Toshiba 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, 2023University of Sheffield tackles semiconductor skills shortage with Bay Photonics and Phlux Technology
The University of Sheffield is leading a government-funded project to address the semiconductor skills shortage in the UK with Devon-based Bay Photonics and Phlux Technology of Sheffield by improving knowledge of semiconductors in the the general public, and particularly pre-higher education students.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Fast solid-state neuromorphic proton transistor trained to convert triangles into sinewaves
Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the Tokyo University of Science have created a solid-state electric double layer neuromorphic transistor, claiming it to be the fastest yet, and proving its computational ability by training it to convert waveforms.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Yamaichi extends Y-Lock Pullforce connector system
The Y-Lock Pullforce connector system from Yamaichi Electronics is especially suited for battery management or cell contacting systems in the automotive industry and will now be extended by version V4 with Connector Position Assurance and integrated contact protection for the FFC/FPC.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023UKESF celebrates success of Girls into Electronics programme
The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the successful completion of its Girls into Electronics programme for 2023, which was done in collaboration with Apple.
This article was posted on Aug 14, 2023Mouser sets up AI resource hub
Mouser has set up a resource centre focused on AI containing articles on topics, such as Deploying Edge-Based AI Using KriaSoMs, An Edge Impulse Use-Case for Healthcare and Cancer Detection, and An Edge Impulse Use-Case for Healthcare and Cancer Detection.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Weebit Nano ReRAM qualified to 125 deg Celsius for auto NVM
Weebit Nano has qualified its ReRAM module up to 125 degrees Celsius, the temperature specified for automotive grade 1 NVMs.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Kubos Semiconductors wins FEIP grant and first customer order
Kubos Semiconductors, the Cambridge microLED material technology specialist, has won a £700,000 Future Economy Investor Partnerships (FEIP) grant from Innovate UK.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023NPL adds better-than-atomic optical clock to international time reference
Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have added its NPL-Sr1 optical frequency standard (pictured) to the mix for determining International Atomic Time (TAI).
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Four flat years for broadband network equipment sales
Sales of PON equipment for FTTH deployments, cable broadband access equipment, and fixed wireless CPE will show a 0.2% CAGR 2022-2027,says Dell’Oro.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Q2 smartphone shipments continue the decline
Q2 smartphone shipments fell 7.8% y-o-y to 265.3 million units, according IDC – the eighth consecutive quarter of contraction.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Imec processing metal halide perovskites
Due to their extraordinary optical and electronic properties, metal halide perovskites have emerged as highly promising materials for next-generation photovoltaic (PV) cells.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023Green is good for Infineon
Infineon had FY Q3 (calendar Q2) revenues of €4.089 billion, for a profit of €1.067 billion, at a margin of 26%.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023First meeting of Semiconductor Advisory Panel today
Today, technology minister Paul Scully will chair the first meeting of the government’s Semiconductor Advisory Panel which has been formed to boost the UK semiconductor sector, harness domestic semiconductor strengths, ensure a secure supply of chips, and protect national security.
This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023