Impulse Space raises $45 million in Series A funding
Impulse Space – a Californian startup in space transportation services – has raised $45 million in a Series A funding round.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Elektra Awards 2023 – Last chance to enter
This Thursday, 27 July, is the last chance to enter for the Elektra Awards, the industry’s most prestigious awards and which are now in their twenty-first year.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Q2 wafer shipments up 2% q-o-q
Q2 silicon wafer shipments were up 2.0% q-o-q to 3,331 million square inches but down 10.1% y-o-y from the 3,704 million square inches recorded in Q2 2022, says SEMI .
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023TSMC to build $2.87bn packaging plant
TSMC is to spend $2.87 billion to build a packaging plant in Taiwan.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Ericsson to use Intel 18A for 5G SoCs
Ericsson is to use Intel’s 18A process to make 5G SoCs.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Cree optimises XP-G LED for narrower beams, and ups drive to 3A
Cree is aiming at directional lighting applications such as spotlights, premium torches and sports lighting with the XP-G4 re-work of its XP-G series of leds, increasing energy in the beam while reducing side-spill, increasing maximum drive current, and reducing thermal resistance.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Amazon’s Project Kuiper building satellite-processing facility at Kennedy Space Center
Amazon has announced – for its Project Kuiper satellite constellation – that construction is underway on a new satellite-processing facility at Space Florida’s Launch and Landing Facility at Kennedy Space Center.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023Socionext shipping 4th gen powerline chip
Socionext is in mass production of a powerline SC1320A HD-PLC chip which measures 7mm × 7mm, consumes 200mW and has a 3.3v power supply.
This article was posted on Aug 3, 2023TSMC delaying production at Arizona fab
TSMC has delayed starting production at its Arizona fab from 2024 to 2025, due to a shortage of skilled technicians, said chairman Mark Liu, yesterday.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Prototype solid-state vehicle radar has resolution and range
A team from the Université Côte d’Azur has addressed some of the challenges of automotive lidar, using an acousto-optic modulator, a metasurface deflector and, to improve range and signal to noise ratio, a technique borrowed from telecommunication.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Minimally-invasive brain probe senses a single neuron
At Stanford University, researchers have found a way to record the activity of a single neuron without burrowing into the brain – of a rat in this case.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Moonlighter CubeSat reaches orbit for sandbox in space hacking competition
The U.S. Space System Command’s Moonlighter satellite has successfully reached its planned low earth orbit, ahead of an in-space hacking. competition.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Hua Hong to raise $2.95bn
Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry which started off in 1996 as a DRAM jv with NEC, is to raise $2.95 billion in a listing on the Shanghai stock exchange.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Imec spin-off Enfoil offers flexible solar panels
Enfoil, a spin-off from Hasselt University and imec, offers pliable, robust solar panels a few millimeters thick which are integrable on various surfaces.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Could AMD use IFS?
AMD could use other foundries besides TSMC, says CEO Lisa Su (pictured),
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023RAL Space to create small satellite calibration facility
RAL Space is helping to create a new Small Satellite Calibration Facility, which will be located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Didcot in Oxfordshire.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Cadence to buy Rambus’ SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business
Cadence is to buy Rambus’ SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business, leaving Rambus with its digital IP business, including memory and interface controllers and security IP.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023Theranos II raises $48m
While Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes languishes in a Texas jail, four year-old Vital Biosciences of Toronto has raised $48 million to do what Theranos couldn’t do.
This article was posted on Aug 2, 2023NSREC: 40V rad-hard GaN power transistors for space
Efficient Power Conversion has added two 40V GaN transistors to its radiation-hardened high-reliability portfolio.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Dot matrix vehicle headlamp module uses Osram micro-LED array
Vehicle part maker Marelli and Osram have teamed up to design a headlamp module with a 20,000 pixel micro-LED array.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023Binaural hearing aid SoC prototype
A binaural hearing aid system-on-chip prototype has been created by a consortium that including GlobalFoundries, Cadence, Leibniz University Hannover and Hoerzentrum Oldenburg.
This article was posted on Jul 31, 2023