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, 2024November 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, 2024AI 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, 2024Chromophore 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, 2024ST 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, 2024Intel 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, 2024Time 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, 2024CES: 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, 2024AI 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, 2024Satellite 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, 2024Solar-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, 2024SCALINX 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, 2024US 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, 2024EW 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, 2024A 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, 2024Long 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, 2024CES: 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, 2024Milani 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, 2024Millimetre-wave radar sensor for satellite radar architectures
TI has introduced a millimetre-wave radar sensor chip which it claims to be the industry’s first for satellite radar architectures, enabling higher levels of autonomy by improving sensor fusion and decision-making in ADAS.
This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024Si Box has $200m Series B; ramps chiplet production
Silicon Box, the chiplet packager founded by Marvell founders Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai with Dr B.J Han, has raised a $200 billion Series B and is recruiting for 24/7 production at its $2 billion, 750,000 sq ft Singapore assembly plant.
This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024Siemens and AWS ease access to GenAI applications
Siemens and AWS are seeking to make it easier for businesses to build and scale GenAI applications by integrating Amazon Bedrock – a service that offers a choice of foundation models from leading AI companies via a single API, with Mendix – part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.
This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024