Coming to you from AltiumLive 2019, this week’s podcast is all about hacking, PCB design, and how sharing information can inspire innovation big and small. AltiumLive 2019 keynote speaker Joe Grand (Grand Idea Studio/L0pht Heavy Industries) and I discuss how hacking and engineering can collide in today’s EE ecosystem. We also discuss the origins of […]
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Einride, the autonomous, all-electric transport provider announced its $25 million Series A round. The investment was co-led by the EQT Ventures fund (“EQT Ventures“), the European multistage VC fund with commitments of over €566 million and NordicNinja VC, a deep tech focused €101 million Nordic & Baltic fund backed by Panasonic, Honda, Omron and the […]
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FeetMe, a medical device company that produces smart medical wearables and digital health services to improve mobility, announced it has raised € 9.4 million in Series A funding. The investment round was led by LBO France, with additional investment from existing investors Kurma Diagnostics, the fund Paris Saclay seed fund, Idinvest Partners, Seventure and SOSV. […]
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In a rare move for a US tech company, Fitbit is pulling nearly all of its device manufacturing out of China amid a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. The company announced that “effectively all trackers and smartwatches” starting in January “will not be of Chinese origin” as a result of US tariffs. […]
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Expands test and measurement leadership in high-growth Advanced Packaging and MEMS applications (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — FormFactor, (FORM) announced the acquisition of FRT, based in Germany. FRT is the one of the fastest growing metrology suppliers in the semiconductor industry, with revenues expanding at more than 75% compounded annual growth rate since its inception in 2016 […]
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22FDX security solution aims to protect against physical tampering and attacks for cellular Internet of Things (IoT) devices GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®), the world’s specialty foundry, announced that it is working with Arm® to offer secure system-on-chip (SoC) solutions on GF’s 22FDX® platform, based on FD-SOI, for cellular IoT applications. With the growing threat of reverse engineering […]
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Have you ever stayed awake at night pondering palindromic digital clock posers?
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Scientists from the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) and the University of Würzburg (Germany) have investigated a simple biomimetic light-harvesting system using advanced spectroscopy combined with a microfluidic platform. The double-walled nanotubes work very efficiently at low light intensities, while they are able to get rid of excess energy at high intensities. These properties are […]
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The report, NFC chips market 2019-2023, has been added to Technavio’s catalog. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the market, including its global and regional market share as well as market segmentation based on product (smartphones, smart wearables, POS terminals, and others) and geography (APAC, Americas, and EMEA) for the forecast period 2019-2023. The post […]
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The microprocessor market’s string of nine straight record-high annual sales between 2010 and 2018 is expected to end this year with worldwide MPU revenue dropping 4% to about $77.3 billion because of weakness in smartphone shipments, excess inventories in data center computers, and the global fallout from the U.S.-China trade war, according to IC Insights’ […]
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Researchers from Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have built a super-sensitive bolometer, a type of thermal radiation detector. The new radiation detector, made of a gold-palladium mixture makes it easier to measure the strength of electromagnetic radiation in real time. Bolometers are used widely in thermal cameras in the construction industry […]
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Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA, which provides silicon carbide (SiC) substrates for power electronics, has introduced what it says are the first prototype 200mm-diameter semi-insulating silicon carbide substrates for RF power amplifiers in 5G wireless base-station antennas and other high-performance RF applications…
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Packaging project; 5nm; 3D chips; neural-net-on-a-chip. The post Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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How to reduce margin and improve performance on very large devices. The post Monitoring Heat On AI Chips appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Arm adds custom instructions; Synopsys’ functional safety verification; 5nm certifications; CCIX spec; Adesto’s satellite deal. The post Week In Review: Design, Low Power appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Arm TechCon; broken security; Nissan CEO. The post Week in Review – IoT, Security, Autos appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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Automotive makers and their suppliers are jacking up the processing power being introduced to cars along with higher speed wireless external connections. These high speed systems promise to collect, process, interpret and transmit sensor data for the purpose of enabling advanced collision avoidance and, ultimately, automated … Read More
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Image RemovedThe International Electron Devices Meeting is a premier event to learn about the latest in semiconductor process technology. Held every year in early December is San Francisco this years conference will be held from Decembers 7th through December 11th. You can learn more about the conference at their web site here… Read More
