Infineon extends Optiga Trust for wireless charging

Infineon is extending its OPTIGA Trust product family with a dedicated solution for secured inductive charging Which is sampling now.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

Space engineering apprenticeship scheme

England’s first Space Engineering Technician apprenticeship will be available to students from January 2021

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

Farnell shipping fully enclosed $100 Raspberry Pi computer

Farnell is shipping a fully enclosed Raspberry Pi 400 desktop computer which integrates the keyboard and electronic components into a fully-enclosed compact unit and is available in six language variants.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

Hands on Raspberry Pi 400 – your favourite little computer inside a keyboard

Electronics Weekly has been trying out a Raspberry Pi 400 for a few days, and can report that it really is a desktop replacement for writing documents, editing photos and general web use.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

Volvo and Daimler form fuel cell jv

The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have now a signed binding agreement for a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize fuel-cell systems for use in heavy-duty trucks as the primary focus, as well as other applications.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

UK design: 30bn transistor chip tapes out at Sondrel

Berkshire-based Sondrel has tape-out of its largest chip design for a customer – with a 500mm2 footprint, over 30 billion transistors, 40 million flip-flops, and 23 thousand pads for I/O, power and ground.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

COM-HPC supercomputer-on-module evaluation kit

Advantech is to offer a COM-HPC evaluation kit in the fourth quarter of 2020, with a server pin-out equipped with Intel Xeon D processor.

This article was posted on Nov 16, 2020

Leti to build entangled photon comms system

CEA-Leti today announced plans to build a quantum-photonics system for hack-proof communications.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Electronica goes virtual

Electronica will take place digitally for the first time from November 9 to 12, 2020.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Floadia raises $11.5m Series C

Floadia, the Tokyo-based Renesas spin-out specialising in embedded non-volatile memory IP, has raised $11.5 million in a Series C financing round.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Kioxia to start building Fab 7 In the Spring

Kioxia is to start buildIng a new fab, Fab 7, at its Yokkaichi site in Spring 2021.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Untether AI rethinks Von Neumann architecture for AI inference accelerator cards

AI chip provider, Untether AI, has based its tsunAImi accelerator cards on its runAI200 chips, which, the company claims, are the first at-memory computation engines. They offer up to 8TOPS/W efficiency to deliver more than twice the computation rates of any other PCIe card, says the company.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Stronger haptic feedback for unambiguous automotive control

Alps Alpine has revealed more about its high-power haptic vibrator, following Dialog Semi’s announcment of the driver chip inside it yesterday.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

UK made: PXI test module simulates current loop sensors

Essex-based Pickering Interfaces has announced a PXI-based module that simulates current loop based sensors in industrial control applications – a PXIe version is also available.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Electronica: Wrist-wearable ref design measures blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, temperature and activity

Maxim is measuring blood oxygen, ECG, heart rate, body temperature and activity data in its third generation of wearable health monitor reference design, this time entirely wrist-worn.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Want a Risc-V PC? Try this development board

SiFive has created a PC-style motherboard as part of a platform for native Risc-V code development that “enables developers to create the Risc-V-based software they need for Risc-V platforms”, it said. “From real-time operating systems to custom Linux distributions, and the compilers, libraries, and applications that go with product design.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Leti and Intel to combine on chiplet packaging

Leti today announced a new collaboration with Intel on advanced 3D and packaging technologies for processors to advance chip design.

This article was posted on Nov 12, 2020

Surrey Uni unveils MMT

The University of Surrey has unveiled a device with unique functionality that could signal a new design philosophy for electronics, including next-generation wearables and eco-disposable sensors.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2020

US FCC clears sale of OneWeb to UK government and Bharti

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has completed the formalities for the sale of OneWeb to the UK government and Bharti Global.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2020

Dialog gets auto qual for haptics driver

Dialog has received automotive qualification for its DA7280 high-definition haptics driver.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2020

Rambus IPsec reduces 5G load on CPU

Rambus has brought out its IPsec Packet Engine with integrated DPDK and companion key negotiation toolkit capable of securing 5G network traffic at data rates from 1 to 10 Gbps.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2020