TI bullish on Q3

TI has given an upbeat Q3 revenue forecast of $4.94 billion to $5.3 billion

This article was posted on Aug 2, 2022

Compound semiconductor cluster for North East

The North East Advanced Material Electronics (NEAME) cluster has been formerly launched by companies in the UK’s North East, with “a mission to highlight and promote the region as a centre of excellence for advanced compound semiconductor technology design and manufacture”, according to NEAME.

This article was posted on Aug 2, 2022

Seven open-drain drivers in one IC

Diodes has put an array of seven 50V dmos open-drain transistors into a single IC for driving solenoids, relays, dc motors and LED displays, for example.

This article was posted on Aug 2, 2022

CorPower builds first giant hull for wave energy converter

CorPower Ocean has revealed the first 9m diameter hull for its 300kW C4 wave energy converter.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Skeleton and Siemens hook up for supercapacitor manufacturing

Skeleton Technologies and Siemens have agreed to develop and implement a supercapacitor manufacturing line in a new Skeleton factory in Markranstädt, Leipzig.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Infineon chip enables smart locks

Infineon has developed a programmable 32-bit ARM Cortex-M0 MCU with embedded NFC frontend to enable cost effective development of smart actuators, such as passive locks.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Digi-Key celebrates decade of support for FIRST Robotics Competition

Digi-Key Electronics is celebrating its 10 years of support for the FIRST Robotics Competition.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Dr Ethan Gardner

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 1, 2022

Government money for O-RAN R&D

Universities and telecoms firms have been invited to apply for up to £25 million to research and develop the next generation of 5G and 6G network equipment.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

MediaTek signs for Intel Foundry

Mediatek of Taiwan has signed up as a customer for Intel Foundry Services (IFS).

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Eutelsat and OneWeb merge

Eutelsat and OneWeb are to combine with OneWeb shareholders holding 50% of Eutelsat.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Biden pushes for Chips Act

Yesterday US President Joe Biden had a virtual meeting on the Chips Act with the CEOs of Lockheed Martin, Cummins and Medtronic and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

External antenna Bluetooth 5 LE module for difficult enclosures

Panasonic has introduced an external antenna Bluetooth 5 Low Energy (LE) module for use in shielded housings and enclosures.

This article was posted on Aug 1, 2022

Satellite Vu commissions SSTL for satellite clone to double climate data collection

The UK thermal infrared satellite firm Satellite Vu is looking to double its climate data collection capacity, it has announced.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

OEMs report chip supplies easing

Hyundai, Electrolux, Nokia and ABB have nade positive statements on chip supplies.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

Samsung asks for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas

Samsung has asked for planning permission for 11 fabs in Texas – two in Austin and nine in Taylor – which would involve a total outlay of about $200 billion.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

Elektra Awards 2022 – Calling Design Engineers

The recently extended Elektra Awards entry deadline is closing on 28 July, so time is running out to submit an entry for this year.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

IQM raises €128m Series A2

IQM, the Espoo quantum computer developer, has raised a €128 million Series A2 funding round.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

Raytheon Intelligence & Space wins contract for NextGen Weather Processor

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has been awarded a $21.7m contract by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to replace U.S. legacy weather systems with the NextGen Weather Processor (NWP) programme.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

SMIC shipping 7nm ICs

SMIC has been shipping a 7nm chip for a year, says TechInsights which has reverse engineered the device and says “initial images suggest it is a close copy of TSMC 7nm process technology.”

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022

Glasgow University team win satellite design competition

A team from Glasgow University has won £600,000 in a competition to design a satellite.

This article was posted on Jul 29, 2022