-speed digital signal transmission between galvanically isolated circuit sections.
Source: Würth Elektronik
Würth Elektronik is expanding its optoelectronics portfolio with the WL-OCHS high-speed optocoupler. This component is designed for high-speed digital signal transmission between galvanically isolated circuit sections. The optocoupler supports data rates from 1 MBd to 10 MBd and provides an isolation voltage of
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Date:
09/01/2026
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Figure 1: The completely new compact fuse can be welded directly to a cold plate
The energy transition is giving birth to numerous new DC applications that require protection against overloads and short circuits. These news applications are challenging for current fuse design. Furthermore, clearing a fault current in a DC circuit is harder than clearing a fault current in an AC circuit. To
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Date:
09/01/2026
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
In a move that’ll probably surprise no one, Zoom has begun offering a dedicated AI receptionist service within their business telephone system. And though changes like this seem inevitable, it’s also a potentially troubling sign of the times.
Let’s face it – automation is nothing new. Ever since the
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Date:
09/01/2026
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