SWIR market waits for game-changers

The Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) market is expected to be worth $2.9 billion in 2028, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2023

Element14 and AMD hook up on programnables

Element14 and AMD have launched Path to Programmable III – a free training program that includes an FPGA-based SoC development kit and a design/build phase where selected participants will have the opportunity to win up to $4000 in prizes.

This article was posted on Apr 18, 2023

Russia getting US ICs despite ban

Russia is still getting US ICs despite the US putting a ban on US chip exports to Russia on February 24th 2022, reports the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

New Origin raises $6m

New Origin, a photonic chips foundry which was spun out of the University of Twente’s MESA+ NanoLab, has secured €6 million in funding from PhotonDelta – a number of photonic chip technology organisations.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Viewpoint: Problem traps – in the electronics world

Ash Madni considers hitting snags in electronics design – or what he calls “problem traps” – and shares some very experienced perspectives on how best to manage…

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Shaped plunger gives tiny IP67 switches multi-angle operation without a lever

Omron has created some tiny sealed push buttons with ramps on their plungers to allow operation from the side as well as the top.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Anritsu adds 6GHz option to portable spectrum analyser

For 5G FR1 network verification and interference hunting, Anritsu has added a 6GHz option to its MS2080A portable spectrum analyser.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Bluetooth LE SoC promises ‘multiple Arm Cortex-M33’ and RISC-V

Nordic Semiconductor has announced an SoCs for Bluetooth Low Energy, LE Audio, Bluetooth mesh, Thread and Matter with “multiple Arm Cortex-M33 processors, clocked up to 320MHz” and “multiple RISC-V coprocessors”, it said.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

104Top/s edge AI MXM module has four Hailo-8 processors

Impulse Embedded is stocking a 104Top/s MXM embedded graphics accelerator module for AI processing.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Fast intrinsic safety fuses are 3 x 8.4mm

Bel Fuse is aiming at hazardous environments with a series of 3 x 8.4mm fast-acting ceramic tube fuses.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Farnell launches The Innovation Experts

Upgrading to Industry 4.0 using new and existing measurements – Omega Engineering provides expert advice to help process and manufacturing companies adopt Industry 4.0 principles by embracing digitisation. Omega shares innovative ways to upgrade existing facility systems with critical solutions to capture real-time information on the factory floor. Companies will learn about edge monitoring and control, how to identify new mechanisms to analyse big data and why it’s important to run critical pilot project evaluations before committing to full system installation.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

FCC creates Space Bureau to modernise satellite regulations

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced both a new Office of International Affairs and a Space Bureau, to better support space-based innovation.

This article was posted on Apr 17, 2023

Cloud development kit

Renesas’ cellular-to-cloud development kits now support Microsoft’s Azure cloud services.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

AWS and De Beers to research the use of diamond for quantum networking

Element Six, a De Beers company, is collaborating with AWS to explore ways to develop and improve synthetic diamond for quantum networking.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

Government £150m for 5G deployment, 6G development and satellite connectivity

Today the government announced an investment in telecoms of almost £150 million in telecoms with up to £100 million for R&D, and £40m to boost 5G tech take-up

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

Japan-USA-Europe fibre link takes the Northwest Passage

Route planning has started on the pan-Arctic submarine cable that could link Europe, North America and Asia via the Northwest Passage – the latter opening as formerly permanent ice yields to climate change.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

GaN-on-SiC behind 9-10GHz 200W pulse amplifier

Aimed at X-band radar, 1222 is a 200W 9 to 10GHz pulse amplifier from Empower RF Systems of California.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

Astrocast turns SatIot to EU-funded CiROCCO desert initiative

Astrocast, the nanosatellite IoT network operator, is participating in the EU-funded CiROCCO initiative, part of the wider Horizon Europe Programme.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

CPO market to grow at 46% 2022-33

The CPO (Co-Packaged Optics) market is expected to reach $2.6 billion in 2033, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

SEMI leading European Chips Skills Academy initiative

SEMI is heading up an 18-partner consortium which has won up to €4 million in funding to develop the European Chips Skills Academy.

This article was posted on Apr 14, 2023

Collaboration to replace analogue control with digital in GaN PSUs

Wise-integration of France and Powernet of Korea have teamed up to bring digital control to gallium nitride-based power supplies.

This article was posted on Apr 13, 2023