IEEE initiative to accelerate standards process

The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) has announced the Industry Affiliate Network (IAN), an initiative designed to assist multistakeholder industry organizations in accelerating development and adoption of global standards.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

China to take 22% of foundry market this year

China’s share of the pure-play foundry market is forecast to be 22% in 2020, 17 percentage points greater than it registered in 2010 (Figure 1).

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

Fujitsu collaborates to make practical quantum computing a reality

Fujitsu has joined with Riken and the universities of Tokyo, Osaka and Delft to make practical quantum computing a reality.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

micro:bit version 2 : educational computer now runs AI and gets a loudspeaker

Details have been announced of version 2 of the BBC micro:bit educational computer.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

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This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

Zortrax 3D prints super-tough conductive polymer for space

Supported by the European Space Agency, Polish 3D printer company Zortrax has developed a way to co-print two forms of the super-tough polymer PEEK – one insulating and one conductive.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2020

Imec shows interconnects for 2nm processes

Imec has demonstrated, for the first time, electrically functional 2-metal-level interconnects fabricated with Ru semi-damascene and airgap technology showing a long lifetime and good mechanical strength.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

ESA’s force-feedback rover Interact is controlled one nation away

In a dress rehearsal for a robotic test campaign on the Moon-like volcanic slopes of Mount Etna, scheduled for next year, researchers at the European Space Agency (ESA) have been testing its rover, dubbed Interact.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Q3 was best PC market growth quarter for five years

Q3 PC shipments totaled 71.4 million units – a 3.6% increase from the third quarter of 2019, according to Gartner – the strongest quarterly growth in five years.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Imagination extends mobile GPUs to automotive and data centres with 6Tflop B-Series

Imagination Technologies is aiming at automotive and data centre application on top of its usual market of phones and digital TVs with its latest family of graphics processor: the B-Series, with introduces multi-core options and ISO26262 functional safety.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

2 MOPP inlet connectors add medical-grade protection

Schaffner has introduced a series of filtered IEC mains input connectors designed not to compromise two MOPP (means of patient protection) safety precautions in medical equipment.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Rutronik UK to stock NJR’s four-channel PMIC

One of the smallest four-channel power management ICs (PMICs), the NJW4750 is now available from Rutronik UK. It is offered in a 3.4mm x 2.6mm EQFN26 package which incorporates three buck regulators and an LDO for voltage regulation. The distributor also offers the matching evaluation board.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Ac-dc DIN rail PSUs fit are Class II and low-profile

XP Power has released three series of DIN rail mount ac-dc PSUs for industrial electronics, controls and building management.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Xilinx, Spline.AI and AWS produce X-Ray deep learning model

Xilinx has introduced a medical X-ray classification deep-learning model and a reference design kit in association with Spline.AI on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Maxim claims smallest, cheapest, coolest auto chargers

Maxim claims that its automotive chargers are the industry’s smallest and lowest-cost with the introduction of the MAX25430 100W USB Power Delivery (PD) buck-boost controller and protector.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Nexus signs Flexxon; adds flash storage for cybersecurity

Industrial NAND flash devices from Flexxon include solid stat drives (SSDs), cards, modules, standard form industrial removable memory devices and ICs for cybersecurity, industrial, medical and automotive applications are now available in the UK, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland and Austria from Nexus Industrial Memory.

This article was posted on Oct 21, 2020

Tough magnetic switches are IP67 sealed for dirty environments

C&K’s MPSR series of magnetic sensors are designed for non-contact position and proximity detection in tough dirty environments.

This article was posted on Oct 20, 2020

NevadaNano strengthens EMEA presence

NevadaNano Systems, the gas detection sensor specialist, is expanding in Europe with a distribution partnership with Unitronic of Germany and an expansion of its office near Chester.

This article was posted on Oct 20, 2020

easyTOUCH Plus display modules

DATA MODUL has come up with a product line consisting of printed cover glasses optically bonded to its proprietary easyTOUCH PCAP products alongside a matching controller. It calls the line easyTOUCH Plus.

This article was posted on Oct 20, 2020

VCSEL market to grow at 18.3% CAGR 2020-25

The VCSEL market is expected to be worth $1 billion this year and to show 18.3% CAGR between 2020 and 2025 to reach $2.7 billion at the end of the period, reports Yole Développement.

This article was posted on Oct 20, 2020

Q4 memory ASP to fall 10%

The memory market is still in a state of oversupply in 4Q20, according to TrendForce’s latest investigations.

This article was posted on Oct 20, 2020