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

80V 1.4A DIP photo relay includes protection

Toshiba has added over-temperature and over-voltage protection features to an 80V 1.4A photo-relay, all inside a 4pin DIP package.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

CML takes over MwT

CML Micro has acquired MwT, a leading MMIC and mmWave supplier based in California, US.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

Opto-isolated mosfet gate driver is automotive qualified

Vishay has introduced a photovoltaic mosfet gate driver qualified to AEC-Q102 for automotive use.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

Skyworks’ scalable noise suppression software

Skyworks’ AI Noise Suppression software claims to deliver noise reduction which increases speech intelligibility, preserving quality and reducing listener fatigue when using handsets, headsets, conference systems, automotive telematics, wireless microphones and audio-visual systems.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

NASA drones fly for Air Taxi research

Nasa is highlighting its work using autonomous drones for Air Taxi research. Observing how the devices avoid both each other and other obstacles, researchers at its Langley Research Center recently flew multiple drones beyond visual line of sight.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

NXP delivers software portability across edge devices

NXP’s Platform Accelerator, developed with MicroEJ, leverages MICROEJ VEE software containers with standard APIs to bring a smartphone-like software design process experience to the industrial and IoT edge.

This article was posted on Jan 12, 2024

China startup to offer OPC tool

Executives from SiemensEDA have formed a China-based EDA company called Semiconductor Intelligent Design Automation (SEIDA), which says it will sell OPC (Optical Proximity Correction) software from early this year, reports Reuters.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024

Light quality charity takes LED headlamp criticism to the Lords

“Car headlights should be better regulated to reduce the dazzle they cause on-coming drivers”, according to a report produced by Scottish charity Lightaware.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024

EW BrightSparks 2023 profile: Tom Bowman, BT

Now in its sixth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024

DARPA builds LunA-10 study for commercial lunar infrastructure

Gitai, Honeybee Robotics, Northrop Grumman, Redwire Space and SpaceX are among the 14 companies selected by DARPA for sponsored “LunA-10” project involving commercial lunar infrastructure.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024

NGK to invest $106m in development site

NGK Insulators is to invest $106 million in a Co-Creation Centre and a Carbon Neutrality (CN)-Related Product Development Area called the Atsuta site at its head office in Mizuho, Japan.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024

SigmaStar looking to IPO at $4.2bn valuation

Six year-old SigmaStar Technology of Xiamen, China, a subsidiary of MediaTek, intends to raise $424 million in an IPO on the ChiNext market of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange at a $4.2 billion valuation, reports the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Jan 11, 2024