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

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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2022

Semtech said to be buying Sierra Wireless

Semtech the Californian LoRa specialist, is reported by Bloomberg to be at a late stage in negotiations to buy Sierra Wireless, the Canadian IoT specialist.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022

Huawei, Nokia, Ericsson to take 74.5% of 5G market this year

Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia will account for 74.5% of the global base station market in 2022, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2022

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 5, 2022

Thumbnail sized thermelectric generator is non-toxic for IoT

Researchers in Japan have micro-fabricated a thermoelectric generator for IoT devices from non-toxic materials.

This article was posted on Aug 4, 2022

EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Mihai Daniel Ivanescu

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 4, 2022

Q2 beats wafer area shipment record

Q2 silicon wafer area shipments were up 1% q-o-q at 3,704 million square inches, topping the previous record high set in Q1, says SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG).

This article was posted on Aug 4, 2022

Lockheed Martin, Maxar Space win NOAA weather satellite contracts

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has selected two companies – Lockheed Martin and Maxar Space – to advance its Earth observations from geostationary orbit.

This article was posted on Aug 4, 2022

2022 semi sales to hit $639bn

2022 semiconductor revenue will grow 7.4% to $639 billion, down from 2021 growth of 26.3%, says Gartner. In 2023, it is expected to fall 2.5%.

This article was posted on Aug 4, 2022