ST and Sanan Opto inaugurate jv SiC fab in China

An inauguration ceremony has been held for the $3.2 billion SiC fab set up as a jv between Sanan Optoelectronics and STMicroelectronics in Chongqing.

This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025

Trump dismissive of post-Grove Intel CEOs

Intel’s post-Grove CEOs came in for a drubbing from President Trump at the weekend.

This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025

Embedded World: Profinet IRT and ProfiDrive stack for Renesas MCUs

Aiming at industrial networking, Renesas introduced a Profinet-certified IRT (isochronous real-time) and Profidrive software stack for some of its RZmicroprocessors today at Embedded World in Nuremberg.

This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025

SynaXG, Arm and Keysight hook up to improve O-RAN energy efficiency

SynaXG, Keysight Technologies and Arm have combined to optimise O-RAN energy efficiency through realistic carrier-grade traffic testing and validation.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Microchip to lay off 2,000 people

Microchip is to lay off 2,000 people representing 9% of its workforce because of weak automotive demand.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

President Trump and C C Wei announce $100bn investment in Arizona

President Trump and CC Wei announced another $100 billion investment by TSMC in Arizona at the White House yesterday, bringing TSMC’s total investment in Arizona to $165 billion.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Embedded World: Inductive touch-on-metal sensing for Infineon MCUs

Infineon has augmented touch sensing and liquid level sensing it a new series of MCUs.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

117 Coremark/mW Cortex-M33 MCU with security for IoT

ST has used near-threshold logic to create an MCU series that will run at 117Coremark/mW and has a <2µA stop mode.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Video: Lee Harrison explains the technology behind, full In-System ATPG testing for advanced semiconductors

Watch the video below, where Lee Harrison – Director of Automotive IC Solutions at Siemens EDA – explains the technology behind full In-System ATPG testing for advanced semiconductors

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Women Leaders in Electronics Awards finalists announced

The finalists for the Electronics Weekly Women Leaders in Electronics Awards 2025 have been announced, celebrating their contribution to the electronics industry.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Design Challenge from Element14 and TDK

Q4 NAND ASPs fell 4% QoQ with bit shipments down 2% and revenues down 6.2% to $16.52bn, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Q4 NAND revenues down 6.2%

Q4 NAND ASPs fell 4% QoQ with bit shipments down 2% and revenues down 6.2% to $16.52bn, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Design Challenge from Element14 and TDK

Element 14 and TDK have launched a design challenge, inviting engineers, makers, and technology enthusiasts to develop projects utilising TDK’s waterproof ultrasonic range sensors.

This article was posted on Mar 12, 2025

Apply for ChipStart UK incubator

Applications are now open for the third cohort of ChipStart UK, the government funded early-stage semiconductor incubator.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

Lumotive raises $45m Series B

Lumotive, the programmable optical semiconductor specialist, has closed a $45 million Series B funding round to accelerate sales growth of its Light Control Metasurface (LCM) technology.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

Ex-Intel team raise $21.5m to pursue RISC-V for AI

A group of ex-Intel engineers and execs, who founded a RISC-V startup called AheadComputing last year, have raised $21.5 million in seed money, reports Reuter’s.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

EW BrightSparks 2024 profile: Hazel Pumphrey, University of Nottingham

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

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

ISSCC: 30MHz bio-impedance IC and implantable ultrasonic network

University College London revealed a 30MHz impedance spectroscopy IC for analysing biological samples at ISSCC in San Francisco this week.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

ISSCC: Lightweight actuator for micro-drones

University of California San Diego and French lab CEA-Leti have got together to create a novel high-voltage drive for electrostatic and piezoelectric actuators in mini-drones, describing the technique at ISSCC in San Francisco this week.

This article was posted on Mar 3, 2025

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