Farnell expands MRO range

Farnell has expanded its industrial and maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) offerings with new partnerships including Airotronics, Dwyer, Endress+Hauser, Pickering, Peltec, Siemens, SICK, Trimax, and TKD Kabel.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

Mobile Core Network market falls again

The 2024 Mobile Core Network (MCN) fell 4% y-o-y helped by a 15% decline in the China market for 4Q 2024, says Dell’Oro.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

EC awards €1bn European Chips Act money for Infineon’s Dresden fab

Infineon has got EC approval for European Chips Act funding for its Dresden fsb.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

Embedded World: Percepio Detect seeks observability of embedded systems

Percepio, the Swedish maker of Tracealyzer, has released Percepio Detect, a tool to increase observability of embedded code and Edge devices during system testing.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

NAND still over-supplied

The Q1 NAND market remains over-supplied leading to sustained price declines and financial strain for suppliers, says TrendForce, but supply and demand will be closer to balance in Q2.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

VTT awarded €29m for packaging development

The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been awarded €29 million of EU Chips Act money for chip packaging development under the EU APECS (Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems) pilot line project.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

ISSCC: Class-D audio amplifier voltage-boosts its own output

ISSCC, the International Solid-state circuits conference, is the IEEE’s annual showcase for all that is best in on-chip circuit design from across the globe.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Cambridge GaN Devices completes $32m Series C

British Patient Capital, a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, has made a £5m investment into Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) as part of a $32 million Series C funding round.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

ISSCC: CPUs and image processors

The IEEE’s International Solid-State Circuit Conference in San Francisco featured an overview of next-generation high-performance CPUs.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Sponsored Content: About Supercapacitors and Eaton Electronics’ Offerings

Supercapacitors are essential in energy harvesting, processing, and storage systems across various applications. As technology advances, supercapacitors are increasingly used in renewable energy, IoT devices, and more.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Micron sampling Gen5 SSD

Micron is sampling its first Gen5 client SSD based on its G9 TLC NAND which claims to double the performance of its predecessor.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Google exposes camera effects in Android 16 second beta

Google is releasing the second beta of Android 16, the latest version of its mobile operating system.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Capacity tops 42m wpq

In Q4 2024, installed wafer fab capacity was a record 42 million wafers per quarter (in 300mm wafer equivalent), and capacity is projected to reach nearly 42.7 million wpq in Q1 2025, according to a joint report from SEMI and TechInsights.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

Intel in advanced talks to sell Altera to Silverlake

Intel is reported by Bloomberg to be at an advanced stage in exclusive negotiations to sell a majority stake in its FPGA unit Altera to private equity fund Silverlake Partners.

This article was posted on Feb 27, 2025

EW BrightSparks 2024 profile: Darla Pearce, Leonardo / University of Hertfordshire

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

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

DeepSeek effect on the AI server market

Last year, AI server shipments grew 46%, says TrendForce, but this year there is more uncertainty caused, in part, by the DeepSeek effect.

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

2024 wafers down 2.7%; wafer revenues down 6.5%

2024 silicon wafer shipments fell 2.7% to 12,266 million square inches while wafer revenue contracted 6.5% to $11.5 billion, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

Reluctance to adopt AI among business leaders

There is a reluctance among business leaders to adopt AI agents according to attendees at The Wall Street Journal’s CIO Network Summit in Menlo Park on Tuesday.

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

Arm reported to be planning to sell proprietary chips

Arm is looking at selling proprietary chips, reports Reuters, and one of its first customers is Meta.

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

OroraTech provides thermal sensing for Canadian WildFireSat mission

OroraTech, a specialist in space-based thermal intelligence, will develop the payloads for the satellite constellation of the WildFireSat mission.

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025

3mm air quality sensor also measures pressure, humidity and temperature

Bosch has introduced a four-in-one mems sensor that measures air pressure, humidity and temperature, aa well as detecting volatile organic compounds, volatile sulfur compounds (indicating bacteria), carbon monoxide and hydrogen, amongst other gasses.

This article was posted on Feb 25, 2025