Britishvolt teetering on the brink of insolvency

Britishvolt, the UK EV battery startup, is on the brink of a move to put the company into administration.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2022

Riding the wave of display design

14 year-old Finnish carbon nanotube specialist Canatu has raised €18 million, taking its total funding raised to date to €74 million.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2022

Canatu raises €18m

Displays by Elgens have been designed specifically for the marine industry and are available from Relec Electronics.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2022

10mm pitch wire-to-PCB screw terminals

Würth Elektronik has created a range of 10mm PCB-mount wire terminals through the neat idea of missing the metalwork out of every second cavity in 5mm pitch connectors.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

U.S. DIU selects five prototypes to improve global weather sensing

The U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has selected five companies to develop ground, air, and space-based prototypes for global weather sensing: Greensight, Muon Space, NextGen Federal Systems, Tomorrow.io and WindBorne Systems.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

RED Semi demo-es video acceleration benefits

RED Semiconductor says it has demo-ed video acceleration performance benefits using its ‘Vector+1’ instruction set architecture and ‘Vantage’ microprocessor core architecture.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Q3 wafer shipments hit new record

Q3 silicon wafer shipments were up 1% q-o-q and 2.5% y-o-y at a new record of 3,741 million square inches (MSI), says SEMI.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Vodafone deploys disaggregated routers

Vodafone has begun deploying new disaggregated cell site gateway (DCSG) routers to be able to more cost-effectively upgrade 4G cell sites to 5G and bring new ones online.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Floating wind turbine reaches Canary Islands for multi-month test

Following calm weather after the summer trade-winds, X1 Wind’s floating wind turbine has been installed at the ‘Plocan’ test site off the Canary Islands.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Synaptics buys Emza Visual Sense

Synaptics has bought Emza Visual Sense, the AI visual sensing specialist.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

ESA plans to bring satnav closer to Earth with FutureNAV

ESA is planning an in-orbit demonstration with new navigation satellites that will orbit just a few hundred kilometres up in space. It is part of its FutureNAV initiative.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

GaN Systems extends Class D portfolio

GaN Systems has extended its Class D GaN-powered Audio portfolio with two complete Class-D high-performance GaN FET amplifier boards and two complete audio boost converter solutions for marine, auto, and battery-powered vehicles.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Backside power delivery

Using the wafer backside for power delivery to the devices is the next major performance booster that will be introduced, writes Sri Samavedam, senior vice president of CMOS technologies at imec.

This article was posted on Nov 4, 2022

Hynix may pull out of China

Hynix is considering pulling out of China after US restrictions have put difficulties in the way of it continuing its operations there.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Portable 4GHz spectrum analyser has many options for 5G/LTE

Anritsu has introduced a multi-functional spectrum analyser for field use.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Electronica: Connected sensor eval kits from Infineon

Infineon will be revealing two internet-connected sensor evaluation kits at the Electronica exhibition in Munich, one for 60GHz radar and one for CO2 sensing.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Microchip’s 2nd gen smart meter MCUs

Microchip is aiming at smart metering with a family of microcontrollers and a power-line communication modem IC.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Sierra Space, IBM sign MOU for space-related technology and software

Sierra Space, the space plane specialist, and IBM have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on AI-based space-related technology and software, to work across the former’s range of space vehicles and infrastructure.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Intel IPOs Mobileye

Mobileye IPO’d yesterday selling 41 million shares at $21 apiece.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Siemens EDA certified for TSMC 3/4nm

TSMC has certified an array of Siemens’ EDA products for its 3nm and 4nm processes, while establishing 3D IC enablement, further advancement of EDA in the cloud, and a range of other initiatives.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022

Tesla under criminal investigation for self-driving claims

Tesla has been under criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice over its self-driving technology claims since last year, reports Reuters.

This article was posted on Nov 3, 2022