A simpler source of THz radiation

Plasmon-coupled semiconductor surface states can down-convert 1550nm optical wavelengths to terahertz frequencies four-orders of magnitude more efficiently than non-linear optical methods, according to UCLA. When a crystal is a semiconductor – p-doped InAs in this case – the ‘surface states’ created by the left-over bonds that are inevitable at the surface of a crystal lattice ...

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Musk’s Neuralink raises $205m Series C

Elon Musk’s five year-old implanted brain chip unit, Neuralink, has raised another $205 million of venture capital. Vy Capital of Dubai led the Series C funding round which was also supported by Google Ventures, Valor Equity Partners, Craft Ventures and Founders Fund. Musk has said the first Neuralink product will enable someone with paralysis to use ...

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Q2 shipments of silicon wafers up 12% q-o-q

Q2 silicon wafer area shipments increased 6% to 3,534 million square inches beating the record set in Q1 says  SEMI’s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG). Q2 2021 silicon wafer shipments grew 12% from the 3,152 million square inches recorded during the same quarter last year. “Demand for silicon continues to see strong growth driven by multiple ...

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Micron shipping 176-layer 512GB UFS mobile NAND

Micron has begun volume shipments of  a 176-layer NAND UF 3.1 mobile memory in 128GB. 256GB and 512GB densities, Engineered for high-end and flagship phones, Micron’s discrete UFS 3.1 mobile NAND unlocks 5G’s potential with up to 75% faster sequential write and random read performance than prior generations, enabling downloads of two-hour 4K movies in as little as 9.6 ...

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Elektra Awards 2021: Deadline extended

The entry deadline for the 2021 Elektra Awards has been extended by two weeks. You now have until Thursday 26 August to enter. Enter Now » Returns to offices As we begin to return to our offices, we appreciate that working on awards entries is a significant additional pressure on your time. As a result, ...

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Toshiba adds to motor control MCUs

  Toshiba is in mass production of 12 new motor control MCUs in their M4K group of devices. These will be the first products in the TXZ+ family. Additionally, Toshiba announced that they have started mass production of a further 10 motor control MCUs in their M4M group this month. All of the new devices ...

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Single chip synchronisation for 5G radio access equipment

Microchip has announced its first single chip frequency synchroniser for 5G packet switching, which needs ten times more accurately than 4G networks, it said. “Our ZL3073x/63x/64x network synchronisation platform implements measure, calibrate and tune capabilities, significantly reducing network equipment time error to meet the most stringent 5G requirements,” said the company’s v-p of timing components Rami ...

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Eval board for FTDI USB Power Delivery ICs

FTDI Chip has now announced a development board for USB Power Delivery, centred around its FT4233HP multi-channel interface ICs. The 138 x 77mm board has a pair of Type-C power delivery ports – one that can both sink (receive) and source (provide) power, and another that can only sink power. “The FT4233HP high-speed USB serial and ...

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Power bipolars in DPAK

It is not often you see a new bipolar transistor introduced, and Nexperia has just revealed not just one, but nine of them. All in surface-mount DPAK (TO-252, SOT428C) packaging, they are intended for automotive (in AEC-Q101 qualified form) and industrial applications, and fill out the company’s MJD to span 2 – 8A and 45 – ...

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28V-capable MCU includes USB Power Delivery 3.1

Infineon has introduced a high-voltage microcontroller with USB Power Delivery 3.1 support, claiming it to be an industry first. Branded EZ-PD PMG1-S3, it can be fed at up to 28V and is aimed at embedded systems consuming up to 140W. “The device supports higher power capabilities defined in the USB PD 3.1 specification and leverages ...

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ST expects 2021 revenues of $12.5bn

 ST had Q2 net revenues of $2.99 billion for a gross margin of 40.5%, an operating margin of 16.3% and net income of  $412 million. H1 net revenues were $6.01 billion with a gross margin of 39.7%, an operating margin of  15.5% and net income of $776 million. The Q3 forecast  is for net revenues ...

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Samsung Q2 profit up 73%

Samsung’s Q2 operating profit was up 54% y-o-y at $11 billion on revenues which were up 22% y-o-y at $55 billion. Net profit was up 73% at $8.4 billion. Q2 semiconductor revenues were $20 billion up 24.7% y-o-y for an operating profit up 27.6% y-o-y  to $7 billion.  “We expect that memory chip demand for ...

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21% leap in IC unit shipments this year, predicts IC Insights

After a 6% drop in IC unit shipments in 2019, and an 8% increase in 2020, IC Insights forecasts a huge 21% jump in IC unit shipments this year. Unit shipments in 2021 are forecast to reach 391.2 billion, more than 11x the 34.1 billion units shipped over 30 years ago in 1990. The 2020-2025 ...

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Quantum Computing: the video

Oxford Instruments has created a video about quantum computing with contributions from PsiQuantum, Intel, IBM, SeeQC and other leaders in the field. Called  ‘Quantum Technology: Our Sustainable Future’ the video can be seen on YouTube here. Speakers are: ·                 Alan Ho: Head of Product, Google Quantum AI ·                 Alexandre Blais: Advisory Board, Q4Climate ·                 Carl Williams: Deputy Director, Physical Measurement Laboratory at ...

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binder takes M12 and M12 Power from the cabinet to the field

binder, the circular connector specialist, has announced M12 and M12 Power control cabinet feed-throughs, to help ensure a secure connection between modules in the cabinet and automation components in the field. Specifically, new control cabinet feed-through connectors will be available for the M12 product series 713, 813, 814, 823 and 824, which are available with ...

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China and Europe dominate base station market

Chinese and European suppliers of base station equipment are expected to maintain a global market share of more than 70% in 2021, says TrendForce. The  top three suppliers (along with their respective market shares) are: Huawei (30%), Ericsson (23%), and Nokia (20%). Remarkably, although Huawei remains banned by the US government, the company still manages ...

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Top Ten (less 5) Base Station Vendors

Thanks to TrendForce for this one – the top five base station vendors:

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Re-use and recycle Raspberry Pis

Distributor OKdo has partnered with Raspberry Pi and the Sony Technology Centre in a scheme to re-use certain Raspberry Pi boards in the UK, with plans for it to become global later this year. OKdo Renew, as it will be know, is open only for later Rapberry Pis: 3b, 3b+ and 4. “In return, they ...

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PoE power injector works up to 5Gbit/s

Advantech has a DIN-rail power-over-Ethernet injector for industrial grade Wi-Fi 6 infrastructure. Called EKI-2701MPI-5G, it supports data rates of 10M, 100M, 1G, 2.5G and 5G, and IEEE802.3bt 90W output. It is”an excellent choice for obsolete infrastructure applications requiring heavy network connectivity,” said the company. It further serves as a PoE PSE – delivering up to 90W ...

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Disinfection LEDs from Anglia

Anglia Components has begun stocking UV-C ultra-violet LEDs from Bolb. “UV-C LEDs are gaining attention because they provide robust, toxic-free disinfection,” said Anglia marketing director John Bowman. “The addition of Bolb’s products to Anglia’s line up is an important step as we look to offer customers solutions for sterilisation that will play an important role ...

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2MW Orkney tidal turbine hooks into the grid

Orbital Marine Power’s O2 has begun feeding power into the national grid from the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The floating turbine, claimed by Orbital to be the worlds largest, has been fabricated using ship-building technology in Dundee, and is anchored in the Fall of Warness. 74m long O2 is Orbital’s first commercial turbine, ...

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Made-up BNC cables from Amphenol

Amphenol RF is aiming at test, measurement and industrial applications with a line of BNC cable assemblies using low-loss Times LMR‐UF cable. LMR cable is designed with improved shielding compared to standard RF coaxial cables and is intended to achieve low attenuation at high frequencies – bandwidth is up to 3GHz. The 50Ω ohm assemblies are ...

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£1.5m for UK silicon anode li-ion project

Innovate UK has approved funding for the £1.5m ‘Silicon anode battery for rapid electrification’ (Sabre) project, intended to improve energy density in electric vehicle grade lithium ion batteries. The money, via Faraday Battery Challenge at UK Research and Innovation, will go to Nexeon, Britishvolt and University College London (UCL) to deliver Li-ion test cells with a silicon ...

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Voice-control of embedded vision AI for IoT and the edge

Renesas is developing voice-controlled AI for contactless image processing in IoT and edge systems, giving self-checkout machines, security cameras, video conference systems and smart appliances such as robotic cleaners as example applications. To do this, it has teamed up with Californian deep learning chip company Syntiant, and is combining Renesas’ RZ/V vision AI MCUs with ...

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Test paper for disaggregated O-RAN components

Small Cell Forum (SCF) has released a paper outlining the key test configurations for 3GPP TS38.141 compliance testing of split 6 products using the SCF nFAPI 2.0 interface. Led by Forum members Keysight Technologies and Picocom, the paper aims to inform operators and integrators on how split 6 products can be tested, with specifications derived ...

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PsiQuantum raises $450m Series D to build million qubit quantum computer

PsiQuantum has raised $450 million in Series D funding to build a quantum computer with one million qubits – the level at which quantum computers become commercially viable. The funding round was led by BlackRock with participation from  Baillie Gifford and M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Blackbird Ventures and Temasek. PsiQuantum has now raised a total of ...

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Blaize raises $71m Series D

Blaize, the AI processor specialist, has raised a $71m Series D funding round. Franklin Templeton, a new investor, and Temasek, an existing investor, led the round, along with participation from DENSO and other new and existing investors. “With substantial power advantages making EVs more efficient and economical,Blaize SoCs offer best in class performance with lowerpower ...

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Ofcom consults on licensing changes for NGSO constellations such as OneWeb

Ofcom is proposing rule changes around its regulation of satellite constellations operating in non-geostationary orbits (NGSO), such as those of Amazon, SpaceX, Telesat and the UK government-owned OneWeb. It has announced a consultation period ahead of new proposals for its licensing of the NGSO systems. In order to ensure the quality of such satellite broadband ...

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Element 14 eBook covers IoT security trends

Element14 has released a new eBook for its members providing an overview of IoT Security trends, relevant algorithms and cryptography for security use, along with a rundown of the latest in communication, edge device, gateway server, and cloud level security. The IoT allows millions of servers, devices, and people across the world to communicate, share ...

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Arrow signs ERNI

ERNI, the connector specialist, has signed a distribution agreement with Arrow. Arrow will offer ERNI’s full range of  electronic connectors. With the agreement, ERNI aims at new customers who turn to Arrow for connectors. ERNI’s product portfolio ranges from SMCs (small multiple connectors) with more than 300 million units in use world-wide to the most ...

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16Mpixel image sensor for factory automation

XGS 16000 is a 16Mpixel global shutter image sensor for factory automation by On Semiconductor. Consuming 1W at 65frame/s, it fits into standard 29 x 29mm industrial cameras with C-Mount lenses  – it has a 1:1 square aspect ratio. It also shares a common architecture and footprint with other XGS CMOS image sensors, enabling users to ...

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ST’s first 200mm in-house SIC wafers

STMicroelectronics has manufactured its first 200mm silicon-carbide bulk wafers at its Norrköping Sweden facility. “The transition to 200mm SiC wafers will bring substantial advantages to our automotive and industrial customers as they accelerate the transition towards electrification,” said ST president of automotive Marco Monti. The company is claiming high quality with minimal crystal-dislocation defects through expertise ...

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Microchip’s 1,700V SiC mosfets

Microchip has added 1,700V mosfets to its silicon carbide portfolio, as die, discretes and in modules. Features include gate oxide stability, according to the company, which “observed no shift in threshold voltage even after 100,000 pulses in repetitive un-clamped inductive switching [R-UIS] tests. R-UIS tests also indicated avalanche ruggedness and stability in other parameters. They also ...

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SpiNNaker2 tapes out

Technische Universität Dresden, Manchester University, Racyics GmbH, and GlobalFoundries have taped out the SpiNNaker2 AI processor. Based on the SpiNNaker infrastructure developed by Manchester University , the hybrid AI architecture created at TU Dresden, the adaptive body bias IP platform ABX by Racyics, and utilising GLoFo’s 22nm FD-SOI process,  SpiNNaker2 is a realtime neuromorphic AI processor with ...

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Automotive RTOS gets power-fail data security

Tuxera and eSol have teamed up to integrate the former’s Reliance file system to the latter’s eMCOS real-time operating system (RTOS) for safety-critical automotive use. “As data becomes increasingly significant in monitoring and managing vehicle safety, the requirements on data-handling are more stringent than ever before,” according to Tokyo-based eSol. “From security concerns and edge-storage limitations ...

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Japanese Space Agency plans for Avatars in space

Jaxa, the Japanese Space Agency, will be working on “Space Avatar” technology with avatarin and The University of Tokyo, it has announced. The new Space Avatar Project partnership is looking to develop and demonstrate the use of space avatars in three main business or service areas: remote space travel; remote work assistance; and remote space-themed ...

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Bulgin introduces online cable assembly configuration

Bulgin has introduced an intuitive online configurator. By using the Custom Cable Assembly Builder, it is possible to outline the fundamental design of a custom assembly and derive an initial visualization, prior to moving towards the sampling phase. To try out Bulgin’s new configurator tool go to: https://ift.tt/3BGiwVn Assembly concepts for power, data and fiber ...

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SIP market to top $19bn in 2026

The SiP market is expected to increase from $14 billion in 2020 to $19 billion+ in 2026, according to Yole Developpement. The Flip-Chip (FC) & Wire-Bond (WB) based SiP market is expected to reach to $17 billion in 2026 with 5% CAGR 20-26, while Embedded Die (ED) SiP is expected to reach $189 million in ...

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Intel sets out roadmap to ‘unquestioned’ industry process leadership by 2025

Intel has set out its roadmap for reaching process parity with industry leaders by 2024 and process leadership in 2025. It has also announced that Qualcomm has committed a ‘major mobile platform’ to Intel’s 2024 process. The process roadmap is on an annual cadence. After the current 10nm process,  Intel moves to ‘Intel 7’ which ...

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ST aims for 50% renewable power at Moroccan back-end plant

STMicroelectronics will procure 50% of the energy for its Bouskoura site in Morocco from renewable sources by 2022, compared to 1% in 2020. The electricity of 12 wind turbines in North Morocco will be fed into Morocco’s national power grid and then purchased by ST. These are on a 10ha wind farm near the coast at Oualidia, ...

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AI looks for trouble at the Nuerburgring motor racing circuit

Fujitsu is developing artificial intelligence based safety cameras at the German Nuerburgring motor racing circuit. The 21km Nordschleife version of the circuit is where the experiments are taking place. “In contrast to the Grand Prix circuit, the Nordschleife has not yet been equipped with cameras and is therefore out of sight from race control,” according to Fujitsu. ...

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Design kit for touchscreen human-IoT interfaces

Adlink has teamed up with Candera to provide a way to create touchscreen user interfaces for IoT applications – demonstrating it with a 2D – 3D washing machine GUI (graphical user interface). The tools are Adlink’s Rockchip PX30 SoC based I-PI Smarc IoT prototyping platform and Candara’s CGI Studio. “Intuitive touch feedback of displays and devices ...

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Bankrupt Tsinghua Unigroup advertises for investors

Bankrupt Tsinghua Unigroup is looking for investors to bail it out. It has debts of $30.8 billion. The website of China’s  National Enterprise Bankruptcy Information Disclosure Platform is asking for investors saying that they must have $7.7 billion in minimum total assets or $3 billion in minimum net assets. It also says: “The strategic investors ...

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TSMC considers German fab

TSMC is looking at building a fab in Germany. “We are currently doing reviews on Germany seriously, but it’s still in very early stages,” TSMC chairman Mark Liu told shareholders earlier today, “we continue to communicate with our major clients in Germany to see whether this is most important and effective for our clients.” Liu ...

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Warwick University wins £5.2m Prosperity Partnership

Warwick University has received £5.2 million in funding under one of the government’s Prosperity Partnerships to work with Element Six, a De Beers Group company, to develop and establish a supply chain for the next generation of diamond-enabled technologies. They include: the thermal management of semiconductors in high powered communications (enabling all of our high demand ...

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U.S. Air Force DSX satellite captures Medium Earth Orbit environment data

After two years of gathering data from space, the U.S Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is celebrating the completion of its Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) satellite mission. It says scientists will spend years studying a treasure trove of valuable data captured by 1300 experiments carried out by the satellite, covering radiation hazards, space weather, ...

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Melexis OLED controller drives point and area lighting

Melexis has developed an intelligent OLED controller that integrates all of the active components needed to realize combined point (LED) and area (OLED) lighting applications inside and outside the vehicle. Each MLX81130 can drive 25 LEDs/OLEDs and it supports the Melexis Light Bus (MeLiBus) interface. It allows simpler static and animated lighting system development. It ...

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Winbond OctalNAND and Synopsys SSI IP interoperable

Winbond has announced the interoperability of Synopsys’ DesignWare Synchronous Serial Interface (SSI) IP and Winbond’s OctalNAND Flash Memory. The DesignWare SSI IP, offering high transfer rates and low latency in serial flash memories and OctalNAND Flash deliver a complete NAND flash memory solution for automotive, mobile and IoT SoCs, enabling faster adoption of octal non-volatile ...

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UK made: Sacrificial anodes for wind farms

South Tyneside sacrificial anode manufacture Metec UK has signed contracts worth over £6.5m, to supply Dogger Bank Wind Farm phases A and B, and an off-shore substation in France. “We’re delighted to win these latest contracts, it’s great news for South Tyneside, the North East and the UK,” said Metec commercial manager Graeme Crow (pictured). ...

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Brushed servo motors and mini-control boards from EMS

Berkshire-based Electro Mechanical Systems (EMS) has samples of Nidec Servo’s DMN range brushed electric motors. “Optimised brush design allows intermittent operation over one million cycles and a continuous operating life of 3,000 hours,” according to EMS. “The range achieves this long life cycle while still delivering a high output due to enhanced heat dissipation and ...

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Start-up curves the face of CMOS image sensors

Paris start-up Silina has developed a way to curve hundreds of imaging sensors at the same time, simplifying associated external optics, it said. In nature, most vision systems use curved retinas with the curved retina allowing a single simple lens to provide a wide field-of-view and good image quality from a compact optical system, according to the ...

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Chemistry tames MnSe anodes for Li-ion cells

Manganese selenide would have promising characteristics as an anode material for lithium ion batteries, if only it didn’t swell almost 160% during charging-discharging cycles, breaking apart the electrode. Now researchers from the Korea Maritime and Ocean University have found a way to embed MnSe in a 3D carbon nanosheet matrix where its expansion can be ...

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TTElectronics and Radwave partner on EM tracking platform

TT Electronics has partnered with Radwave Technologies to help bring a customisable electromagnetic (EM) tracking platform to the surgical navigation market. This technology offers solutions for medical device innovators who are seeking to add new or improved EM capabilities to their medical devices. The complete navigation system can be customised to accurately track a broad spectrum ...

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Farnell releases AIoT Audiobook – Are you Ready for the AIoT Era?

Farnell has released an audiobook addressing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT). It is entitled ‘Are you Ready for the AIoT Era?’ The content is described as an introduction to “Deep Learning, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence” with a focus on IoT, addressing the tools and platforms for someone to get started ...

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B-Secur launches ECG/EKG device

B-Secur, the Northern Ireland biometric startup, has launched an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG) device based on TI’s AFE4950 analogue front end for photoplethysmography (PPG) and ECG/EKG sensing. B-Secur says the device will accelerate the design of next-generation consumer wearables. The company claims that the device is the industry’s first product with a fully integrated ECG/EKG and PPG signal chain that ...

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Emerging memories forecast to be a $44bn market in 2031

Emerging memory types could become a $44 billion market by 2031 displacing NOR flash, SRAM and DRAM, forecasts a report from Coughlin Associates and Objective Analysis. Memory makers, designers and users of SoCs are already incorporating new NVMs into leading-edge designs and emerging memory types could replace both standalone memory chips and embedded memories within ...

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Electro-hydraulic actuator animates soft mini-robots

Electro-hydraulic motion, the mechanism behind the Venus fly trap’s ability to catch insects, could power soft robots, according to the University of Colorado Boulder. “Usually, books about butterflies are static,” said project leader Purnendu. “But could you have a butterfly flap its wings within a book? We’ve shown that it’s possible.” In the Colorado Electro-hydraulic ...

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Aluminium die-cast enclosures are tough, yet easy to machine

BCL Enclosures has introduced a series of rugged die-cast aluminium alloy enclosures designed to protect electronic instruments. Rated to IP54 against dust ingress and water splashes from any angle, they also provide EMC protection. For easy mounting of PCBs, the side walls have a draft angle of <2°. Casting is to BS1490, LM2M, construction is ...

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Auto chip shortage has bottomed out, says Hyundai exec

Hyundai says the chip supply shortage has bottomed out and will improve from now on, reports the Nikkei. “We expect it will get better gradually from the third quarter, although some chips will do so from the fourth quarter,” says a Hyundai exec, “we already ordered chips for 2021 and 2022.” Hyundai says it will ...

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8in TFT display module for industrial and medical

Review Display Systems (RDS) of Kent has introduced an 8in TFT display module from industrial display manufacturer Tianma. Part of Tianma’s professional (‘P’) series, P0800WVF1MA00 features WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) resolution, 15:9 aspect ratio and -30°C to +80°C operating range. “The Tianma P-series display line-up is designed for use in a wide range of human-machine interface ...

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Osram turns to quantum dots for 90CRI lighting LEDs

Osram has developed its own emissive quantum dot technology, and is using it in a range of 90CRI lighting LEDs. “‘Osconiq E 2835 CRI90 (QD)’ pushes efficiency values to new heights, even at high colour rendering indices and warm light colours,” according to the company. “The LED meets the requirements of the Single Lighting Regulation ...

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Graphcore IPU integrated into Atos’ ThinkAI offering

Atos and Graphcore have signed a partnership to accelerate performance and innovation in AI by integrating Graphcore’s IPU compute systems into Atos’ recently launched ThinkAI offering. This partnership will mutually benefit both parties. Atos’ long-standing position as a European leader in HPC and trusted advisor, provider and integrator of HPC solutions at scale will give ...

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Cortex-M33 MCUs focussed on comms and security

Renesas is focussing on comms with the RA6M5 group of microcontrollers. “RA6M5 Group MCUs offer numerous communication interface options, including CAN FD, Ethernet MAC with DMA, USB Full Speed and High Speed, and multiple serial interfaces. This gives designers of IoT systems unmatched flexibility in sharing critical data,” according to distributor Anglia, which is stocking ...

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Government announces Innovation Strategy

Today, the government is to announce its Innovation Strategy. The main points are: . increase annual public investment on RD to a record £22 billion; . ensure government procurement is proactive and supportive, providing a route to market for innovative new products and services. . consult on how regulation can ensure that the UK is ...

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Worldwide recovery kicks in

The recovery in electronics production varies from country to country and the chart below shows the change versus a year ago in electronics production in key Asian countries, reports Semiconductor Intelligence. China was averaging about 10% growth prior to the pandemic. After a sharp drop in early 2020, China recovered to about 10% growth. June ...

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US FTC agrees to pursue right to repair

The US FTC has issued a statement saying it is taking steps towards implementing a right to repair policy. ‘First, the Commission urges the public to submit complaints and provide other information to aid in greater enforcement of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and its implementing regulations. While current law does not provide for civil penalties ...

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Tracker Capital gives boost to Accion spacecraft propulsion

Accion Systems, the spacecraft propulsion specialists spun out of MIT, has announced $42 million in Series C funding led by an affiliate of Tracker Capital Management. The investment both brings Accion Systems’ valuation to $83.5 million and means that the New York-based investor has acquired a majority stake in the company. The investment will support ...

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Display Technology meets SWaP with Litemax night vision system displays

Displays used in defence and avionic installations have their own set of challenging electrical and environmental demands because they are expected to have quiet switching signatures while also conforming to size, weight and power (SWaP) criteria and the ability to operate reliably in harsh environments. Distributor Display Technology has a military portfolio which offers a ...

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Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum inch further towards quantum computing

Honeywell and Cambridge Quantum have made three advances which suggest that quantum computing is closer than expected. First, researchers at Honeywell Quantum Solutions demonstrated repeated rounds of real-time quantum error correction (QEC). Secondly, the company achieved a quantum volume of 1,024 which was the highest measured on a quantum computer to date. Thirdly, Cambridge Quantum ...

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QNX 7 board support package for Toradex Colibri iMX8X

Direct Insight has created a QNX 7 board support package (BSP) for Toradex’ Colibri iMX8X embedded computing modules. “The combination of a feature-rich OS with real-time capability and the ARM core processor perfectly suits applications such as medical devices, navigation, industrial automation, HMIs, avionics, POS, data acquisition and robotics,” according to Direct. Colibri iMX8X modules ...

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Anritsu improves PAM4 analysis in sampling oscilloscope

Anritsu has upgraded functions for evaluating PAM4 differential electrical signals in its MP2110A sampling oscilloscope. Signal Processing Software Option-098 supports IEEE 802.3-compliant measurement of 50 to 400G PAM4 optical-module electrical interfaces. “Data centres are currently switching to PAM4 optical modules to cope with increase in communications traffic on mobile networks,” said the company. “In line ...

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ReRAMs can be used as PUFs

Crossbar, the ReRAM specialist, says its devices can be used as a physical unclonable function (PUF) in order to generate cryptographic keys in secure computing applications. While historically utilized as non-volatile semiconductor memory, CrossBar’s ReRAM technology in now being introduced for use in hardware security applications utilising its ReRAM based cryptographic PUF keys, enabling a ...

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AI camera reference design runs from a battery and includes AI hearing

Maxim has a unveiled a camera reference design to demonstrate artificial intelligence embedded in space-constrained battery-powered edge devices. MaxRefDes178# “is a cube camera reference design based on the MAX78000 and MAX32666 microcontrollers to help AI at the edge device designers to accelerate their proof-of-concept to the market phase,” according to the company. Measuring 41 x 44 x ...

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Ad-dc chip drives LED lighting at 125W

Infineon is aiming at LED lighting with a family of single-stage fly-back off-line controller chips for constant voltage outputs. Called ICL88xx, up to 125W can be delivered in primary-side-regulated (right) and opto-coupler secondary-side-regulated configurations. They are optimised as secondary-side regulated constant-voltage output controllers. ICL8800 is the basic variant ICL8810 has added burst-mode operation for <100mW stand-by ...

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Sponsored content – Manage test, safety, and security at the edge for ISO 26262

ICs for automotive applications call for new methods of managing test, safety, and security, writes Lee Harrison, Automotive IC Test Solutions Manager, Tessent Group, Siemens Digital Industries Software.   The old saying, “may you live in interesting times,” is intended as both a blessing and a curse, and the makers of automotive ICs are indeed ...

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Sponsored content – Brushed DC motors have a role in automotive applications

  The benefits of brushless DC (BLDC) motors are clear, and they are used in many applications within vehicles and elsewhere. However, while more powerful, lighter and more efficient they remain more expensive and require more complex control than brushed DC motors. This means that consideration must be given to which motor type is the ...

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MEMS becoming more human

The first signs are appearing that MEMS devices could emulate and sense their environment with human-like capabilities, using the five best-known senses in a “phy-gital” meta-world, forecasts Yole Developpement. The final step for MEMS would be to evolve from simple deterministic data-collection sensors to more empathic data-interpretation machines. Devices could discern and predict user moods, ...

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Untether AI raises $125m

Untether AI, the at-memory computation and AI inference acceleration specialist, has had an oversubscribed $125 million funding round led by a Tracker Capital affiliate and Intel Capital with participation from  Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and existing investor Radical Ventures. All existing investors participated. Untether AI’s at-memory compute architecture claims to improve AI compute efficiency. The ...

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Sandia researchers can see why lithium-metal batteries fail

For decades, scientists have tried to make reliable lithium-metal batteries which hold 50% more energy than lithium-ion batteries, but higher failure rates and safety problems like fires and explosions have crippled commercialisation efforts. Researchers have hypothesized why the devices fail, but direct evidence has been sparse. Sandia National Laboratories scientists Katie Harrison, left, and Katie ...

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European Robotic Arm set to be smart spacewalker

The European Robotic Arm (ERA) is due to launch into space today, and it will be the first robot that can ‘walk’ around the Russian part of the International Space Station (ISS). The ERA – dubbed a Smart Spacewalker – is set for launch on a Proton rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome today (21 June) ...

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GloFo to add 150wpm and build new fab at Malta NY site

GlobalFoundries has announced its expansion plans for its most advanced manufacturing facility in upstate New York over the coming years. These plans include immediate investments to address the global chip shortage at its existing Fab 8 facility as well as construction of a new fab on the same campus that will double the site’s capacity. ...

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Government opens consultation on digital ID

Plans to create a new system to create digital identities have been published by the government. Digital identities allow people to easily and quickly prove their identity, such as when buying a house or starting a new job, without the time, effort and expense currently involved when using a physical document. The technology, which can ...

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NASA recovers Hubble Space Telescope control for science operations

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been recovered to an operational status. The collection of science data will now resume, confirms the U.S. space agency. Its payload computer first experienced a problem back on 13 June, and the instruments were then placed in a safe configuration and science operations suspended. Since July 15, the spacecraft has ...

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Rohm plans to mass produce hybrid IGBTs with integrated SiC Schottky barrier diode

ROHM intends to move into mass production of its hybrid IGBTs with integrated 650V SiC Schottky barrier diode in December. The RGWxx65C series (RGW60TS65CHR, RGW80TS65CHR, RGW00TS65CHR devices are qualified under the AEC-Q101 automotive reliability standard. They are suitable for automotive and industrial applications that handle large power, such as photovoltaic power conditioners, onboard chargers, and ...

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UK Government aims to make digital identities secure and legal

The Government is planning to boost the legal status of digital identities to make them “as widely recognised as driver’s licences and bank statements”, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which is seeking “Easily recognised trust-marks to be issued for digital identity products to build public confidence.” Such digital identities will ...

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60A dc-dc for networking fits in 3cc

ABB has introduced a 60A dc-dc converter for 5G, IT and IIoT networking equipment that fits inside 3cm3. Branded MicroDLynx IITM, but numbered UJT060A0X43-SRPZ, the converters is 20.3 x 11.4 x 13mm. DC input voltage range is nominally 12V and can range across 7.5 to 14.4V. The non-isolated output is digitally controlled and set over PMBus between 500mV ...

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Realtek licences Imagination GPU for DTV

Realtek has licensed Imagination Technologies’ IMG B-Series BXE-4-32 GPU for a system-on-chip aimed at mass market digital television. BXE-4-32 was selected, said Imagination, for area efficiency while processing four pixels per clock, plus its multi-core capability and cache configurability. BXE also features Imagination’s IMGIC multiple-quality-level real-time image compression technology that “enables DTV platforms with a BXE-4-32 ...

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Multi-channel space radio covers 300MHz to 6GHz

CesiumAstro has announced a credit-card-sized software-defined radio for use in space for commercial, government and defence applications. Called the SDR-1001 (cover removed right), and tested to NASA GEVS standards, it has four transmit and four receive channels tunable from 300MHz to 6GHz. Bandwidth is 100MHz per channel. At the heart is an FPGA “with 70% resources available for custom designs”, ...

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Concentrated solar power and desalination combined

A 2MW combined solar power and desalination plant is to be built by the European and Gulf researchers and companies. It is part of a project called ‘Desolination’, intended to improve the efficiency of both concentrator solar power and desalination. “Not only will improvement be made on the independent systems but also on their coupling taking ...

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Intel reported to be in talks to buy GloFo

Intel is reported to be in talks with Mubadala, the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth, fund about buying  its subsidiary Globalfoundries. Globalfoundries says Intel has not talked to them. The price being quoted is $30 billion. Globalfoundries has been preparing for an IPO and says it is continuing to do so. After Pat Gelsinger took over as ...

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Morris Chang speaks out against on-shoring IC manufacturing

Morris Chang (pictured) has spoken out against the current moves by countries to try and establish advanced domestic chip manufacturing capabilities. “Recently, we note with concern the tendency to want self-sufficiency or ‘on-shoring’ of semiconductor chips,” Chang told the APEC trade group, “it would be highly impractical to try to turn back the clock. If ...

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Taiwan to put $300m into academic chip courses

The Taiwan government and semiconductor industry are to invest $300 million to create graduate courses for the chip industry. The move comes as the Taiwan industry finds talent getting increasingly short, made worse by a brain drain to the US and China. China has said it needs 230,000 more semiconductor engineers by 2022 and a ...

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Lockheed Martin opens STAR Center manufacturing for Orion spacecraft

Lockheed Martin has officially opened its Spacecraft Test, Assembly and Resource (STAR) Center, an advanced manufacturing facility to expand Orion spacecraft production. The STAR Center, says the company, will expand manufacturing, assembly and testing capacity for NASA’s Orion spacecraft programme and support future space exploration. The 55,000 square-foot space – in Titusville, Florida – will ...

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Mobix Labs buys assets and IP of Cosemi

 Mobix Labs, the RF specialist, has bought the assets and IP of optical connectivity company Cosemi Technologies. Cosemi’s IP and patent portfolio include a range of hybrid active optical cables (AOCs), optical transceivers and optical engines.  “Our combination joins together the disruptive technologies of two pioneering companies into one ultra-low latency solution we are calling True Xero that bridges the ...

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£1.2m on offer for de-risking space collisions

The UK Space Agency has announced a £1.2 million fund and invites UK companies and research organisations to bid for a share to develop technologies or data processing capabilities to reduce the risk of space collisions. There are currently around 3,000 working satellites in orbit, and an estimated 130 million other pieces of debris, including ...

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ESA, NASA combine efforts on understanding climate change

The European Space Agency (ESA) and Nasa will be making joint best efforts to help study climate change, they announced after formalising a partnership in this area. They say they will be working together to ensure that data from Earth-observing satellites are used to their best advantage, through the monitoring of the Earth and its ...

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Infineon and IDEX present reference design for biometric smartcards

Infineon and IDEX Biometrics have announced a reference design for biometric smart card architecture. The reference design leverages the combination of Infineon’s  SLC38BML800 security controller with additional GPIO-interfaces and IDEX’s TrustedBio product. The design integrates the fingerprint sensor, the secure element, power management and communications to reduce the complexity of card manufacturing. “This new design ...

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First 3D printed footbridge is filled with sensors

The world’s first 3D-printed footbridge, unveiled today, is a living laboratory – filled with sensors that will be used to train a ‘digital twin’ model. The 12m long bridge was developed by Imperial College and The Alan Turing Institute, built by Dutch company MX3D, and is installed in Amsterdam’s city centre. The whole process took four ...

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Woven Planet buys Carmera

Woven Plant, the automated driving unit of Toyota has bought the spatial AI specialist Carmera. The move follows Woven Planet’s April acquisition of the automated driving subsidiary of Lyft. Carmera will report into Woven Planet’s Automated Mapping Platform (AMP)  which is a software platform that supports the creation, development and distribution of HD maps—a key ...

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Xilinx debuts Versal HBM

Xilinx has introduced the Versal HBM  adaptive compute acceleration platform (ACAP), the newest series in the Versal  portfolio. The Versal HBM series enables the convergence of fast memory, secure connectivity, and adaptable compute in a single platform. Versal HBM ACAPs integrate the most advanced HBM2e DRAM, providing 820GB/s of throughput and 32GB of capacity for ...

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NAND ASPs Trend Upwards

Contract prices of NAND Flash  will rise marginally for 3Q21, with QoQ increases in the range of 5-10%, reports TrendForce. 128-layer NAND is becoming the mainstream offering. Average contract prices of enterprise SSDs are expected to increase by 15% QoQ. Contract prices of eMMC products are projected to rise by 0-5% as low-density eMMC prices ...

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Skoltech, MIT and Nanyang researchers tweak semiconductor crystals on the fly

Researchers at Skoltech of Russia, MIT and Nanyang Technological University of Singapore have created a neural network that can help tweak semiconductor crystals in a controlled fashion to achieve superior properties for electronics. This enables a new direction of development of next-generation chips and solar cells by exploiting a controllable deformation that may change the properties of a material on ...

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Northrop Grumman finalises contract for NASA Gateway habitation module

Northrop Grumman has finalised its contract with NASA to provide the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) module for NASA’s Gateway, the next-generation replacement for the International Space Station. Under the terms of the $935 million contract, Northrop Grumman will complete the design and development activity currently underway and will also be responsible for integrating HALO ...

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Farnell stocks pro-grade 3D printers from BCN3D

Farnell has added professional-grade 3D printers from Barcelona-based BCN3D Technologies to its portfolio. “3D printing is becoming extremely important in the research and development and industry, and BCN3D are right at the forefront of developing olutions to overcome challenges associated with 3D printing,” said Farnell head of tool and productions supplies James McGregor. Included are the ...

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MikroE Dev board covers all Microchip PICs

MikroElektronika has redesigned its development board for all Microchip PIC, dsPIC, PIC24, PIC32 microcontrollers around its own interchangeable add-on board formats, including ‘SiBrain’ MCU boards. Called ‘Fusion for PIC v8’, it has five mikroBus ‘Click’ peripheral  expansion sockets (photo right) – Click is another MikroE format, there are over 1,000 to choose from. Display board sockets allow ...

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Weebit Nano tapes out test chip

Weebit Nano has completed the design and verification stages of its embedded ReRAM module, and taped-out a test-chip that integrates this module. This test-chip will be used as the final platform for testing and qualification, ahead of customer production.   “The test chip containing this module will allow Weebit to demonstrate to customers a fully ...

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Taiwan and Korea host 40% of worldwide wafer capacity

Taiwan and Korea have over 40% of the total world wafer capacity, according to IC Insights’ Global Wafer Capacity report. The report looks at the total installed monthly capacity of fabs located in a region regardless of the headquarters location of the companies that own the fabs. For example, the wafer capacity that Samsung has ...

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£700k for Cyber Cluster Collaboration

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has awarded £700,000 to UK Cyber Cluster Collaboration (UKC3), a network of 20 regional clusters of cyber businesses, employers and local organisations which work together to boost the UK’s cyber security sector. The organisation was established to help cyber security businesses build partnerships and programmes which ...

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Upward trend for DRAM ASP continuing but slowing

The QoQ increase in DRAM contract prices is expected to narrow from 18-23% in 2Q21 to 3-8% in 3Q21, says TrendForce, with a further rise in Q4. Looking ahead to 4Q21, TrendForce believes that DRAM supply will continue to rise, thereby leading to either a further narrowing of price hikes or pressure constraining the potential ...

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Renesas delivers HD for auto over standard cables and connectors

Renesas has introduced its Automotive HD Link (AHL) technology that enables automotive manufacturers to deliver high-definition video over low-cost cables and connectors that currently support standard-definition video. HD video is increasingly important in car safety systems for object recognition functionality. AHL can be paired with other Renesas products, such as the R-Car Automotive SoCs, RH850 ...

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Google works out ML inference stack for Android

Aimed at mobile-based machine learning, Google has announced what it calls the Android ML Platform. The company describes it as an updateable, fully integrated ML inference stack and its first partner working in this area will be Qualcomm. Developers will get a “consistent API that spans Android versions”, promises the search giant, with regular updates ...

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Clamp meters include electric field sensor

Fluke has introduced two true-RMS clamp meters with electric field sensing scheme branded FieldSense. They are Fluke 377 and 378. “Technicians are able to simultaneously obtain accurate voltage and current measurements through the clamp jaw by connecting the meter to any electrical ground and clamping around the conductor. Conveniently, the display turns green when a ...

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Varta custom makes Li-ion cell for hearing aid

Battery specialist Varta has tailor-made a lithium-ion cell for hearing aid manufacturer Eargo, for its its smallest and most advanced hearing aid to date, the Eargo 5. The cell (shiny cylinder in photo right) has been shaped to fit the contours of the hearing aid and, charged for four hours, the button cell will deliver ...

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Power-only USB Type C connector mounts vertically

CUI Devices has introduced a vertically-mounted power-only USB Type C connector. “By removing the data transfer pins, these USB Type C receptacles are a more cost-effective solution for designs where charging or power is the sole function,” according to the company. Called UJC-VP-3-SMT-TR, it joins the 60W UJC-HP-3-SMT-TR and 100W UJC-HP-G-SMT-TR horizontal-mount surface mount packages. It is a ...

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Paktron Capacitors signs distribution agreement with New Yorker Electronics

Stacked multi-layer polymer (MLP) film capacitors from Paktron Capacitors are now available from distributor New Yorker Electronics, following a distribution agreement between the two companies. Paktron’s range of low ESR MLP capacitors, metalised polypropylene capacitors and film/foil polypropylene capacitors will be available at some of the shortest lead times available today, says New Yorker Electronics. ...

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Williams teams with Nyobolt automotive powertrain batteries

Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) and battery start-up Nyobolt have signed a deal to create high power density batteries for automotive power trains. “Niobium-powered lithium-ion battery technology from Nyobolt delivers a step change in power density, cycle life and fast charging capability,” according to Williams. “The technology has ideal attributes for high performance vehicles, such as ...

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Module combines GNSS and dead-reckoning at up to 105°C for automotive

U-blox is creating automotive-grade positioning modules that combine data from GNSS (satellite) and internal inertial sources. “The modules are all automotive grade, with the NEO-M9L-01A variant offering an operational temperature range up to 105°C, making it suitable for integration on the roof, behind the windscreen, or inside electronics control units,” according to the company. Inside ...

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UK Space agency seeks ideas for debris removal missions

The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has extended the deadline for its Active Debris Removal call for study proposals, with up to £800,000 in funding available to develop ideas for space debris removal missions. The agency is looking to develop ideas for space debris removal missions, and it has extended the cut-off point from midnight 13 ...

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