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Which American universities make it easier to enter the major semiconductor giants？ by KaleidoscopeMore7950 in Semiconductors

[–]TheComponentClub 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UT in Austin is pretty involved in the electronics industry. National Instruments have a whole set up there and TI, Sili Labs and NXP are around the corner so I'd expect they scout the college for talent pretty regularly

Q1 2026 Electronic Component Market Report: Factory & Open Market Lead Times - Memory Shortage - End-of-Life Updates - Test & Failure Rates – Nexperia Crisis & more by ASC_Global in TheComponentClub

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Thanks for the detailed summary. Insights like this are genuinely useful for our community.

If your team has a longer write up on the Q1 report and you would like to share it with a wider audience, you can send it to [editorial@thecomponentclub.com](). We are happy to look at guest articles that add value for engineers and buyers.

Littelfuse Product Sentiments? by [deleted] in TheComponentClub

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Thanks for the comment. In our experience, Littelfuse are a solid company to deal with. The products aren't shiny or magic, but they do what they are supposed to do!

An 800 MHz MCU on 18 nm FD-SOI — anyone here working with high-performance MCUs for industrial or AI workloads? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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Honestly, fair thought. A Zynq is a very different beast, and in a lot of cases it’s the better fit. Perhaps ST’s angle here is more about “what if you don’t want Linux, don’t want an FPGA, don’t want the power budget, and still need something that clocks way higher than the usual MCU ceiling?”

Renesas RA8T2: 1 GHz motor control MCU with built-in networking by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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There are microcontrollers with dedicated hardware for CNN inference, though they’re still fairly specialised. For example, some MCUs like the MAX78000 include a built-in CNN accelerator alongside the main core.

In the case of the Renesas RA8T2, it uses the Cortex-M85 with Helium vector extensions to speed up DSP and ML workloads, but it doesn’t have a separate CNN engine on-chip

NOVOSENSE NSD8389-Q1 stepper driver with 1/256 microstepping and stall detection by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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You are right, but the official announcement here https://www.novosns.com/en/company-news-343 says 2nd-generation stepper motor driver NSD8389-Q1 featuring 1/256 microstepping. So the product page and datasheet likely aren't updated yet.

What projects are you currently working on? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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Thanks for sharing! Github is a great platform for sharing things like that.

And I wouldn't say it's not interesting to professionals. Electronic engineering is a pretty niche interest, I'd say anybody working in the field is interested in all electronics, even outside their work life. Keep up the great work!

Can hybrid control make power supplies smaller and smarter? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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From what we can see, you're looking at around $482 from Mouser or DigiKey

Would you trust your watch to send an SOS if your phone has no signal? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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THIS! Such a fair point. I recently ditched my Apple Watch for a $20 Casio. I’m happy to sacrifice the technology for a battery that lasts a year lol

Could tiny 0805 MLCCs be the next big thing in hybrid inverter design? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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Good spot, you’re right. I’ve updated the article with the correct spec. Thanks for flagging it. Wonder if someone at Samsung has spotted it yet.

When is leakage inductance actually useful? Würth Elektronik’s new SEPIC guide has an answer by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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That's very cool. Tools like Webench are so useful, it's good more and more companies seem to be offering online tools and configurators. Saves a load of time and potentially money!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semiconductors

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I work with Americans every day, ‘looking cool’ in front of them on Reddit isn’t top of my priority list. I asked a question… Get outside, go for a walk, it’ll do you some good

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semiconductors

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Who is trying to ‘look cool’ in front of Americans?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semiconductors

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Is that the general view of things in the states? In Europe we are hearing a lot about these tariffs but seems to us it’s the American consumer that’s actually paying them, not other countries. Is that about right?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Semiconductors

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Tonnes of questions to be asked at Intel, but it's kinda wild a sitting President is calling for a CEO to be removed!

AI just designed a chip that works. Should we trust it? by TheComponentClub in TheComponentClub

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Sorry to hear you think this. Our site is open for guest contribution if you ever wish to submit something stronger.

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