SES Satellites enters merger talks with Intelsat

Following market speculation, SES Satellites has confirmed the company is considering a merger with Intelsat.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

NAND ASP to drop in Q2

TrendForce predicts that the ASP of NAND Flash will continue to fall in 2Q23, though that decline may shrink to 5~10%.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Lancaster University invents universal memory technology

Lancaster University is creating a spinout company to develop a universal memory called ULTRARAM.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

China asks WTO to intervene in chip manufacturing equipment ban

China has gone to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to try and get it to intervene in the denial of chip-making equipment exports to China by the US, Japan and the Netherlands.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Sponsored Content: Why should you hire industries 4.0 services of Colombian origin?

Colombia is a country with an ever-growing entrepreneurship – and innovation-oriented culture; something that’s clearly showcased by the 310 thousand new businesses created in 2022, out of which 309 thousand were microbusinesses.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Get high mobility and high stability in display-grade TFTs

75.5cm2/V/s mobility and high stability are claimed for amorphous oxide semiconductor thin-film transistors created at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE).

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Bluetooth Market Update 2023 sizes market for Bluetooth comms

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released its 2023 Bluetooth Market Update, covering latest market forecasts for the short-range wireless comms technology.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Samsung to put $3bn into OLED production

Samsung Display is to spend $3.1 billion by 2026 to increase OLED production.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

Infineon leads the auto pack

Techinsights estimates that automotive chip revenues increased 27.4% last year growing from $46.6 billion in 2021 to $59,4 billion in 2022.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

SiPearl raises €90m in Series A round

SiPearl, the Europrocessor developer, has raised €90 million in a Series A funding round.

This article was posted on Apr 12, 2023

sureCore reduces SRAM voltage to 0.45V

sureCore, the Sheffield low power SRAM IP specialist, has created a new range of ultra-low voltage SRAM solutions, called PowerMiser Plus, that can operate down to 0.45V.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Hynix raises $1.7bn

SK Hynix has raised $1.7 billion in an offering of 1.75% bonds which was so well received that it exceeded the original target of $1.5 billion.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

CML adds to SµRF family

CML Microcircuits is shipping the CMX90B701 and CMX90B702 Low Current/Noise Gain Blocks.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Virgin Orbit goes bust

Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy. The company has never made a profit since going public in 2021.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Battery Tech Expo: Pickering battery management system tester UK debut

Pickering Interfaces will be showing its BMS (battery management system) test demonstration at Battery Tech Expo at Silverstone.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

80W 12V railway PSU operates from 14.4 to 154V

Autronic has created an 80W dc-dc power supply for on-board railway use, which produces 12V (adjustable) from supplies between 14.4 and 154V, covering “all international on-board voltages from 24V to 110V in a single device”, it said.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Women in Electronics announced UK venue for inaugural European summit

The organisation, Women in Electronics, has announced the inaugural European summit which will be held on Thursday 20 April. Women in Electronics has held an annual conference in the US since 2016, including virtual conferences during the Covid pandemic years.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Eval kit for NXP S32G processor family

MicroSys Electronics has announced an evaluation kit for its system-on-modules with NXP S32G processors – which it aims at headless controllers in vehicle networks for automated driving, for example.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Updated: Y-capacitance multiplier IC shrinks EMC inductors

At APEC in Florida, Texas Instruments introduced a family of ICs designed to shrink the size of EMC anti-emission common-mode filters in single and three-phase mains and automotive power converters.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

Thermoelectric coolers as small as 1.6mm

Laird Thermal Systems is offering mini thermoelectric coolers, with footprints as small as 1.6 x 1.6mm and thickness down to 0.9mm.

This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023

In-orbit satellite Moonlighter features in Hack-A-Sat 4 security challenge

The U.S. Air and Space Force has begun its Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat 4 – a satellite hacking competition featuring the in-orbit satellite Moonlighter, which is described as a hacking sandbox in space.

This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023