SpiderOak demonstrates OrbitSecure communications with ISS

SpiderOak, the satellite cybersecurity specialist, has announced a successful demonstration of its OrbitSecure technology for communications with the International Space Station (ISS).

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

Optical transceiver market to be worth $22.3bn in 2028

The optical transceiver market is set to grow at 12% CAGR from 2022-28, doubling in value in that period to be worth $22.3 billion in 2028, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

2023 smartphone market to be down 4.7% y-o-y

Smartphone shipments are forecast to decline 4.7% year over year in 2023 to 1.15 billion units, the lowest volume in a decade, according to IDC. Nextyear IDC expects the market to grow 4.5%.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

Arm prices IPO

Arm has priced its IPO at $47-51 per share valuing the company at at $50-54 billion – compared to the estimated range of $19-73 billion.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

Hype Cycle for customer support services

Generative AI, digital customer service, and conversational user interfaces (CUIs) will transform customer service and support by 2028, according to Gartner.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

Vote for the University Research Readers’ Choice award – Elektra 2023

We are asking readers of Electronics Weekly to choose the winner of the University Research Project of the Year in this year’s Elektra Awards. The award is kindly sponsored by Panasonic Industry Europe.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

UK Space Agency seed funds environmental monitoring projects

The UK Space Agency is funding ten space-based projects to help mitigate environmental risks, such as water pollution and carbon emissions.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

Q2 O-RAN revenue falls

O-RAN and vRAN revenues declined in W2 2Q23, marking the first quarter of y-o-y contraction since 2019, says Dell’Oro.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

US NIST asks cryptographic community to review standards for quantum resistant algorithms

Last year, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) selected four algorithms designed to withstand attack by quantum computers.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

VC fund for early stage photonic startups

Photon Ventures has launched a VC fund aimed at early-stage photonic chip startups and scale ups. €60 million was raised in its first financing round with PhotonDelta as the lead investor alongside numerous private investors.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

Taming a promising, but flaky, solar perovskite

A cubic perovskite α-formamidinium lead iodide known as ‘α-FAPbI3’ would be a promising solar cell material if it did not gradually turn into useless δ-FAPbI3 at room temperature under the influence of, of all things, light. Water has the same effect.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

Toshiba adds four-pin SiC mosfet to cut losses

Toshiba has picked a four-pin package for its latest third-generation silicon carbide mosfets.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

BorgWarner gets SiC power from ST as well as Onsemi

Only a few weeks ago Onsemi announced that its silicon carbide power transistors are to be used in BorgWarner Viper electric vehicle traction inverters, and now STMicroelectronics has revealed something similar.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

Rohm integrates driver with GaN hemt to remove gate voltage woes

Rohm has co-packaged a gate driver and a 650V GaN power transistor to ease the design of power supplies in servers and ac adaptors.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

Toshiba’s 2200V SiC MOSFET has embedded SBD

Later this month, Toshiba will start shipping a 2200V rated SiC MOSFET with embedded Schottky barrier diode (SBD) for use in 1500V DC applications such as photovoltaic (PV) inverters, electric vehicle (EV) chargers, high frequency DC/DC converters and energy storage systems. The new device will simplify inverter designs.

This article was posted on Sep 7, 2023

QuickLogic and YorChip developing eFPGA-based UCIe chiplets

QuickLogic, the eFPGA IP developer, and YorChip, a startup specialising in UCIe-compatible IP, have hooked up to develop FPGA chiplets optimised for low power consumption and low cost edge IoT and AI/ML markets

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023

Energy harvester dc-dc can run from two ambient sources

E-peas has created a power IC that can mediate between two energy harvesters, a 5V charger, a power store and a load.

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023

Google scrolls and folds Flutter to version 3.13

Google has updated Flutter – its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code – to version 3.13.

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023

Distrelec signs Teltonika Networks

Distrelec, a trading brand of RS, is adding thev

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023

Autotalks and Hyundai developing V2X modules

Next year, Auto-talks, the V2X specialist, and Hyundai Mobis intend market their latest joint effort: Hyundai Mobis’ MTCU (Multi-functional Telematics Control Unit) connectivity modules.

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023

Chiplets for auto

Imec has been looking at the application of chiplets to cars.

This article was posted on Sep 6, 2023