Xilinx Announces Production Milestone for 16nm UltraScale+ Portfolio Ahead of Schedule

Xilinx Announces Production Milestone for 16nm UltraScale+ Portfolio Ahead of Schedule. Company opens order entry for production devices this quarter.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2020

Baidu Adopts Xilinx to Accelerate Machine Learning Applications in the Data Center

Baidu Adopts Xilinx to Accelerate Machine Learning Applications in the Data Center. FPGA-based platform supports the rapid growth of intelligent applications in the cloud

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2020

Non-porous separator for li-ion batteries could increase capacity

Toray Industries has created a non-porous separator for lithium-ion batteries, that could dramatically increase capacity by enhancing safety of lithium metal anode batteries, notably in wearable electronic devices, drones, and electric vehicles.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Imec starts 6G R&D

Imec has launched a research program that aims to lay the groundwork for next-gen mobile communications.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Record Q3 sales at Nvidia

Nvidia had record fiscal Q3 2021 (3 months to end of October) revenues of $4.73 billion, up 57% from $3.01 billion a year earlier, and up 22% from $3.87 billion in the previous quarter.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Vodafone to deploy O-RAN in Ireland

Vodafone says it will roll out O-RAN across the North-West of the Irish Republic, as part of its plans to use O-RAN for ‘at least’ 2,600 sites in the UK.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

RAF Space Command to be established, launching in Scotland

In the newly announced UK government defence spending plans, a new RAF Space Command is due be established, with plans to begin launching British satellites and rockets in 2022 from Scotland.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Dual bidirectional amplifier supports 2X2 MIMO radio applications

Triad RF Systems, the New Jersey specialist in high power microwave amplifiers and amplified radio systems, has launched a dual, bi-directional amplifier that supports 2X2 MIMO radio applications.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Skywater fab adopts e-beam lithography

Skywater, the US DoD-backed secure fab, is to use Multibeam’s Multicolumn Electron-Beam Lithography (MEBL) system in its 45 nm process.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Ultrasound sensing driven by MUT

The ultrasound sensing module market is expected to reach $6.2 billion in 2025 with a 5.1% CAGR between 2019 and 2025, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

Farnell shipping updated BBC micro:bit

Farnell is shipping a new BBC micro:bit with extended capabilities including greater memory capacity, a faster processor and, for the first time, “out of the box” sound and touch capabilities.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

PillarHall test chip for analysing 3D thin film structures is on the market

The PillarHall test chip for analysing 3D thin film structures is ready for market. Chipmetrics Oy, a spin-off of VTT, is now starting to commercialise the solution. The test chip enables the production of smaller nanostructures and components.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2020

T-Mobile CTO questions O-RAN organisers

The CTO of T-Mobile US, Neville Ray (pictured) has raised doubts about the management of O-RAN.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

Foundry revenue to grow 23.8% this year.

Foundry revenue is projected to undergo a 23.8% increase in 2020, the highest percentage in 10 years, says TrendForce,

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

TSMC gets $200m from Phoenix

Phoenix, Arizona is to provide $205 million in grants towards TSMC’s $12 billion 5nm fab.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

Zigbee Alliance targeting IoT within commercial buildings

The Zigbee Alliance – which oversees Zigbee, the IoT-friendly wireless standard – has announced a development within the Connected Home over IP project (CHIP).

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

Disposable medical liquid flow sensor eval kit

Sensirion has introduced an evaluation kit for its single-use LD20-2600B liquid flow sensors, built around the Swiss company’s CMOSens-branded technology.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

Mythic does the ‘impossible’

Mythic has announced it’s Analog Matrix Processor (Mythic AMP) which delivers an analogue compute claimed to perform comparably to digital devices.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

HV DC by land, air and sea

Suitable for undersea power lines as well as tethered drones, the AEK 3000 HV Series is a range of adaptable high voltage DC power supplies, manufactured by Cotek and available from Relec Electronics.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

ADI reveals next generation for MEMS switches for test

Analog Devices revealed details of its second generation of micromachined electro-mechanical relays for automated test.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020

Analyser reduces set-up time for speaker and microphone testing

Designed specifically for production line testing of speakers, microphones, headphones, headsets and consumer products with speakers and microphones, the APx517B acoustic analyser can be used by manufacturers as an integrated acoustic test system, says Audio Precision.

This article was posted on Dec 10, 2020