Apple loses phone crown as Q1 market grows 7.8%

The Q1 smartphone market grew 7.8% q-o-q to 289.4 million units, says IDC. It was the third consecutive quarter of market growth,

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

IP block covers Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 dual mode and IEEE 802.15.4 for IoT chips

Ceva has introduced a multi-radio intellectual property package for IoT IC designers that combines Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 modems with a 2.4GHz transceiver aimed at TSMC’s 22nm process.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

NEMA23 stepper motors with UL/CSA certification

Nanotec has introduced UL/CSA certified 56mm flange (NEMA23) stepper motors with integrated position encoders.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

Pogo pins and rigid pins from CUI

CUI Devices has started making a selection of pogo pins and PCB pins – the former being spring-loaded and the latter rigid.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

Remote head torque sensors are accurate to ±0.1%

Sensor Technology has torque sensor accurate to ±0.1% of full-scale, that has its sensing head and electronics in separate housings.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

Private RAN revenue soaring

Private Wireless Radio Access Network (RAN) revenue grew around 40% in 2023, propelling Private Wireless to comprise around 2 percent of the overall RAN market, reports Dell’Oro.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

UK Space Agency officially partners with Space ISAC

The UK Space Agency is officially partnering with the US-based Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Space ISAC), located in Colorado Springs, to help improve international collaboration within the Space industry.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

Photon Ventures raises €15m

PhotonVentures, the Dutch VC fund focused on photonics startups, has completed a second fundraising round of over €15 million bringing the fund’s total to €75 million.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

Rivos raises $250m to make RISC-V-based AI ICs

Rivos has raised $250 million to make datacentre AI processors using RISC-V cores.

This article was posted on Apr 23, 2024

XCAM develops Nuscis variant for AI-powered context imaging

XCAM, the Northampton-based digital imaging specialist, is developing a variant of its Nuscis electronics for the context imager in Craft Prospect’s Salient project.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Q4 EDA revenues up 14%

Q4 Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 14% to $4,423 million from the $3,879.9 million of Q3, according to SEMI’s Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD)report.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Lockheed Martin invests in Q5D

Q5D Technology, a company specialising in tools for automating wiring harness manufacture, has closed a $3 million investment round led by Lockheed Martin.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

The 007 Contract

Huawei is building a $1.66 billion R&D complex in Shanghai as big as 224 football pitches to develop chip manufacturing equipment, reports the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Sponsored Content: Five tips for predicting component temperatures

Historically, component temperature has been correlated with reliability, with early studies relating field failure rates to steady-state component temperature.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Samsung gets $6.4bn Chips Act money

Samsung has been awarded $6.4 billion in direct funding under the Chips and Science Act. The company is investing $40 billion in Texas to make 4nm and 2nm chips.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

More on: Completely integrated inductive proximity switch IC

Last week Belgian fabless chip company Melexis announced a unique inductive sensing IC that includes a tiny transformer, drive circuit and sense circuit, so Electronics Weekly decided to have a closer look.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Appointments: Lacey is first COO at Integrated Graphene, Midsummer co-founder steps up to CEO

Andrew Lacey is to fill the newly-created COO position at Integrated Graphene, a company built around a carbon-based electro-active material it brands ‘Gii’.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

UK quantum computing companies advised Go East

A new report is highlighting opportunities for UK quantum computing companies in Japan.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Insight SiP launches BLE/WiFi6 module

Insight SiP, the miniature RF module developer, has launched its ISP5261 Wi-Fi 6 module.

This article was posted on Apr 22, 2024

Siemens to acquire EBM-Papst’ industrial drive business

Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire the industrial drive business of EBM-Papst, for an undisclosed sum.

This article was posted on Apr 2, 2024

The good and bad of red phosphorus anodes

Red phosphorus is a potential anode material for lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries, but like sodium itself, its positive values are counter-balanced by considerable challenges.

This article was posted on Apr 2, 2024