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

Imec’s sustainable manufacturing programme attracts top partners

Imec’s project to reduce the semiconductor industry’s greenhouse emissions has attracted significant partners including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, ASM, ASML, KURITA, SCREEN, and Tokyo Electron.

This article was posted on Aug 4, 2022

US Chips Act passed

The US Chips Act finally made it through Congress yesterday with the House of Representatives voting 243 to 187 in favour.

This article was posted on Aug 4, 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 4, 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 4, 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 4, 2022

Shielded coax connector

Anglia is stocking a shielded coaxial connector from Hirose aimed automotive and industrial applications.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

Space Foundation sizes global space economy, boosted by gov spending

Research published by the United States-based Space Foundation suggests that the global space economy is now worth $469 billion.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

Bidirectional solar charging turns cars into buffer storage

With bidirectional charging, solar power from a photovoltaic system can be stored in electric cars and fed back into the home grid when needed.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

O-RAN adoption growing

Global cumulative Open RAN revenues – radio and baseband excluding services – are forecast by Dell ‘Oro to approach $20 billion over the next five years, accounting for around 15% of the 2026 RAN market.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

Micron shipping 232-layer NAND

Micron is shipping 232-layer TLC NAND flash fabbed in Singapore

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

Finwave raises $12.2m Series A

3DGaN innovators Finwave Semiconductor today announced a $12.2 million Series A funding round.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022

ST looking for a $16bn 2022

ST had Q2 net revenues of $3.84 billion for a gross margin 47.4% an operating margin 26.2% and net income of $867 million

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2022