NMITE raises £36k to fund three students

NMITE, the New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering in Hereford, has raised over £36,000 in a a week to offer three underprivileged kids from the area a spot at NMITE to study engineering.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Siquance to build quantum computer from standard silicon ICs

CEA, the French National Centre For Scientific Research (CNRS) and CEO Maud Vinet have founded a startup called Siquance which aims to develop and commercialise a quantum computer built on microelectronics technology.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Digi-Key plays Santa with launch of December’s DigiWish Giveaway

Digi-key Electronics has launched its 14th annual DigiWish Giveaway, giving engineers a chance to win some electronics via the use of social media.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

SiTime platform simplifies timing architecture in wireless infrastructure

SiTime has brought out a new precision timing platform that claims to simplify timing architecture in wireless infrastructure.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Tata may make chips

Earlier this morning, Tata’s chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran (pictured) told the Nikkei that the company is starting with IC test and assembly and will then consider getting into fab.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Rutronik adds Infineon’s XMC7000 microcontroller series with dual-bank flash

Shortly after Infineon launched its XMC7000 microcontroller series at electronica 2022, Rutronik has added the single- and dual-core devices to its portfolio. The microcontrollers have dual-bank flash memory for over the air (OTA) updates via read-while-write (RWW).

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Spaceport Cornwall satellite launch delayed into New Year

The long-anticipated first satellite launch from European soil – involving a Virgin Orbit launch from Spaceport Cornwall – has been put back once again, this time into 2023.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

Vietnam EV maker plans to IPO in US

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast, which made its first delivery of 999 cars to the US in November, has filed to IPO on the Nasdaq which will make it the only publicly quoted Vietnamese company on a US exchange.

This article was posted on Dec 16, 2022

TSMC triples US investment to $40bn

As it holds a tool move-in ceremony at its Arizona fab today, TSMC says its original planned $12 billion investment in the US will now be $40 billion.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

TDK adds more voltage options to 7.5kW 1U rack-mount PSUs

TDK has introduced six models to its 7.5kW ‘Genesys+’ series of 7.5kW programmable dc power supplies.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Libraries link STM32 USB PD peripheral to UBS port protection ICs

STMicroelectronics has released C libraries to control its three USB Type-C Power Delivery port-protection ICs, for sink or source applications, or both.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Axivion adds MISRA C++ 202x rules to static code analysis

Axivion has added checks for MISRA C++ 202x rules with the release of its Axivion Suite 7.5 code analysis tools.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Square Kilometre Array radio telescope gets an official launch

The Square Kilometre Array radio telescope got its next official launch this week, when director-general Philip Diamond travelled to the site where SKA-Low (below) will be built in Western Australia and council chair Catherine Cesarsky went to the SKA-Mid (right) site in South Africa’s Northern Cape.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Startup satellite manufacturer raises €7 million funding

Reflex Aerospace, the German startup satellite manufacturer, has announced it has raised €7 million in a first funding round.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Micron shipping 232-layer flash in PC SSDs

Micron’s 232 layer NAND is shipping in its 2550 NVMe SSD for laptops and desktops.PC OEM.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Automotive memory market growing at 20% CAGR

Driven by electrification, smart cockpit and ADAS, automotive is the fastest-growing memory market segment, with a 20% CAGR between 2021 and 2027, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Embed engineering in National Curriculum says IET

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), is today calling on government to help tackle the UK’s engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

Pulse-handling chip resistors for automotive

Stackpole has announced automotive-grade high-reliability chip resistors aimed at applications with pulse handling requirements.

This article was posted on Dec 15, 2022

6-18GHz GaAs amplifiers have 10dB gain with positive slopes

CML has announced a pair of 6 – 18GHz GaAs pHEMT gain blocks with positive gain slopes up to 16GHz.

This article was posted on Dec 14, 2022

Manchester casting company celebrates 50 years

Family company Dean Group is celebrating its 50th years of casting metal parts in the Manchester area.

This article was posted on Dec 14, 2022

9kHz to 20GHz eight channel microwave signal generator

Rigol has introduced an eight channel microwave generator that works across 9kHz to 20GHz and can deliver related coherent signals or independent signals.

This article was posted on Dec 14, 2022