Advanced Packaging expands its footprint
Sales of advanced packaging equipment are expected to grow by more than 10% in 2024, and may exceed 20% in 2025, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Finwave Semi and Globalfoundries hook up for GaN-on-Si
GaN specialist Finwave Semiconductor and GlobalFoundries are to qualify Finwave’s GaN-on-Si enhancement-mode (E-mode) MISHEMT technology on GloFo’s 80RFGaN process with the aim of running mass production wafers in H1 2926.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Intel CPU chiefs form AheadComputing
Four CPU experts from Intel’s Advanced Architecture Development Group (ADDG) have formed a RISC-V startup called AheadComputing.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Wayve and Uber hook up for driverless driving
Wayve, the UK driverless car technology developer, today announced a strategic partnership with Uber.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024The results are in – STEM subjects more popular at A level
The UK’s A level results were announced last week and showed an increase in STEM subject choices.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Hungary buys battery grid storage
Hungarian state-owned energy company MVM Balance has ordered a 4.35MWh 750kW sodium-sulphur battery from NGK for a grid storage demonstration project.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024UK site to boost DARC deep space radar capability
The U.S. Space Force has awarded its Deep-Space Advanced Radar Capability (DARC) Site 2 contract. This is for a location in the UK as part of its role as an AUKUS partner.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024All-constellation RTK GNSS modules
Distributor Rutronik has added three surface-mount RTK-enhanced GNSS modules from Unicore to its portfolio.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Anders Storm joins Dirac as CEO
Anders Storm is the new CEO at Swedish digital audio company Dirac.
This article was posted on Sep 9, 2024Navigating without GPS
Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories of the US have used silicon photonics to perform the quantum sensing technique atom interferometry, an ultra-precise way of measuring acceleration, which could enable a kind of quantum compass for navigation when GPS signals are unavailable.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 20243A bipolar transistors in 2x2mm DFN2020D-3 package
Nexperia has announced 20 bipolar power transistors in 2 x 2mm DFN2020D-3 packaging, half of them automotive-qualified.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024Nvidia compares Blackwell and Hopper GPUs on LLM inferencing
Nvidia has announced results for its forthcoming Blackwell GPU in the latest round of MLPerf industry benchmarks, Inference v4.1.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024lo temp co RF ceramic capacitors for comms
Kyocera AVX has released low-ESR C0G/NP0 dielectric RF MLCCs (multi-layer ceramic chip capacitors) “inspired by communications market demand for smaller RF capacitors that deliver repeatable performance”, it said.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024Protection diode for OPEN Alliance 100Base-T1 and 1000Base-T1
VETH100A1DD1 is a bidirectional ESD protection diode for automotive Ethernet, compliant with OPEN Alliance 100Base-T1 and 1000Base-T1.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024Axiom Space, Nokia integrate 4G/LTE comms into next-gen spacesuits
Axiom Space and Nokia are partnering to integrate advanced 4G/LTE comms into the former’s next-generation spacesuits.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024SiFive hooks up with PQShield for PQC
PQShield, the quantum-safe cryptography provider, and SiFive have partnered to deliver post-quantum cryptography on SiFive’s Essential and Performance high-performance processor families, protecting critical aerospace, consumer, defence, and automotive systems from quantum attacks and accelerating the adoption of NIST post-quantum cryptography standards on RISC-V technologies.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024China export restrictions double EU Ga and Ge prices.
Chinese export controls exports of germanium and gallium have led to an almost 2x increase in the their prices in Europe over the past year, reports the FT.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024$30bn Q2 for Nvidia
Nvidia’s Q2 revenue was up 15% q-o-q and 122% up y-o-y, at $30 billion. Profit was up 174% at $18.64 billion. For Q3, the company is expecting revenue of $32.5 billion. The shares fell 2.5% giving the company a market cap of $3 trillion.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024Supermicro updates X14 server family with Xeon 6900
Supermicro has added variants to X14 servers it announced in June.
This article was posted on Sep 5, 2024Waferscale AI chip developer files for IPO
Eight year-old waferscale AI chip developer, Cerebras Systems, has confidentially filed for an IPO, reports Reuters.
This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024Eleven UK chip startups join ChipStart incubator
Eleven more UK semiconductor startups have joined the government backed incubator programme ChipStart.
This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024