Fujitsu develops CNT adhesive sheet with 100W/mK thermal conductivity
Fujitsu Laboratories has announced the development of the world’s first adhesive sheet composed of carbon nanotubes with extremely high thermal conductivity of up to 100 W/mK (watt per metre per Kelvin).
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Q1 sales surge drives Raspberry Pi production ramp
After a surge in Q1 sales, Raspberry Pi is increasing production from Q1’s 192,000 units to 250,000 units in Q2.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Yangtze aiming for 8% of NAND output next year
After submitting samples of TLC and QLC 128-layer NAND to controller chip suppliers in Q1, Yangtze Memory is aiming to start running wafers in Q3 and ramp to mass production in Q4, reports TrendForce.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Fraunhofer IIS seeks to join-up Industry 4.0
The German government has kicked-off a project intended to use artificial intelligence (AI) at various levels of the manufacturing process to enable condition-based, predictive maintenance for factory equipment and to monitor product quality on the fly during production.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Solar-powered hand sanitiser wins ESA-backed hackathon
The winning entry in a recent European Space Agency-sponsored hackathon has been announced: a solar-powered hand sanitiser.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020RF filters with configurations up to 18GHz
Smiths Interconnect has introduced its Planar X Series of RF filter solutions with bandpass, bandstop, lowpass and highpass configurations up to 18 GHz (Ku Band).
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020LeapMind offers AI inference accelerator IP
In the autumn, LeapMind, the Tokyo AI startup, plans to ship “Efficiera”, an ultra-low power AI inference accelerator IP for ASICs and FPGAs.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Design IP market grew 5.2% last year
Design IP revenue grew 5.2% last year, according to IPnest.
This article was posted on Apr 29, 2020Rutronik UK adds nRF5340 development kit for wireless projects
Designs based on Nordic Semiconductor‘s dual processor, SoC nRF5340, can be tested and evaluated with a preview development kit (PDK). The kit is now available from Rutronik UK and supported with the nRF Connect software development kit (SDK).
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020ESA’s Cheops satellite observes its first exoplanets
ESA’s first mission dedicated to the study of exoplanets is starting its science operations after successfully completing its in-orbit commissioning phase.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020Marvell integrates Fibre Channel and Ethernet into vSphere 7.0
Marvell says that its QLogic Fibre Channel and FastLinQ Ethernet adapter solutions enable NVMeover Fabrics (NVMe-oF) technology in VMware vSphere 7.0.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020Bittware box accelerates the edge
Bittware’s TeraBox 200DE edge server enables FPGA acceleration in edge applications.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 20202020 chip market to be 0.9% down, says Gartner
2019 semiconductor revenue totaled $419.1 billion, down 12% from 2018, according Gartner, but 2020 revenue is expected to hold steady at 0.9% decline.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020TSMC Q1 soars 45%
TSMC had Q1 revenue of $10.3 billion for a net profit of $3.85 billion.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020Semi capex to hold steady at -3%
Although all the risk to the current -3% semiconductor industry capital spending forecast for this year is to the downside, it is assumed that most spending will proceed as planned since the vast majority of the outlays are directed at long term goals of process technology advancements and/or additions to wafer start capacity.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020Flat logic market expected with 7-13% growth for foundry
TSMC expects to outperform both the semiconductor and the foundry industry with growth of 14-19% this year.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020AI reveals likely hydride superconductors
Russian scientist have a found a natural link between an element’s position in the periodic table and its potential to form a high-temperature hydride superconductors, and created a neural network to predict their performance.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020Harwin offers quick-printing anti-covid-19 face shield design
Harwin, the Hampshire-based connector company, has modified an existing 3d printable anti-covid-19 face shield design to make it print quicker, and has put the print file on its website here for others to use. Cutting instructions for the matching transparent plastic part are here.
This article was posted on Apr 28, 2020More on: MEMS earbud loudspeaker
Arioso Systems is a Dresden-based mems loudspeaker spin-out from Fraunhofer-IPMS, which recently closed a venture capital seed round.
This article was posted on Apr 27, 2020Hardware blocks chip hacking by analogue attack
UltraSoC and Agile Analog have teamed-up to deliver hardware-based security against ‘analogue interference’ attacks such as power supply or clock signal tampering.
This article was posted on Apr 27, 2020Igloo VR specialists raise funds for immersive domes
A UK-based immersive technology firm, Igloo Vision, has concluded a £435k funding round. The Shropshire-based company specialises in creating projection spaces, such as domes, cylinders, cubes, and workspaces.
This article was posted on Apr 27, 2020