New labs and cleanroom for Cardiff Cluster
BES of Heywood has completed an £8.1 million project for the South Wales Compound Semiconductor Cluster to design, construct and commission an IS07-classified cleanroom along with a number of laboratory environments, including a photonics lab, a power electronics lab, an advanced packaging suite, an evaluation lab, a radio frequency lab and a high-power lab.
This article was posted on Feb 26, 2020Atmosic raises $28.5m Series B
Atmosic Technologies, the low-power wireless IoT specialist, has raised a $28.5 million Series B.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020Nexperia gets new owner
Today Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, announced that Wingtech Technology – a Chinese computer and telecom equipment manufacturer – has obtained a controlling stake in Nexperia from Beijing Jianguang Asset Management Co. Ltd (JAC Capital).
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020AMS launches Nano evaluation kits for Arduino and Raspberry Pi
AMS has released the Nanovision and Nanoberry evaluation kits, providing a platform for development based on its NaneyeC miniature image sensor.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020LoraWAN growing unexpectedly fast
LPWA connections will grow to around 400m connections by 2025, according to Strategy Analytics.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020Caring clothing
Holst Centre has developed several human-centric wearables for healthcare and wellbeing: MYSA – ‘Relax Shirt’
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020Graphics DRAM to lead DRAM price recovery
Graphics DRAM is expected to lead the DRAM sector into a price uptick in Q1, says DRAMeXchange.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020Q1 wafer orders up
Q1 wafer orders are up, says Doris Hsu chair of silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers, as reported in Digitimes.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020Etron and Lattice develop AI+DRAM platform
Taiwanese DRAM design specialist Etron Technology has joined Lattice Semiconductor to develop a miniaturised AI+DRAM platform for applications to terminal edge computing, industrial robots, and multimedia such as AR/VR, says Digitimes.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020China pursuing CPU import substitution
China’s latest domestic chip boosting initiative – called 352 Project – intends to develop a PC CPU which will replace 30% of the CPUs used inside China-based PCs within a year.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020RIP: Chuck Peddle, designer of the 6502.
Chuck Peddle, designer of the 6502, has died at the age of 82 from pancreatic cancer.
This article was posted on Feb 24, 2020On-chip light-source switches wavelengths and colours
Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Universities of Maryland and Colorado have developed an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) light source which can produce output light that is a very different colour, or wavelength, than the input light.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020Record year for fab additions next year
IC Insights recently released its Global Wafer Capacity 2020-2024 report that provides in-depth analyses and forecasts of IC industry capacity by wafer size, by process geometry, by region, and by product type through 2024.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020Arm looking to sell cyber-security unit
Arm and Gemalto, a subsidiary of Thales, are looking for a buyer for their loss-making cyber-security jv Trustonic.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020Arkwright Scholarship students celebrate at the IET
Last month, 415 students were awarded an Arkwright Scholarship, recognising their accomplishments in engineering study and providing funds to boost their further education.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020Researchers demo CMOS-compatible SOT MRAM cell
Researchers at Tohoku University have announced the demonstration of a high-speed spin-orbit-torque (SOT) MRAM cell compatible with 300 mm Si CMOS technology.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020November SEMI billings up 9.1% y-o-y
November billings of $2.12 billion by North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment were 9.1% higher than the $1.94 billion billings posted in November 2018, says SEMI.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020Server market recovers from trade war
The demand for servers has recovered with growth in demand from AWS, FB, Google and MS, says TrendForce, with Dell EMC, HPE, Inspur, Huawei, and Lenovo dominating the market.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020US alliance for quantum computing
The US has launched the Quantum Information Edge alliance to advance quantum computing.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020EV start-up raises $3.5bn
Ten year-old EV start-up Rivian has become an investors’ darling having raised $3.5 billion – including four investment rounds this year.
This article was posted on Feb 21, 2020AMOLED pushes Samsung back to No.1 in phone displays
Samsung reclaimed the No.1 slot in the global smartphone display market in Q3 as the company capitalized on record-high demand for AMOLEDs, says IHS Markit.
This article was posted on Nov 27, 2019