Ofgem licences 750MW Ireland-Wales dc link
Ofgem has granted Irish company MaresConnect an interconntector licence to own and operate a 245km 750MW dc link between Wales and Ireland.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Tom Culley
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 Jul 18, 2022Elektra Awards 2022 – Deadline for entries extended
For the Elektra Awards 2022 – which is their twentieth year – we have extended the entry deadline to Thursday 28 July, which gives you more time to get your entries in.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022Silicon processor manipulates optical beams
Researchers at the Politecnico di Milano, Stanford University, the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and the University of Glasgow have found a way to separate and distinguish optical beams even if they are superimposed and the form in which they arrive at their destination is drastically changed and unknown.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022Canaries in the semi mine
Are Micron and the Taiwanese semi suppliers the canaries in the coal mine? asks IC Insights adding that they could be early warning signs of a turning point in the semiconductor industry cycle becoming more evident.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022Analogue RC Oscillator IP for IC designers
Cambridge-based Agile Analog has announced RC oscillator intellectual property for IC designers.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022Bluetooth LE Audio specification complete, adding local audio broadcast
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the completion specifications that define LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio.
This article was posted on Jul 18, 2022May semi sales up 18% y-o-y
May semiconductor sales were up 18% y-o-y at $51.8 billion compared to the May 2021 total of $43.9 billion and up 1.8% on April’s $50.9 billion, saysthe SIA.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022Fabless take a record 34.8% of IC market
Fabless suppliers have taken a record 34.8% share of global IC sales after having a2011-2021 CAGR of 10% – double that of the IDMs.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022Samsung guidance lifts semi industry
Samsung’s Q2 guidance put revenue up 21% y-o-y at $59 billion.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022Nordic to buy its embedded memory supplier, Mobile Semi
Norwegian RF chip maker Nordic Semiconductor is to acquire US embedded memory IP supplier Mobile Semiconductor.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 202245W leds hit 5,000 lumens
XLamp XHP70.3 leds are the third generation of Cree’s ‘extreme high power led series’, with improved optical performance versus the previous generations, with higher intensity through optics than the second generation and with the XHP family’s highest on-axis intensity.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022SaxaVord Spaceport completes test exercise ahead of launches
SaxaVord Spaceport, in the Shetland Islands, has completed a test exercise at its site, up to the point of launch.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022SiTime opens online store
SiTime, the timing specialist, has opened SiTimeDirect – an online store to ship fully-customized precision timing devices; most ship as fast as 48 hours.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022Imec’s options to reduce metal line resistance at tight pitches
Imec has presented options to reduce the metal line resistance at tight metal pitches, mitigating the resistance/capacitance (RC) increase of future interconnects using direct metal patterning.
This article was posted on Jul 15, 2022QuiX Quantum raises €5.5m seed round
QuiX Quantum, the Dutch quantum processor specialist, has raised a €5.5 million Seed Round investment from PhotonDelta, FORWARD.one and Oost NL.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 2022Dev board supports Bluetooth LE, Thread, Matter, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, NFC and Bluetooth Mesh
Nordic’s Thingy:53 is a development board that supports Bluetooth LE, Thread, Matter, Zigbee, IEEE 802.15.4, NFC and Bluetooth Mesh RF protocols, and is capable of running embedded machine learning models.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 2022Segger supports Arm Cortex-M85 with IDE and debug
Segger is supporting Arm’s latest Cortex-M, the Cortex-M85, with its Embedded Studio IDE, J-Link debug probe, Ozone debugger and emPower OS real-time operating system.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 20223.5inch TFT LCD delivers 1,000cd/m2 for medical and test
Disea is making a 3.5inch TFT LCD which can operate up to 1000cd/m2 brightness.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 2022Updated: Owl inspires neuromorphic computation power saving
French research lab CAE-Leti has developed a sonic event-driven object-localisation system using analogue in-memory neuromorphic computation, inspired by a barn owl’s brain.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 2022Imperas and Breker partner for Risc-V system-level verification
RISC-V simulation company Imperas Software has announced a partnership with Breker Verification Systems, a provider of test content synthesis for verification environments, to develop interfaces and standards to unify functional verification design flows.
This article was posted on Jul 14, 2022