Intel to lay off 15,000 people

Intel is to sack 15,000 people suspend its dividend and cut 2025 opex and capex by $10 billion after forecasting poor sales and reduced gross margin for Q3.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Crypto Quantique signs ITEC

Crypto Quantique, a provider of quantum-driven security for the IoT, has appointed ITEC Limited of Tel-Aviv, Israel to promote and provide customer support for its IoT security products.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Updated: 600V and 700V GaN transistors co-packaged with drivers

Infineon Technologies is to integrate 600 and 700V GaN power hemts alongside gate driver chips inside single packages, in 5 x 6mm or 6 x 8mm SMD packages.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Siggraph: AI compute cluster scales to 256 Nvidia L40S PCIe GPUs, and beyond

At Siggraph today, Supermicro announced a 4U PCIe rack processor cluster with eight Nvidia L40S PCIe GPUs (photo right), scalable up to 256 GPUs in a 32-node scalable unit (photo below).

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

ROHM claims smallest CMOS op amp

ROHM has developed an ultra-compact 1.8V – 5V, rail-to-rail CMOS op amp – the TLR377GYZ, optimised for amplifying signals from sensors such as temperature, pressure, flow rate, used in smartphones, small IoT devices, and similar applications.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Astroscale secures funding for Final Phase of ELSA-M In-Orbit demo

Astroscale, a specialist in space debris removal, has secured finding to complete the Final Phase of ELSA-M. This is an in-orbit demonstration of space debris removal.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

GenAI smartphones to take 18% of 2024 market

Q2 smartphone revenues and shipments both grew 8% YoY, says Counterpoint’s Market Monitor service marking the third consecutive growth quarter.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Blackwell delayed; AI’s value questioned

Nvidia is said to be having trouble with its latest chip as an influential hedge fund says AI is overhyped and that Nvidia shares are in a bubble and have further to drop after last month’s 20% fall.

This article was posted on Aug 12, 2024

Murata claims first MLCC with a capacitance of 100μF in a 0603-inch size package

Murata claims to have made the world’s first MLCC to provide a capacitance of 100μF in a 0603-inch (1608mm) size package with its GRM188C80E107M and GRM188R60E107M devices.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

DigiKey signs Kingston for memory components and SSD storage

DigiKey is partnering with memory manufacturer Kingston Technology to distribute its memory and storage systems globally.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

Singapore computing entities and Quantinuum sign MoU

Quantinuum, the merged Honeywell Quantum and Cambridge Quantum, has signed an MoU with three of Singapore’s quantum computer developers – the National Quantum Office (NQO), the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC).

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

Skywater to install high volume e-beam machine.

SkyWater has received a Multicolumn E-Beam Lithography (MEBL) system for volume production from Multibeam Corp.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

UK AI chip company exits stealth mode, raises $15m seed funding

Fractile, a UK company building an AI chip, has exited stealth and announced $15m (£12m) in seed funding.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

LED drivers for animated effects

Lumissil Microsystems has created a pair of LED drivers that include a 32MHz 8051 microcontroller.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

Just what are microbial sensors capable of?

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has teamed up with Massachusetts-based Draper to streamline the design of microbe-based electronic sensors.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

Switch to scandium for high temperature ferroelectrics

Tokyo Tech has picked aluminium scandium nitride (AlScN) to make ferroelectric films that remain stable at up to 600°C in hydrogen.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

6% decline in 2024 for service provider router market

The Service Provider Router and Aggregation Switch market is predicted to decline 6% in 2024.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

EMIS EMC filter for higher current rating applications

The chassis mounting MF423-3-3D-BB three phase EMC filter series from EMC specialist EMIS is designed for higher current rating applications such as photovoltaic (PV) and power drive systems and offers the superior attenuation required to meet relevant EMC Standards.

This article was posted on Aug 5, 2024

DigiKey premieres Season 4 of City Digital video series

DigiKey Electronics is releasing Season 4 of its City Digital video series, which is dubbed “AI in the Smart World” and is sponsored by Molex and STMicroelectronics.

This article was posted on Jul 11, 2024

Auto semiconductors by segment

By 2027, the automotive semiconductor market will see significant growth for logic, memory, microprocessors, analogue, opto, discretes and sensors, says IDC.

This article was posted on Jul 11, 2024

Q3 NAND ASP to rise 5-10%

The Q3 NAND ASP will be up between 5% and 10% says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Jul 11, 2024