Space for All fund funds STEM projects across the UK
The UK Space Agency has announced funding for 15 projects across the UK designed to inspire younger people into STEM.
This article was posted on May 22, 2024Glasgow University gets £3m grant for IC packaging research
Glasgow University has received a £3 million grant to build research facilities for IC integration and packaging.
This article was posted on May 22, 2024Auto imaging market recovering from chip shortage
Last year the automotive imaging market hit $5.7 billion, says Yole Developpement, propelled by the rebound in car production, escalating demand for autonomy, and proliferation of higher-resolution products.
This article was posted on May 22, 2024ESA boosts Galileo navigation system constellation
The European Galileo navigation system has two more satellites in orbit, to further increase its reliability, with 30 satellites now in the constellation.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024AEC-Q200 compliant common-mode chip inductors
Bourns has brought out two AEC-Q200 compliant, automotive-grade common mode chip inductor models.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024Wayve raises $1.05bn
Wayve, the seven year-old UK AI ADAS startup, has raised $1.05 billion in a Series C funding round backed by Nvidia, Microsoft and Softbank among others.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024Revenue and profit fall at Infineon
Infineon had calendar Q1 (FY Q2) revenue of €3.632 billion down 2% sequentially and 15% y-o-y for a profit of €707 million down 15% sequentially and 40% y-o-y.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024Kubos raises $2m
Kubos Semiconductors, a microLED material technology company, has raised $2 million to accelerate development of its cubic GaN technology which can double the efficiency of red microLEDs.
This article was posted on May 14, 202416.6μF <1pH silicon capacitor for IC interposers
Empower Semiconductor is aiming at high-performance decoupling within IC substrates and interposers with its largest silicon capacitor yet, the 16.6μF EC1005P.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024Automotive connectors have signals, power and coax
Molex has introduced MX-Dash, a family of single automotive connectors that combine power, signal and high-speed data inserts for zonal architectures.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024DMASS warns against over-reaction to 25% decline
The latest figures from European Components Distribution (DMASS) show a decline in Q1 of 23.3% with semiconductor revenue dropping by 26.5%.
This article was posted on May 14, 2024Distance sensors work up to 538°C and 5,000psi.
Kaman Precision Products has range of mm-scale displacement sensors that work at temperatures up to 538°C and pressures up to 5,000psi.
This article was posted on May 14, 202460GHz antenna-in-package radar IC for industry
Texas Instruments has turned to 45nm RF CMOS process to squeeze a 60GHz radar, including antenna, into an 11 x 6.7mm package only 0.8mm tall.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024Embedded Studio support for general-purpose RISC-V MCU
Renesas has increased support for its first RISC-V-based general-purpose microcontrollers by integrating Segger’s Embedded Studio into version 1.1.0 of Renesas’ RISC-V Smart Configurator code generator for R9A02G021 group MCUs.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024Robots ‘getting it right the first time’ after random AI learning
Northwestern University engineers have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm for smart robots that gather their own raw data.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024In-space research experiments return from ISS National Laboratory
The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory is highlighting the return to earth of a range of projects that have been undertaken in space, in its permanent microgravity research environment.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024Single-channel 80 mΩ high-side switch for automotive
HMI, the analogue and power management specialist, has launched its HL8518, a single-chip 80 mΩ high-side switch ideal for automotive applications needing power switch for low wattage lamp, high-side relays and valves, and general resistive, inductive, and capacitive loads.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024Skywater hooks up with Lumotive for optical beamforming
Skywater, the US mil spec foundry, and optical chip specialist , Lumotive, have collaborated on the production implementation of Lumotive’s solid-state optical beamforming technology in SkyWater’s fab.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024SiC market on a 25% CAGR 2023-28
The SiC device market is expected to exceed $10 billion by 2029, at CAGR23-29 of 25%, according to Yole Developpement.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024High analogue accuracy automotive MCU survives 42V
Infineon has introduced microcontrollers for monitoring vehicle Pb-acid batteries, that can be powered directly from the battery and include a pair of high-accuracy ADCs.
This article was posted on May 13, 2024Three terminal LED modulates at 263MHz and 1.3Gbit/s
Adding a third terminal to an LED can make it 50% faster, according to researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC).
This article was posted on May 13, 2024