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When will the winter of semiconductor industry end?

Order-cutting, unpaid vacations, layoffs… The semiconductor entered the downside cycle.

The inventories of semiconductor companies just eased a little, the wave of layoffs is swept over the industry. In this year, the market is just like bungee jumping.

Some worry about the inventories in hand, some have trouble changing jobs, and some are about to lose their jobs. As Ren Zhengfei, founder of Huawei, said, "to survive".

IC opportunity | Seize the smart home market of 650 billion

When pandemic we work at home online. Many people have to deal with three meals in the kitchen and look after the elderly, children, or pets at the same time. Staying home and consumption upgrading bring about an explosion in demand for smart home equipment. This year, China’s smart home device market shipments are expected to reach over 260 million units.

These are the most expensive cities in Europe

Anyone living in Europe would agree that the continent suffered through a cost-of-living crisis in 2022. Consumer prices rose by roughly 8% year over year. Energy prices surged by 29%.

Investors conclude that Tesla is a carmaker, not a tech firm

After tesla’s market capitalisation swept past that of Toyota, then the world’s most valuable car company, in the summer of 2020, devoted fans and incredulous sceptics deployed a new unit of measurement. As the electric-vehicle (ev) champion’s share price rose, its worth was couched in terms of the combined value of the next two, then five, then ten biggest carmakers. A year ago Tesla’s market value surpassed $1.2trn, more than most other car companies put together. Since then it has lost 71% of that—a sum exceeding the value of most of the industry.

Audi aims to slash factory costs, end all ICE car production by 2033

Audi is preparing to switch all its factories for production of battery electric cars ahead of the final combustion-engined car coming off its assembly lines by 2033.

And it wants to halve its factory costs in the same timescale, allowing it to recoup some of the vast investment in EV development through reduced complexity and improved IT.

ZF Heat Belt Provides Warm Embrace in a Cold EV, and a Range Boost

Heated seats and steering wheels offer a great shortcut to comfort in wintry weather in any car, but they're essential in electric vehicles operating in colder climes, because EVs don't "warm up" to a point where they generate any "waste heat" that can warm the cabin in cold-start conditions the way combustion vehicles do. Conducting heat directly into an occupant's body is vastly more efficient than heating them via convection, by blowing warm air past their skin.

Gaining Range by Measuring Battery State-of-Charge More Accurately

Batteries are expensive, scary things. If we're not worried about them catching fire, we're worried about them losing sufficient capacity and range to render our electric vehicle both unusable and unsalable. A good battery management system (BMS) is a great defender against either disaster, and Texas Instruments has just introduced new cell and pack monitors that up the standard of BMS accuracy and precision enough to potentially boost an EV's real-time remaining range figures—even when the battery is new.

How Battery Management Works

Legumbres, verduras, leche y pan más baratos: cuánto ha caído el precio de 13 productos básicos en cada supermercado con la bajada del IVA

Los productos más básicos de la cesta de la compra, como los tomates, las lentejas, las patatas o el queso, tributaban un 4% de IVA hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2022. Este impuesto se esfumó después de las campanadas, mientras que el de la pasta y el aceite se redujo a la mitad (del 10% al 5%).

Granada guarda la mayor reserva de Europa de celestina, mineral crítico para chips y electrónica

El cerro Montevive, entre las localidades granadinas de Las Gabias, Alhendín y La Malahá, contiene la mayor reserva de Europa de celestina, un mineral considerado como material crítico por la Unión Europea debido a sus aplicaciones para microchips y electrónica. La empresa Canteras Industriales SL extrae mineral allí desde el año 1972. Unas 100.000 toneladas anuales de media, que ahora comercializa a baja ley (70%) y que exporta a través del puerto de Motril a Alemania y China principalmente, aunque una parte se vende a la filial de Fertiberia Química del Estroncio, en Cartagena.

El superGPS europeo que no usa satélites: tendrá mejor cobertura y una precisión de centímetros

Como sucede con otros inventos como el smartphone, cuesta pensar en un mundo en el que no exista el GPS, un sistema de geoposicionamiento por satélite indispensable en todos los sistemas de transporte del mundo.