Lip-Bu Tan is Intel CEO
Lip-Bu Tan (pictured) is to be the CEO of Intel from March 18th
This article was posted on Mar 21, 2025Gilmour Space’s Australian orbital rocket launch clears last hurdle
Gilmour Space Technologies has cleared the last regulatory hurdle before an Australian launch, receiving final airspace approvals from the country’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and Airservices Australia.
This article was posted on Mar 21, 2025JEDEC, OCP design kits progress automated SiP design using chiplets
JEDEC and OCP (Open Compute Project Foundation) announce new Chiplet Design Kits for EDA use covering four areas: Assembly, Substrate, Material and Test.
This article was posted on Mar 21, 2025PAVE360 SDV tech available on AMD CPUs and GPUs on Azure
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced has expanded the cloud platforms of choice available for systems-of-systems development with its PAVE360 technology for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development which is now available on AMD Radeon PRO V710 GPUs and AMD EPYC CPUs running on Azure.
This article was posted on Mar 21, 2025Embedded World: AI MCU gets Cortex-M55 core and Ethos-U55 NPU
Synaptics announced an AI MCU at Embedded World today, based around Arm’s Ethos-U55 NPU (neural processing unit) and Cortex-M55 CPU, plus a low-power Cortex-M4 CPU and Synaptic’s in-house mini-NPU.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025UK Space Agency awards SatixFy £1.8m for LEO payload software
The UK Space Agency has awarded a contract worth £1.8 million to SatixFy to develop a software suite for digital satellite payloads.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Q4 good for advanced foundry nodes; bad for mature nodes
Advanced foundry process nodes had 10% q-o-q Q4 growth with demand from AI servers, smartphone processors and PCs driving the top ten foundries to revenues of $38.48 billion.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Cryptographic accelerators for MCUs
ST has introduced hardware cryptographic accelerators and associated software libraries for general-purpose and secure MCUs.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Anglia signs Lorlin
Anglia Components has announced a new franchise distribution deal with UK switch manufacturer Lorlin Electronics.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Embedded World: PIC32 with high-end analogue
Microchip has added high-performance analogue blocks to its PIC32 MCUs: 12bit 40Msample/s ADCs, 5ns comparators and 100MHz GBW (gain.bandwidth) op-amps.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Embedded World: Infineon adds Nvidia Tao models to MCUs
Infineon is now supporting Nvidia Tao AI models on its Psoc Edge microcontrollers, which combine Arm Cortex-M55 CPUs with Arm Ethos-U55 NPU.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025APEC: small GaN transistors improve EV IGBT traction inverters
Cambridge GaN Devices has patented a technique for lowering losses in 100kW+ IGBT-based vehicle traction drives, at lower cost than all-silicon-carbide inverters, it said.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Embedded World: Area time-of-flight sensor scans the world in 3D
Onsemi has released 1.2Mpixel time-of-flight (iToF) matrix sensors for 3D imaging fast-moving objects.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025Embedded World: On board 56Gbit/s optical links
At Embedded World today, Samtec announced mid-board optical transceivers for embedded and rugged applications, including phased array radar and medical imaging.
This article was posted on Mar 18, 2025US on track for 22% of advanced node manufacturing by 2030
The US will have a 22% share of advanced node manufacturing by 2030, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025Intel 18A running at 20-30% yields, says top analyst
Intel’s 18A process js yielding at 20-30% according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, and will not be able to reach commercial yield levels in time to get the first processor it was intended to run -Panther Lake – out and into notebooks in time for the Christmas market.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025January chip sales up 17.9% y-o-y
January semiconductor sales of $56.5 billion were up 17.9% on the $47.9 billion of January 2024 and 1.7% less than the $57.5 billion of December 2024, says the SIA.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025Swansea University joins SAFEPOWER project for MVDC converters
Swansea University’s Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM) is joining the EU-backed SAFEPOWER power efficiency project as a partner.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025Plug-in module connector design rises to VPX challenges
TE Connectivity’s MultiGig HD connector has been selected by the VITA Standards Organization as the next-generation VPX plug-in module connector.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025ESA funds lab spaces at Edinburgh’s UK Astronomy Technology Centre
The European Space Agency (ESA) is funding £10 million for new facilities at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre (ATC), the research institute in Edinburgh.
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025RAN market falls by $9bn in 3 years
With two consecutive years of steep declines, the Radio Access Network (RAN) market is now down nearly $9 billion in 2024 relative to the peak in 2021, says Dell’Oro .
This article was posted on Mar 17, 2025