TSMC gives go-ahead for German fab
At a board meeting in Taiwan today, TSMC gave the go-ahead to invest $3.8 billion in a $11 billion fab in Dresden targeted at the automotive industry.
This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023Military grade server has 9th-generation Xeon
PIP49R-MLRK1 is a rugged military-grade server from Swiss manufacturer MPL, built in half-size 19in rack rack form.
This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023Mouser signs Intelligent Memory
Around 100 DRAM, NAND flash memories and selected DRAM modules from Intelligent Memory are now available from Mouser Electronics, following the signing of a global distribution agreement.
This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023Toray film has absorpton capacity of 99% for millimetre waves
Toray Industries says it has developed a film that can efficiently absorb millimetre wave band electromagnetic waves employed in 5G communications and elsewhere.
This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023NinjaSat on covert science mission to observe black holes, neutron stars
Japan’s research institution RIKEN, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and Vilnius-based NanoAvionics are collaborating on the astronomical NinjaSat X-ray observatory mission.
This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023Q2 semi sales up 4.7% q-o-q
Q2 semiconductor sales were up 4.7% q-o-q at $124.5 billion but down 17.3% y-o-y. June sales of $41.5 billion were 1.7% up on July.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023NASA unveils new moon rovers
Artemis II, the second launch in NASA’s programme to establish a sustainable human presence on the moon by 2028, will carry three robots to the moon next year.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Hua Hong raises $2.96bn in Shanghai share sale
Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry, raised its target amount of $2.96 billion on the Shanghai exchange this morning.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023ELIV Congress: Board-to-cable connector for battery management gets connector position assurance
Yamaichi Electronics has added optional CPA (connector position assurance) to its automotive Y-Lock Pullforce board-to-cable connectors for battery management and cell contacting.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Renesas looks to buy 5G IoT chip company
Renesas Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Sequans Communications, a developer and supplier of 5G and 4G IoT chips and modules.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Automotive motor drivers have Cortex-M3 and CAN-FD
Infineon Technologies is aiming at automotive motors with driver ICs that combines gate drivers, a 60MHz Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller, a 2Mbit/s CAN (FD) interface, a UART with LIN support, and motor current and voltage sensing.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Schneider’s cobot can lift 3kg and position to 20μm
Lexium is a cobot from Schneider Electric, intended to work alongside humans without a cage or other exclusion.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Britishvolt buyer defaults
Britishvolt buyer Recharge Industries of Australia has failed to make the final payment on its proposal to buy the failed company out of administration and has consequently defaulted on the deal, say administrators EY.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Toshiba offer to shareholders started this morning
This morning started a new stage in the painfully long drawn-out saga of Toshiba’s restructuring with Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) and fellow investors making an offer to shareholders to buy their shares.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023Picocom sells 5G baseband silicon into Contela ORAN units
Korean 5G ORAN equipment maker Contela has picked Picocom of Bristol UK to supply NR/LTE baseband silicon.
This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023CSL’s new-build Derbyshire HQ is six times larger
Automation company Conveyor Systems (CSL) is relocating to a purpose-built headquarters in Swadlincote, Derbyshire.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 20232,000 cable harnesses turned around in a week
Kent-based cable loom maker Convert has just turned around and delivered 2,000 harnesses within a week of taking the enquiry.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Embeddded antennas
Amphenol RF has introduced embedded antennas supporting 8.5 GHz and cellular 4G/5G-FR1 frequencies along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth/BLE and LoRa, UWB and GNSS.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Apex Dynamics expands into hypoid gearboxes
Apex Dynamics has expanded into hypoid gearboxes with its BKM Series of high precision hypoid gearboxes which offer high torque, superior accuracy, excellent radial load capacity and low backlash in a design compatible with any motor.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Tenstorrent raises $100m to take total funding to $334.5m
Tenstorrent, a Canadian AI chip startup, has raised $334.5 million and expects to have another funding round next year.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Tenstorrent raises $100m to take total funding to $334.5m
Component distributor Richardson RFPD has prepared a couple of documents on the options available for designers of RF amplifiers.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023