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The photonic chips contest offers startups the chance to win up to €2M investment and €100K in services. Photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta has announced the second global engineering contest. ...
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Real-time tracking of assets via batteryless energy harvested tags can be enabled with the right power management ICs.
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Bowing to user backlash, Microsoft eventually relented and implemented a one-year Windows 10 support-extension scheme. But lifelines are meaningless if they’re DOA.
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“Mars Sample Return is currently not planned to be continued. It’s a fact.” This was a clear and unambiguous statement of fact made by Daniel Neuenschwander, European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Paris on 8 January. With this being the seemingly certain […]
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MILPITAS, Calif. — SEMI, the leading industry association representing the global semiconductor and electronics design and manufacturing supply chain, released a statement in response to President Trump signing two Presidential Proclamations addressing U.S. semiconductor and critical mineral supply chains. The first imposes a 25 percent tariff on certain advanced computing chips while exempting those imports […]
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Rolec’s handCASE (IP 66/IP 67) handheld enclosures for machine control, robotics, and defense electronics can now be specified with aContinue Reading
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The Quectel SP895BD-AP smart module addresses high-performance IoT devices involving ultra-high-definition (UHD) displays. Applications, for example, include video conferencing systems and live broadcasting. Alternatively, interactive gaming, edge computing, robotics, AR/ ...
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Advantech is releasing its UNO-2372V3 edge automation computer for industrial IoT applications, for example, factory, building and machine automation use cases. It has an operating temperature range of -20°C to ...
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German EMS provider Zollner has opened a new cleanroom facility at its Bluechips Microhouse site in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The new facility is ISO Class 7 certified and covers an area of 1,000 square metres.
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Sintecs, a Dutch company based in Hengelo, designs complex digital electronics for customers in various high-tech industries, such as telecommunications, automotive, medical, energy and defence.
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As part of the agreement, the companies will focus on battery pack technologies using Samsung SDI’s 46-series cylindrical battery cells, while expanding collaboration on technologies to advance next-generation battery pack development.
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Current quantum computers demand huge investment: custom fabrication, exotic cooling, specialist teams. Equal1 delivers a different model: quantum servers where cost, ease of deployment, power efficiency, and integration are first-order requirements.
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Now in its eighth year of awards, EW BrightSparks sees Electronics Weekly highlight and celebrate some of the brightest and most talented young engineers in the UK today. In the next ...
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This acquisition will enhance Leonardo’s capabilities in the meteorological business, led by Leonardo Germany, and strengthen its position as a provider of turnkey environmental system solutions based on remote sensing applications by radar, lidar or satellite.
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A COTS processing module based on 13th Gen Intel Core i7 processor has been developed by Curtiss-Wright and Green Hills Software. Designed for safety-critical avionics systems, the Curtiss-Wright V3-1222 is ...
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The Battery Anode Material facility in Yanbu Industrial City, Saudi Arabia, will be built through a joint venture company majority-owned (51%) by Saudi diversified industrial group Obeikan and 49% owned by Canadian company Northern Graphite Corporation.
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The acquisition includes an existing 300mm fab cleanroom of 300,000 square feet and will further position Micron to address growing global demand for memory solutions.
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The biggest challenge posed by AI training is in moving the massive datasets between the memory and processor.
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Micron Technology has signed an exclusive Letter of Intent (LOI) to acquire Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation’s (PSMC) P5 fabrication site in Tongluo, Miaoli County, Taiwan (pictured) for total cash consideration ...
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Elon Musk is taking on Iran in a battle to keep Starlink operational in the country. Last week Musk made Starlink free to Iranians after the government closed down the ...
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Samsung’s DRAM production will only be increased by 5% to 4 million wafers this year, reports DigiTimes, although the DRAM industry as a whole is expected to grow production by ...
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The University of Birmingham and HyProMag USA, which is 60% owned by the US rare earth specialist CoTec, have launched a facility for separating and recycling rare earth magnets that ...
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Photonic chip industry accelerator PhotonDelta has launched its second global engineering contest in collaboration with Wevolver, the engineering community platform for developing photonic IC applications. The contest builds on the ...
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The fresh funds will be used to expand the deployment of AI-enabled missions across new operational theaters, extend Harmattan AI’s product offering into new domains and scale industrial manufacturing of its ISR, drone interception and electronic warfare platforms.
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The two companies will collaborate to drive innovation in GenAI, hybrid cloud and high-performance computing, helping enterprises to accelerate AI adoption.
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Mexico enters 2026 facing a series of labor changes that will affect workforce costs, compliance requirements, and operational planning, as wage policy adjustments, expanded social security coverage, and structural reforms converge amid a cautious employment outlook. Business decisions are expected to remain conservative as companies navigate uncertainty around investment, trade conditions, and rising labor costs. […]
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HANOI, (Reuters) – Vietnam’s military-run telecom company Viettel on Friday began construction of the country’s first semiconductor fabrication plant, with trial production expected to start by late 2027, part of Vietnam’s plan to create its own semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. After the 27-hectare facility, located in Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park on the outskirts of Hanoi, completes […]
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Sweeping tariff increases on imports from China and other countries without free trade agreements (FTAs) with Mexico officially took effect Jan. 1, marking a significant shift in the country’s trade policy aimed at protecting domestic industries and jobs. The tariff modifications, published in Mexico’s Official Gazette on Dec. 30, affect 1,463 product categories across more […]
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The global manufacturing landscape is undergoing a massive reconfiguration. As companies move away from over-reliance on Asian supply chains, Nearshoring in Mexico has emerged as the premier strategy for North American market dominance. This article from Co-Production International outlines the advantages of working with a shelter company.
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The US Department of State has unveiled Pax Silica, a new initiative aimed at safeguarding artificial intelligence (AI) and technology supply chains while promoting economic security among allied nations and trusted partners.
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Instead of manually placing every switch, buffer, and timing pipeline stage, engineers can now use automation algorithms to generate optimal network-on-chip configurations.
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ONEKEY IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2025: “Barely a third of organizations conduct Cyber Resilience Act training at least once a year.” Düsseldorf— This year, the German economy should place a greater emphasis on cybersecurity training for its workforce. This is the conclusion reached in the latest “IoT & OT Cybersecurity Report 2025” published by […]
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If you’re adopting a value engineering strategy, you’ll need to follow its systematic methodology to bring real, long-term benefits to your business. Done correctly, it involves function analysis that aims to reduce lifecycle cost while improving or maintaining performance and quality. This article from Escatec outlines the process for OEMs.
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AI drives semiconductor revenues past $1 trillion for the first time in 2026 LONDON: Global semiconductor revenues will exceed $1tn in 2026, marking a historic milestone for the industry, according to Omdia’s latest market analysis. This growth is being driven by the rapid surge in memory and logic IC revenues, generated by massive demand from AI […]
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Purpose-Built Cleanroom Further Increases Specialization   Chiang Mai – Bluechips Microhouse Co., Ltd., member of the Zollner Group, has today marked the official opening of a new cleanroom facility on their campus in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The expansion highlights Zollner’s continuous commitment to expan-ding capacity and capabilities across international markets. Construction of the new cleanroom […]
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Microchip’s JANPTX transient voltage suppressors (TVS) are among the first to achieve MIL-PRF-19500 qualification in a plastic package.
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Vishay has added 550 V and 600 V options to its 193 PUR SI line of miniature snap in aluminum electrolytic capacitors.
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Two omnipolar magnetic switches from Littelfuse combine tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) and CMOS technologies in a compact LGA4 package.
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Samsung has completed the industry’s first commercial call using its virtualized RAN (vRAN) on a Tier 1 U.S. operator’s live network.
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Diodes’ AP53781 and AP53782 are USB Type-C Power Delivery 3.1 dual-role power (DRP) controllers for battery-powered systems.
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