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Provisional agreement on ecodesign in Europe
Provisional agreement on ecodesign in Europe
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
The European Parliament and the Council last night reached a provisional agreement on the proposed Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. The aim of the EU ecodesign regulation is to make sust...
ByteSnap predicts how AI will shape up in 2024
ByteSnap predicts how AI will shape up in 2024
Market news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
As AI goes mainstream, it is set to redefine industry standards and drive forward a new age of technological excellence. …...
MSO boosts processing for quicker analysis and data transfer
MSO boosts processing for quicker analysis and data transfer
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
MSO boasts a new computing platform that increases responsiveness by 2x, paired with award-winning interface and remote operation capabilities....
Europe drives global chip market to the brink of growth
Europe drives global chip market to the brink of growth
Market news | - By Peter Clarke
The Asia-Pacific and European regions showed annual growth in the October 2023 sales numbers from the Semiconductor Industry Association. This brings the global chip market close to growth for the fir...
Quantum connectors tested at NPL
Quantum connectors tested at NPL
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Intelliconnect has tested its high density cryogenic connector for quantum computer systems at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) to demonstrate the use of the…
Wolfspeed completes sale of RF business to Macom
Wolfspeed completes sale of RF business to Macom
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Wolfspeed has completed the $125m of its radio frequency business to Macom Technology Solutions Holdings, the parent group of Macom. The sales of the fab,…

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Applied Materials, CEA-Leti open joint lab
Applied Materials, CEA-Leti open joint lab
Partners | - By Peter Clarke
Chipmaking equipment vendor Applied Materials (Santa Clara, Calif.) and research institute CEA-Leti (Grenoble, France) have opened a joint lab to address speciality semiconductor developments. The…
Mojo Vision raises US$43.5 million for microLEDs
Mojo Vision raises US$43.5 million for microLEDs
Business news | - By Peter Clarke
MicroLED display technology developer Mojo Vision Inc. (Saratoga, Calif.) has closed its Series A investment round at US$43.5 million. The company, which was founded in…
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Tektronix 4 Series B Mixed Signal Oscilloscope boosts power processing
Tektronix 4 Series B Mixed Signal Oscilloscope boosts power processing
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Tektronix and Fortive have launched an updated version of the 4 Series mixed signal oscilloscope which doubles the responsiveness of the onboard processor. The Tektronix…
Too little, too late for UK battery strategy
Too little, too late for UK battery strategy
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
The UK government has published its long awaited battery strategy to a muted response from the industry. The UK battery strategy is based around a…
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NXP, Applied EV team on safer Software-Defined Vehicles
NXP, Applied EV team on safer Software-Defined Vehicles
Business news | - By Nick Flaherty
Automotive electronics developer Applied EV is working with NXP Semiconductors in a strategic deal around software defined and driverless vehicles. As part of this strategic relationship,…
Photovoltaic output photocoupler for high voltage automotive MOSFETs
Photovoltaic output photocoupler for high voltage automotive MOSFETs
New Products | - By Nick Flaherty
Toshiba Electronics Europe has developed a photovoltaic output photocoupler with an enhanced open-circuit voltage for solid-state relay (SSR) applications in automotive. The Toshiba TLX9910 photocoupler is…
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ByteSnap predicts how AI will shape up in 2024
ByteSnap predicts how AI will shape up in 2024
Market news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
As AI goes mainstream, it is set to redefine industry standards and drive forward a new age of technological excellence. …
IR sensor offers 90° field-of-view for machine learning
IR sensor offers 90° field-of-view for machine learning
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
IR sensor suits privacy-conscious people-tracking and monitoring applications, with fewer sensors required to cover a given area.
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5 to 8 GHz LNA with leading noise figure and linearity
5 to 8 GHz LNA with leading noise figure and linearity
New Products | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
The LNA delivers an exceptionally flat gain response over a single 5 to 8 GHz broadband tune and is ideal for C-band receiver applications.
Northrop Grumman and Rohde & Schwarz sign defense MOU
Northrop Grumman and Rohde & Schwarz sign defense MOU
Business news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
MOU covers support for Multi-Domain Operations and Interoperability in Europe with both companies collaborating on turn-key systems for 5th-to-4th generation defense systems.
Smart2.0
Quantum tool opens door to uncharted phenomena
Quantum tool opens door to uncharted phenomena
Technology News | - By Wisse Hettinga
The method enables the study of previously inaccessible physical phenomena and could contribute to a better understanding of quantum materials Scientists led by Peter Zoller…
IBM launches 133 qbit quantum chip, looks to 1bn gates
IBM launches 133 qbit quantum chip, looks to 1bn gates
Technology News | - By Nick Flaherty
IBM has updated its quantum roadmap following the launch of its 133 qbit Heron chip and the System Two quantum computer. Heron is the first…
Software & embedded tools
Intel signs Siemens for digital twin fab digitalisation  
Intel signs Siemens for digital twin fab digitalisation  
Business news |
Intel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens to collaborate on digitalization of its wafer fabs using digital twin technology. Siemens and Intel…
By Nick Flaherty
Intel signs Siemens for digital twin fab digitalisation  

Intel has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Siemens…
AI boost for more accurate digital twin development

Siemens Digital Industries Software has developed an AI-based Simulation Predictor…
100% coverage for MISRA C++:2023

Perforce Software has launched a compliance module for the MISRA…
iC7mini BlueBox boosts software development

Tasking in Germany has launched its latest BlueBox hardware debugger…
Harman buys Cambridge music tech firm to take on Sonos

Harman has acquired high quality music aggregation, connectivity and streaming…
Technology news
Drones protect wind turbines from ice
Drones protect wind turbines from ice
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
The new technique has been developed jointly by experts from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials IFAM and the Fraunhofer Institute for…
A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity
A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity
News | - By Wisse Hettinga
In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, EPFL researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical…
Magnetic Graphene for Low-Power Electronics
Magnetic Graphene for Low-Power Electronics
Technology News | - By Wisse Hettinga
National University of Singapore (NUS) physicists have developed a concept to induce and directly quantify spin splitting in two-dimensional materials By using this concept, they…
Wireless communications
AI-enabled basestations create virtual power plant in Finland
AI-enabled basestations create virtual power plant in Finland
Business news |
Elisa in Finland is using cellular basestation backup batteries as an AI-enabled virtual power station. Using the Radio Access Network (RAN) to run a Virtual…
By Nick Flaherty
AI-enabled basestations create virtual power plant in Finland

Elisa in Finland is using cellular basestation backup batteries as…
NXP ultrawideband chip combines ranging and short range radar

NXP Semiconductors has developed a family of ultrawideband (UWB) chips…
£4m for power efficient UK future telecoms network

The Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult in the UK has…
SAE International selects EV wireless charging positioning tech

SAE International has chosen a cross-manufacturer EV wireless charging positioning…
Keysight, MediaTek complete 5G NR and RedCap interoperability testing

Keysight Technologies and MediaTek have successfully completed 5G New Radio…
Interviews
EDA standards for AI, China
EDA standards for AI, China
Interviews | - By Nick Flaherty
The Accellera EDA standards organisation is exploring the need for standards for AI frameworks as more software and Chinese companies join the group. This is…
The greening of Infineon
The greening of Infineon
Interviews | - By Nick Flaherty
Peter Wawer talks to Nick Flaherty about the transition to Green Industrial Power (GIP), one of the four divisions at Infineon Technologies. “When I took…
Taking GaN over 1200V
Taking GaN over 1200V
Interviews | - By Nick Flaherty
Power Integrations has developed a cascode gallium nitride device that operates up to 1250V. Andy Smith at Power Integrations tells Nick Flaherty about the development…
Electromechanical
Boreas raises funds to scale haptic driver chip production
Boreas raises funds to scale haptic driver chip production
Business news |
Piezoelectric driver IC developer Boreas Technologies Inc. (Bromont, Canada) has raised US$12 million in Series B funding and expanded its management team. Boreas was founded in…
By Peter Clarke
Boreas raises funds to scale haptic driver chip production

Piezoelectric driver IC developer Boreas Technologies Inc. (Bromont, Canada) has raised…
xMEMS preps sound-from-ultrasound MEMS microspeaker

xMEMS Labs Inc. has designed a sound-from-ultrasound MEMS speaker that…
Nanusens recruits experienced VC raiser as advisor

UK-based MEMS sensor company Nanusens Ltd. (Paignton, England) has announced…
Intel tips glass substrate for chiplet packaging

Intel has started producing test examples of glass substrates for…
MEMS microphone market showing steady growth

The MEMS microphone market was worth about US$1.925 billion in…
Market news
5G-Advanced can boost 5G rollout beyond mobile broadband says report
5G-Advanced can boost 5G rollout beyond mobile broadband says report
Market news | - By Nick Flaherty
Despite the slow adoption of 5G in business, the latest 5G-Advancedtechnology such as Redcap is primed for enterprise and the Internet of Things (IoT) says…
Global fab utilization to drop below 70% in 4Q23, says SEMI
Global fab utilization to drop below 70% in 4Q23, says SEMI
Market news | - By Peter Clarke
The global chip market will return to year-on-year growth in 4Q23 but with increased sales coming from inventory, fab utilization is forecast to fall to…
Telecom operator patent holdings show failure to innovate
Telecom operator patent holdings show failure to innovate
Market news | - By Jean-Pierre Joosting
3GPP activities and patent holdings measure the ability of telecom operators to innovate from telco to techno status.
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