Korea’s April chip inventory up 83%

Korea’s chip inventory in April was up 83% y-o-y, says Statistics Korea, which was the biggest y-o-y increase in seven years.

This article was posted on Jun 7, 2023

AI server shipments to grow 34.8%

2023 shipments of AI server shipments will grow 38.4% y-o-y, says TrendForce, with a total of 1.2 million AI servers equipped with GPUs, FPGAs and ASICs shipped this year.

This article was posted on Jun 7, 2023

Automatic double-pulse testing for GaN and SiC power design

Tektronix has created a automated double-pulse test set-up for GaN and SiC power supply designs, that also works with silicon mosfets and IGBTs.

This article was posted on Jun 7, 2023

Semiconductor test revenues to resume 5.6% growth after 2023 glitch, says Yole

2022 probe card revenues were down 0.5%.

This article was posted on Jun 6, 2023

Battery ATMs

Battery-swapping is seen as one of the solutions to EV mileage limitations and Selex Motors of Vietnam has come up with a network of ‘battery ATMs’ which facilitate the swapping of batteries for electric motorbikes.

This article was posted on Jun 6, 2023

6A buck-boost dc-dc converters for vehicle use

Analog Devices has created a pair of 6A buck-boost converters for automotive use.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Nanusens steps towards CMOS integration for its MEMS sensor

Nanusens has designed an all-digital capacitance measurement circuit to integrate alongside its MEMS sensors.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

IQE launches 200mm RGB epitaxial wafers for microLEDs

IQE has launched 200mm Red, Green and Blue (RGB) epitaxial wafers for microLED display qualification.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Viewpoint: Connecting with graduate engineers – Tips for employers

Stewart Edmondson, CEO at UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF), shares his experience of supporting more than 750 undergraduates through the UKESF Scholarship Scheme. He considers how employers can de-risk their graduate recruitment process…

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Q1 DRAM down 21.2% q-o-q

Q1 DRAM revenues were down 21.2% q-o-q, reports TrendForce, at $9.663 billion – the third quarter in a row for revenues to fall.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Tools for Humanity

Sam Altman (pictured right) CEO of OpenAI, has raised $115 million to start a crypto company which could, one day, provide an income for everyone on the planet.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

FPGAs for automotive lidar and cameras

AMD is aiming at automotive edge sensor fusion, for the likes of lidar, radar and 3D surround cameras, with a pair of FPGAs it has just started shipping.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Royal Navy tests quantum navigation sensor from Imperial College

An Imperial College prototype quantum accelerometer has been tested on a Royal Navy ship.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Arm64 instruction set simulator for Embedded Studio

Segger has added an Arm64 instruction set simulator to its latest version of its Embedded Studio integrated development environment.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

Viasat acquisition of Inmarsat gets final green light

Viasat can finally complete its acquisition of Inmarsat, following the announcement that the European Commission (EC) has unconditionally approved Viasat’s acquisition of Inmarsat.

This article was posted on Jun 5, 2023

18% drop in 2023 VR units forecast

An 18.2% y-o-y fall in VR device shipments for 2023 is predicted by TrendForce, with units down to 6.67 million.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023

GPUs for wearables and TVs

Imagination Technologies has announced a series of smaller GPUs, but has not publicly released any technical details.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023

Battery Show: Structural polymer composites and adhesives for automotive battery packs

Huntsman, owner of the Araldite brand, has developed polyurethane, epoxy and carbon nanotube materials for vehicle battery construction and protection.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023

Battery Show: Automated automotive intra-battery current collectors

At the Battery Show in Stuttgart, Interplex will introduce its current collection technology for the inside of electric vehicle batteries.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023

Video: Let’s Talk Electronics – BrainChip and MikroE on neuromorphic computing and remote development

At the recent Embedded World 2023, which took place in Nuremberg, Electronics Weekly‘s Group Editor, Clive Couldwell caught up with MikroE and BrainChip to discuss their technologies in more depth.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023

China threatens ‘resolute counter-measures’ against Japan

On Monday Japan announced it would ban, as from July “at the earliest”, the export of 23 different kinds of chip manufacturing equipment to China.

This article was posted on May 31, 2023