65GHz 12bit oscilloscope

Teledyne LeCroy has announced a 65GHz 12bit oscilloscope.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2023

Codasip offers Siemens’ Tessent Enhance Trace Encoder

Codasip, RISC-V Custom Compute specialist, now offers Siemens EDA’s Tessent Enhanced Trace Encoder product with its customisable RISC-V cores, allowing developers to trace and debug issues between silicon and software, and understand real-time behaviour of designs based on Codasip processors

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2023

Northrop Grumman delivers compact, lightweight laser for EW

Northrop Grumman has delivered its “Phantom” miniaturized high-energy laser source to the U.S. government for military use.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2023

Intel and Tower ink foundry partnership

Following the scuppering of the Intel-Tower takeover deal by China’s regulator, the two companies have agreed a new deal to co-operate on providing foundry services.

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2023

Mixed fortunes for top ten foundries

In Q2 the collective revenues of the top ten ten foundries declined 1.1% y-o-y representing $26.2 billion, says TrendForce, with whatever urgency there was in the supply chain fuelled by demand for LDDI and TDDI components

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2023

Gitai secures funding for space robotic arm development

Gitai, the Japanese space robotics specialist, has raised $15 million in a Series B Extension funding round.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

Alpha and Omega Semi launches MRigidCSP packaging technology

Alpha and Omega Semiconductor, the power discretes specialist, has introduced its MRigidCSP packaging technology for battery management applications.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

US offers automakers $12bn to convert factories to EV production

The US government is offering $12 billion in grants and loans for automakers and suppliers to retrofit their plants to produce EVs, said US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm yesterday.

This article was posted on Sep 12, 2023

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