60kV fibre-isolated scope probes work up to 1GHz

Micsig Technology is aiming at mains and high-voltage GaN power supply development with a series of optical fibre isolated oscilloscope probes, with bandwidths up to 1GHz and risetimes down to ≤350ps.

This article was posted on Aug 10, 2023

24GB HBM3 memory

Micron has begun sampling an 8-high 24GB HBM3 Gen2 memory with bandwidth greater than 1.2TB/s and pin speed over 9.2Gb/s.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

Huawei planning on using SMIC to fab 7nm ICs this year

Huawei plans to fab 5G chips on a 7nm process at SMIC this year, reports the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

Modi pitching for chip investment

India is once again pitching for semiconductor investment after a string of prospective projects have fallen through.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

Wirepas demo kit for mesh networking

Panasonic has announced a demo kit for Wirepas mesh networking, builts around its PAN1780 Bluetooth 5 LE module, with has a Nordic Semi’s nRF52840 radio IC and an antenna.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

New Yorker signs Degson for connectors and manufacturing services

New Yorker Electronics is to be a franchises distributor for Degson.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

Maxar 300 platform progresses for SDA missile detecting satellite constellation

Maxar Technologies has announced it’s completed the first Critical Design Review of its Maxar 300 series bus.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

OSAT market set to fall 13.3% in 2023

The OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing) industry grew 5.1% in 2022 to reach $44.5 billion, says IDC, driven by applications such as AI, HPC, 5G, automotive, and IoT.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

1.3m O-RAN cells worth $19.2bn to be deployed by 2030

By 2030 there will be 1.3 million Open RAN cells deployed, worth $19.2 billion, says a report from Rethink Technology Research.

This article was posted on Aug 8, 2023

Nasa backs Astrobotic for Moon power generation services

Astrobotic has won a $34.6m Nasa Tipping Point partnership contract to demonstrate power transmission on the lunar surface.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Rutronik adds1,200V FRED from Panjit

Rutronik is adding 600 V and 1200 V FREDs (fast recovery epitaxial diodes) from Panjit of Taiwan to its portfolio.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

SiTime adds to Endura TCXO family

SiTime is sampling a new member to its Endura MEMS ruggedized Super-TCXO family—the SiT5543 with volume production expected in early 2024.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

onsemi secures $1.95 billion supply agreements for solar inverters

onsemi has secured $1.95 billion in long-term supply agreements for its intelligent power technologies with leading global manufacturers of solar inverters, contributing to onsemi’s position as the number one power semiconductor supplier in this rapidly growing market.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Semiconductor Education Alliance

The Semiconductor Education Alliance has been formed by Arm, Arduino, Cadence, Cornell University, the Semiconductor Research Consortium, STMicroelectronics, Synopsys, Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institute, the All-India Council for Technical Education, and the University of Southampton.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Intel returns to profitability

Intel’s Q2 revenue fell 15% to $12.9 billion from $15.3 billion a year ago, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of declining sales. Profit was $1.5 billion compared to a loss of $454 million in Q2 2022.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

EMI back-shells for Harwin mini power connector

Harwin has created a range of retro-fittable 360° anti-interference back-shells for its Kona high-power connector series.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Infineon tries recyclable PCBs for demo and eval boards

Infineon Technologies is testing a biodegradable PCB material based on natural fibres in demo and evaluation boards.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Fanless AI industrial PC can hit 78Top/s

SolidRun is aiming at artificial intelligence with a fanless industrial computer that combines an octa-core AMD Ryzen 7840HS processor and three of Hailo’s Hailo-8 AI accelerators, each rated at 26Top/s.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Viewpoint: Peace breaks out in robotic patents war?

The robotic patents war is not over but disputes don’t have to reach court, writes Alexander Ford of Withers & Rogers, in the wake of the Ocado and AutoStore settlement.

This article was posted on Aug 7, 2023

Germany to tap climate fund for €20bn to subsidise chip projects

Germany is to allocate €20 billion over the next four years from its €177.5 billion Climate and Transformation Fund budget to subsidise chip production, reports Bloomberg.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023

Qorvo launches circuit simulation software

QSPICE circuit simulation software raises design productivity in power and analogue designs through simulation, said Qorvo. It is designed for analogue simulation and allows designers to simulate complex digital circuits and algorithms. It combines schematic capture and fast mixed-mode simulation and is available free of charge.

This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023