Spirit AeroSystems, Astraius partner for Prestwick Spaceport launch capabilities
Spirit AeroSystems and Astraius have announced a collaboration to build future satellite launch capabilities for Prestwick Spaceport.
This article was posted on Mar 29, 2023Wearables to resume growth this year
Wearables sales will grow 6.3% this year after the market’s first-ever contraction in 2022, says the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker.
This article was posted on Mar 29, 2023Continental’s server and zone vehicle architecture
Car part maker Continental has been speaking about its next-generation modular vehicle electrical-electronic architecture.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 20231.2V SPI NOR flash in 64Mbit, with other sizes to come
GigaDevice is aiming at processors with a 1.2V core voltage with a family of 1.2V SPI NOR flash ICs.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Automotive traction inverter hits efficiency 98.5% at 5% load (and peaks at 99.57%)
San Jose based Pre-Switch is reporting 98.5% efficiency at 5% load from its 800Vin ‘CleanWave2’ prototype inverter. Peak efficiency is 99.57%.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023ESA funds world’s first space flight particle contamination monitor
The European Space Agency (ESA) is funding the manufacture of XCAM’s particle contamination monitor for space flight, which is described as a world’s first.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023IGBTs minimise conduction and switching losses
onsemi has brought out a range of 1200V insulated-IGBTs that minimize conduction and switching losses.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Nvidia, TSMC, ASML and Synopsys accelerate litho process using GPUs
NVIDIA’s cuLitho software library for computational lithography is being integrated by TSMC, ASML and into their software, manufacturing processes and systems for NVIDIA’s Hopper architecture GPUs.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Chips Act money to have guardrails against benefiting adversarial countries
Rules proposing how Chips Act money will come with ‘guardrails’ to stop its benefits reaching ‘adversarial’ countries, were announced by the US Department of Commerce yesterday.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Renesas buys Panthronics
Renesas has bought NFC specialist Panthronics AG in an all-cash transaction.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Oxbotica hooks up with Goggo
Goggo Network, which specialises in last and middle-mile autonomous transport logistics, is to introduce Oxbotica’s autonomous driving system into Goggo’s middle and last mile delivery operations in its key industries, including FMCG, shipping, groceries and food delivery.
This article was posted on Mar 28, 2023Panasonic laser sensor detects at 3m
Panasonic has a laser distance sensor HG-F, that can detect at distances of up to 3m using ToF technology.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023Semtech adds to LoRa portfolio
Semtech has extended its LoRa portfolio with a transceiver for use in IoT end points that provides lower power consumption, global connectivity and long range.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023NAND ASP has further to fall
TrendForce says Q1 NAND Flash ASP will be down 10-15% on 4Q22 on top of contract price falls of 22-25% in 2H22 and 1Q23 revenues will drop 8.1% q-o-q.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023Perovskite-CIGS tandem solar cell is 24.9% efficient
Swedish thin film solar cell company Midsummer has demonstrated a tandem thin-film solar cell that hits 24.9% efficiency.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023APEC: 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 Mar 27, 2023GaN OBC design reduces BOM and increases power density over SiC
GaN Systems has a GaN-based 11kW/800V On-Board Charger (OBC) reference design that claims to deliver 36% higher power density and a BOM up to 15% cheaper than SiC transistors.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023RF chip attenuators from DC to 20GHz
Smiths has launched its AT Series of RF chip attenuators from DC to 20 GHz.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023Satellite Vu takes temperature of Surrey Research Park
The UK thermal infrared satellite firm Satellite Vu is partnering with Surrey Research Park (SRP) to demonstrate the use of thermal imaging technology for the built environment.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023Tsinghua Unigroup ex-chairman to be charged
Former Tsinghua-Unigroup chairman Zhao Weiguo (pictured) is to be charged under anti-graft laws says China’s Commission for Discipline Inspection
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023Agile Analog joins Intel Foundry Services
Agile Analog, the Cambridge analogue startup, has joined the Intel Foundry Services (IFS) Accelerator IP Alliance Program.
This article was posted on Mar 27, 2023