Aldec, a developer of mixed HDL language simulation and hardware-assisted verification for FPGA and ASIC designs, has introduced automatic UVM register generation to Riviera-PRO, the company’s advance
Researchers from the University of Tokyo, led by doctoral student Takuya Sasatani, Disney Research and the University of Michigan in the U.S. have created a room-sized device which uses magnetic field
Imec, the research and innovation hub, has announced at the European Electric Vehicle Batteries Summit (Berlin, June18-19) that it has created a solid-state Li-metal battery cell with an energy densit
In a move that could radically shake up the world’s banking system, Facebook has announced a digital currency called Libra that will allow its billions of users to make financial transactions across t
On June 26, 2019 Emmanuel Penzes, Pre-Sales Engineer, at The Qt Company will be discussing how to create user interfaces for embedded systems quickly and easily across all platforms in an expert webin
Imec, the research and innovation hub, has announced at the European Electric Vehicle Batteries Summit (Berlin, June18-19) that it has created a solid-state Li-metal battery cell with an energy densit
Bosch Sensortec has announced a new variant of its BMA456 accelerometer.
A specialist recruitment company has been appointed to fill almost 100 jobs at a new £108 million research centre which intends to drive the UK’s automotive battery development.
The Keysight Test Equipment Report has revealed the increasing challenges associated with achieving electronic hardware manufacturing quality and the impact poor testing practices can have on a compan
Habana Labs, a developer of AI processors, has unveiled the Habana Gaudi AI training processor which it claims will enable training systems based on these processors to deliver an increase in throughp
According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), less than 30% of the world's researchers are women.
On Friday 14th June, Analog Devices (ADI) opened the doors of its new UK headquarters office in Hayes, London.
IMDEA Networks researchers have developed a communications architecture for future ultrafast wireless networks that it says will enable data rates previously only possible with optical fibre.
Infineon Technologies will launch a monolithically integrated linear Hall sensor which was developed entirely according to the safety standard ISO26262 for automotive applications.
Renesas has developed an AI accelerator that performs CNN (convolutional neural network) processing at high speeds and low power.
SimonsVoss Technologies, part of the Allegion group has entered a technology partnership in Europe with Morphean.
X-FAB Silicon Foundries has announced the successful first-silicon availability of the Efabless RISC-V System on Chip (SoC) reference design.
RS Components has announced a global franchise agreement with Yageo, a world leader in passive components.
The University of Sheffield has officially launched its new research hub, which aims to put UK manufacturing at the forefront of the electrification revolution in aerospace, energy, high value automot
Lacuna Space has announced a successful conclusion of the first phase of testing in mission to provide complete global coverage for LoRa devices and wireless radio frequency technology (LoRa Technolog
The International Robotics Showcase – organised by the EPSRC UK-RAS Network – will take place at the Royal Geographical Society in London on Thursday 27th June 2019, 9.00am – 4.30pm. New Electronics,
Riverlane, quantum computing software developer, has raised £3.25 million in seed funding.
At the 2019 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits, being held in Kyoto, Japan, imec, the research and innovation hub. has shown improved performance for both Ge-based n-type FinFETs and Ge-based p-
Knowles, a specialist in advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing, and precision device solutions, has developed a hands-free reference solution to enable OEMs and ODMs to build headphones, headsets
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's Mellon College of Science and College of Engineering have developed a semiliquid lithium metal-based anode that represents a significant new developme
Assuring Ethernet conformance of automotive ECUs is now easier and more efficient for developers and system integrators, says Vector, manufacturer of software tools and embedded components.
Nexeon, the company developing and supplying battery materials for rechargeable Li-ion batteries, is leading a new project to optimise coating technology for its silicon material.
Provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, TT Electronics, has announced an exclusive sales agreement with Protek Power.
Microchip is enabling China to deploy world’s first bandwidth-on-demand services powered by Optical Transport Network (OTN).
Renesas is developing a new low-power technology for use in embedded flash memory based on a 65 nanometer (nm) SOTB (Silicon On Thin Buried Oxide) process.
The technology sector is set to benefit from a £18.5 million cash injection to drive up skills in AI and data science and support more adults to upskill and retrain to progress in their careers or fin
The decision by Microsoft to join the Alliance will help to significantly expand and strengthen its programme.
Renesas has established the “Automotive Electronic Joint Laboratory” with SAIC Volkswagen Automobile.
Britain is creating more technology companies worth at least $1bn (£786m) than any other country in Europe, according to government research.
CEVA, a leading licensor of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors for connected devices, has completed qualification testing of its RivieraWaves Bluetooth 5.1 Low Energy I
Leading provider of commercial RISC-V processor IP and silicon solutions, SiFive, has raised $65 million in a Series D funding round led by existing investors alongside new investor Qualcomm Ventures
Tohoku University researchers have developed a technique using a hollow sphere to measure the electronic and optical properties of large semiconducting crystals.
A collaborative investigation has revealed new insight into how room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) conduct electricity, which may have a great potential impact for the future of energy storage.
Some organic materials might be able to be utilised similarly to silicon semiconductors in optoelectronics.
National Instruments (NI) has demonstrated a quad-site mmWave 5G packaged test solution developed in collaboration with Tessolve and Johnstech.
Wind River has joined the O-RAN Alliance, which works to evolve radio access networks (RAN), in an effort to further advance 5G network technologies.
Figures from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) show that the worldwide sales of semiconductors were $32.1billion in April 2019, down 14.6 percent year-on-year and off 0.4 percent compared t
The city of Amsterdam envisions a future where fleets of autonomous boats cruise its many canals.
Vayyar says it has created the first-ever 4D point cloud application on a single radar chip for the automotive industry.
Optoscribe, a supplier of 3D glass-based integrated photonics components, and Sumitomo Electric Industries, an optical fiber cable and component manufacturing technology supplier, have teamed up with
Analog Devices has introduced a solution for millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G with a very high level of integration to reduce design requirements and complexity in the next generation of cellular network i
Marvell has entered a broader strategic partnership with Arm, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, to accelerate the design and development of next-generation Marvell ThunderX server processor technology.
A new not-for-profit global organisation is aiming to boost the adoption of open-source processors by providing a platform for collaboration, creating a focal point for ecosystem development, and offe
Arrow Electronics has introduced a family of radio modules to jump-start IoT-device design, leveraging STMicroelectronics’ STM32WB55 wireless microcontroller.
Motion sensor modules perform the same function - the provision of positional intelligence - as the organ of balance (the vestibular system) in the inner ear provides to humans.
Keysight has announced PathWave Design 2020, which includes the latest releases of Keysight’s electronic design automation software to accelerate design workflows for radio frequency (RF) and microwav
Start-up kiutra, a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, has succeeded in what is believed to be a world first in developing a permanent magnetic cooling system to reach temperatures close
Designed for environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, the SlothBot has been developed by scientists at the Georgia Institute of Te
Wind River and Airbiquity, a specialist in connected vehicle services, are integrating key technologies to develop an end-to-end software lifecycle management solution for connected and autonomous veh
Tektronix has added two new oscilloscopes to its product line up with the launch of the 3 Series MDO and the 4 Series MSO.
Analog Bits and Globalfoundries (GF) have announced the availability of Analog Bits analogue and mixed signal IP design kits for GF’s 12nm leading-performance (12LP) process technology.
Cadence Design Systems has announced the launch of the Cadence Cloud Passport Partner Program which is intended to give customers an easier path to the cloud when their internal IT teams are looking f
AMD and Samsung Electronics have announced a multi-year strategic partnership in ultra-low power, high performance mobile graphics IP based on AMD Radeon graphics technologies.
Cadence Design Systems has introduced the Cadence Spectre X Simulator, a massively parallel circuit simulator designed to provide up to 10X performance gains.
Researchers at a Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin are developing a combined camera and radar module that can react 160 times faster than a human driver. The KameRad project aims to bring added safety to
The FineFuture project, a consortium of 16 partners from industry and science, is to look at the flotation phenomena used to separate out vital raw materials and to research and develop new technologi
Infineon Technologies is to acquire Cypress Semiconductor in a deal that values the US company at €9.0 billion.
Qualcomm Technologies has unveiled the Snapdragon Smart Viewer Reference Design built on the Snapdragon XR1 Platform at this year's Augmented World Expo (AWE).
Volvo Cars and Varjo, the Finnish developer of high-end augmented-reality headsets, have created a world-first mixed-reality approach to evaluating prototypes, designs and active safety technologies.
Premier Farnell, the Development Distributor, has extended its embedded product offering to include four powerful and compact Arduino MKR Shields, designed to extend the capability and application of
Researchers at Cardiff University have shown tiny light-emitting nanolasers less than a tenth of the size of the width of a human hair can be integrated into silicon chip design.
Work to create reliable light-based quantum computing, quantum key distribution for cybersecurity, and other technologies has been given a boost from a new study that demonstrates an innovative method
The BBC and BT successfully made the UK’s first live TV contribution over a public 5G connection, using EE’s 5G network.
Lattice announces two updates to portfolio as it looks to enable a more secure, smarter world.
After the Monaco Formula E Prix, Venturi reveals the secrets to its success.
Students from the University of Bath are using an augmented reality (AR) tool developed by Rocketmakers to assist production of their 2019 Formula Student competition entry.
Plexus, a provider of electronic engineering and manufacturing services, has expanded its design centre in Darmstadt, doubling its engineering capacity in Germany.
The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a market that’s undergoing massive changes, especially in terms of the better management of commercial property.
Israeli startup TriEye, which has developed an innovative Short-Wave-Infra-Red (SWIR) sensing technology that's able to see in adverse weather and night-time conditions, has announced a $17m Serie
A research team from the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) have used a new class of ultrasonic transducers to detect distance changes, movement patterns, and gestures in ranges of
Achronix Semiconductor has introduced a new FPGA family to meet the growing demands of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) and high-bandwidth data acceleration applications.
The EnOcean Alliance has significantly expanded, and strengthened its program to digitalise building spaces and the Internet of Things with the news that Microsoft is joining it as a Board and Promote
Cadence Design Systems has announced that its full-flow digital and signoff tools now support the new high-performance, high-efficiency Arm Cortex-A77 CPU for next-generation smartphones, laptops, and
RS Components has announced ‘Make With Mesh’, a new design challenge based around IoT Bluetooth technologies, in partnership with Cypress Semiconductor.
PolyU has developed a highly flexible high-energy textile lithium battery to cope with surging demand for wearable electronics.
With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, MIT researchers have created a system that uses only simple maps and visual data to enable driverless cars to navigate routes i
Murata has announced that KENKO technology, an AI emotion monitoring solution created in a joint development between Murata and The Elegant Monkeys (TEM) is being rolled out to the Japanese market.
National Instruments (NI) has announced at this year's NIWeek, a new wireless monitoring hardware for InsightCM, an open solution for online condition monitoring on the market with full access to
National Instruments (NI) has announced the mmWave Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) to address the test challenges of 5G mmWave RFIC transceivers and power amplifiers.
Silicon Labs and Signify are collaborating on an extension of the Friends of Hue program, enabling ecosystem partners to develop smart light switches for Philips Hue systems.
STMicroelectronics is working with Gaia Smart Cities Solutions to develop a citizen smart feedback system for the Swachh Bharat (Clean India) Mission.
National Instruments (NI) has announced the mmWave Vector Signal Transceiver (VST) to address the test challenges of 5G mmWave RFIC transceivers and power amplifiers.
A simple, but versatile way of generating so-called “chaotic signals” with various features has been developed by a team from the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Avnet Silica has joined ECSO – the European Cyber Security Organisation.
Arrow, Infineon and Arkessa are working together in an effort to simplify secure and scalable cellular connectivity for IoT devices globally.
ams has signed an agreement to team with Ibeo Automotive Systems, the German specialist for automotive LiDAR sensor technology, and ZF Friedrichshafen, experts in solid-state LiDAR technology, to adva
The SIA's (Semiconductor Industry Association) President & CEO John Neuffer has issued a statement on the escalation of the US-China trade and technology dispute.
A low cost and easy method to make custom lenses that could help manufacturers avoid the expensive moulds required for optical manufacturing has been created by Washington State University and Ohio St
Researchers at IMDEA Nanociencia have developed a physically unclonable function based on carbon nanotubes with potential applications in security and anti-counterfeiting.
Purdue researchers have built sensors inspired by spiders, bats, birds and other animals, to help improve the capabilities of autonomous vehicles and drones.
An experimental, next-generation atomic clock -ticking at high "optical" frequencies -that is much smaller than usual, made of just three small chips plus supporting electronics and optics,
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch that could provide personalised cooling and heating at home, work, or on the go.
A nearly ideal transistor made from a 2D material stack – with only a two-atom-thick semiconducting layer– has been produced through the development of a completely clean and damage-free fabrication p
Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have found a way to charge up the fight against bacterial infections using electricity.
More than 11.2 million light vehicles equipped with some form of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) system will be produced globally in 2024, representing 12 per cent of the light vehicle fleet, says IHS Mar