Sometimes, the parts list says it all. 777 transistors, 1223 resistors, 136 LEDs, 455 crimp connectors, 41 protoboards and 500 grams of solder. That’s what went into this transistor logic clock build.

Chengdu Silan Semiconductor Manufacturing, a subsidiary of discrete component IDM Silan Microelectronics, has raised CNY500 million (US$71.7 million) from two new Chinese investors... China-based ...

Taiwan-based Lite-On Semiconductor recently raised its discrete component average selling prices (ASP) by 10-15%, according to industry sources. Demand for discrete components particularly diodes has ...

Component integration has been the driving force of the semiconductor industry for more than 60 years. It’s right there in the industry term integrated circuit, or IC. And year after year, diligent ...

Using digital logic gates such as AND, OR, XOR, NOT, NAND, NOR, and XNOR and other related logic functions is often the foundation for defining the relationship between electrical signals and how they ...

The Si2170 is a globally-compliant hybrid TV tuner with analog TV demodulator that resides on a single CMOS IC. Silicon Labs claims it’s the first silicon TV tuner to exceed the performance of ...

The hiring of Masooma Bhaiwala comes as the semiconductor giant plans to make a big splash in the discrete GPU space, starting in 2020, with products targeting a wide range of segments from from ...

How to replace MOSFETs with load switches, and the impact of on-resistance. Swapping out diodes with ideal diodes, and the use of ideal-diode controllers. Why replacing fuses and resettable fuses with ...

The choice between hardware and software for electronics projects is generally a straighforward one. For simple tasks we might build dedicated hardware circuits out of discrete components for ...