Electronica: Universal video interface for Fraunhofer micro-displays

Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) has developed hardware and software to interface its OLED micro-displays to various input interfaces, calling the concept ‘Universal Display Data Converter’ or UDDC.

This article was posted on Oct 23, 2024

Space4Climate offers free carbon audit for UK space organisations

The UK organisation Space4Climate is offering a free carbon audit for UK-based space companies willing to support research into sustainability.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Ignion to announce Virtual Antenna advance at Electronica

Ignion, a Barcelona-based IoT antenna specialist, will preview what it claims is the most versatile and compact multi-radio technology on the market, at Electronica.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Fluctuating DRAM ASPs

Q4 memory prices will see a significant slowdown in growth, with conventional DRAM expected to increase by only 0–5%, says TrendForce.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

X-Fab adds high-performance photodiodes

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the analogue/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has introduced additional optoelectronic device options.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

ADI picks Visual Studio for security-enabled IDE

Analog Devices has announced an embedded software development environment based on Microsoft’s Visual Studio code: CodeFusion Studio.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Droidcon Android development conference heads to London

The UK’s largest Android development conference is taking place at the end of the month, in London, running Thursday 31 October to Friday 1 November.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Design to Deliver programme using space data for regenerating nature

A “Design to Deliver” programme has been launched to support companies using space-enabled data and services for the benefit of the environment. This would be to generate information that is “trusted and actionable” and fuel “responsible behaviours towards nature”.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Smallest tact switch yet?

Alps Alpine is vying for the title ‘Worlds smallest tact switch’ with one that measures 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.55mm, and is sealed to IP68.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Girls at the core of the UK electronics industry

Apple is once again partnering with the UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) for its Girls Into Electronics initiative. This year, a mentoring element has been added.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Automotive fingerprint sensor

Infineon has announced a pair of fingerprint sensors that include the sensing matrix, processing silicon and related software for the host processor.

This article was posted on Oct 18, 2024

Eliyan chiplet interconnect fabbed on 3nm process

Eliyan, the chiplet interconnect specialist, has got first silicon of its NuLink-2.0 PHY, manufactured on a 3nm process.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

Mediatek’s flagship phone processor

Mediatek has adopted Arm’s top-end Cortex-X925 CPU in its second-generation ‘all big core’ phone processor – Dimensity 9400, made by TSMC on a 3nm process.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

1 inch 200W buck boost delivers 9.6 to 28Vdc

TDK-Lambda has introduced 200W non-isolated dc-dc converters in the 1 x 1inch PCB-mount industry package.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

TSMC Q3 revenue up 36% y-o-y

TSMC had revenue in the July-September period of $23.62 billion – up 36% on the $17.3 billion of Q3 2023.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

Industry unites to drive photonic chip applications

PhotonDelta, the European hub for photonics, will launch a worldwide competition for new applications for photonics chips at PIC Summit 2024 (Eindhoven 15 October).

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

Prize for UL94V-0 certified flame retardant bio-plastic

Hull UK based Floreon has won the US Plastics Industry Association’s ‘innovation in bioplastics’ award for its plant-based, flame retardant, halogen-free polymer.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

WES Student and Apprentice Conference 2024 running in Bristol

The Women’s Engineering Society’s conference for students and apprentices – the WES Student and Apprentice Conference 2024 – will be taking place in Bristol this year.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

PhotonDelta launches competition for PIC applications

Dutch photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta is launching an engineering contest in collaboration with Wevolver to come up with applications for photonic chips that tackle global challenges.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

Huge q-o-q drop in Q3 AI VC funding

VC funding of AI startups fell from $29.6 billion in Q2 to $11.8 billion in Q3, says Stocklytics.com.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024

1.3% decline in Q3 PC shipments

Q3 PC shipments of 62.9 million were down 1.3% y-o-y decline from the third quarter of 2023 after three consecutive quarters of y-o-y growth.

This article was posted on Oct 16, 2024