UKRI funding boost for semiconductor R&D at National Epitaxy Facility
The National Epitaxy Facility, a collaboration between the Universities of Sheffield, Cambridge and UCL for semiconductor R&D, has been awarded a further £12 million in funding.
This article was posted on Jul 8, 2022Korea’s memory inventory grows
May’s menory inventory in Korea rose by its highest amount in four years, says Statistics Korea.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022US tech controls squeezing the Russians
The US and its allies are squeezing the Russians by denying them technology, said the US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo (pictured) earlier this week.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022Top 5 MPU suppliers take 86% share
The top five MPU suppliers took their market share to 86% in 2021, says IC Insights, with Intel edging closer to half the total sales in microprocessors.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022Samsung first to 3nm
Today, Samsung announced that it has started initial production of its 3nm process node applying Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistor architecture.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022Raspberry Pi puts Wi-Fi onto Pico for $6, and maybe Bluetooth
Raspberry Pi has added a wireless module to its Pico microcontroller board, giving it 802.11n Wi-Fi capability – all for $6.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022100V 10μF MLCC in 1210
Distributor Rutronik is stocking a 100V multi-layer ceramic capacitor (MLCCs) from Samsung Electro-Mechanics.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022I3C agreed as a bus for secure authentication
The MIPI Alliance and ETSI have adopted the ‘I3C Interface for SSP’ specification, allowing the MIPI I3C Basic specification to serve as a physical and logical link layer for the ETSI SSP (Smart Secure Platform).
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022Dumb stick-on knob adds rotary encoder to touch screen
Microchip has introduced a touch controller family for ‘knob-on-display’ (KoD) human-machine interfaces.
This article was posted on Jul 7, 2022EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Sergio Miguez Aparicio
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 6, 2022Leonardo goes live with UK digital electronics factories
Leonardo is highlighting a ‘common data environment’ has gone live at its electronics sites across the UK in Edinburgh, Luton, Basildon and Southampton.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022SiFive opens Cambridge R&D centre
SiFive has opened a UK R&D centre in Cambridge.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022Foundry capacity to grow 14% in 2022
Foundry capacity will increase by 14% in 2022, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022Intel integrates eight-wavelength DFB laser array on CMOS wafer
Intel Labs has demo-ed an eight-wavelength DFB laser array integrated on a silicon wafer which delivers output power uniformity of +/- 0.25 decibel (dB) and wavelength spacing uniformity of ±6.5%.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022Weebit Nano tapes out demo chip at Skywater
Weebit Nano has taped out demonstration chips integrating its ReRAM module at SkyWater.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022WiFi 6e published
The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) today published “Wi-Fi 6/6E for Industrial IoT.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022Arm aims latest processors at high-end phone gaming
Arm’s is claiming “up to 28% more performance and up to 16% power reduction across a range of workloads, such as gaming”, for the phone GPUs and CPUs announced in its ‘2022 total compute solutions’ (TCS22).
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022EW BrightSparks 2022 profile: Simon Betts
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 6, 2022ESA selects Airbus Stevenage to build Earth Explorer FORUM satellite
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract to Airbus in the UK to build its Earth Explorer FORUM satellite, due to launch in 2027. The deal is worth €160 million.
This article was posted on Jul 6, 2022Renesas and Hailo hook up for ADAS
Hailo, the Israeli AI IP developer, is collaboratiing with Renesas on ADAS chips.
This article was posted on Jul 5, 2022Ethernet controller for industrial applications
onsemi has announced a 10BASE-T1S Ethernet controller designed to provide reliable multi-point communication in industrial settings.
This article was posted on Jul 5, 2022