Rakuten, Intel and NEC demo 640Gbps for UPF

Rakuten Mobile, NEC and Intel have achieved a performance of 640 Gbps per server for the containerised User Plane Function (UPF) on the containerised 5G SA core network.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

ReRAM integrated with an OTS selector

Weebit Nano claims to have created the industry’s first commercial integration of an oxide-based ReRAM (OxRAM) cell with an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) selector, a critical step in the company’s commercialisation path for the discrete memory market.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Panasonic sells stake in Tesla

Panasonic has sold its stake in Tesla making a profit of nearly $3 billion on the holding.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Tech Jobs Hiring Day Today

Household names BT and Asos, as well as the financial giants HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group, are among those interviewing candidates – and potentially making on-the-spot offers – during Indeed’s “Tech Needs Her” National Hiring Day on Tuesday, 29 June.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Power inductor for digital audio

Sumida is aiming at filtering in digital audio amplifiers with a series of shielded high-power inductors.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

US company looks to Cornwall to step into Europe

Progranalog of Oregon has opened its European office in Cornwall, at the Tremough Innovation Centre in Penryn.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

TI designs humidity sensor for accuracy and low drift

Texas Instruments has introduced a low-drift humidity sensor, the first in a family.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

FAA greenlights Virgin Galactic licence to fly customers

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA”) has updated Virgin Galactic’s existing commercial space transportation operator licence to allow the spaceline to fly customers to space.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

UK-EU data-flows get go-ahead

A deal was agreed yesterday to permit data-flows between the UK and EU.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

ON Semi drivers for developing LED luminaires

ON Semiconductor has announced two LED drivers which allow manufacturers to develop LED luminaires with light-based positioning technology and visible light communication.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

Cliff adds multi-fibre push-on connector

Cliff Electronics have added a MTP/MTO (multi-fibre push on) connector to their FeedThrough connector range which allows through-panel connection of standard 12-72 multimode optical fibre cables.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

The National Space Propulsion Test Facility is rocket testing

A UK rocket test facility has been unveiled by the Science Minister Amanda Solloway – the National Space Propulsion Test Facility (NSPTF), located at the Westcott Space Cluster in Aylesbury.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

Glitch-free power-up from Maxim

Designers can now enhance system reliability in low-voltage IoT applications with the Essential Analog MAX16162 nanoPower supervisor with glitch-free power-up from Maxim.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

350W medical PSU peaks at 1kW

TDK-Lambda has introduced a series of ac-dc mains power supplies rated at 350W convection, 500W with forced air and 1kW peak.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

UK made: pancake motor rescues weather balloon tracker

Printed Motor Works of Hampshire is making a replacement servo motor for a weather balloon tracker made by South African company InterMet, after the original became unobtainable.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

APEC 2021: Critical conduction mode totem pole PFC controller

ON Semiconductor is introducing a critical conduction mode ‘bridge-less*’ totem-pole PFC (power factor correction) controller, claiming it to be industry’s first dedicated IC.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

SiFive’s highest performance Risc-V IP

SiFive has announced its highest performance implementation of a Risc-V core yet.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

Sales of MEMS sensors and actuators to grow 16% this year

MEMS sensors and actuators made are expected to grow about 16% in 2021 to a record-high $15.9 billion after an 11% increase in 2020, according to IC Insights’ 2021 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

ADI and Keysight hook up on O-RAN

ADI and Keysight Technologies are to accelerate network interoperability and compliance testing for Open RAN radio units (O-RUs).

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

Logic level 1.5mΩ 30V mosfet has low gate charge

Vishay has introduced a 30V n-channel mosfet with an on-resistance of 1.5mΩ (typ) at 4.5Vgate while achieving a 29.8mΩnC gate figure-of-merit (FoM).

This article was posted on Jun 28, 2021

ICs push industrial Ethernet over 1.7km of cable

ADI has introduced a pair of industrial 10BASE-T1L Ethernet (IEEE 802.3cg) ICs which can operate over 1.7km of single twisted pair with 10Mbit/s 1Vp-p or 2.4Vp-p signalling.

This article was posted on Jun 28, 2021