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Magnesium batteries vie as lithium alternative
Magnesium batteries vie as lithium alternative
Technology News |
Over 100 researchers from around the world met last week in Germany for the first symposium on magnesium batteries as…
Energy-efficient, tunable laser source
Energy-efficient, tunable laser source
Technology News |
A joint team of researchers from the Helmholtz research center (HZDR) in Dresden and from the Trinity College in Dublin…
Researchers create energy-efficient, tunable terarhertz source
Researchers create energy-efficient, tunable terarhertz source
Technology News |
A joint team of researchers from the Helmholtz research center (HZDR) in Dresden and from the Trinity College in Dublin…
ARM’s chairman was appointed to UK takeover committee
ARM’s chairman was appointed to UK takeover committee
Business news |
Stuart Chambers, chairman of ARM Holdings plc since March 1, 2014, was appointed as a member of the UK Takeover…

FDSOI to get embedded MRAM, flash options at 28nm
FDSOI to get embedded MRAM, flash options at 28nm
Technology News |
Samsung Foundry is going to offer both spin torque transfer magnetic RAM (STT-MRAM) and flash as embedded non-volatile memory options on its 28nm FDSOI manufacturing process.
FiveAI has no time for hardware
FiveAI has no time for hardware
Technology News |
FiveAI Inc. (Bristol, England), a startup that aims to apply artificial intelligence to self-driving vehicles, is software-only company, at least for now.
Facebook’s Aquila drone completes first test flight
Facebook’s Aquila drone completes first test flight
Technology News |
The first test flight of Facebook's high-altitude, solar-powered unmanned aircraft has shown the power requirements needed from its solar cells.
Magnesium batteries vie as lithium alternative
Magnesium batteries vie as lithium alternative
Technology News |
Over 100 researchers from around the world met last week in Germany for the first symposium on magnesium batteries as the technology looks to break into mainstream use.
Urine-powered fuel cell wins Phase III funding from Gates Foundation
Urine-powered fuel cell wins Phase III funding from Gates Foundation
Technology News |
Researchers in the UK have received funding to turn their urine-powered fuel cell into a commercial product.
GaN rising in high-power RF
GaN rising in high-power RF
Market news |
Spending on high-power RF semiconductors for wireless infrastructure markets is flattening out in 2016 after being worth more than $1.5 billion in 2015, according to ABI Research.
Information storage at one atom per bit; a 1kB atomic memory
Information storage at one atom per bit; a 1kB atomic memory
Technology News |
A team of scientists at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience at Delft University has achieved what may represent a limit in information storage density by creating a memory in which…
Cutting-edge global safety bracelet selects u-blox technology
Cutting-edge global safety bracelet selects u-blox technology
Business news |
Cutting-edge technology from u-blox has been selected by Whereable Technologies for RiskBand, the first wearable, live-monitored personal safety device that doesn’t require connection to a cell phone.
Report: Apple expands image sensor research in Grenoble
Report: Apple expands image sensor research in Grenoble
Business news |
Apple plans to install a team of twenty researchers in cleanroom building in Grenoble to develop image sensor technology from STMicroelectronics according to a report in ledauphine.com.
Struggles ahead for corner-case, statistical simulations
Struggles ahead for corner-case, statistical simulations
Feature articles |
Brandt Braswell, a distinguished member of the technical staff at NXP Semiconductor, discusses some of the complexities of simulation with regard to fine geometry analog and mixed-signal design.
Urine power cell wins commercialisation funding
Urine power cell wins commercialisation funding
Technology News |
Researchers in the UK have received funding to turn their urine-powered fuel cell into a commercial product.
Design win; safety-bracelet wearables maker embeds u-blox comms/GPS tech
Design win; safety-bracelet wearables maker embeds u-blox comms/GPS tech
Market news |
Whereable Technologies (Charleston, South Carolina, USA) has designed RiskBand, which it presents as the first personal security wearable not tied to a phone; the “global safety bracelet” includes Swiss IC…
Magnesium batteries look to break into the mainstream
Magnesium batteries look to break into the mainstream
Technology News |
Over 100 researchers from around the world met last week in Germany for the first symposium on magnesium batteries as the technology looks to break into mainstream use.
Monitor IP firm Moortec finds funds
Monitor IP firm Moortec finds funds
Business news |
Moortec Semiconductor Ltd., a provider of intellectual property for in-chip monitoring of manufacturing process control, supply voltage and temperature, has received an investment from Altitude Partners.
Audi goes onto the fast lane in electromobility
Audi goes onto the fast lane in electromobility
Business news |
Carmaker Audi already announced plans to develop electric vehicles. After a board meeting past weekend, Audi CEO Rupert Stadler provided details: By 2020, the company plans to bring three battery…
Avnet builds supplier network for end-end IOT connectivity
Avnet builds supplier network for end-end IOT connectivity
Business news |
Distributor Avnet Silica is extending supplier base, adding agreements with Arkessa, UbiquiOS and Spica Technologies, and exapnding its agreement with Sierra Wireless to provide connectivity for M2M and IOT solutions…
High-integration driver cuts board space in LED lighting modules
High-integration driver cuts board space in LED lighting modules
New Products |
Reducing the size of LED modules is facilitated by this single-wire input illumination LED driver from Toshiba; the 9-channel IC has integrated voltage regulation and daisy-chain pins to reduce board…
Multiport vector network analyzer operates to 20 GHz
Multiport vector network analyzer operates to 20 GHz
New Products |
Rohde & Schwarz’ ZNBT20 is presented as the first true multiport vector network analyzer in the microwave range with up to 16 integrated test ports; the hardware architecture from the…
Dassault Systèmes to acquire CST
Dassault Systèmes to acquire CST
Business news |
Dassault Systèmes (Velizy-Villacoublay, France) vendor of 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to…
6W DC-DC converter family with medical safety approval
6W DC-DC converter family with medical safety approval
New Products |
Artesyn Embedded Technologies has launched a range of 6 W DC-DC converters that provides OEMs with a cost-effective solution for applications in industrial and medical instrumentation requiring a certified compliance…
Smart composite transfers data through physical structures
Smart composite transfers data through physical structures
Technology News |
Technology and material research body TWI (Cambridge, UK) has issued details of a materials technology it is calling SurFlow, which it says will be able to offer secure, robust, integrated…
Graphcore machine learning startup already at “advanced stage”
Graphcore machine learning startup already at “advanced stage”
Business news |
Machine learning startup Graphcore was seed funded within Bristol fablss chip company XMOS but has now been spun out, is completely independent and at an "advanced stage" of development.
Icera team forms machine-learning ADAS startup
Icera team forms machine-learning ADAS startup
Business news |
A team of executives, many who previously worked at soft modem chip firm Icera Inc., have reunited to form FiveAI Inc. (Bristol, England), a machine learning software company that aims…
Leti teams up with Korea for research
Leti teams up with Korea for research
Technology News |
French research institute Leti (Grenoble, France) has announced a five-year plan to conduct research jointly with the Korea Institure of Science and Technology (KIST) on a variety of topics.


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