Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have combined mesoporous silicon microparticles, made from plant waste, with carbon nanotubes to improve the performance of silicon anodes in Li-ion batteries. “In the future, silicon will gradually replace carbon as the anode material in Li-ion batteries,” according to the university. “The capacity of silicon is ten times ...
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This is a list of the 2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise winners in and related to the electronics industry. They appear in two categories: Innovation Assessed for: invention, design or production of goods; performance of services; marketing and distribution; or, after-sale support of goods or services, that have realised outstanding commercial success over two years ...
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Following an agreement with Panjit Semiconductor, distributor Anglia now offers discrete semiconductor from Taiwanese company, Panjit International. The agreement applies to the UK and Ireland. Panjit’s portfolio includes MOSFETs, Schottky, SiC Schottky, diode rectifiers, protection devices, bipolar junction transistors and bridge rectifiers for power supplies, industrial and automotive applications. The distributor said that this signing ...
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Imperas Software, the virtual platforms and software simulation specialist, today announced that Mellanox Technologies has selected the Imperas advanced hardware verification of RISC-V processors. RISC-V, as an open ISA, permits many configuration and options for processor implementation and microarchitectural features, in addition to extension with custom instructions. Simulation based methodologies are the foundation for hardware ...
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Q1 revenues at Huawei were up about 1% to $25.72 billion, compared with 39% growth in Q1 2019. The company did not announce its net profit but said that its net margin was 7.3% compared to 8% in Q1 2019. “The growth rate has slowed, but this is also a resilient performance in the face ...
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PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme has expanded its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) to cover the SafeRTOS real-time operating system. UDE is intended for debugging, testing and analysing microcontroller applications, and this addition gives it functions software development of real-time and safety-critical applications. SafeRTOS is a pre-emptive, safety critical RTOS from Wittenstein High Integrity Systems, available ...
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Distributor Mouser Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Essentra Components to supply its plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal components. This includes fittings, hardware, electronic components and fasteners, cable clips and clamps, cable ties, snap lock supports and rivets. The cable clips and clamps to protect and route wires are available ...
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SiPearl, the company that is designing the microprocessor for the European exascale supercomputer, has taken an Arm licence. The agreement will enable SiPearl to benefit from the Arm NeoverseTM platform, codenamed ‵‵Zeusʺ, as well as leverage the Arm ecosystem. Taking advantage of the Arm “Zeus” platform, including Arm’s POPTM IP, on FinFET technology enables SiPearl ...
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Brompton Technology has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Based in West London, the company designs and manufactures LED video processing products – which have been used the global tours of Metallica, Massive Attack and U2, as well as for ‘green screen’ replacement in film and TV. “It is really gratifying ...
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The use of Bluetooth in contact tracing has been widely supported on the Continent but there is disagreement there on how to implement it. A German approach called Pan-European Privacy-Preserving Proximity Tracing (PEPP-PT https://www.pepp-pt.org) conflicts with a Swiss approach, called DP-3T, which links into the Google-Apple contact tracing app. PEPP-PT is seen as centralised – ...
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