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Three major chip giants make pessimistic predictions for Q1 2024

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  【Lansheng Technology News】On January 26, after Texas Instruments warned of weak industrial and automotive demand, Intel and STMicroelectronics also successively expressed pessimistic expectations for Q1 2024. Among them, Intel said that the company's core PC and server businesses and non-core businesses such as Mobileye encountered seasonal low demand at the same time; STMicroelectronics pointed out that demand for industrial products has further deteriorated. Specifically, Intel's revenue in the fourth quarter of 2023 was US$15.41 billion, a year-on-year increase of 10%, breaking seven consecutive quarters of revenue decline; net profit was US$2.7 billion, compared with a net loss of nearly US$700 million in the same period last year. Intel's overall revenue in fiscal year 2023 was US$54.2 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 14%; gross profit margin was 43.6%, a decrease of 3.7 percentage points; net profit was US$4.4 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 36%. Facing Q1

Renesas launches new four-channel video decoder to enable economical surround-view applications for automotive cameras

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  【Lansheng Technology News】 Renesas AHL technology transmits video based on modulated analog signals. Its frequency is 10 times lower than current digital transmission solutions on the market (approximately 37MHz versus 3GHz or higher), making it highly immune to noise and able to use unshielded twisted pairs and standard connections The device achieves longer transmission distance (20-30 meters), while also supporting existing standard definition analog video cables and connectors. Using unshielded twisted pairs not only saves costs, but is also easier to route inside the vehicle and lighter, resulting in improved energy efficiency and performance. Digital links such as SerDes require highly shielded cables and high-end connectors, cost much more than AHL, and may need to be replaced after five to seven years. The launch of RAA279974 completes the AHL product family, which includes the RAA279971 single-channel AHL video encoder and RAA279972 single-channel AHL video decoder. Given t

Intel and UMC cooperate to lay out the FinFET wafer foundry market and use existing resources to reduce investment costs

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  【Lansheng Technology News】 Intel and United Microelectronics (UMC) officially announced their cooperation in developing 12nm on January 25, 2024. This cooperation uses UMC to provide diversified technical services and Intel to provide ready-made factory facilities, and both parties will operate together. Not only does it help Intel transition from IDM to wafer foundry business models, increase process scheduling flexibility and gain foundry operating experience, but UMC can also flexibly utilize FinFET production capacity without having to bear huge capital expenditures, starting from mature processes. They find another way to make a living in the competitive situation. At the same time, by jointly operating Intel's US factory, they can indirectly expand the international distribution of factories and diversify the risks of the international situation. This should be a win-win situation. In order to reduce additional investment costs in factory facilities, directly connect exist

Infineon and Anker jointly established an innovation application center to jointly develop the field of PD fast charging and promote energy conservati

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  【Lansheng Technology News】On January 25, 2024, Infineon Technologies AG recently announced that it and Anker Innovation, a global leader in charging technology, will jointly establish an innovation application center in Shenzhen. Once fully operational, the innovative application center will pave the way for the development of energy-efficient charging solutions that can reduce carbon dioxide emissions, thus promoting the process of low-carbonization. As mobile devices, laptops, and battery-powered devices continue to proliferate, consumer demand for increased charging power and speed increases. The planning of the Anker-Infineon Innovation Application Center initially started in 2021. After two years of careful preparation, the innovation application center was officially established and developed into a research and development center that brings together many industry experts. With the help of this innovative application center, industry experts will conduct in-depth development

Vishay launches new fully integrated ultra-small proximity sensor with standby current as low as 5 μA

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  【Lansheng Technology News】On January 25, 2024, Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. announced that its Optoelectronics Products Division launched a fully integrated new proximity sensor---VCNL36828P to improve the efficiency and performance of consumer electronics applications. The Vishay Semiconductors VCNL36828P uses a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) that integrates a photodiode, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), 16-bit ADC and smart dual I2C slave address in a small 2.0 mm x 1.0 mm x 0.5 mm surface mount package. Compared with the previous generation solution, the recently released proximity sensor has a 20% reduction in packaging area, a 20% reduction in standby current to only 5 μA, and a 40% increase in sunlight offset to 140 klx. With a sensor detection range of 200 mm and a typical rated voltage of 1.8 V, the device provides excellent proximity detection performance while reducing power consumption and improving efficiency in space-constrained, battery-