800GbE over 1Tbps optical link between London and Chicago

An 800 Gigabit Ethernet (800GbE) service trial connecting London and Chicago across an 8500km subsea and terrestrial route over 1Tbps optical transport, has been set up by Nokia, Windstream Wholesale (WW)and Colt Technology Services.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Single-axis joy-stick for industrial and medical

Megatron is stocking a rocker-switch-like single-axis joysticks that are “ideal for integration into portable devices or control panels in harsh industrial applications and for sensitive control tasks in medical technology”, said the company. “The selection of knobs, spring returns and sensors allows the thumb joystick to be optimally adapted to the application.”

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

OCP Global Summit: 750W 8:1 dc-dc down converter can peak at 1.5kW

Flex Power Modules has launched a 750W intermediate bus converters at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Medical-rated 300W ac-dc PSU measures 1x2x4inch

Vox Power Ltd has announce the EIRE300 series of 300W open-frame ac-dc power supplies for medical and IT equipment use, that measure 4 x 2 x 1inch.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

RAN market in second year of steep decline

Following a 40 to 50 percent revenue growth between 2017 and 2021, the RAN market is now facing a second consecutive year of steep declines.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Vietnam semi plan

Vietnam intends to have 3 fabs, 300 design houses and 20 packaging and test facilities by 2050, according to a semiconductor industry plan signed off by Prime Minister Pham Minh.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Nu Quantum develops Qubit-Photon Interface

Nu Quantum has announced the key to modular, distributed quantum computers of different qubit modalities and providers: a proof-of-principle prototype that will enable quantum computers to be connected to a quantum network.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

1,500V multimeter and 60A wireless current clamp for solar installations

Fluke once again has solar power engineers in mind with a pair of instruments, both true-RMS, CAT III and rated to 1,500V: the 283 FC digital multimeter and the a283 FC wireless ac and dc current clamp.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Electronica: Universal video interface for Fraunhofer micro-displays

Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) has developed hardware and software to interface its OLED micro-displays to various input interfaces, calling the concept ‘Universal Display Data Converter’ or UDDC.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Space4Climate offers free carbon audit for UK space organisations

The UK organisation Space4Climate is offering a free carbon audit for UK-based space companies willing to support research into sustainability.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Ignion to announce Virtual Antenna advance at Electronica

Ignion, a Barcelona-based IoT antenna specialist, will preview what it claims is the most versatile and compact multi-radio technology on the market, at Electronica.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Fluctuating DRAM ASPs

Q4 memory prices will see a significant slowdown in growth, with conventional DRAM expected to increase by only 0–5%, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

X-Fab adds high-performance photodiodes

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the analogue/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has introduced additional optoelectronic device options.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

ADI picks Visual Studio for security-enabled IDE

Analog Devices has announced an embedded software development environment based on Microsoft’s Visual Studio code: CodeFusion Studio.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Droidcon Android development conference heads to London

The UK’s largest Android development conference is taking place at the end of the month, in London, running Thursday 31 October to Friday 1 November.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Design to Deliver programme using space data for regenerating nature

A “Design to Deliver” programme has been launched to support companies using space-enabled data and services for the benefit of the environment. This would be to generate information that is “trusted and actionable” and fuel “responsible behaviours towards nature”.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Smallest tact switch yet?

Alps Alpine is vying for the title ‘Worlds smallest tact switch’ with one that measures 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.55mm, and is sealed to IP68.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Girls at the core of the UK electronics industry

Apple is once again partnering with the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) for its Girls Into Electronics initiative. This year, a mentoring element has been added.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Automotive fingerprint sensor

Infineon has announced a pair of fingerprint sensors that include the sensing matrix, processing silicon and related software for the host processor.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Eliyan chiplet interconnect fabbed on 3nm process

Eliyan, the chiplet interconnect specialist, has got first silicon of its NuLink-2.0 PHY, manufactured on a 3nm process.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

Mediatek’s flagship phone processor

Mediatek has adopted Arm’s top-end Cortex-X925 CPU in its second-generation ‘all big core’ phone processor – Dimensity 9400, made by TSMC on a 3nm process.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024