Imagination gets CEO
Simon Beresford-Wylie (pictured) is to become CEO of Imagination.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Nvidia building £40m supercomputer for UK research
Nvidia is building a supercomputer called Cambridge-1 which will be running by the end of this year.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Graphene bolometer detects microwaves best
A superconductor-graphene-superconductor Josephson junction has shown a noise-equivalent power of 7 x 10-19W/√Hz, which corresponds to an energy resolution of a single 32GHz photon, according to an international research team.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Foremost signs Teknokol
Foremost Electronics of Essex has signed Teknokol of Kayapa, Turkey to a distribution qgreement.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020Infineon launches Traveo auto MCUs
Infineon is launching the Traveo II Body MCU family which addresses automotive applications, including body control modules, door, window, sunroof and seat control units as well as in-cabin smartphone terminals and wireless charging units.
This article was posted on Oct 9, 2020UK graphene Hall sensor shows promise for space
Cambridgeshire-based Paragraf has had its graphene-based Hall magnetic field sensor tested for radiation toughness by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL).
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Flexible piezo-harvester sticks well to fabric
An easily applied patch on fabric could be used to power wearables, according to Korean research lab KAIST.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Melexis sampling new QVGA ToF sensor
Melexis, the Belgian auto IC specialist, is sampling an AEC-Q100 qualified QVGA time-of-flight sensor – the MLX75026.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Barebones server orders dry up
Q3 saw orders for barebones servers dry up as inventories grew higher than expected, reports TrendForce.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020TT Electronics buys Torotel
TT Electronics has bought Torotel, a US-based designer and manufacturer of hi-rel power and electromagnetic assemblies and components for the aerospace and defense markets.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Ericsson buys Cradlepoint
Ericsson is to buy Cradlepoint, the US Wireless Edge WAN 4G and 5G Enterprise specialist, in a deal with an enterprise value of $1.1 billion.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Telonic Instruments signs UK agreement with Microtest for T&M portfolio
Power and test specialist, Telonic Instruments, has signed a UK-wide distribution agreement with Taiwanese manufacturer Microtest, which will cover its test and measurement portfolio.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Mid-sized enclosed professional 3D printer
Barcelona-based BCN3D has announced a smaller version if its professional-grade Epsilon 3D printer, plus a filament conditioning cabinet.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020UK made: TDK puts £11.5m into manufacturing in Devon
TDK has announced an £11.5m investment package to redevelop its TDK-Lambda power supply design and manufacturing facility in Ilfracombe Devon.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020Electrocube eyes high-rel DC links with polypropylene capacitors
Electrocube’s 958A Series of high current DC link metallised polypropylene film capacitors is designed long life in high current power inverter applications under extreme operating conditions.
This article was posted on Sep 28, 2020MagnaChip launches BLU LED drivers
MagnaChip has launched two LED Driver ICs for UHD TV BLU (Back Light Unit).
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020Xilinx announces O-RAN accelerator card
Xilinx has announced the T1 Telco Accelerator Card for O-RAN distributed units (O-DUs) and virtual baseband units (vBBUs) in 5G networks.
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020+4% this year and +12% next year, forecasts Penn
This year was only the third time in the semiconductor industry’s history (the other two being 1980 and 1991) that a drop in world GDP didn’t result in a fall in the chip industry.
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020Lattice adds to auto and rugged FPGAs
Lattice has added to its MachXO3L and MachXO3D that support extended temperature operating ranges for automotive and other ruggedised applications.
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020Shrunken nanolasers enable on-chip optical connections
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King’s College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for ICs.
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020SOT-RAM startup raises $11m
Antaios, a SOT-MRAM (Spin-Orbit Torque Magnetic Random-Access Memory) startup, has secured $11 million to accelerate innovation and develop new strategic partnerships.
This article was posted on Sep 25, 2020