Millimetre-wave radar sensor for satellite radar architectures

TI has introduced a millimetre-wave radar sensor chip which it claims to be the industry’s first for satellite radar architectures, enabling higher levels of autonomy by improving sensor fusion and decision-making in ADAS.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Si Box has $200m Series B; ramps chiplet production

Silicon Box, the chiplet packager founded by Marvell founders Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai with Dr B.J Han, has raised a $200 billion Series B and is recruiting for 24/7 production at its $2 billion, 750,000 sq ft Singapore assembly plant.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Siemens and AWS ease access to GenAI applications

Siemens and AWS are seeking to make it easier for businesses to build and scale GenAI applications by integrating Amazon Bedrock – a service that offers a choice of foundation models from leading AI companies via a single API, with Mendix – part of the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

NXP steers a path for software-defined radar

NXP Semiconductors has announced an extension to its 28nm RF cmos radar one-chip SoC family at CES in Las Vegas.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Bosch claims world’s smallest MEMS accelerometers

Bosch Sensortec says it has launched the world’s smallest MEMS accelerometers – the BMA530 and BMA580.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

JEDEC publishes new CAMM2 memory module standard

JEDEC has published a new JESD318 Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM2) Common Standard, which defines the electrical and mechanical requirements for Compression-Attached Memory Modules.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Memory prices surging

Q1 NAND and DRAM prices are set to rise significantly, reports TrendForce.

This article was posted on Jan 16, 2024

Microchip gets Chips Act award

After BAe Systems got the first award under the US Chips and Science Act, Microchip has bagged up the second – a $126 million subsidy for its fabs in Oregon and Colorado.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

Capacity to top 30m wpm

Global semiconductor capacity is expected to increase 6.4% in 2024 to top 30 million wpm for the first time after rising 5.5% to 29.6 wpm in 2023, says SEMI in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

650V super-junction mosfets

Central Semiconductor has announced five 650V n-channel super-junction mosfets in TO-220FP packaging.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

CES: LG to demonstrate driving automation computer

LG is to demonstrate a customisable cross-domain computer for automated driving and in-vehicle entertainment at CES – aimed at vehicles emerging in 2027.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

Earth Observation microsatellite business raises $44m Series D

Axelspace Holdings, an Earth Observation and microsatellite specialist, has completed a ¥6.24 billion Series D funding round, equivalent to $44.0 million.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

GPU compute on TI processor delivers ADAS

MulticoreWare and Imagination have enabled GPU compute on TI’s TDA4VM processor, adding around 50 GFLOPS of extra compute and demonstrating improvement in the performance of common workloads used for ADAS systems (ADAS).

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

China looking for EV export markets as US and EU look at restrictions

12.8 million EVs were sold last year (including BEVs (Battery EVs, PHEVs (Plud-In Hybrid EVs) , and FCVs (Fuel Cell Vehicles), says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

US plans to relax H-1B visa restrictions

The US has realised that its Chips and Science Act investments will create a demand for skilled jobs which it has no hope of filling from domestic sources.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

Residual current monitors for EV charging have analogue and digital outputs

Lem has introduced a pair of mains residual current monitors for electric vehicle charging that have both digital and analogue outputs.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

BT trials to add EV charging points to kerbside cabinets

BT is looking at getting into the EV charging business by trialling a plan to instal charge points alongside the kerbside cabinets used for telecoms connections.

This article was posted on Jan 15, 2024

Nasa builds towards new space stations

Nasa has been highlighting the progress carried out on work for new space stations, which will be used to replace the current International Space Station (ISS).

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

Tokyo Electron to hike starting salaries by 40%

Tokyo Electron is increasing the salary for new recruits by about 40%.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

India’s IPO numbers outpacing China’s

Indian startups are getting an increasing taste for IPOs with some Indian exchanges outpacing China exchanges for IPO numbers.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

Perovskite LED points the way to perovskite laser diodes

Belgian research lab Imec is claiming to have created a metal halide perovskite LED stack that emits 1,000x more light “than state-of-the-art OLEDs”, it said.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024