System-on-module built around Intel’s Agilex 5 E FPGAs

iWave has announced system-on-modules built around Intel’s Agilex 5 E-series FPGAs, which have AI algorithm support.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

Industrial ATX motherboard gets AMD AM5 Ryzen embedded 7000

Advantech has used AMD Ryzen Embedded 7000 processors in a series of industrial ATX motherboards dubbed AIMB-723.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

NASA, UAE collaborate for Artemis Gateway Crew and Science Airlock

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) are to provide the Crew and Science Airlock for Gateway, Nasa’s proposed lunar space station that will succeed the International Space Station and be in a lunar orbit.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

Yanmar pursues hydrogen-powered shipping

Yanmar is developing a hydrogen-fueled 4-stroke high-speed engine for power generation for coastal vessels in Japan as part of the Nippon Foundation’s zero emission ship demonstration experiment. The engine uses hydrogen as a fuel, emitting no CO2 during combustion.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

November semi sales up 5.3% y-o-y

November semiconductor sales of $48 billion were up 5.3% compared with the $45.6 billion of November 2022 and 2.9% up on the October 2022 total of $46.6 billion, says the SIA..

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

AI dominates at CES

CES 2024 is being held this week in Las Vegas, Nevada with an estimated 130,000 attendees and over 4,000 exhibitors, writes Semiconductor Intelligence.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

Chromophore qubits hold four electron spins at room temperature

Kyushu and Kobe Universities have teamed up to hold four electron spins in quantum coherence at room temperature.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

ST makes giant image sensor for Las Vegas attraction

STMicroelectronics has made a custom 316Mpixel 18K image sensor for a company with a super-high resolution cinema in Las Vegas.

This article was posted on Jan 18, 2024

Intel buys Silicon Mobility

Intel is to buy Silicon Mobility, the French fabless silicon and software company that specialises in SoCs for intelligent EV energy management.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

Time to challenge why female-led firms don’t attract funds

Technology startups that have been founded by women attract 3.5% of equity funding in the first half of 2023, compared to 73% for male-led companies.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

CES: Energy harvester optimised for small solar cells

E-peas has created an energy harvesting IC specifically for hand-held remote controls and wireless keyboards equipped with small solar cells.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

AI hunts for a solid electrolyte for Li-ion batteries

Microsoft and the US Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have teamed up in a multi-year project to explore material science using AI and super-computing, and discovered a promising solid electrolyte for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries as a proof-of-concept.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

Satellite Applications Catapult reveals Space Living Lab winners

The UK’s Satellite Applications Catapult (SAC) has announced the winners of its Environmental Space Living Lab Competition.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

Solar-powered capacitor

Epishine, the Swedish indoor solar power specialist, and Nichicon, the Japanese capacitor manufacturer, have come up with a self-charging battery concept.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

SCALINX raises €34m in second funding round

SCALINX, the French fabless mixed signal specialist, has raised €34 million in its second funding round.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

US gears up for Chinese dumping of legacy ICs

The US is preparing for a tsunami of legacy ICs from China.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

EW BrightSparks 2023 profile: Jasmine Brittan, University of Warwick/ZF Automotive

Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

A step on the road to better eco-friendly thermo-electrics

Tokyo Institute of Technology has designed a material for thermo-electric generators without toxic materials such as lead (Pb) or tellurium.

This article was posted on Jan 17, 2024

Long thin pixels boost spectrometer sensor sensitivity

Hamamatsu Photonics has launched a pair of linear CMOS image sensors with long thin pixels to increase sensitivity in spectrometers, without hampering resolution.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

CES: 77GHz automotive radar IC for satellite architecture vehicles

TI announced a 77GHz automotive radar for automated driving today at CES in Las Vegas.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Milani nanosatellite moves closer to Planetary Defender role

After Nasa’s successful DART mission, to make a deflecting impact on an asteroid, comes the Milani nanosatellite, which is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) follow-up Hera mission…

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024