US may limit China NAND producers to 128-layers

The US is considering banning the export to China of chip manufacturing requirement needed to make NAND flash memories with more than 128 layers.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

Anglia goes PLC to increase global confidence

Anglia Components Ltd has become Anglia Components PLC – a closed PLC whose shares are not traded on the stock exchange.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

20A chip ferrite beads for electric vehicles

Murata has introduced a series of chip ferrite beads with a 20A current rating, aiming them at the battery charging systems and powertrains of electric vehicles, as well as in industrial equipment.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

Easy-PC gets IPC-2581 export capability, and more

Easy-PC has acquired IPC-2581 export capability along with other improvements with the introduction of version 26, according to Number One Systems, which develops the PCB design tool.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

HYPPERAM 3.0 launched

Infineon’s HYPERRAM 3.0 is a high-bandwidth, low-pin count memory with a 16-bit extended version of the HyperBus interface that doubles throughput to 800 MBps.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Oliver Kanjoo-Parsons

Now in its fifth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly partner with RS Grass Roots to highlight the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

Cartwheel Galaxy

The James Webb telescope’s range of imagers have come up with this picture of the Cartwright Galaxy which is 500 million light years from earth:

This article was posted on Aug 9, 2022

BeagleBone gets ready for AI processing

The BeagleBone organisation has created a 64bit Linux single board computer with AI capability and other hardware accelerators. Eight Top/s of neural-network processing are accessible through Python libraries.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Stick-on antennas for Bluetooth, Zigbee and Wi-Fi

Linx Technologies has introduced a family of 2.4 GHz adhesive flexible printed circuit antennas for ISM applications including Bluetooth and ZigBee and Wi-Fi.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Redwire plans PIL-BOX space-based drug manufacturing platform

Redwire, the space infrastructure company, has announced it will be creating a drug development and manufacturing platform for use in space.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Imec joins euROBIN for AI robotics

Imec has joined euROBIN – a group of research labs across Europe which are researching AI-Based Robotics.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Skywater and Google enable open source 90nm FDSOI manufacturing

Google and SkyWater, the hi-rel fab, are to develop an open source design capability for Skywater’s 90nm FD-SOI process.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Phase change ditched again

Phase change memory has been ditched again – the only vendor using it in an SSD was Intel, and Intel said it was dropping it in its Q2 earnings report.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Ceramic for stable force measurement

Bosch Advanced Ceramics is making Wheatstone bridges to measure deflection in pressure sensors.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Low-capacitance ESD protection for automotive data

Nexperia is aiming at protecting USB 3.2, HDMI 2.0 and LVDS data lines in vehicles with family of ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection diodes.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Crab-inspired image sensor works on land and in water over 360°

The eye of the fiddler crab has inspired an artificial image sensor that works on land and in water without refocusing.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Isotropic rebrands as All.Space as it moves to 5th-gen terminal production

Isotropic Systems, the UK satellite connectivity company, has announced it is rebranding itself to be All.Space as it prepares to launch its “fifth-generation smart terminal”.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2022

Imec joins euROBIN for AI robotics

Imec has joined euROBIN – a group of research labs across Europe which are researching AI-Based Robotics.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022

Skywater and Google enable open source 90nm FDSOI manufacturing

Google and SkyWater, the hi-rel fab, are to develop an open source design capability for Skywater’s 90nm FD-SOI process.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022

Phase change ditched again

Phase change memory has been ditched again – the only vendor using it in an SSD was Intel, and Intel said it was dropping it in its Q2 earnings report.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022

Ceramic for stable force measurement

Bosch Advanced Ceramics is making Wheatstone bridges to measure deflection in pressure sensors.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022